Activities

Academic Awards: 

• Award presented by the Honorary General Chair to acknowledge dedicated service as a Conference Committee Member and Organizing Team member at the IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Information System Engineering (NGISE 2025). 

• Award for the best project in MSc Computing Science, University of Newcastle, School of Computing Science (2012).

Conferences/ Workshops/ Summit/ Trainings:

• Panelist in the panel: “Data and Cybersecurity as the Basis for Smart Government.” GovTech Conference 2025. 6 December 2025. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 

• X-Road Community Event. 23 October 2025. Online. 

• International iTalk Forum. 2 October 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• Next Step Conference. 24-26 September 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• The 14th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems. 25 – 27 August 2025. Bangkok, Thailand.

• Program Committee Member. The 14th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems. 25 – 27 August 2025. Bangkok, Thailand.

• eGovernance Conference: From Bytes to Benefits - Raising prosperity through digital transformation. 27-29 May 2025. Tallinn, Estonia.

• Organizer. Delphi Forum Slemani. 18-19 May 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• 9th Sulaimani Forum. 16-17 April 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• IOT Day 2025 Webinar & Roundtable. 9 April 2025. Online.

• Speaker. International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum - Slemani 2025. 6 April 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• Panelist in the panel of “Future of AI in Education”. IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Information System Engineering (NGISE 2025). 28-29 March 2025. New Delhi, India.

• Program Committee Member in IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Information System Engineering (NGISE 2025). 28-29 March 2025. New Delhi, India.

• IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Information System Engineering (NGISE 2025). 28-29 March 2025. New Delhi, India.

• Trainer. “Design Thinking: Ideation” 1 week training program at the Foundation Hub. 4 March 2025. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• 7th International Conference on Applied Science, Energy and Environment. 28-30 January 2025. Erbil, Iraq.

• Trainer. "Generative AI Mastery: From Foundation to Application" Training Course. Provided to Ajay Kumar Gang Engineering College in India, 16-21 December 2024, Online.

• X-Road Community Event 2024, 4th October 2024, Online.

• e-Governance Conference 2024:Unlocking Digital Success. 22-23 May 2024. Tallinn, Estonia.

• A Two-Day Scientific Writing Workshop. Sulaimani Polytechnic University. Computer Science Institute. 28-29 April 2024. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

• Workshop on the Whole of the Government Enterprise Architect Development for the Government of Zimbabwe. 3-6th April 2024. Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.

• THE's World & Arab University Rankings Masterclass/ Webinar. 18th March 2024. Online.

• Workshop on the "Introduction and steps of ranking Sulaimani Polytechnic University". 10th March 2024. SPU, Sulaimani, Iraq

• Webinar of 116th IVPN-AR titled “Journal Editors and Expert Researchers: Technological Advancements in Tomorrow's Research Landscape”.  14th February 2024. Online

• Workshop on the Whole of the Government Enterprise Architect Approach for the Government of Zimbabwe. 16-18th January 2024. Harare, Zimbabwe.

• Government Transformation Summit 22nd November 2023. London, United Kingdom.

• Next Generation Internet Forum 2023, 15-16 November 2023. Brussels, Belgium (Online) 

• Government Transformation Summit 11th May 2023. London, United Kingdom

• e-Governance Conference 2023. Digital Innovation as Catalyst for Social Change. Tallinn, Estonia.

• 21st IFIP Conference I3E2022 e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society. 13/14th Sept 2022. Newcastle, United Kingdom. 

• e-Governance Conference 2022. Roadmap for Effective e-Government Ecosystem - Workshop by Estonian ICT Cluster. Tallinn, Estonia.

• e-Governance workshop to Mauritania. Digital transformation of Justice. 30th Nov - 1 Dec 2021 - Estonian ICT cluster. Tallinn, Estonia.

• e-Governance workshop to Palestine. Digital transformation of Justice and local government management. 29/30 Sept 2021- Estonian ICT cluster. Tallinn, Estonia.

• 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (EGOVIS 2021).

• Fourth World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability (WorldS4 2020).

• Seventh International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG 2020). Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

• e-Governance Conference 2020. Tallinn, Estonia.

• ICT4SD - ICT Analysis and Applications : Proceedings of ICT4SD 2019. Goa, India.

• Fourth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2019. London, United Kingdom.

• UfM Conference on Digital Transformation and Digital Skills for the Future 2019. Tallinn, Estonia.

• NGI FORUM 2019. Helsinki, Finland. 

• HackaSuly 2019. (eSociety Judge panel member). Sulaimania, Iraq

• ESEC/FSE19 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering 2019. Tallinn, Estonia.

• e-Governance Conference 2019. Tallinn, Estonia.

Master Thesis Co-Supervision:

J. T. Adeleye. E-court Transition Process of Estonia and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Recommendations for Developing Countries.  2022. Main supervisor: Prof.Dr. Katrin Nyman-Metcalf. 

Master thesis and Research Article Revision:

• Master thesis. Khayyam Zulfigarzada. Designing Government E-Petition System in Azerbaijan. 2021. (Taltech)

• 2 Master thesis at Kurdistan University of Erbil, 2024, 2025.

• (6) journal articles in Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy https://publons.com/researcher/3682175/rozha-ahmed/peer-review/

• (1) journal article in Information Development https://publons.com/researcher/3682175/rozha-ahmed/peer-review/

• (5) Research articles in IEEE International Conference on Next Generation Information System Engineering NGISE2025 

• (5) Research articles in the 14th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective EGOVIS 2025

Courses, Trainings, and Certifications:

• X-Road. Fundamentals course by Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS).

• IT Project Management course by Indian School of Business.

• Information Society Principles: towards e-Governance course by Tallinn University of Technology.

• E-Governance and E-Democracy course by Tallinn University of Technology.

• Introduction to IT and eGov Technologies course by Tallinn University of Technology.

• IREX-UCM Entrepreneurship Academy course by the University of Central Missouri.

• Cross Culture program, by Australian Team in Sulaymaniyah Technical Institute.

• Methods of teaching course by Sulaymaniyah Technical Institute.

• Networking course by Goran Net Company in University of Sulaymaniyah.

• ATM machine operation and maintenance by Kuwait (ITS) Company.

• POS machine operation and maintenance by Iran (ICI) Company.

Guest lecturer & Trainer

• Tallinn University of Technology - E-GOVERNANCE TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES Master Program, Estonia

• "Design Thinking: Ideation" Training at the Foundation Hub, Iraq

• “Generative AI Mastery: From Foundation to Application” Training Course Provided to Ajay Kumar Gang Engineering College in India.

Additional activities include participating as an expert & consultant in several international projects.