Wiafe Owusu-Banahene (BSc (Geod Eng) KNUST, MSc (Geom IT) Karlrushe, MSc (Res Eng) Karlrushe), PhD (Pretoria)

Academic Qualifications

• PhD (University of Pretoria, 2016)
• MSc (University of Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), 2006)
• MSc ( Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, 2004)
• BSc (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &Technology, 2000)

Awards

1. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) In country-In Region Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2011-2013
2. University of Pretoria Doctoral Bursary, University of Pretoria, 2012-2013
3. University of Pretoria Special International Research Award, South Africa, 2011-2012
4. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship, University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), Germany 2004-2006

Research Interest

• Software systems for integrating big data and (object)-relational database systems
• Integrating geospatial information into web, mobile and cloud systems
• Semantic and syntactic web integration: linked data and standard web services
• Data infrastructure: National spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) for governance
• Fraud detection on Mobile Money platforms

Current Research/Project

• Geospatial distributed systems: This project seeks to integrate emerging technology such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics into geo distributed systems. The resulting Geo-IoT, Geo-AI and Geo for Robotics can be applied in solving engineering, socio-economic, health and land administration related issues.
• Fraud Detection and Alert Systems on Mobile Money platforms: This research is exploring innovative ways of detecting fraudulent activities on the mobile money platforms in Ghana. Current approaches attempt to combine Artificial Intelligence with Web and Cloud Systems to alert mobile users of incoming calls from potential fraudsters.

Past Research/Projects

• Project member: South Africa-Namibia bilateral project on spatial data infrastructure for Namibia 2011-2014
• Participant: South Africa-Poland bilateral research project on SDIs and geoportals, November 2011-June 2012

Recent Publications

1. Ansah R.M., Sowah R.A., Segui J.M., Katsriku F.A., Vilajosana, X., and   Owusu-Banahene, W. (2020). Characterizing Foliage Influence on LoRaWAN Pathloss in a Tropical Vegetative Environment. IET Wireless Sensor Systems, (2020)
2. Owusu-Banahene, W. and Neizer Melvin. (2019). LOD Ghana: A framework for publishing Ghana’s data into the Linked Open Data cloud. RMU Journal, Vol 6.pp 55-74, 6/2019
3. Owusu-Banahene, W. and Effah Antwi. (2019). Towards standardized geospatial web services for thematic maps: Combining attributes from the Linked Open Data cloud with geometry in a spatial database server. RMU Journal, Vol 6.pp 103-117, 6/2019
4. Owusu-Banahene, W. and Amihere, A. A. (2018). UGMAP: a web and mobile application for navigation and notification the University of Ghana, Legon campus. Computer Science and Its Application, Vol 21. June, 2018
5. Owusu-Banahene, W.  and Adams O. (2018). Mobile-Cybernetic-Cloud Integrated Surveillance and Alert System. The InfoTech, Vol 12, 2018.
6. Owusu-Banahene, W.  and Owusu-Tweneboah, J. (2018). Integrating Big Data Platforms with Database Management Systems: Generic and Open Approach. West African Journal of Industrial& Academic Research, Vol. 19 No.2 of March 2018.
7. Owusu-Banahene, W. (2018). Making attributes from the linked open data (LOD) cloud a part of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) for thematic mapping. AFFREV S-TECH. International Journal of Science and technology, Vol 7 (1) February 2018.