Olivier Rukundo

Olivier Rukundo is one of three Rwandans going with the Sakharov Prize nominee Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza to Rwanda in January 2010. Olivier returned to China three weeks later to complete his Doctor of Philosophy degree program at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Rukundo was born and raised Roman Catholic in Rwanda. He attended Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, earned a degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering and he was employed formonths at Socit Interbancaire de Montique et de Tlcompensation au Rwanda before moving on to Huazhong University of Science and Technology for his masters and PhD degrees in electronics and information engineering with a specialization in communication and information systems . Dr Rukundo joined the University of Pretoria, Tilburg University and Ghent University, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. His research interests to date include image processing and optimization. Dr. Rukundo served as a reviewer for several journals, including the SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging.

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