Prof. Colin Stanley
Qualification
Prof. Colin Stanley, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Partnerships at NUST, exemplifies impactful leadership. His role in guiding the university’s shift to a research-led institution highlights his dedication to advancing research intelligence, ethics governance, and industry collaborations, inspiring confidence in his strategic vision.
He champions key institutional platforms like the FabLab for rapid prototyping, the Technology Transfer Office for intellectual property management, and the Technovation Park in Lüderitz. These initiatives showcase NUST's commitment to innovation and practical impact, fostering enthusiasm about its future directions.
Prof. Stanley leads the High-Tech Transfer Plaza Select (HTTP-Select), a collaborative ecosystem uniting industry, academia, development partners, entrepreneurs, and students. This inclusive approach fosters a sense of shared purpose and optimism in advancing sectors like fintech, telemedicine, AI, and green hydrogen.
Research Interest:
His research interests are Crowdsourcing, Open Source Development, Data Mining & Data Warehousing.
Publications:
Stanley Colin, Gallert Peter , Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , Kapuire Gereon K , Cabrero Daniel , Shabangu Bobby 2016. Indigenous Knowledge for Wikipedia: A Case Study with an OvaHerero Community in Eastern Namibia. In Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI '16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 155–159. https://doi.org/10.1145/2998581.2998600
Stanley Colin, Winschiers-Theophilus Heike, Blake Edwin , Rodil Kasper, Kapuire Gereon , Maasz Donovan, Chamunorwa Michael. 2016. Formulating "the obvious" as a task request to the crowd: an interactive design experience across cultural and geographical boundaries. In Proceedings of the 14th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Interactive Exhibitions, Workshops - Volume 2 (PDC '16). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 86–87. https://doi.org/10.1145/2948076.2948122
Stanley Colin, Winschiers-Theophilus Heike, Onwordi Michael, Kapuire Gereon. 2013. Rural communities crowdsource technology development: a Namibian expedition. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2 (ICTD '13). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 155–158. https://doi.org/10.1145/2517899.2517930