About Me
About me
Wasswa Shafik (kuniyah Abu Asmaa) hails from the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. He is a computer scientist, author, researcher, information technologist, and educator, and he is passionate about people's health, the proper use of technological advances, and justice of all kinds, regardless of race, religion, sex, or any other factor. His educational background is traced to both Islamic and specialized engineering disciplines. He is the current principal investigator of Dig Connectivity Research Laboratory (DCRLab), an independent research laboratory striving to engage in cutting-edge research to design and develop end-to-end secure and reliable sustainable solutions and systems. We are pioneering a data-driven future through research and solutions developed with trending technologies, including machine learning, software engineering, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and different statistical tools for agriculture, health, and interdisciplinary research.
Education
He holds a bachelor of Science in information technology engineering with a minor in mathematics, from Ndejje University, Uganda's largest private university. A master of science in information technology engineering with computer and communication network options and a PhD in Computer Science at the computer engineering department of Yazd University, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Besides his engineering background, he studied and was introduced to Sharia and the Holy Quran principles in his circles. Attend other agricultural, health, and interdisciplinary research certificates, including a Certificate of Human Subject (Protecting Human Research Participants), at the National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, US Department of Health, California, USA, Global Health Certificate (Monitoring & Evaluation Fundamentals), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, the Global Health Certificate (Sustainable Development Goals) at Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Global Health Certificate (Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices), Bloomberg School Of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, Baltimore MD 21205, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore USA. Global Health Center Certificate (Data Quality) at Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Research and SDG Experiences
Regardless of his engineering background, he has written and taught his friends and circles how to revive the Islamic religion and how muslims can become exemplary men and women. Broadly interested in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Smart Cities. My research focuses on developing principled computationally and statistically efficient models and algorithms for various machine learning problems in Ecological Informatics, Computer Vision, AI-enabled IoTs/IoMTs/IIoT, Cybersecurity and Privacy, and Smart Cities. He has studied the Quran & hadith extensively in Arabic, Persian, and English amidst other courses, books from mainly known Sunni scholars, and seminars, as well as authoring many books in Luganda, Arabic, and Persian. In addition, he regularly reviews Islamic content online and posts resources to contextualize the world's current challenges, which have helped him define his outlook on the muslim Ummah and its current dynamics. Shafik is currently authored and co-authored in various international Islamic and academic journals, published with IEEE, ACM, IET, CRCpress, IGI-Global, Wiley, Springer, and Elsevier. In addition, he has served as a guest editor for some national and international journals. He has published over 80+ technical research papers in leading journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Complexity, Computer Security, and Networks, and at conferences. He has been co-chair/program chair of some Scopus/EI conferences. Expertise related to UN SDGoals includes SDG-2 Zero Hunger, SDG-7 Affordable & Clean Energy, SDG-11 Smart Cities and Communities, and SDG-13 Climate Action.
Community Service and Volunteering
Shafik has written, supported and developed several Islamic Apps and websites, including Quran sites and quran.com (Quran.com has been empowering readers and students of the Quran since the early days of the Internet with technology that puts understanding and reflection at your fingertips. We need your help to create the next generation of content and tools that will make it much easier to go deeper and find answers). He also contributed to the development of Recite Quran (recitequran.com, a website that provides you with recitation online and impressive graphics). Shafik received training from private, public, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in various capacities and leadership roles. Currently, he is volunteering as the managing director for the Asmaah Charity Organisation. Before that, he worked as the assistant developer officer for Uganda National ICT Uganda, including statistical analysis, mentoring, and managing Linux and Windows-based systems.
Population Services International (Psi-Uganda) as a research assistant, data manager, and cheif data officer at the Programme for Accessible Health Communication (PACE-Uganda), focusing on the vulnerability of youth-friendly services, the human immunodeficiency virus, and reproductive health risks. In his free time. In his free time, Shafik learns about different norms and cultures, reads books, interacts with multicultural situations that will help him know all emerging technologies and people in a traditional setting, and travels to different locations in search of adventure. He also volunteered in health computing, biotech, and Interprofessional insights. Experienced in computational research, E-health computing, data analysis, data quality, data management, inter-professional understanding, developing and implementing research tools and ideologies, monitoring, and evaluation. He developed, maintained, and used health information systems such as HMIS, DHIS2.