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Full SmartNets’22 Technical Program

 The conference sessions will be held considering Botswana Time (GMT + 2) 

 

November 26-28 & December 2-3, 2022

Machine Learning Algorithms to Industrial Applications Workshop

 Speaker: Prof. Mahesan Niranjan

 

Day 1 – Tuesday November 29, 2022

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome & Opening Ceremony

Dr. Bokamoso Basutli & Prof. James Irvine (General Chairs)

Prof. Elisha Shemang – BIUST Deputy Vice Chancellor/Academic Affairs

Prof. Joseph M. Chuma – Dean of Faculty of Engineering – (Honorary Chair)

Prof. Tarek Bejaoui & Dr. Kinan Ghanem (Technical Program Chairs)

Location: Palapye International Conventional Centre (PICC)

 

9:30 – 10:30

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Gabriel-Miro Muntean

Title: Toward Supporting High Quality Rich Media Content Delivery in Future Network Environments

Session Chair: Dr. Thabiso Maupong

Room: Tshukudu

 

10:45 – 12:15 

Session A1: AI/ML Techniques and System Engineering I

Session Chair: Prof. Abid Yayha

Room: Tshukudu

 

  1. 1570829781- Attendance System Based on Blockchain and Face Recognition, Qingsen Zhang (Jaingxi University of Software Professional Technolog, China)
  1. 1570815028- Using Deep Learning for Facial Recognition: Implementing a Convolutional Siamese Neural Network in a Facial Recognition System for Cattle, David McDaid and Kevin Meehan (Atlantic Technological University, Ireland)
  1. 1570817347- Evaluating Operational Readiness Using Chaos Engineering Simulations on Kubernetes Architecture in Big Data, Gautam Siwach (IBM Corporation, USA); Adinarayana Haridas and Nagaraj Chinni (IBM, India)
  1. 1570821407- Correlation and Causation in the Perspective of COVID-19: An Empirical Study on Canonical Correlation Analysis, Dasari Naga Vinod (Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, India); Caspar K. Lebekwe and Adamu Murtala Zungeru (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); D Menaka (Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India) 
  1. 1570842198- Resource and History-Aware IoT Task Scheduling in Volunteer Assisted Fog Computing, Lella Rajya Lakshmi (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
  1. 1570870643– Using SQLite Structure Analysis to Retrieve Unsent Messages on WhatsApp Messaging Application, Raghad Khweiled (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Mahmoud Jazzar (Palestinian Technical University- Kadoorie, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

 

Session A2: Antenna Systems, Propagation and RF Design

Session Chair: Dr. Caspar Lebekwe

Room: Nare

 

  1. 1570839313- Design of a Dual-Band Antenna Array for CubeSat Application, Kebonyethebe Ramahatla (Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Botswana); Modisa Mosalaosi and Bokamoso Basutli (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570822465- Adaptation Diffusion Strategy Over Wireless Fading Channels, Amjad Ali Ali (Higher School of Economics & MIEM HSE, Russia)
  1. 1570822574- Sparse Bayesian Learning DOA Estimation Models for Smart Antenna Arrays, Olebogeng B Kobe (University of Botswana, Botswana); Ibo Ngebani (Zhejiang University, China); Sajid M. Sheikh and Ishmael Zibani (University of Botswana, Botswana)
  1. 1570829745- Light Fidelity System Performance in Data Transmission Through the Effect of Free-Space Optical Communication, Walaa Khalil Abrahem and Satea Hikmat Alnajjar (Al-Iraqia University, Iraq)
  1. 1570839252- Demonstration: Attitude Determination and Attitude Estimation for Earth Observing 1U CubeSats, Kesaobaka Mmopelwa Mmopelwa, Oduetse Matsebe and Bokamoso Basutli (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)

 

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Emil Björnson

Title: Wireless Networks With Uniform Performance: Distributed MIMO and Sequential Fronthaul 

Session Chair: Dr. Bokamoso Basutli

Room: Tshukudu

 

15:00 – 15:30

Speaker:   Mr. Kabo Phetlhu (Debswana)

