Professional Experience and Activities

Member, technical committee for the recommending Telecommunications Polices in Sudan: Nov 2007 – May 2008, Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation, Activities: Define the strategies and requirements, Define the function of the regulatory body, Set directive for regulation and securit
Member, technical committee for the future Telecommunications Network in Sudan : March 2007 – May 2007; Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation; Activities: Define the strategies and requirements, Define the function of the regulatory body, Set directive for regulation and security
Chairman, National Record Office ICT Technical Team: September 2006 – January 2007; Design the office new building network; Design the records management software (open source); Supervised the implementation of the network and software
Member, Technical Team for the Military Information Network, Ministry of Defense: January 2006 to April 2006; Owner: Ministry of Defense; Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation
Cost: USD 4m; Activities: Setting the design and requirements of the Sudanese Army systems
Member, technical team for the “PC for each Home” project: January 2005 to present; Sponsored by the Sudanese Information Technology Fund; Cost: more than $20m; Activities: Setting specifications, preparing bid document, bid evaluation, factory inspection, etc.
Member, the technical team for Second Fixed Telephone Operator at Sudan bids evaluation: September 2004 – January 2005; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan, Cost: more than $150m
Activities: Bids evaluation, Negotiation with the selected companies
Chairperson, Open Source Software technical committee March 2005 to Present: National Information Centre, Sudan; Activities: setting standards and requirement for the use of open source software at Sudan
Project Manager, Sudanese Universities Virtual Library (SUVL) Network : February 2005 – October 2006, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Network Design, Implementation Supervision, Bids evaluation; Cost: about $500,000
Member , the Computer studies Committee: March 2003 to Present
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Advisory committee to the Sudanese Higher Education Council on Computer Studies
Member , Ministry of Higher Education ICT Committee January 2003 to Present: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Advisory committee to the Ministry of Higher Education on ICT and virtual library issues.
Member, technical committee national information fund: September 2004 – to present; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan; Activities: Project evaluation and assessments
ICT consultant E-government project, NIC, Ministry of Inertial; Ministry of Science and Technology; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan; Information Fund National Record Office
Fourth Consultancy Missions, 5/4/1996-26/4/1996. Damascus, April 1996 [Syria Arab Republic, Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in collaboration with International Development Research Centre, IDRC, Canada]: Sponsor: The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development].
Cost: $300,000;
Member of the Faculty Board Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Geziera, 1991-1993: College of Technologies Studies, 1997 to 2004; Computer Man College for Computer Science, Sudan, 1992 to 1997
Member of number of committees to establish programs in Electrical electronic, Computer studies and Information Technology: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; University of Juba
College of Technologies Studies; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Geziera; Computer Man College for Computer Studies
Nyala University; Bayan College
Advisor to KIPS primary and secondary schools, Sudan for establishing computer studies curriculum 1993-1995
Member of the Sudanese National Committee for UNICCO task force updating the basic engineering Curriculum at undergraduate level 1995-1996
External Examiner To: Karari Academy; Bayan College for Science and Technology; Gaziera University; Computer Man

Sami M. Sharif

Professor of Communication and Information Systems Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professional Experience and Activities

Member, technical committee for the recommending Telecommunications Polices in Sudan: Nov 2007 – May 2008, Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation, Activities: Define the strategies and requirements, Define the function of the regulatory body, Set directive for regulation and securit

Member, technical committee for the future Telecommunications Network in Sudan : March 2007 – May 2007; Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation; Activities: Define the strategies and requirements, Define the function of the regulatory body, Set directive for regulation and security

Chairman, National Record Office ICT Technical Team: September 2006 – January 2007; Design the office new building network; Design the records management software (open source); Supervised the implementation of the network and software

Member, Technical Team for the Military Information Network, Ministry of Defense: January 2006 to April 2006; Owner: Ministry of Defense; Sponsor: National Telecommunication Cooperation

Cost: USD 4m; Activities: Setting the design and requirements of the Sudanese Army systems

Member, technical team for the “PC for each Home” project: January 2005 to present; Sponsored by the Sudanese Information Technology Fund; Cost: more than $20m; Activities: Setting specifications, preparing bid document, bid evaluation, factory inspection, etc.

Member, the technical team for Second Fixed Telephone Operator at Sudan bids evaluation: September 2004 – January 2005; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan, Cost: more than $150m

Activities: Bids evaluation, Negotiation with the selected companies

Chairperson, Open Source Software technical committee March 2005 to Present: National Information Centre, Sudan; Activities: setting standards and requirement for the use of open source software at Sudan

Project Manager, Sudanese Universities Virtual Library (SUVL) Network : February 2005 – October 2006, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Network Design, Implementation Supervision, Bids evaluation; Cost: about $500,000

Member , the Computer studies Committee: March 2003 to Present

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Advisory committee to the Sudanese Higher Education Council on Computer Studies

Member , Ministry of Higher Education ICT Committee January 2003 to Present: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; Activities: Advisory committee to the Ministry of Higher Education on ICT and virtual library issues.

Member, technical committee national information fund: September 2004 – to present; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan; Activities: Project evaluation and assessments

ICT consultant E-government project, NIC, Ministry of Inertial; Ministry of Science and Technology; National Telecommunication Cooperation (NTC) Sudan; Information Fund National Record Office

Fourth Consultancy Missions, 5/4/1996-26/4/1996. Damascus, April 1996 [Syria Arab Republic, Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in collaboration with International Development Research Centre, IDRC, Canada]: Sponsor: The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development].

Cost: $300,000;

Member of the Faculty Board Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Geziera, 1991-1993: College of Technologies Studies, 1997 to 2004; Computer Man College for Computer Science, Sudan, 1992 to 1997

Member of number of committees to establish programs in Electrical electronic, Computer studies and Information Technology: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan; University of Juba

College of Technologies Studies; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Geziera; Computer Man College for Computer Studies

Nyala University; Bayan College

Advisor to KIPS primary and secondary schools, Sudan for establishing computer studies curriculum 1993-1995

Member of the Sudanese National Committee for UNICCO task force updating the basic engineering Curriculum at undergraduate level 1995-1996

External Examiner To: Karari Academy; Bayan College for Science and Technology; Gaziera University; Computer Man