School of Computing and Informatics Technology (CIT): Recent submissions
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Anomaly intrusion detection using deep learning
(Makerere University, 2022-02)As computer networks grow due to massive usage, also network attackers are exploring sophisticated ways to exploit the networks hence causing huge damages and loses. Efforts to eradicate network intrusions are always in ... -
A model for adoption of mobile health technologies to improve child nutrition practices in resource-constrained environments
(Makerere University, 2021-10)Malnutrition contributes to about half (45%) of the deaths of children under the age of five years in developing countries. Studies reveal that malnutrition is aggravated by a lack of nutritional information, particularly ... -
Design techniques for a robust wireless sensor network-based automatic weather station network
(Makerere University, 2020-11)The operation of Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs) and especially those based on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology is often disrupted by harsh environmental conditions. These conditions include dust, other extreme ... -
A user centric mobile broad band monitoring tool - case study: android mobile devices
(Makerere University, 2017-08-30)With more than 6 billion connections worldwide and US$1.3 trillion in annual revenue, mobile telephony has become the largest information and communication technology (ICT) in history. Mobile broadband has changed the way ... -
A framework for establishing e-health information management solution in a developing country: A case of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019)e-health systems or solutions have several benefits, there adoption and implementation as well as maintenance in developing countries is affected by managerial and implementation deployment challenges (lack of a training ... -
Ontology-based model for integrating knowledge of modern and African traditional medicine
(Makerere University, 2021-10)In African Societies; African Traditional Medicine is used in parallel to Modern Medicine. Modern Medicine use dominated African Traditional Medicine because of it structured nature of knowledge. African Traditional Medicine ... -
An eHealth evaluation model for assessing eHealth Interventions outcomes and impact on healthcare in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-12-22)Evaluating eHealth interventions generates data as a basis for assessing whether observed changes in behavior, processes, or healthcare outcomes can be attributed to the eHealth interventions. Uganda’s eHealth Strategy ... -
A fusion based indoor positioning system using smartphone inertial measurement unit sensor data
(Makerere University, 2021-03)This study presents an Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) based on Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) for localisation of pedestrians by indoor navigation applications. To improve the accuracy of the PDR algorithm, we propose ... -
Spectrum sensing for cognitive VHF land mobile radio communication networks
(Makerere University, 2021-08)The 2015 migration from VHF Analog to Digital TV created plenty of white spaces in the entire VHF TV Band(174-230MHz)[1][2]. Spectrum bands once used for analogue TV broadcasting were completely cleared, leaving a space ... -
A decision support model for estimating above-ground carbon stock changes in Mabira forest reserve
(Makerere University, 2018-12-31)Forests are major contributors to the carbon cycle, sustainable forest management is key for stabilising carbon emissions, global warming and climate change. Mabira forest is one of the tropical high forests in Uganda but ... -
Targeted aspect-based sentiment analysis for Ugandan social media reviews
(Makerere University, 2021)Social media has emerged as a popular sounding board for customers to express their experiences with products or services. Keeping track of all customer's emotions helps businesses to better understand customer feedback ... -
Multirisk analysis of prostate cancer survival in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019)Uganda has registered the highest incidence and mortality rate from prostate cancer, with incidence rate standing at 37.0 per 100,000, an annual increment rate of 5.2% and mortality: incidence ratio of 71%. This study ... -
Anti-denial of service algorithm for cognitive radio networks
(Makerere University, 2019-10)In the last 10 to 15 years, wireless technologies has gone through a number of developments resulting into many innovations. The developments in wireless technologies is largely driven by unique consumer service models of; ... -
A smartphone-based system for citizenry road traffic management in Uganda. Case Study: Kampala Metropolitan Area
(Makerere University, 2019-12)Road safety is an important development issue for all road users and yet it does not receive anywhere near the attention it deserves. The Government of Uganda (GoU) has invested in the use of modern Information and ... -
An adjustable usable security approach for a continuous user authentication scheme
(Makerere University, 2019-11)The advent of the internet and associated technologies have revolutionized the way we live and work. Today, organizations both public and private rely heavily on computer-human interaction systems to deliver services. The ... -
A model for collaborative information sharing between banks and SMES in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-08)Access to reliable and timely business information has been identified as a major problem to majority smallholder firms in Uganda and related to this problem is the inability of Ugandan banks to provide their SME clients ... -
Decision support system for predicting Typhoid disease occurrence based on environmental factors
(Makerere University, 2019-09)Environmental factors like temperature, rainfall and humidity are assumed to play an important role in the incidence of typhoid fever. According to (Wang, 2012), climatic variables such as, rainfall, vapour pressure and ... -
Sustainable learning games : An African perspective
(2019-10)We empirically explore learning games with an aim of empowering learners’ lifelong learning skills to enable them deal with complex situations sustainably. A sustainable future requires the ability to deal with the complex ... -
Uncertainty based approach of modelling for security metrics in cloud computing
(Makerere University, 2018-04)Cloud computing has emerged as a powerful model for managing and delivering services over the Internet. It is swiftly transforming the information technology delivery view and fundamentally realizing the commitment of ... -
A Modeling Method for Computer System Security using Structure and Probability
(Makarere University, 2017-01)Abstract Modeling methods for computer systems currently have functional and feature limitations for secure design. This is because modeling computer systems accurately is complex and requires precision and a variety ...