One-on-One Mentorship

Learn Tech From a
Professor Who Actually
Builds Things

Direct, one-on-one mentorship in Software Development, Cyber Security, and AI. Dr. Sopuru is a published researcher, author, and Associate Professor who works with you personally on real projects.

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru
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Girne American University
Google Scholar Indexed
Amazon Published Author
Lifelong Mentorship
Dedicated Slack Community
About Your Mentor

Research-Driven.
Practitioner-Backed.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru is an Associate Professor of Cyber Security at Girne American University, Cyprus. He has spent years in academic research, writing, and software engineering, and he brings all of that directly into his mentorship work.

With a PhD in Management Information Systems and hands-on expertise in AI, Android security, and network analysis, Dr. Sopuru works with you one-on-one. This is not a recorded course. It is a real working relationship focused on your specific goals.

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PhD in Management Information Systems
Associate Professor, Girne American University, Kyrenia, Cyprus
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Published Author: Cyber Sentinel
Available on Amazon. Covers malware detection, cybersecurity defence, and real-world attack analysis.
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Active Researcher with 87+ Citations
Published in MDPI, IJITEE, and multiple peer-reviewed international journals
87+
Academic Citations
h-5
h-Index (Google Scholar)
11+
Open Source Repositories
93%
ML Model Accuracy (Malware Detection)
Recent Publications
2025 Humanizing AI in Service Workplaces (MDPI Sustainability)
2025 Reconfiguring Strategic Capabilities in the Digital Era (MDPI)
2024 Enhancing Android Security: CICAndMal2017 Dataset Analysis
2022 Ensemble ML for 4G LTE Path Loss Predictions (34 citations)
Mentorship Programs

Choose Your Path to Mastery

Three focused programs built for people who want to get into tech or level up fast. Every session is built around your project and your goals.

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Software Development
Build production-grade systems from the ground up
Up to 2 Months
Program Syllabus
  • HTML5, CSS3 & responsive design — building real, mobile-friendly pages from scratch
  • JavaScript fundamentals: variables, loops, functions, DOM manipulation & browser events
  • Modern JavaScript (ES6+): async/await, Fetch API, modules & working with JSON data
  • React.js: components, state, props, hooks & building dynamic single-page applications
  • Backend with Node.js & Express: building and testing REST APIs from scratch
  • Databases: SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) — schemas, queries & real data modelling
  • User authentication: passwords, sessions, JWT tokens & social login (Google/GitHub)
  • Deployment & hosting: shipping your app live on Vercel, Netlify, Railway or a VPS
  • Capstone project: design, build & deploy a complete full-stack app for your portfolio
What You Walk Away With
Production-ready skills
Real deployed project
Code review experience
Architecture thinking
Career guidance
GitHub portfolio boost
$400 / month
Full 2-month program: $800 total
Full Program (2 months)$400 / mo
One Month Only$300
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Cyber Security
Defend systems. Detect threats. Think like an attacker.
Up to 3 Months
Program Syllabus
  • Networking fundamentals: how the internet works — TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, ports & firewalls explained
  • Linux command line for security: navigation, permissions, scripting & system hardening
  • Web application security: OWASP Top 10 — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF & broken auth in practice
  • Ethical hacking methodology: the full lifecycle from reconnaissance to exploitation to responsible disclosure
  • Network scanning & vulnerability assessment: hands-on practice with Nmap, Wireshark & Nessus
  • Password security: brute-force attacks, hash cracking with Hashcat & building strong defences
  • Setting up a hacking lab: Kali Linux, virtual machines & safe sandboxed environments
  • Web penetration testing: exploiting DVWA, TryHackMe & HackTheBox challenges
  • Incident response & digital forensics: investigating attacks, collecting evidence & writing reports
  • Certification roadmap: CompTIA Security+, CEH & eJPT — study strategy & exam tips
  • Social engineering & phishing: how attackers manipulate people and how to defend against it
  • Cloud & API security: protecting AWS, Azure & REST API deployments
What You Walk Away With
Threat detection skills
Malware analysis ability
Pentest methodology
Research-backed knowledge
DFIR capabilities
Industry-ready portfolio
$600 / month
Full 3-month program: $1,800 total
Full Program (3 months)$600 / mo
Two-Month Track$280 / mo
One Month Intensive$320
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Artificial Intelligence
From ML fundamentals to real-world AI deployment
Up to 2 Months
Program Syllabus
  • Python for AI: syntax, data structures, functions & the core libraries every AI developer needs
  • Data analysis with Pandas & NumPy: loading, cleaning & exploring real-world datasets
  • Data visualisation: communicating insights with Matplotlib, Seaborn & interactive Plotly charts
  • Machine learning with Scikit-learn: regression, classification, clustering & model evaluation
  • Neural networks & deep learning: building and training models with TensorFlow or PyTorch
  • Natural language processing: text classification, sentiment analysis & working with Transformers
  • Integrating AI APIs: using OpenAI, HuggingFace & other services to build real AI-powered apps
  • Prompt engineering for LLMs: writing effective prompts, chaining calls & building AI tools
  • Deploying AI: turning a trained model into a live API or web application others can use
What You Walk Away With
ML/DL proficiency
Deployed AI project
NLP techniques
Research methodology
AI ethics awareness
Portfolio publication
$280 / 2 months
Complete 2-month program: $280 total
Full Program (2 months)$280
One Month Only$160
Student Impact

From Zero to Real GitHub Contributions

This is what the mentorship produces. Students with no prior collaborative development experience make their first real pull requests, write production-structured code, and ship working software on platforms used by millions.

