Dr. ir. Fred Kaggwa

SENIOR LECTURER

Dr. ir. Fred Kaggwa Holds a PhD in Computing from Mbarara University of Science and Technology. Fred was the first Masters Graduate in Computer Security in Western Uganda and Most Parts of the Country. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Chairperson Mbarara University Quality Assurance Committee, and Coordinator Industrial Training/Internship . Fred is currently lecturing Systems Security, Computer Network Security and Modeling and Simulation at the Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI).

Education Background

2013-2016: PhD Computing, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

2009-2011: MSc. Computer Security, Universiteit Twente., Netherlands

2004-2007: Bachelor of Computer Science (Honors), Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

Research and Areas of Interest:

Interests are in Data Science, Health Informatics, Computer Security Related areas including: Network Security, Forensics Science, Computer Ethics, Biometrics Security, Privacy, Hardware & Software Security, and Security in Organizations.

Research Articles/Publications

  1. Paik, K.E., Hicklen, R., Kaggwa, F., Puyat, C.V., Nakayama, L.F., Ong, B.A., Shropshire, J.N. and Villanueva, C., 2023. Digital Determinants of Health: Health data poverty amplifies existing health disparities—A scoping review. PLOS Digital Health, 2(10), p.e0000313.
  2. Kalungi, D., Ejiri, A. H., Kaggwa, F., & Kawuma, S. (2023). Requirements for the Development of an Ontology-Based Model for Efficient and Effective Delivery of Career Guidance: A Case of South-Western Uganda. European Journal of Science, Innovation and Technology, 3(1), 224-237.
  3. Tumuhimbise, W., Atwine, D., Kaggwa, F., & Musiimenta, A. (2023). Acceptability and feasibility of a mobile health application for enhancing public private mix for TB care among healthcare Workers in Southwestern Uganda. BMC Digital Health, 1(1), 1-11.
  4. Kalungi, D., Ejiri, A.H., Kaggwa, F. and Kawuma, S., 2023. A Systematic Review on the Application of Ontologies to Improve Career Guidance.
  5. Ntwari, R., Habinka, A. E., & Kaggwa, F. (2022). Enhancing Bring Your Own Device Security in Education.
  6. Nakato, R., Kituyi, M. G., & Kaggwa, F. (2022). Ethical Climate: Analyzing the Moderation Effect on Cardinal Virtues and Employees’ Cyber Security Ethical Behavior Intention in Ugandan Commercial Banks. European Journal of Technology, 6(2), 49-61.
  7. Ntwari, R., Habinka, A. E., & Kaggwa, F. (2022). BYOD Systematic Literature review: A layered approach. European Journal of Technology, 6(1), 69-85.
  8. Nakato, R., Kituyi, M. G., & Kaggwa, F., (2022). Establishing the Influences of Cardinal Virtues on Employees’ Cyber Security Ethical Behavior in the Banking Sector in Uganda. European Journal of Technology, 6(1), 1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.47672/ejt.896
  9. Tumuhimbise, W., Atwine, D., Kaggwa, F., & Musiimenta, A. (2022). Enhancing tuberculosis care in southwestern Uganda: Facilitators and barriers to utilizing mobile health technologies. Global Implementation Research and Applications, 1-11.
  10. Mpangwire, V., Ejiri, A. H., & Kaggwa, F. (2020). Technological Factors and Adoption of the Unified Identification System (UIDS) Among Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) In Uganda; A Quantitative Perspective.
  11. Mpangwire, V., Habinka, A. E., & Kaggwa, F. (2020). Environmental Factors: Examining the Analytical Power of Its Dimensions in Explaining the Adoption of a Unified Identification System of MDAs in Uganda. International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), 16(4), 58-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEGR.2020100104
  12. Mpangwire, V., Ejiri, A., & Kaggwa, F. (2020). Organisational Factors and Adoption of the Unified Identification System (UIDS) Among Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) In Uganda. American Journal of Data, Information and Knowledge Management, 1(1), 1-11.
  13. Kimera, Richard, Fred Kaggwa, Rogers Mwavu, Robert Mugonza, Wilson Tumuhimbise, Gloria Munguci, and Francis Kamuganga. “Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).” In Leveraging Data Science for Global Health, pp. 329-350. Springer, Cham, 2020.
  14. A. Izaara, R. Ssembatya and F. Kaggwa, “An Access Control Framework for Protecting Personal Electronic Health Records,” 2018 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications (ICONIC), Mon Tresor, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius, 2018, pp. 1-6.
  15. F. Kaggwa, J. Ngubiri and F. Tushabe, “Combined feature level and score level fusion Gabor filter-based multiple enrollment fingerprint recognition,” 2016 International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Power and Embedded System (SCOPES), Paralakhemundi, Odisha, India, 2016, pp. 159-165. IEEE, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4620-1
  16. Fred Kaggwa, John Ngubiri and Florence Tushabe. Article: Gabor Filter-based Multiple Enrollment Fingerprint Recognition. International Journal of Computer Applications 139(7):32-38, April 2016. Published by Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
  17. Kaggwa, Fred, John Ngubiri, and Florence Tushabe. “Improving recognition performance in multiple enrollment based fingerprint recognition systems.” In Computer & Information Technology (GSCIT), 2015 Global Summit on, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-4673-6586-4
  18. Kaggwa, F.; Ngubiri, J.; Tushabe, F. Multiple enrollment based Fingerprint Recognition Systems: State of the Art Survey. IJCIT Volume 04-Issue 02, March 2015 [Online]. Available:  http://www.ijcit.com/archives/volume4/issue2/Paper040240.pdf
  19. Kaggwa, Fred; Ngubiri, John; Tushabe, Florence, “Evaluation of Multiple Enrollment for Fingerprint Recognition,” IEEE Computer & Information Technology (GSCIT), 2014 Global Summit on , pp.1-6, 14-16 June 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4799-5626-5
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