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Research

Prof A.M.G's Research Profiles can be viewed on the following platforms

Journal and Conference Publications




Keynote Addresses

  1. Gamundani, A. M. (2019). Personal Security while embracing IoT. Namibia Safety and Security Expo, Showgrounds, 4-6 April 2019, Windhoek, Namibia.
  2. Gamundani, A. M., Phillips, A., & Muyingi, H.N., (2018). Defining the Security Taxonomy for Smart Home Applications in the IoT era. National Students’ Research Symposium, 18-19 October 2018, NIPAM, Windhoek, Namibia.
  3. Gamundani A.M. (2016). Internet of Things (IoT): A focus on Digital Privacy towards Personal Information Security. 3rd National ICT Summit 2016, 10-12 October 2016, Windhoek Country Club Resort, Namibia. [Keynote Address]. https://youtu.be/YZG_y5v5EAM
  4. Gamundani, A.M. (2015). Exploring the potential applications of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Health Sector: A focus on Namibia. National Research Symposium (NCRST), 23 – 25 September 2015 at Hilton Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia.  [Oral Presentation], Page 115-116.http://www.ncrst.na/files/downloads/3e5_NCRST_Book%20of%20Abstracts.pdf
  5. Gamundani A.M. (2015). Bridging the digital divide: Rural Mobile Penetration and the concern for Cyber Security. 2nd National ICT Summit 2015, 6-7 October 2015, Windhoek Country Club Resort, Namibia. [Keynote Address]


Books

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Teachers Guides for Grade 4

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Grade 4 Teacher's Guide aims to introduce Namibian learners to the field of Information and Communication in an accessible, interactive and practical manner. The Teacher's Guide is based on the latest Ministry of Education syllabus for the subject which aims to give learners both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in finding and utilising information in the modern era. The Teacher's Guide provides teachers with activities, information and lesson plans, ensuring that teachers from all over the country including rural settings can still teach certain aspects of the subject.

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Teachers Guides for Grades 5

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Grade 4 Teacher's Guide aims to introduce Namibian learners to the field of Information and Communication in an accessible, interactive and practical manner. The Teacher's Guide is based on the latest Ministry of Education syllabus for the subject which aims to give learners both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in finding and utilising information in the modern era. The Teacher's Guide provides teachers with activities, information and lesson plans, ensuring that teachers from all over the country including rural settings can still teach certain aspects of the subject.

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Teachers Guides for Grade 6

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Grade 6 Teacher's Guide aims to introduce Namibian learners to the field of Information and Communication in an accessible, interactive and practical manner. The Teacher's Guide is based on the latest Ministry of Education syllabus for the subject which aims to give learners both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in finding and utilising information in the modern era. The Teacher's Guide provides teachers with activities, information and lesson plans, ensuring that teachers from all over the country including rural settings can still teach certain aspects of the subject

The Solid Foundations Information and Communication Teachers Guides for Grade 7

The Teacher's Guide combines both activities catering for schools with access to resources such as computer labs, and functioning libraries as well as schools without such resources. The Teacher's Guide includes the following features: clear, easy-to-read text lesson plans an introduction to every theme practical activities that encourage creative and aesthetic awareness and allow learners to experience the various topics in a fun and interactive manner addresses current event and issues in Namibia (at the time the book was written) group work projects, case studies, brainstorming sessions and discussions to allow learners to work cooperatively and constructively with others assessment worksheets and revision questions.​​

Academic Blog Posts


Reviewer & Chairing Conference Sessions

Reviewed Articles for the following Journals 

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier)
  • International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS) (Inderscience)
  • AEIC Expert Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Scientific African (Elsevier)

Reviewed Articles for the following Journals 

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier)
  • International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS) (Inderscience)
  • AEIC Expert Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Scientific African (Elsevier)

Chairing Conference Sessions

Served and will be serving as the Technical Committee Member at the following conferences: -

  • IST-Africa 2017 Conference ,31 May - 02 June 2017, Windhoek, Namibia; Session 4e: Next Generation Computing II.
  • Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (DSMLAI), 09 - 12 August 2021, Technical Session 2: African Research Symposium.
  • 3rd International Multidisciplinary Information Technology and Engineering Conference (IMITEC), 23- 25 November 2021, Windhoek, Namibia; Day 1: Workshops.
  • 3rd African Human-Computer Interaction Conference, 8-12 March 2021, Posters and Demos Co-Chairs
  • 2018 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings 2018) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom 2018) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2018) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData 2018) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 July - 3 August 2018


Served as the Conference Secretary for the following conference: -

  • International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 17- 20 May 2015.


Academic Committee Member

  • 2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Signal and Computer Communications (DSCC 2022)


Technical Committee Member

  • 3rd International Multidisciplinary Information Technology and Engineering Conference (IMITEC), 23- 25 November 2021, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Forum AIBDF 2021
  • 2021 3rd International Conference on Electronics and Communication, Network and Computer Technology (ECNCT 2021)
  • 2021 International Conference on Internet of Things and Machine Learning IoTML 2021
  • 2022 5th International Conference on Computer Information Science and Application Technology (CISAT 2022)
  • 2022 International conference on Cloud Computing, Performance Computing and Deep Learning (CCPCDL 2022)
  • 2022, IEEE 9th International Conference SETIT, Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications, Genoa - Italy & Hammamet- Tunisia, 19-22 March 2022.


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Invited Speaker

Panel Discussion on Transdisciplinarity in Digital Health and AI: From misconceptions to co-conception and production, Tuesday 14 September 2021; ITD 2021 organised by the International Digital Health and AI Collaborative Research (I-DAIR), Switzerland.

Panel Discussion on RAIN-Africa Workshop: Responsible AI and Healthcare, 2 December 2020 Workshop Facilitator at the ITU E-Application Development Workshop hosted by ITU in Addis Ababa Ethiopia , 25-29 November 2019


Guest Speaker at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, International Workshop, on the 20th of October 2021 , presentation title: Ethical Issues in ML and IoT.


Reviewer

Reviewed Articles for the following Journals 

  1. IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  2. Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier)


Reviewed Articles for the following Conferences

  1. IST Africa 2017 Conference, 31 May – 02 June 2017, Windhoek, Namibia
  2. African Conference for Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI’16), Nairobi, Kenya, 21-25 November 2016
  3. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC), 17- 20 May 2015


Conferences

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Research Grants

January 2015 to December 2016

Child Online Protection, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia

Approved Project Title: Child Online Protection

Project Budget: US$30 000 awarded by UNICEF Namibia to the Digital Forensics and information Security Research Cluster to conduct exploratory research on uses and behaviours of online activities by adolescence.

January 2012 to December 2016

Solar powered computers for rural schools, Chinhoyi University of Science and Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe 

Approved Project Title: Advancing green computing as a solution to the challenge of rural grade 7-examination output quality.

Project Budget: US$9500 awarded by the Senate Research Committee at Chinhoyi University of Technology

December 2020 to February 2022

Using Artificial Intelligence to detect and classify plant leaf diseases.

Project Budget: US$54 833.25