User:Ddembe

Profile

Prof Ddembe Williams is an ICT and Higher Education international Consultant providing intellectual leadership and strategic vision in developing ICT and Higher Education solutions. Prof Williams was until recently the Director, Quality Assurance at [http://www.mak.ac.ug/. Makerere University] where he implemented a quality management system with a view to promoting internal and external confidence in academic provision by ensuring that the quality and standards of awards are safeguarded enhanced and effectively managed. He has also been the lead Consultant in the development of the National Information Technology Policy and has reviewed and updated the National ICT Policy framework for Uganda. Before that he served as the Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the [http://www.mak.cit.ac.ug/. Faculty of Computing and Information Technology], Makerere University. Ddembe also had served over seven years as a Senior Lecturer in Decision Sciences and Head of Centre for Advanced Systems Modelling and Simulation within the Faculty of Business, Computing and Information Management (BCIM) at [http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/. London South Bank University (LSBU)] in the United Kingdom.

Education

Ddembe has BSc in Agricultural Economics (Cybernetics), MSc in Advanced Information Technology a PhD in Computer Science/System Dynamics and a post graduate certificate in Learning and teaching in higher education from [http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/. London South Bank University].

Professional Practice

His practical and professional work in learning and teaching in Higher education is focused quality assurance, while his theoretical and research work centres on the contribution that Systems Engineering and System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation can make, to better understand complex systems.

Publications

Ddembe has published over 40 internationally refereed journals, conference papers and book chapters.