PROGRAM
Days: Monday, September 14th Tuesday, September 15th Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th
Monday, September 14th
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09:30-11:00 Session 1: AT1: Tutorial on Cloud Native 5G Mobile Systems: RAN and Core
Presenters: Prof. Tarik Taleb and Prof. Riku Jäntti, Department of Communications and Networks, Aalto University, Finland
Location: Conference Room 2
10:00-11:00 Session 2: SSIII: Special Session on Sustainable ICT Development and Entrepreneurship
Panelists: Dr. S. Assefa, Prof. S. Sinha, Dr. R. Chikwamba, Prof. M. Muchie, Mr. T. Elumelu, Mr. C. Stasopoulos, Dr F. Mekuria.
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Location: Conference Room 5
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session 3A: AT1: Tutorial on Cloud Native 5G Mobile Systems: RAN and Core
Presenters: Prof. Tarik Taleb and Prof. Riku Jäntti, Department of Communications and Networks, Aalto University, Finland
Location: Conference Room 2
11:30-12:30 Session 3B: SSIII: Special Session on Sustainable ICT Development and Entrepreneurship
Panelists: Dr. S. Assefa, Prof. S. Sinha, Dr. R. Chikwamba, Prof. M. Muchie, Mr. T. Elumelu, Mr. C. Stasopoulos, Dr F. Mekuria.
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Location: Conference Room 5
13:00-14:00Sponsored Conference Lunch
14:00-16:00 Session 4A: AT2: Tutorial on Design and Analysis of Low Power and High Performance Memory Systems
Presenter: Dr. Wendem Beyene, Rambus Inc., USA.
Location: Conference Room 5
14:00-16:00 Session 4B: SSI: Special Session on Green Energy Systems and Infrastructure
Keynote 1: Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz, CSIR
Title : Green Energy Technologies: Challenges & Opportunities for Africa.
Keynote 2: Mr Yongbin Im, Samsung
Title: Development of Comfort Control method for Green Buildings: Energy Saving Performance:
Panel Session: Green Energy and Technologies for Africa.
Panelists: Prof BG Lee, Mr. Mihret A, EEPCO, Dr T Bischof-Niemez, Youngbin Im
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Location: Conference Room 6
14:00-16:00 Session 4C: SSII: Special Session on Dynamic Spectrum and Broadband Innovation for Africa
Setting the Scene: L. Mfupe & F. Mekuria, “Future Wireless Communications Enabled by White Space Spectrum Databases.”
Panelists: Prof J. Zander, Prof. G. Fettweiss, Prof. S. Maharaj, Ericsson, Ethiotelecom, Huawei
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Location: Conference Room 2
16:00-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Session 5: AT2: Tutorial on Design and Analysis of Low Power and High Performance Memory Systems
Presenter: Dr. Wendem Beyene, Rambus Inc., USA.
