Hackathons are a great way to explore, collaborate and work toward solving a problem within a defined period of time. Most hackathons explore software-related solutions in technical events in which people, especially computer programmers and software developers, meet to engage in collaborative coding with an aim of creating usable software.
Hackathons are a great way to explore, collaborate and work toward solving a problem within a defined period of time. Most hackathons explore software-related solutions in technical events whereby people, especially computer programmers and software developers, meet to engage in collaborative coding with an aim of creating usable software.
The Open Science Workshop hosted at KENET successfully concluded on August 10, 2018. The two-day workshop organized by the Bioinformatics Network led by Dr. Caleb Kibet, a Mozilla Science Lab grantee trained 30 participants on tools that foster Open Science. The researchers were drawn from seven institutions and encompassed master’s students in bioinformatics, and a lecturer. KENET hosted the workshop at its 40- seater capacity training room which is fully equipped with Internet access, video and audio technologies.
The Open Science Workshop hosted at KENET successfully concluded on August 10th, 2018. The two-day workshop organized by the Bioinformatics Network led by Caleb Kibet, a Mozilla Science grantee trained 30 participants on tools that foster Open Science. The researchers were drawn from seven institutions and encompassed master’s students in bioinformatics, and a lecturer.
Four abstracts have been selected for the KENET Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) Mini-Grant. The Mini-Grant attracted 35 submissions from 16 public and private Universities when the call was announced on March 26, 2018. The grant amounts to Kshs. 1, 500, 000 (15,000 USD) for each winner and lasts for 12 months, starting August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019.
Following a Direct Engineering Support (DES) initiative conducted at Thika Technical Training Institute, Main Campus on July 9- 13, 2018 the Institution has recorded an improvement in bandwidth consumption. The DES initiative carried out by KENET engineers resulted in the institution being able to consume bandwidth speeds of over 100 Mbps during off peaks(6pm-6am), four times more than the capacity they were consuming prior to the DES.
Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) is among the 30 private Universities in Kenya and has been a KENET member for more than a decade.
Almost a year into the KENET Remote teaching project, learning has been recorded to have been efficient at Daystar Universities- with the Main Campus located in Athi River and the satellite Campus in Valley Road, Nairobi. From saving a student a 40 km journey to increasing reach and diversity of learning, the KENET Remote Teaching Project which was launched in 2017 entails use of web conferencing technology in education.
KENET engineers visited Kagumo Teachers Training College on February 2018 to assist in improving their network. The one-week visit at the College located at the Central Kenyan Highlands, Nyeri entailed activities that resulted in a strengthened network and improved wireless coverage. A brief survey on the network was done to diagnose problems and administer effective and long-lasting solutions.
