Background
Rukundo was born and raised Roman Catholic in Rwanda.
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Olivier Rukundo
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Education
Olivier returned to China three weeks later to complete his Doctor of Philosophy degree program at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He attended Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, earned a degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering (2005) and he was employed for 18 months at Société Interbancaire de Monétique et de Télécompensation au Rwanda before moving on to Huazhong University of Science and Technology for his master"s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electronics and information engineering with a specialization in communication and information systems (2007 - 2012).
Career
Doctor Rukundo joined the University of Pretoria, Tilburg University and Ghent University, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. His research interests to date include image processing and optimization. Doctor Rukundo served as a reviewer for several journals, including the International Society for Optical Engineering Journal of Electronic Imaging.
In an August 11, 1997 secretive night-time military operation, Gabon returned Olivier Rukundo to his homeland forcedly.
Olivier fled to Gabon in June 1997 after trekking for 6 months across the equatorial forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) and later fleeing fierce fighting in Brazzaville. Optimal Methods Research On Gray-scale Image Interpolation (灰度图像插值优化方法的研究).
Awards
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Sakharov Prize
The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.The Sakharov Prize, officially known as the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honor individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.