Location: Conference Room 5
Tuesday, September 15th
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10:00-11:00 Session 7: Keynote: ICT as a Key Engine for National Development – Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Korea
Speaker: Byeong Gi Lee, Professor of Seoul National University, Board Member of Samsung Electronics and Former Commissioner of Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
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Location: Conference Room 2
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 Session 8: Green Computing, Innovation and ServicesTracks Poster Session
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| 11:00 | Smartrevision kit: A KNN-based mobile and web revision toolkit for primary school pupils ( abstract ) |
| 11:00 | Status of Existing Weather Observation Station Network in Tanzania and the Possibility to Automate and Densify it ( abstract ) |
| 11:00 | Effects of Soil Properties on Corrosion of Buried Steel Pipeline: A Case Study of Rand Water Pipeline, South Africa ( abstract ) |
| 11:00 | Detecting Recorded Speech for Polish Language ( abstract ) |
11:30-12:00 Session 9: Keynote: Contributions of Research and Technology Organisations: The CSIR Story
Speaker: Rachel Chikwamba (PhD, MBA), Group Executive, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, South Africa
Location: Conference Room 2
12:00-13:00 Session 10A: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 1a: Multiple Antenna Systems
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Location: Conference Room 2
| 12:00 | Asymptotic Capacity of Rician Fading Channel for Large Scale Antenna Systems (Massive MIMO) ( abstract ) |
| 12:20 | Transmission Strategies in Downlink of Multi-user Multi-cell Distributed Antenna Systems ( abstract ) |
| 12:40 | Cooperative MIMO System for WiMAX Technology ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:00 Session 10B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 1b: Powerline communications
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 12:00 | A Deterministic Channel Model for Multi-Access Broadband Powerline Communication ( abstract ) |
| 12:20 | Statistical analysis and characterization of low voltage power line noise for telecommunication applications ( abstract ) |
| 12:40 | Generalized Gaussian Distribution-Based LDPC Receiver for Power-Line Communications ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:00 Session 10C: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 1: Cloud Computing
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 12:00 | dyn-PowerCass: Energy Efficient Distributed Store based on dynamic data placement strategy ( abstract ) |
| 12:20 | Cloud Readiness Assessment Framework and Recommendation System ( abstract ) |
| 12:40 | Event Extraction for Collective Knowledge in Multimedia Digital EcoSystem ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:00 Session 10D: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 1: Techno-Economics of Rural and Urban Networks
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 12:00 | Influence of Voltage Sags and Outage Costs on Realistic Radial and Backed-up 20-kV Rural and Urban Networks ( abstract ) |
| 12:20 | The Effect of Increased Photovoltaic Energy Generation on Electricity Price and Capacity in South Africa ( abstract ) |
| 12:40 | Energy Needs Modeling for Urban Households ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:00 Session 10E: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 1: Crowd Sourcing and Sentiment Analysis
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Location: Conference Room 6
| 12:00 | Adapting participatory design to design information system with rural Ethiopian community ( abstract ) |
| 12:20 | An Algorithm for Measuring Relative Anger at Eskom During Load-Shedding using Twitter ( abstract ) |
13:00-14:00Sponsored Conference Lunch
14:00-14:30 Session 11: Keynote: When and How to Share the Frequency Spectrum
Speaker: Jens Zander, Professor & Director of School of ICT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Location: Conference Room 2
14:30-16:00 Session 12A: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 2a: HetNets, LTE and LTE-Advanced Networks I
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Location: Conference Room 2
| 14:30 | LTE-Advanced Enhancements for Self-Backhauled LTE-U Small Cells: An Addis Ababa Case Study ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | User Association and Load Balancing in Long Term Evolution Network in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Compressive Sensing for MTC in New LTE Uplink Multi-User Random Access Channel ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | LTE Technology Deployment Strategy for Mobile Telecom Operators: A Techno-Economic Analysis ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | Low Complexity MMSE Channel Prediction for Block Fading Channels in LTE Downlink ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 12B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 2b: Ad-Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 14:30 | Shape Based Customized Node Deployment Approach for WSNs ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Towards Green Networking: Gossip based Balanced Battery Usage Routing Protocol to Minimize Energy Consumption of MANETs ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | The Effect of Node Selfishness on the Performance of WSN Cluster-based Routing Algorithms ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Distributed beamforming and wireless broadcast advantage for routing in wireless mesh networks ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 12C: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 2: Speech Synthesis and Recognition
