netLabs Uganda

exhibition and clinics at the Serena Hotel Thursday and Friday, the 25th and 26th May. Worth a visit for interested students. See www.acia.ug

Ambrose Ndahura of 4th year Telecoms Engineering and netLabs Uganda presents to 3rd year Computer Engineering on Software Defined Networking (SDN) Makerere University CEDAT Makerere University.

The very best of luck to Ambrose Ndahura, Ken Maathe Nakamura, Emukuny Martin, Denis Okotel, Eunice Aber, Mugoda Vivian Martha and Diarmuid O'Briain from netLabs!UG presenting their projects at ICICT2017 in ISBAT University tomorrow. Much thanks to the Irish Embassy, Kampala for the support to make this happen. Makerere University Makerere University CEDAT ISBAT University Kampala

netLabs!UG have posted the latest version of Network Training Emulator (NTE) version 2.0.1. This version adds a training template for Border Gateway Protocol v4 (BGP-4) as well as some code updates.

http://www.netlabsug.org/NTE/

Network Training Emulators as an aid to the training of Network Engineering. It is based on a development called Common Open Routing Emulator (CORE) by Boeing and the United States Navy. It is a Open VirtualBox Appliance (OVA).

netLabs!UG are running a Green ICT training programme for the East African Communications Organisation (EACO). This programme for Working Group 10 within EACO explores the global ecological footprint, the impacts both positive and negative that ICT is having. The training looks at policies around e-waste, smart technologies and the steps to impliment smarter, sustainable ICT.

netLabs!UG was officially launched on the 9th March 2017 and the netLabs!UG Research Space was opened. Dr. Jonathan Serugunda acting as MC opened the event by calling on all to introduce themselves. He then asked Eng. Diarmuid Ó Briain to present on netLabs!UG. Diarmuid outlined the background and the thought processes that went in to start netLabs!UG as a Telecommunications Centre of Excellence to consider future networks and the connectivity problems of Uganda. (Presentation can be found below). After this presentation Dr. Jonathan invited Deputy-Principal of CEDAT, Dr. Venny Nakazibwe to speak on behalf of the College and University. Dr. Venny invited his Excellency Dónal Cronin, Ambassador of Ireland in Uganda to officially launch netLabs!UG. The ambassador made an excellent speech which considered the lessons of Ireland and how it lifted itself from an mainly agriculture economy in the 1970s to one that has the majority of software, Internet and pharmaceutical companies with a base there. He then linked this to Uganda and presented tips as to how the country could follow this lead based on work by research centres of excellence like netLabs!UG. Jovia Margaret Nanyonjo a 3rd year student presented on her experience as an intern on the initial netLabs!UG Industrial training in 2016. The cutting of the cake to officially launch netLabs!UG followed.

The party then moved to the Research Space and the ambassador cut the ribbon. Ambrose Ahurra gave a presentation and demonstration of his work on Software Defined Networking (SDN), he did a great job and his demonstration showed the kind of work that the netLabs!UG Research Space will be used for into the future. The event was closed by some remarks by the principal researcher Eng. Dr. Dorothy Okello.

http://www.netlabsug.org/documentum/netLabs!UG-Launch.pdf

Congratulations to all College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) past students graduating today. A special word of congratulations to those students that have participated in netLabs!UG programmes.

Dr. Alexander Moseson from the Innovation for International Development (I²D) Lab at Purdue University paid netLabs!UG a visit to discuss the use of engineering and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

netLabs!UG netLabs!UG release version 2.0 of Network Training Emulator (NTE) and NTE Software Defined Networking (NTE-SDN). http://www.netlabsug.org/NTE/index.html