Hey there! I'm Wallace

Software Engineer & Researcher

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet!

I'm a tech researcher working on making African digital finance and digital governance safer and easier to use. Building robust, secure and user-centric solutions? Count me in! You can find me on LinkedIn or shoot me an email.

Education:  BSc. Computer Science, MSc. Information Technology

Email:  wmsagusa[at]andrew.cmu.edu

Location:  Kigali, Rwanda

Affiliation:  Researcher - Upanzi DPI Network, SUPERgroup

Wallace Msagusa

A Bit About Me

I'm a well-trained engineer holding a Master of Science in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Ruaha Catholic University. I have experience in designing, implementing and supporting enterprise VAS applications for banks and telcos. I'm skilled and comfortable to work in areas of System Design, DevOps, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Distributed Systems, Data Analysis & Visualization, Responsible AI, Information Systems Auditing, Privacy, Regulation of Internet Platforms and Software Quality Assurance.

I'm currently a Research Associate working with the Upanzi DPI Network and the University of Chicago's SUPERgroup (Security, Usability, & Privacy Education & Research group) supervised by Blase Ur. My research interests are in Usable Privacy and Security, System Reliability, Responsible AI and HCI and my recent work has focused on:

  1. Implementing and assessing web authentication protocols for low-resource environments.
  2. Quality assurance for Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) and Digital Public Goods (DPGs).
  3. Studying the security, privacy and usability concerns for mobile money services in Africa.

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