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7
Forks on First Student Project
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3+
Merged Pull Requests
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6
Platforms Supported
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Multi
Student Collaboration
Live on GitHub

MIS424 Student Record App

A cross-platform Flutter application built collaboratively by students during the MIS424 course. Students learned Git workflows from scratch, made their first pull requests, and shipped a real mobile and desktop app. The project runs on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web.

Dart Flutter GitHub PRs C++ CMake Swift
Student Contributors
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Amadou Tyou (Sk2vink)
Added student records, edit feature, custom app theme, and badge system
2 PRs merged
CO
Chidi Okeke
MIS/2021/042 — added student record via structured branch workflow
PR merged
DG
Dangosk
Contributed via MIS-212060027-AMADOU-TYOU feature branch
PR merged
View Project on GitHub
Commit History
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Merge pull request #3 from dangosk
by Joshua Sopuru — May 2, 2026 · MIS-212060027-AMADOU-TYOU
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Add student record, edit feature, app theme, badge system
by Sk2vink (Amadou Tyou) — May 1, 2026 · Student contribution
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Merge pull request #2 from Sk2vink/2102060027-Amadou-Tyou
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 25, 2026 · Reviewed and merged
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MIS/2021/042 — Chidi Okeke: add student record
by Sk2vink — Apr 25, 2026 · First student feature PR
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Update docs with actual GitHub repo URL
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 18, 2026
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Initial commit: MIS424 Student Record App
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 18, 2026 · Project kickoff

From Zero to Real Contributions

Before this mentorship, many of these students had never opened a pull request. Within weeks they were navigating Git branches, following contribution guidelines, shipping features, and having their code reviewed and merged by an Associate Professor. That is not a tutorial. That is a real engineering workflow.

How It Works

From Interest to Mentored Professional

A clear, merit-based process ensures every mentee gets the focused attention and outcomes they deserve.

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Submit Your Application
Fill in the application form on this page. Mention the program you want and the project you have in mind.
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Interview Call
Dr. Sopuru reviews your application and schedules a screening call to assess your goals and fit for the program.
$40 interview fee, fully deducted from your program cost upon acceptance.
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Acceptance and Enrollment
Accepted mentees pay for the full program or choose monthly. You confirm your project focus at this stage.
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Mentorship Begins
Weekly sessions, code reviews, project guidance, and dedicated Slack access. Dr. Sopuru follows you even after the program ends.
The Commitment

This Is Not a Course.
This Is a Relationship.

Most online programs give you videos and leave you to figure it out. This is different. Dr. Sopuru works with you directly, reviews your code, answers your questions live, and keeps in touch even after the program wraps up.

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Project-Centered Learning
Every session moves your specific project forward. You ship something real.
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Direct Access to Dr. Sopuru
No TAs, no assistants. You work directly with the professor himself.
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Help With Your Projects
Beyond mentorship, Dr. Sopuru can actively contribute to your real projects as a collaborator.
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Mentor for Life

The mentorship does not stop when the program ends. Once you are in Dr. Sopuru's community, you stay in it. Ask questions, get unstuck, share what you built. He stays in touch as your career grows.

Dedicated Slack group access for life
Post-program follow-up and check-ins
Ongoing project collaboration available
Academic and industry referrals
Community of top tech professionals
CYBER SENTINEL
A Comprehensive Guide to Modeling Malware Detection Systems in an Ever-Changing Cyber Environment
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru
Published Author

The Book Behind the Expertise

Dr. Sopuru authored Cyber Sentinel, a comprehensive guide for cybersecurity professionals, incident responders, digital forensics experts, and aspiring security engineers. Available on Amazon in the US, UK, France, and in Kindle format.

The book draws directly from his academic research, including ML models achieving 93.62% accuracy in malware detection. The same knowledge and methodology powers the Cyber Security mentorship program.

Malware Detection Machine Learning Incident Response Digital Forensics Cyber Defense Available on Amazon
Academic Research

Knowledge Built on Real Science

Dr. Sopuru's teaching draws from active, peer-reviewed research published in international journals. You learn from someone still producing knowledge, not just teaching it.

AI
Humanizing AI in Service Workplaces: Supervisor Support as a Moderator in High-Performance Work Systems
MDPI Sustainability, 2025
Machine Learning
Ensemble Machine Learning for Enhanced Path Loss Predictions for 4G LTE Wireless Networks
2022
★ 34 citations
Security
Modeling a Malware Detection and Categorization System Based on Seven Network Flow-Based Features
IJITEE — 93.62% classification accuracy
Android Security
Enhancing Android Security: Analyzing Feature Sets in CICAndMal2017 and DroidFusion Datasets
IJSSASS Journal
AI Strategy
Reconfiguring Strategic Capabilities in the Digital Era: AI-Enabled Dynamic Capability and Organizational Learning
MDPI, 2025
Blockchain
WattCoin: A Novel Distributed Network for Renewable Energy Trading Using Blockchain Technology
Tewdric Energy
Limited Seats Available

Ready to Build
Something Real?

Seats are kept small to ensure every mentee receives focused, personal attention from Dr. Sopuru himself. Apply now and take the first step.

$40 interview fee applies, fully deducted from program cost upon acceptance.