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 14:30 | Investigating The Use Of Syllable Acoustic Units For Amharic Speech Recognition ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Suffix Sequences Based Morphological Segmentation for Afaan Oromo ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | A Mobile Application for South African Sign Language (SASL) Recognition ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | TEXT TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS FOR ETHIOPIAN SEMITIC LANGUAGES: ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | Effect of Language Resources on Automatic Speech Recognition for Amharic ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 12D: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 2: Induction Generators
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 14:30 | Variable Frequency Converter based Voltage and Frequency Regulation of Induction Generator for Stand-Alone System Application ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Inherent Structural Characteristics Based Approach for Solving Generation-Load Allocation Problems ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Active Power Delivery Capability Improvement of Self-Excited Induction Generator For Remote and Rural Area Applications ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Adopting Reliability Analysis to Improve Composite Blade Technology of a Typical Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 12E: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 2: e-Learning and Education Information Systems
Location: Conference Room 6
| 14:30 | Electric Bass Guitar e-Learning System ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Towards students’ behavioural intention to adopt and use e-counselling: An empirical approach of using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model. ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Preference-based Internet of Things dynamic service selection for smart campus ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 12F: IEEE Africa Ad-Hoc Committee Program (AHCAA)
Location: Large Briefing Room
14:30-18:00 Session 12G: Communications Track Poster Session
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| 14:30 | Probability Distributions of SIR in a Rayleigh Fading Channel ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Stochastic Approximation based Scheduling for Real-time Applications in Wireless Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Autonomous Pedestrian Detection ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | A Smart Grid Electricity Hub ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Wireless Sensor Networks for Safety Protocols in the Industry ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Inline Ka-band Transitional Combline / Evanescent-Mode Filter in Conventional RF Substrate Using Grounded Vias ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Energy Efficiency Evaluation in Downlink Cellular Communication Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | A Stochastic Energy consumption model for Wireless Sensor Networks using GBR techniques ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Impact of Varying Wireless channel on the Performance of LEO Satellite Handover Scheme ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Variable Transmission Power Control in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Distributed Transmit-Power Control in Cognitive Radio Networks Using a Hybrid-Adaptive Game-Theoretic Technique ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Road Traffic State Estimation Framework Based on Hybrid Assisted Global Positioning System and Uplink Time Difference Of Arrival Data Collection Methods ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Novel Range-free Immune to Radio Range Difference (IRRD) Geo-localization Algorithm in Wireless Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Design of Local Web Content Observatory System ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Feasibility Studies of an Integrated Terrestrial/Satellite Network for Disaster Management ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Optimal Bit Error Analysis of N_r-branch EGC under Rayleigh Fading Channels ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | A review of key development areas in low-cost packaging and integration of future E-band mm-wave transceivers ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Analysis of Bright-Band Height Data from TRMM-PR for Satellite Communication in Durban, South Africa ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Robust Diffusion-Based Unsupervised Object Labelling in Distributed Camera Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Adaptive Spectrum Decision Framework for Heterogeneous Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Joint Adaptive Modulation and Adaptive MIMO System for Fading Channels in 3GPP LTE ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | An improved algorithm for finding the maximum number of set covers for wireless sensor networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Recent Developments in the Use of Time-Frequency Analysis for Radar-based Applications ( abstract ) |
| 14:30 | Determination of the Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) Agility of an Incoming Radar Emitter Signal using Instantaneous Power Analysis ( abstract ) |
16:00-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Session 13A: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 3a: HetNets, LTE and LTE-Advanced Networks II
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Location: Conference Room 2
