The Department of Informatics and Information Technology (DIIT) in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CoNAS) at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is making waves in technological innovation, thanks to the ingenuity and dedication of its young and vibrant staff. Over the past three SUARIS calls for proposals, the department has won 10...Read More

A team comprising Dr. Neema N. Lyimo, Dr. Joseph P. Telemala, Dr. Silivia F. Materu, Dr. Kadeghe G. Fue, and collaborator Dr. Ndimile C. Kilatu has been awarded a grant of 79,247.41 USD to carry out a project on climate and health. The project’s details are outlined below. Tanzania Climate Sensitive Waterborne Diseases Dataset for...Read More

Dear all, The Department of Informatics and Information Technology is inviting you to a PhD progress presentation, which will be held on Friday, 27th January 2023 at 11.00 am. The venue will be in the Computer  Lab – Conference Room (SGLB2), CONAS-MAZIMBU. Dr. Alcardo Barakabitze DIIT Postgrad Coordinator Share thisRead More

Dear all, The Department of Informatics and Information Technology cordially invites you to the special project (SP) proposal presentations for Diploma in IT students on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023, and BIT and BIRM students on Friday, January 27th, 2023 at 10.00 a.m. The venues will be the Computer  Labs (SGLB1, SGLB2 and SGLB3), CONAS-MAZIMBU. Share...Read More

On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, AI4MoreCrops researchers from SUA met with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) food security experts to discuss available historical crop yield data. The researchers needed maize and sorghum yield data at the district level from 2005 to 2022. The MoA food security experts demonstrated excellent cooperation by promising to provide such...Read More

The AI4MoreCrops Project, formally known as “Enhancing Farm-Scale Crop Yield Prediction Models Using Machine Learning in Tanzania’s Internet-of-Agro-Things,” was officially launched on December 19, 2022. Prof. Esron Karimuribo, Director of Postgraduate, Research, and Consultancy, officiated the project’s launch, emphasizing its importance in assisting the Ministry of Agriculture in achieving accurate crop yield estimation and thus...Read More

The Project’s Principal Investigator cordially invites you to the crop yield prediction project kick-off workshop on December 19, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Computer Lab (Video Conference), Mazimbu. Please see the attached workshop schedule. You can also join the workshop using the following Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99520447857?pwd=S0xabFVGMy9TQUZRUC90bEI0eFZ3UT09 Meeting ID: 995 2044 7857 Passcode:...Read More

Please join the Department of Informatics and Information Technology in congratulating Baraka William Nyamtiga who has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Edge Computing-Assisted Virtual Reality Offloading and Content Adaptation ” on 09th December 2022, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea.   Congratulations Dr. Nyamtiga, and welcome back to the Department. Share thisRead More

Please join the YEESI Lab, EEISHEA, and the Department of Informatics and Information Technology in congratulating Mr. Massawe and the other five (Catherine Mangare, Deus Francis, Dickson Wilfred, Fikiri Matatizo, and Sifa Abdala) on their victory at IndabaX Tanzania. They have demonstrated that problem-based learning (PBL) approaches are the most effective way to teach students....Read More