Title: Creating Debswana’s mine of the future through the Future Smart Connected Mine program

Session Chair: Dr. Bokamoso Basutli

Room: Tshukudu

 

15:45 – 17:15

Session A3: Advanced Communication and Energy Management Systems

Session Chair:Dr. Molaletsa Namoshe

Room: Tshukudu

 

  1. 1570821915- Communication Requirements and Deployment Challenges of Cloudlets in Smart Grid, Stephen O Ugwuanyi (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Kinan Ghanem (Strathclyde University, United Kingdom (Great Britain) & PNDC, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Jidapa Hansawangkit, Ross McPherson, Rabia Khan and James Irvine (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  1. 1570829510- A Simulated Case Study of Smart Grid’s Impact on Enabling Renewable Energy, Ugur Nezir, Ibrahim Bali and Sebnem Baydere (Yeditepe University, Turkey)
  1. 1570834607- Self-Aware Opportunistic Transmissions for Energy Management Within Wireless Sensor Networks, Sami Habib and Paulvanna Nayaki Marimuthu (Kuwait University, Kuwait)
  1. 1570817369- Architecture Framework for Intelligence Orchestration in AIoT and IoT, Edgar J Ramos (Ericsson Research, Finland & Aalto University, Finland); Marie-Jose Montpetit (Concordia University, Canada); Antonio F. Skarmeta (Odin Solutions S. L, Spain); Dirk Kutscher (University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Germany); Vangelis Angelakis (Linköping University, Sweden); Mathieu Boussard (Nokia Bell Labs, France)
  1. 1570841427- Mathematical Models for Task Assignment With Service Level Agreement in Fog Computing, Ahmed Salem and Marc St-Hilaire (Carleton University, Canada); Muhammad Sajjad Khan (International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan)
  1. 1570839283- A Dynamic Spectrum Allocation Scheme to Limit the FWM Effects in Elastic Optical Networks, Devlina Adhikari (Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India)

 

Session A4: Communication Systems and Security

Session Chair:Dr. Thabiso Maupong

Room: Nare

 

  1. 1570839076- A Network-Based Distributed Data Storage System for Data Security in a Hostile Network, Jet Chu (North Oldham High School, USA); Derock Xie (Kentucky Country Day School, USA)
  1. 1570836111- Developing a Cyber-Resilience State in Botswana’s Energy Industry, Habeenzu Keleba (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Thabiso Maupong (Botswana International University of Science and Technologyana, Botswana); Oteng Tabona (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570839223- Device Identification in IoT Networks Using Network Trace Fingerprinting, Rakesh Matam and Jyotishna Kurmi (Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, India)
  1. 1570827432- RBAS: Randomized Bi-Phase Authentication Scheme for Wireless Internet of Things Sensor Networks, Pendukeni N Phalaagae (Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Botswana); Adamu Murtala Zungeru, Boyce Sigweni and Rajalakshmi Selvaraj (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570829777- Multi-Stage Attack Detection: Emerging Challenges for Wireless Networks, Moemedi Lefoane (University of Bradford, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ibrahim Ghafir (University of Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sohag Kabir (Bradford University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Irfan Awan (University of Bradford, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  1. 1570870673– An Enhanced Phishing Detection Tool Using Deep Learning From URL, Ammar Dawabsheh (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Mahmoud Jazzar (Palestinian Technical University- Kadoorie, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

 

Day 2– Wednesday November 30, 2022

9:00    Welcome & Opening the Conference – Prof. Bokamoso Basutli (BIUST, Botswana)

Room: Tshukudu

 

9:00 – 10:00

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Celimuge Wu

Title: Efficient Federated Learning for Internet of Vehicles

Session Chair: Dr. Thabiso Maupong

Room: Tshukudu

 

10:15  – 11:45

Session B1: Control Systems and the Factory of the Future

Session Chair: Dr. Lilian Livutse Amuhaya

Room: Tshukudu

 