| 16:30 | A MULTIMOORA APPROACH TO ACCESS NETWORK SELECTION PROCESS IN HETEROGENE OUS WIRELESS NETWORKS ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Intelligent Access Network Selection For Data Offloading In Heterogenous Networks ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Mitigating Cross-tier Cross-boundary Interference in Fractional Frequency Reuse Scheme for Multi-tier Networks ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 13B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 3b: Satellite Networks, Localization and Navigation
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 16:30 | Call Admission Control for Multimedia Connections in Interactive Satellite Networks ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Adaptive Handover Scheme for LEO Satellite Communication System ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Range-free Selective Anchor Node Center of the Smallest Communication Overlap Polygon Localization Algorithm in Wireless Networks ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 13C: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 3: Modelling
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 16:30 | EMTP-based Analysis of Pre-insertion Resistor and Point on wave switching Methodology ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Vulnerability Database Analysis for 10 years� ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | An Active Contour Approach to Insulator Segmentation ( abstract ) |
| 17:30 | Higher Order Sliding Mode Control of a Parallel Robot ( abstract ) |
| 17:50 | A Pentomino-Based Path Inspired Demosaicking Technique for the Bayer Color Filter Array ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 13D: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 3: Renewable sources efficiency
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 16:30 | Online Configuration of Network Emulator for Intelligent Energy System Testebed Applications ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Challenges in the Ghanaian power system: the prospects of renewable energy sources ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Effective Energy Consumption Scheduling in Smart Homes ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 13E: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 3: e-Government
Chairs:
Shaun Kaplan and Ho Kwon
Location: Conference Room 6
| 16:30 | Towards a Conceptual Framework for Pledging Sustainable e-Government Success: The Case of G2G in Ethiopia ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | A REVIEW OF SOFT FACTORS FOR ADAPTING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO DELIVER PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES IN ETHIOPIA: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Using information and communication technology to improve the efficiency of African border posts ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 13F: IEEE Africa Ad-Hoc Committee Program (AHCAA)
Location: Large Briefing Room
Wednesday, September 16th
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09:00-10:00 Session 14: Keynote: 5G Tactile Internet – cm Waves or mm Waves, and Multi Carrier versus Single Carrier
Speaker: Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair Professor at TU Dresden, Germany
Location: Conference Room 2
10:00-13:00 Session 15A: Green Energy Systems Track Poster Session
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| 10:00 | A SIMULATION STUDY OF EEPCo’s MEDIUM VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS FOR TECHNICAL POWER LOSS REDUCTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF TECHNICAL POWER LOSSES IN THE OUTGOING FEEDERS FROM SEBETA SUBSTATION ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Design of a Wireless Heliostat System ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Noise Minimization Techniques for Modulator Demodulator Circuits used for Chopper Stabilization in CMOS-MEMS Sensor Applications ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | ESTIMATING THE DYNAMIC POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTROLLABLE ENERGY STORAGE ON PV MICROGRID ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Weakly Coupled DC Grid for Developing Countries:``Less is More" ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Wavelet Multi-Resolution based Faults Investigation on Power System Transmission Line ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Overvoltage Protection for Range Extended Electric Vehicles ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Experimental investigation and Performance Evaluation of Solar Tunnel Dryer for Ginger Drying in case of Bahir Dar University ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Design and Implementation of a Real-Time Tracking and Telemetry System for a Solar Car ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Toward Developing a Distributed Autonomous Energy Management System (DAEMS) ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Temperature Based Model for Estimating the Daily Average Global Solar Irradiation of Ibadan, Nigeria ( abstract ) |
10:00-11:00 Session 15B: IEEE Women in Engineering Workshop (WiE)
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Location: Conference Room 2
10:00-11:00 Session 15C: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 4a: Dynamic Spectrum Access I
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Location: Large Briefing Room
| 10:00 | TV White Spaces in Africa:Trials and Role in Improving Broadband Access in Africa ( abstract ) |
| 10:20 | Network Performance Analsysis of the Limpopo TV White Space (TVWS) Trial Network ( abstract ) |
10:00-11:00 Session 15D: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 4b: Green Networks
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 10:00 | Gap Mechanism for Energy Efficiency Models in Wireless Multicast Networks ( abstract ) |
