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The Marconi Society is dedicated to growing the next generation of diverse innovators who apply technology to solve critical problems in their own communities. Launched by the Marconi Society Young Scholars, the Celestini Program uses a partnership model to pair students with expert mentors in the field of advanced communications and provide opportunities for hands-on, experiential learning.
Celestini: Uganda
In partnership with the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU), ResilientAfrica Network (RANLab) and Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), this workforce development and STEM education initiative pairs underrepresented students with training, mentorship, funding, and meaningful opportunities to use new technologies to make a difference in their local communities.
The program consists of two tracks:
- The eduroam: Expanding Remote Access to Information track will provide job training and opportunities in network services management while vastly expanding student and faculty access to university resources on- and off-campus.
- The LoRaWAN: Sensor Networks Solving Local Problems track offers students the chance to learn about and use the cutting-edge Long-Range Wide Area Network technology, exploring the solutions this network could offer to community problems.