  1. 1570828797- Performance Evaluation of 5G Use Cases for Smart Factory, Mohammed Alfaqawi, Sylvie Baron, Vincent Pitard, Stephane Davai and Nathalie Banoun (Capgemini Engineering, France)
  1. 1570823333- 3GPP-Based Verification of Latency Measurements in Operational Cellular Networks With Low-Altitude Drones, Samira Homayouni (Technical Coordinator R&D- Hutchison Drei Austria, Austria); Mario Paier (Hutchison Drei Austria, Austria); Taulant Berisha and Sebastian Woblistin (Dimetor GmbH, Austria); Johannes Rehak (Hutchison Drei Austria, Austria)
  1. 1570822786- Industry 4.0: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Planning and Scheduling Manufacturing Soft Wares for Implementation and Adoption in Connected Factories, Queeneth Kingsley -Omoyibo (Igbinedion University, Nigeria)
  1. 1570835914- A Fast and Noise Rejecting Kolmogorov-Smirnov Sorting Algorithm in X-Ray Diamond Sorting, Ernest Modise and Adamu Murtala Zungeru (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Bokani Mtengi (Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Botswana); Albert Ude (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570819718- An IoT Sensing System for Managing Industrial FOG-Separators, Rui Silva Moreira (University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Portugal & INESC TEC & LIACC, Portugal); Christophe Soares (University Fernando Pessoa & Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal); José Manuel Torres (University Fernando Pessoa & LIACC, Portugal); Pedro Sobral (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal); Bruno J Gomes (University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Portugal); Célio Carvalho (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal); Karim Karmali, Salim Karmali and Rafael Rodrigues (Hardlevel, Portugal)

 

Session B2: Advances in Signal Processing & Communication Systems

Session Chair: Dr. Bokamoso Basutli

Room: Nare

 

  1. 1570817300- A Low Complexity Digital Front-End for CubeSat Software Defined Radio Applications, Pako Moaro, Bokamoso Basutli and Modisa Mosalaosi (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570829503- Real-Time Video Data Traffic Management for Publish-Subscribe Based Messaging System, Semra İnce, Zahra Esfandiari Baiat and Sebnem Baydere (Yeditepe University, Turkey)
  1. 1570817473- Internet of Things: Analysis of Parameters and Requirements, Ali M Ebraheem and Ilya Ivanov (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
  1. 1570822001- SIFT and RANSAC-Based Image Mosaic Algorithm for Image Compression, Bose Alex Lungisani, Caspar K. Lebekwe and Adamu Murtala Zungeru (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570827004- IOTA Tangle 2.0: Toward a Scalable, Decentralized, Smart, and Autonomous IoT Ecosystem, Nathan Sealey (Toshiba Europe Ltd., United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Adnan Aijaz (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ben Holden (Toshiba Europe Ltd., United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  1. 1570839245- Magnetic Control for Detumbling of Satellites, Teddy T. Ramodimo, Oduetse Matsebe and Bokamoso Basutli (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)

 

12:00 – 12:30

Speaker:    Mr. Tumediso Mphato (BTC)

Title:  Connectivity as the key enabler of Digital Transformation and Innovation

Session Chair: Dr. Bokamoso Basutli

Room: Tshukudu

 

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Markku Juntti

Title:  6G Wireless System Technologies Evolving for the Societies and People

Session Chair: Dr. Bokamoso Basutli

Room: Tshukudu

 

15:15 – 16:45

Session B3: AI/ML Techniques and System Engineering II

Session Chair: Dr. Nonofo Ditshego

Room: Tshukudu

 

