Gada Kadoda (Arabic: غادة كدودة) is a Sudanese Engineer and associate professor at Garden City College for Science and Technology.[1] She teaches at the University of Khartoum, where she introduced a course in knowledge management. She has previously served as President of the Sudanese Knowledge Society. She was selected as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2019.
Gada Kadoda | |
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 Gada Kadoda with flowers after "Knowledge Management Capacity in Africa" conference 2012 | |
| Alma mater | University of Khartoum (BSc) City, University of London (MSc) Loughborough University (PhD) |
| Awards | BBC 100 Women |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Software engineering |
| Institutions | University of Bournemouth Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Formal software development tools : an investigation into usability (1997) |
Early life and education
editKadoda studied computer science at the University of Khartoum in 1991.[2] She moved to the United Kingdom after graduating, where she studied information systems at City, University of London.[2] She moved to Loughborough University for her doctoral studies, where she worked in software engineering.[3][2]
Research and career
editAs a postdoctoral researcher she joined Bournemouth University, where she worked on data mining and prediction. She moved to Imperial College London to develop data analysis and visualisation tools in 2001.[2] Here she became interested in innovation, knowledge transfer and collaborations.
In 2003 Kadoda joined the University of the West Indies as a lecturer in computer science. She has since trained as a Certified Knowledge Manager[4] and has served as President of the Sudanese Knowledge Society.[5] She worked with two universities, the Sudan University of Science and Technology and University of Khartoum, to introduce innovation programs that support students in their entrepreneurial efforts.[6] She is working to convert this activity into a stand-alone UNICEF Innovation Laboratory.[6][7]
Kadoda was a founding member of Mehen, a training centre for women.[2][8] She has called for decolonial and feminist education in Sudanese schools and universities, as well as leading anti-racist workshops.[9][10] She is a member of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Sudan National Information Centre, as well as organising the Sudanese Equitable Futures Network.[11] She delivered a TED talk in Khartoum in 2011.[2][12]
In 2014 Kadoda was selected as One to Watch by UNICEF.[6] She was selected as one of BBC's 100 Women in 2019.[13]
Selected publications
editHer publications include;
- Kadoda, Gada (2016). Networks of Knowledge Production in Sudan: Identities, Mobilities, and Technologies. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1498532129.
- Kadoda, Gada; Shepperd, Martin (2001). "Comparing software prediction techniques using simulation". IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 27 (11): 1014–1022. doi:10.1109/32.965341.
- Kadoda, Gada; Webster, Steven (2000). "An investigation of machine learning based prediction systems" (PDF). Journal of Systems and Software. 53: 23–29. doi:10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00005-4.
References
edit- ^ Gada Kadoda at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ^ a b c d e f "TEDxKhartoum | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Kadoda, Gada F. (1997). Formal software development tools : an investigation into usability (PhD thesis). Loughborough University. hdl:2134/31907. OCLC 556906395. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.245664.
- ^ Female; Khartoum; Sudan. "Gada Kadoda's Page". www.km4dev.org. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Corney, Paul. "Sudan Knowledge Society | knowledge et al". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "9 To Watch: Gada Kadoda". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Bright Ideas for the Future" (PDF). UNICEF USA. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Sadiqi, Fatima (23 May 2016). Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa. Springer. ISBN 9781137506757.
- ^ "Next Event". The University of Newcastle, Australia. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Notes from Gender and Education Association Conference 2018". Dune Scholar. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "IFTF: Equitable Futures Week Has No Boundaries". www.iftf.org. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ TEDxKhartoum-Gada Kadoda -30/4/2011, retrieved 17 October 2019
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list?". 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
