About Me

I am a Computer Science PhD Student working under the mentorship of Dr. Alberto Quattrini Li. My research is about designing multirobot coordination and communication strategies that enhance performance of tasks in multirobot systems. Thanks for dropping by.

Education

Dartmouth College

PhD. Computer Science (2022 - Expected)

Focusing on Data Analystics

Carnegie Mellon University

MSc. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2016)

Specialized in Software Engineering, Machine Learning and Microgrids

Makerere University

BSc. Computer Engineering (2014)

Control Systems, Computer Networks, Image Processing and Sofware Development

Publications

Title Conference Paper Link
Masaba, K. and Li, A.Q., 2019, August. ROS-CBT: Communication Benchmarking Tool for the Robot Operating System. 2019 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS) (pp. 1-3). IEEE View
Mirjafari, S., Masaba, K., Grover, T., Wang, W., Audia, P., Campbell, A.T., Chawla, N.V., Swain, V.D., Choudhury, M.D., Dey, A.K. and D'Mello, S.K., 2019. Differentiating Higher and Lower Job Performers in the Workplace Using Mobile Sensing. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 3(2), p.37. View
Wang, W., Harari, G.M., Wang, R., Müller, S.R., Mirjafari, S., Masaba, K. and Campbell, A.T., 2018. Sensing behavioral change over time: Using within-person variability features from mobile sensing to predict personality traits. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2(3), p.141. View
Masaba, K., Ntakirutimana, A. and Ustun, T.S., 2016, October. Design and implementation of a load scheduling embedded system for off grid solar power systems. PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 2016 IEEE, Ljubljana, Slovenia , Oct. 9th -12th 2016 View
Masaba, K., Ntakirutimana, A. and Ustun, T.S., 2016. Design and implementation of a smart irrigation system for improved water-energy efficiency. 4th IET Clean Energy and Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , Nov. 14th-15th 2016 View

Work Experience

2017 - 2017

Pivot Access

This is the largest software company in Kigali, Rwanda. They offer software products and services to the IT market in Rwanda and other countries in West Africa.

2014-2015

Planet Systems

Planet Systems is a pioneer of Enterprise application development in Uganda. They develop systems for automating long processes like procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Content Managerment Systems

2013 - 2014

True African Limited

True African is one of the leading Value Added Service (VAS) providers in Kampala

Skills

RESEARCH SKILLS 60%
MACHINE LEARNING 70%
JAVA 90%
PYTHON70%
C 70%
ANDROID APP DEVELOPMENT 90%
IOS APP DEVELOPMENT 60%
PHP 90%
HTML/CSS 60%