Staff Profile

Ms Lilian Mkonyi

About me

I am currently a Tutorial Assistant in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT), University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). My research interest is in information systems and machine learning. I am instructing Introduction to Informatics and Microcomputers course. As a part of the consultancy, I have been working as a systems analyst in the UDSM DHIS2 project team since 2016.

I am undertaking MSc in Information and Communication Science and Engineering at The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Dar es Salaam (2015). I joined UDSM in late 2015 as a Tutorial Assistant. I am a member of Deep Learning Indaba, an organisation whose mission is to Strengthen Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Africa.

Publications

• Mkonyi, L., Rubanga, D., Richard, M., Zekeya, N., Sawahiko, S., Maiseli, B., & Machuve, D. (2020). Early identification of Tuta absoluta in tomato plants using deep learning. Scientific African, 10, e00590.
  
  

Teaching
IS 131 - Introduction to Informatics and Microcomputers

Research and Consultancy Projects
UDSM - DHIS2 Project - Ongoing 

Contact Information 
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam
CoICT Kijitonyama Campus, Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road
P.O. Box 33335, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
E-mail: mkony.lily@gmail.com
Mobile: +255 (0) 758 417 497
Office location: CoCIT Block B, Room# 107