Dr. Samuel Sindayigaya holds a Doctorate in Statistics with specialization in stochastic population processes, a Master’s degree in mathematical statistics from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kenya) and his PhD in Statistics from the same university in 2017 under the scholarship of Government of Rwanda and DAAD respectively. He is a Senior Lecturer of Statistics & Probability, specifically in the area of Statistical Modelling and population stochastic processes.

He has served in different universities as lecturer of mathematics and statistics, including ULK, University of Kigali, INES-Ruhengeri, Mount Kenya University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, University of Kigali and Potsdam University (Germany). He has extensive experience in academic administration, where he began as the Head of Department of Statistics Applied to Economy, the Dean of Faculty of Applied Fundamental Sciences (AFS) and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academics & Research at the Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Ruhengeri (INES-Ruhengeri) up to September, 2024.

Dr. Sindayigaya has also served in Higher Education Council, Rwanda for almost a decade. As a consultant, he undertook did numerous assignments in different institutions and Ministries in Rwanda, including the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Rwanda Higher Education Council, Ministry of Llocal Government, the Rwanda Public Service Commission, as well as in the Ministry of Youth. He has previously collaborated with other international scholars from different recognized universities and done several presentations and seminars, mostly at German universities, notably at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, Mannheim University and Potsdam University.

His research focuses on population stochastic process, demographic measures and modeling, branching process, statistical modeling and sampling techniques. In academia, Dr. Sindayigaya has developed different academic programs related to data science and statistics for both undergraduate and master’s levels. He has completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Mathematics, University of Potsdam, Germany and also published a number of papers on Population Modeling and Dynamism, Population Stochastic Process with Genocide Incidence.He is the author of “A Novel Statistical Model for Poverty Estimation”. Known for his dedication, results-oriented approach, and time management skills, Dr. Sindayigaya now re-joins the University of Kigali in his new role as Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academics.