  1. 1570818949- On Big Data Forensic and Forensic Cloud Environment, Oteng Tabona (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Thabiso Maupong (Botswana International University of Science and Technologyana, Botswana); Kopo Ramokapane (Bristol University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  1. 1570838787- Machine Learning to Detect Inconsistent Data, Nelson Agudelo (SENA – Universidad Distrital FJC & Sennova, Colombia); Juan Amezquita (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, Colombia); Yuli Andrea Rodríguez (IEEE IAS Colombia, Colombia)
  1. 1570828093- Time Series Forecasting of COVID-19 Mortality in SADC Region With Facebook Prophet Model, Ofaletse Mphale (University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana); Neo Rafifing, Sajid M. Sheikh (University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana) and Lavanya Balasubramanian (New Era College, Botswana) 
  1. 1570829561- Electricity Load Prediction Using Machine Learning, Jwaone Gaboitaolelwe and Adamu Murtala Zungeru (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Abid Yahya (Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) & University Malaysia Perlis, Botswana); Caspar K. Lebekwe (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570825966- Inferencing Big Data With Artificial Inetlligence & Machine Learning Models in Metaverse, Gautam Siwach (IBM Corporation, USA); Adinarayana Haridas (IBM, India); Don Bunch (IBM, USA)
  1. 1570870648– An Integrated Framework Implementation for Cloud Forensics Investigation Using Logging Tool, Zaina AlSaed (Palestine Technical University, Palestine); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mahmoud Jazzar (Palestinian Technical University- Kadoorie, Palestine); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

 

Session B4: Advances in AI/IoT research and Applications

Session Chair: Dr. Bokani Mtengi

Room: Nare

  1. 1570817616- COVID-19 Epidemic Forecast Using Machine Learning Regression Techniques, Merin Joseph, Kanika Sood and Tianhao Shen (California State University, Fullerton, USA)
  1. 1570829749- A Smart Face-Shield With Active Defogging Against Coronavirus, Fernando D Moita and Marco Silva (Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra & ISEC, Portugal); Luis Roseiro (Coimbra Polytechnic – ISEC, Portugal); Nuno Lavado (Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra & ISEC, Portugal); João Sobral (SOLIEN Soluções Integradas de Engenharia Lda, Portugal)
  1. 1570819242- Design and Implementation of a Mobile Health Check Device, Sajid M. Sheikh (University of Botswana, Botswana)
  1. 1570825441- Performance Evaluation of Termite Hill Routing Algorithm on Mobile and Static Sources of RPMS, Kegomoditswe Boikanyo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Adamu Murtala Zungeru (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana); Abid Yahya (Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) & University Malaysia Perlis, Botswana); Caspar K. Lebekwe (Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana)
  1. 1570839306- Classification of Lifts Using a Smart Insole, Stanley Chukwuebuka Nwabuona, Christian Kjær, Christopher Henriksen, Martin Nordal Petersen and Sarah Ruepp (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) 
  1. 1570870348– Smart Stick for Visually Impaired People Using Raspberry PI with Deep Learning, Paul Samuel Christopherson (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Amna Eleyan (MMU, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tarek Bejaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Mahmoud Jazzar (Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, The State of Palestine)

 

16:50 – 17:30

Panel Discussion: The Role of 5G in Digital Transformation in Botswana

Session Chair:Mr. Tebogo Mogaleemang

 

17:30 – 18:00

Best Paper Award Ceremony

Session Chair: Prof. Tarek Bejaoui 

 

Day 3– Thursday, December 1, 2022

8:00     Social Event

 

15:30 – 18:00    PNDC Workshop (Botswana Time – GMT+2)

 

15:30 – 15:40

Welcome & Opening Ceremony

Jacqueline Redmond/ Federico Coffele/Kinan Ghanem (PNDC – Workshop General Chairs)

 

15:40 – 16:00

Speaker: James Irvine, (Strathclyde university)

Title: Communications and security challenges in smart grid: the importance of validation

 

16:00 – 16:25

Speaker: Adrian Grilli (The European Utilities Telecom Council – EUTC)

Title: Global challenges of spectrum access for smart grid applications

 

16:25 – 16:50

Speaker: Nigel Nawacki (NOKIA)

Title: Digitalization of Energy with 5G Secure Communications for low carbon grid transformation

 

16:50 – 17:15

Speaker: Chris Farrow (CRONOS)

Title: Sync and Timing for Secure Critical Infrastructure

 

17:15 – 17:35

Speaker: Karabo Mmokwa (Debswana)

Title: Debswana Smart Grid Solution

 

17:35 – 18:00

Speaker: Chris McGookin (Scottish Power Renewables)

Title: Zero Trust Security in OT

 

18:00        Closing Ceremony