| 10:20 | Powering devices using ultra-capacitor batteries ( abstract ) |
10:00-11:00 Session 15E: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 4: Applications of Artificial Intelligence I
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 10:00 | Sound Source Localisation on Android Smartphones: A first step to using smartphones as auditory sensors for training A.I systems with Big Data ( abstract ) |
| 10:20 | Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation Using Hybrid Intelligent Algorithms ( abstract ) |
| 10:40 | Localized Hybrid Reasoning System for TB Disease Diagnosis ( abstract ) |
10:00-11:00 Session 15F: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 4: Automatic control systems
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 10:00 | Design of a Smart Geyser Controller Unit ( abstract ) |
| 10:20 | Driving Electric Vehicles: as Green as the Grid ( abstract ) |
| 10:40 | Automatic Controlling of Agricultural Pumps Based on Soil Mositure Sensing ( abstract ) |
10:00-11:00 Session 15G: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 4: Public Safety and Security
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Location: Conference Room 6
| 10:00 | Smart Emergency Response Interface for Fire Detection ( abstract ) |
11:00-11:30Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session 16A: IEEE Women in Engineering Workshop (WiE)
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Location: Conference Room 2
11:30-13:00 Session 16B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 5a: Dynamic Spectrum Access II
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Location: Large Briefing Room
| 11:30 | QoS Provisioning in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks through Dynamic Resource Allocation ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Secondary User Energy Consumption in Cognitive Radio Networks ( abstract ) |
| 12:10 | Collaborative Spectral Opportunity Forecasting for Cognitive Radio ( abstract ) |
11:30-13:00 Session 16C: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 5b: Radio Propagation
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 11:30 | Approximate Queue Scheduling for Rainfall Synthesis over Radio links in Subtropical Regions ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Millimeter Wave Small Cell Backhaul: An Analysis of diffraction loss in NLOS links in Urban Canyons ( abstract ) |
| 12:10 | Estimation of Rain Attenuation over Microwave and Millimeter Bands for Terrestrial Radio Links in Ethiopia ( abstract ) |
11:30-13:00 Session 16D: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 5: Applications of Artificial Intelligence II
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 11:30 | Phoneme-based English-Amharic Statistical Machine Translation ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Automatic Recognition of Ethiopian License Plates ( abstract ) |
| 12:10 | Towards optimal play FANORONA ( abstract ) |
| 12:30 | High Performance Automatic Target Recognition ( abstract ) |
| 12:50 | Fuzzy Signature Based Description of Complex Overtaking and Engagement Conflicts in Railway Traffic Control ( abstract ) |
11:30-13:00 Session 16E: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 5: Electrical Machines
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 11:30 | Analysis of Higher Harmonics Loss in Nine-Phase Salient Pole Synchronous Machine ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Diagnosis of Rotor Inter-Turn Fault of Electrical Machine at Speed Using Stray Flux Test Method ( abstract ) |
| 12:10 | Geomagnetically Induced Current Model for the Namibian High Voltage Network ( abstract ) |
| 12:30 | Planar Magnetic Field Distribution underneath Two-Circuit Linear Configured Power Lines in Various Phase Arrangements ( abstract ) |
| 12:50 | Assessment Model for Monitoring AC Induced Interference Corrosion of Buried Pipelines from HVTLs ( abstract ) |
| 13:10 | A comparison of voltage collapse point prediction capabilities of voltage stability index and inherent structural characteristics ( abstract ) |
11:30-13:00 Session 16F: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 5: e-Agriculture and Environmental Management I
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Location: Conference Room 6
| 11:30 | Mobile phone supported water dispensing system for the "un-watered" population ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Design of a Water Management System ( abstract ) |
| 12:10 | Audio Diarization for Biodiversity Monitoring ( abstract ) |
| 12:30 | mAgriculture among small holder farmers in Kenya: Challenges and Lessons ( abstract ) |
| 12:50 | ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON WATER AVAILABILITY OF BILATE WATERSHED, ETHIOPIAN RIFT VALLEY BASIN ( abstract ) |
13:00-14:00Sponsored Conference Lunch
14:00-14:30 Session 17: Keynote: Recent Scientific and Technological Advances: Potential Implications for the African Continent
Speaker: Dr. Solomon Assefa, IBM Research -Africa
Location: Conference Room 2
14:30-16:00 Session 18A: International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL 2015): Photonics Research for African Development
Co-organized by Yanne K. Chembo and Andrew Forbes
Location: Large Briefing Room
14:30-16:00 Session 18B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 6a: Communications Theory
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Location: Conference Room 2
