Jude Lubega is a Professor of Information Technology who has vast experience in Leadership and Management. He has been the Vice Chancellor of Nkumba University from January 2021 to 2026, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Nkumba University 2020 and formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor of Uganda Technology and Management University from 2013 – 2019. He previously served in Makerere University from 2007 to 2012 as the Deputy Dean and the Head of the Information Technology Department in the College of Computing and Information Sciences. He has been the Chief Executive Officer for 8Tech Consults one of the leading ICT consulting companies in Uganda since 2007. He was listed among the 100 Movers and Shakers in Corporate Online Learning for 2018 in Africa. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Namasuba where he served as President 2019 – 2020.
He is an experienced ICT4D professional who has undertaken numerous research projects and consultancies both nationally and internationally. He is a member of several boards and has won several research funding to undertake ICT4D projects. He is formerly a researcher and Lecturer in the School of Systems Engineering at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. He has been involved in developing several information systems including election monitoring using mobile devices, Persons with Disability Observatory, ICT4 Farmers System, Educational Tracking and Monitoring (TREDUMO) system among others.
His research interests include Tracking and Assessment in e-learning, Content
Authoring, Multimedia, Multi-Agent Systems, Data Science, Knowledge Representation, ICT for Development (E-Governance, E-Health, E-Agriculture), Mobile Computing, ICT Strategic Planning and Management, Web-based Systems, Mobile Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He has mentored and supervised over 14 PhD students to completion. He has published widely in journal, books and conference proceedings.