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Gifty Buah
Lecturer
gbuah@ug.edu.gh
Research: 
Research interests include dynamic spectrum management, Massive MIMO and next generation wireless communication technologies. Internet of things and its applications in healthcare and agriculture, as well as privacy and security issues in IoT.

Academic Qualifications

  • Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
  • University of Ghana, 2016
Professional Membership
  • Women in Engineering, Ghana Institute of Engineers

Research Interest

Research interests include dynamic spectrum management, Massive MIMO and next generation wireless communication technologies. Internet of things and its applications in healthcare and agriculture, as well as privacy and security issues in IoT.

Current Research

Affordable Rural Internet Access (ARIA), a collaboration between University of Strathclyde and university of Ghana to extend internet connectivity to rural areas by taking advantage of the analogue TV spectrum (470 MHz – 694 MHz) that is currently not in use (TV whitespace)

Past Research

  1. Analysing Bluetooth and Zigbee technologies for a patient vitals monitoring system, 2018
  2. An analysis of the vulnerability of online banking websites to cross site scripting and cross site request forgery attacks, 2018

Recent Publications

  • Design of Secure Wireless Home Automation System with Open Home Automation Bus (OpenHAB 2) Framework, 2020. Submitted to Journal of sensors.
  • Intelligent Mobile-Based Campus Navigational Assistant Using Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision: A Case Study for the University of Ghana, 2020. Submitted to Wireless communication and mobile computing.