Dr Gereon Koch Kapuire

• PhD, QUT
• MSc. Comp. Sci. (UCT)
• B.Tech. (BC) (NUST)
• National Diploma: BC (NUST)

Research Interest:
Indigenous Knowledge Management System, Participatory Design, Community Engagement, Digital Knowledge Organisation, User Interface Design, Rural Indigenous Knowledge Transferability, Namibia Knowledge Portal, Community centred localization as a new approach, Human Computer Interaction, Interactions Protocols and Ethics

Publications:
Kapuire Gereon, Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , Blake Edwin (2014). An insider perspective on community gains: A subjective account of a Namibian rural communities׳ perception of a long-term participatory design project. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2014.10.004 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267984112

Kapuire Gereon , Blake Edwin (2011).An attempt to merge local and technological paradigms in the digital representation of indigenous knowledge.Proceedings of IKTC 2011, Windhoek, Namibia. ISBN 978-99945-72-37-3 https://ir.nust.na/items/df2b927c-bc14-4e92-9a47-3d8bca662331

Kapuire Gereon , Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , Chivuno-Kurio Shilumbe , Bidwell Nicola , Blake Edwin (2010). Revolution in ICT, the last hope for African rural communities' technology appropriation. Proceedings of IDIA 2010, Cape Town. ISBN 978-0-620-47590-7 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277189546

Notable Achievements:
Panel Member at the INTERACT Conference 2014 on Community Collaboration, IKTC 2011 Conference Organising Committee Member, PDC 2014 (Participatory Design Conference) Organising Committee Member, Invited Esteemed Lecturer/Researcher as part of UFISA (User centered Design for Innovative Services and Applications) programme to lecture in the intensive course about Service Design with the Community in Botswana.

Section Software Engineering