| 14:30 | On the Improvement of Phase Noise errors in Wireless Communication systems ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Performance Evaluation of Polynomial Based Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems On Time-Varying Frequency-Selective Fading Channels ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Modified Minimized Mean Value-MMSE Algorithm-based semi-blind channel estimator for MC-IDMA systems. ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Inter-Carrier Interference Mitigation in OFDM-based Cooperative Communication in Doubly Selective Channels ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | Segmental Analysis of the Transmission in CSK Systems Based on the Euclidean Distance ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 18C: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 6b: Optical Networks and Fiber Technologies
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Location: Conference Room 3
| 14:30 | Wavelength and Power Stabilization of a three wavelength Erbium doped fiber laser using a Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Laboratory Environment for Verification of Protected Multi-Gigabit Transmission Systems ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Noise Figure and Pump Reflection Power in SMF-Reach Optical Fibre for Raman Amplification ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 18D: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 6: Image Processing
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 14:30 | Bag-of-Visual Words Based Automatic Image Annotation ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Electrical Impedance Tomography using Code Division Multiplexing ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | Fast Chan-Vese without Edges and Connected Component Analysis for Kidney Segmentation in MRI Images ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Automatization of a protocol for the postural assessment of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | A Fast Procedure for Acquisition and Reconstruction of Magnetic Resonance Images Using Compressive Sampling ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:30 Session 18E: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 6: Power electronics
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 14:30 | Investigation of Power Electronics Solutions for Power quality Problems in Distribution Networks ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | The performance of distance protection relay on series compensated line under fault conditions ( abstract ) |
| 15:10 | The Performance of Sensitive Equipment to Voltage Dips from Field Measurements ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Full-bridge Modular Multilevel Converter with Extended Control Range ( abstract ) |
| 15:50 | Unidirectional Step-up Ultra Sparse Matrix Converter for Integration of Wind Energy Resources to Microgrids ( abstract ) |
| 16:10 | Voltage and Frequency Profile Analysis of Electricity Networks with Wind Energy Integration ( abstract ) |
14:30-16:00 Session 18F: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 6: e-Agriculture and Environmental Management II
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Location: Conference Room 6
| 14:30 | Towards Enabling Tacit Knowledge Externalization and Sharing Using Mobile Phone: The Case of Participatory Agricultural Innovation in Ethiopia ( abstract ) |
| 14:50 | Automatic Identification of Flower Diseases Using Artificial Neural Networks ( abstract ) |
16:00-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Session 19A: International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL 2015): Photonics Research for African Development
Co-organized by Yanne K. Chembo and Andrew Forbes
Location: Large Briefing Room
16:30-18:00 Session 19B: Communications Systems Track, Technical Symposium 7a: Signal Processing
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Location: Conference Room 2
| 16:30 | Noise Robust Speaker Verification using GMM-UBM Multi-Condition Training ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Improved Reconstruction in Compressive Sensing of Clustered Signals ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Wavelet Based Fuzzy Rule Bases in Pre-qualification of Access Networks' Wire Pairs ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 19C: Green Computing Track, Technical Symposium 7: Controller, Sensors and Mobile GP-GPUs
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Location: Conference Room 4
| 16:30 | Design of a Low-Cost Electronically Controlled Gravity-Feed Infusion Set ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | A Monolithic, Low-Noise, Capacitive Readout Interface Circuit for CMOS-MEMS Resonator-Based Gravimetric Chemical Gas Sensors ( abstract ) |
| 17:10 | Embedded Fibre Bragg Gratings to Measure Shrinkage During the Early Age of Concrete. ( abstract ) |
| 17:30 | Design of controller for single axis knee using Hydraulic Damper ( abstract ) |
| 17:50 | Performance Characterization of Mobile GP-GPUs ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 19D: Green Energy Systems Track, Technical Symposium 7: Solar Energy systems
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Location: Conference Room 5
| 16:30 | Off-Grid Domestic Water Heating from Solar and Wind Power: a Feasibility Study ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | Software Development for Design, Simulation and Sizing of Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant (EthioSolA) ( abstract ) |
16:30-18:00 Session 19E: Innovation and Services Track, Technical Symposium 7: Finance, Enterprise and Business Process Automation
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Location: Conference Room 6
| 16:30 | Improving MFI-MB Interaction with Technology: an Explorative Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ( abstract ) |
| 16:50 | A Firewall Architecture to Enhance Performance of Enterprise Network ( abstract ) |
Thursday, September 17th
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