Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa : First International Conference, ICT4DA 2017, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, September 25–27, 2017, Proceedings

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the third International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2017, held in Porto, Portugal in April 2017. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers aim at contributing to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on ICT for Ageing Well and eHealth including the collection and evaluation of day/night end user behavior patterns through the adoption of wearable technologies. Front Matter ....Pages I-XIII Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Is Addis Ababa Wi-Fi Ready? (Asrat Mulatu Beyene, Jordi Casademont Serra, Yalemzewd Negash Shiferaw)....Pages 3-13 A Finite-State Morphological Analyzer for Wolaytta (Tewodros A. Gebreselassie, Jonathan N. Washington, Michael Gasser, Baye Yimam)....Pages 14-23 Malaria Detection and Classification Using Machine Learning Algorithms (Yaecob Girmay Gezahegn, Yirga Hagos G. Medhin, Eneyew Adugna Etsub, Gereziher Niguse G. Tekele)....Pages 24-33 Intelligent Transport System in Ethiopia: Status and the Way Forward (Tezazu Bireda)....Pages 34-45 Survey on Indoor Positioning Techniques and Systems (Habib Mohammed Hussien, Yalemzewed Negash Shiferaw, Negassa Basha Teshale)....Pages 46-55 Comparative Study of the Performances of Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) Reduction Techniques for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Signals (Workineh Gebeye Abera)....Pages 56-67 A Distributed Multi-hop Clustering Algorithm for Infrastructure-Less Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (Ahmed Alioua, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Samira Moussaoui, Esubalew Alemneh, Med-Ahmed-Amine Derradji, Fella Benaziza)....Pages 68-81 Radar Human Gait Signal Analysis Using Short Time Fourier Transform (Negasa B. Teshale, Dinkisa A. Bulti, Habib M. Hussien)....Pages 82-88 Classification of Mammograms Using Convolutional Neural Network Based Feature Extraction (Taye Girma Debelee, Mohammadreza Amirian, Achim Ibenthal, Günther Palm, Friedhelm Schwenker)....Pages 89-98 Exploring the Use of Global Positioning System (GPS) for Identifying Customer Location in M-Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries (Patrick Kanyi Wamuyu)....Pages 99-111 Developing Knowledge Based Recommender System for Tourist Attraction Area Selection in Ethiopia: A Case Based Reasoning Approach (Tamir Anteneh Alemu, Alemu Kumilachew Tegegne, Adane Nega Tarekegn)....Pages 112-128 A Corpus for Amharic-English Speech Translation: The Case of Tourism Domain (Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Laurent Besacier, Million Meshesha)....Pages 129-139 Experimenting Statistical Machine Translation for Ethiopic Semitic Languages: The Case of Amharic-Tigrigna (Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Million Meshesha)....Pages 140-149 Synchronized Video and Motion Capture Dataset and Quantitative Evaluation of Vision Based Skeleton Tracking Methods for Robotic Action Imitation (Selamawet Atnafu, Conci Nicola)....Pages 150-158 Ethiopian Public Universities’ Web Site Usability (Worku Kelemework, Abinew Ali)....Pages 159-171 Comparative Analysis of Moving Object Detection Algorithms (Habib Mohammed Hussien, Sultan Feisso Meko, Negassa Basha Teshale)....Pages 172-181 Multiple Antenna (MA) for Cognitive Radio Based Wireless Mesh Networks (CRWMNs): Spectrum Sensing (SS) (Mulugeta Atlabachew, Jordi Casademont, Yalemzewd Negash)....Pages 182-192 The Design and the Use of Knowledge Management System as a Boundary Object (Dejen Alemu, Murray E. Jennex, Temtem Assefa)....Pages 193-202 Autonomous Flyer Delivery Robot (Tesfaye Wakessa Gussu, Chyi-Yeu Lin)....Pages 203-208 Minimal Dependency Translation: A Framework for Computer-Assisted Translation for Under-Resourced Languages (Michael Gasser)....Pages 209-218 Massive MIMO for 5G Cellular Networks: Potential Benefits and Challenges (Bekele Mulu Zerihun, Yihenew Wondie)....Pages 219-227 Mathematical Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of Gantry Robot Using Bond Graph (Tadele Belay Tuli)....Pages 228-237 Web Usage Characterization for System Performance Improvement (Alehegn Kindie, Adane Mamuye, Biniyam Tilahun)....Pages 238-245 Critical Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators for e-Government Projects- Towards Untethered Public Services: The Case of Ethiopia (Dessalegn Mequanint Yehuala)....Pages 246-258 Intelligent License Plate Recognition (Yaecob Girmay Gezahegn, Misgina Tsighe Hagos, Dereje H. Mariam W. Gebreal, Zeferu Teklay Gebreslassie, G. agziabher Ngusse G. Tekle, Yakob Kiros T. Haimanot)....Pages 259-268 Comparison of Moving Object Segmentation Techniques (Yaecob Girmay Gezahegn, Abrham Kahsay Gebreselasie, Dereje H. Mariam W. Gebreal, Maarig Aregawi Hagos)....Pages 269-279 Front Matter ....Pages 281-281 Towards Group Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (George W. Musumba, Ruth D. Wario)....Pages 283-307 Overview of Spectrum Sharing Models: A Path Towards 5G Spectrum Toolboxes (Gcina Dludla, Luzango Mfupe, Fisseha Mekuria)....Pages 308-319 Towards Affordable Broadband Communication: A Quantitative Assessment of TV White Space in Tanzania (Jabhera Matogoro, Nerey H. Mvungi, Anatory Justinian, Abhay Karandikar, Jaspreet Singh)....Pages 320-330 An Evaluation of the Performance of the University of Limpopo TVWS Trial Network (Bongani Fenzile Mkhabela, Mthulisi Velempini)....Pages 331-344 Front Matter ....Pages 345-345 Review on Cognitive Radio Technology for Machine to Machine Communication (Negasa B. Teshale, Habib M. Hussien)....Pages 347-355 Back Matter ....Pages 357-358 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers present relevant trends of current research on ageing well and e-health, and comprise a diverse range of innovative, evidence-based papers that assist in bridging the gap between a nice-to-have approach to a need-to-have philosophy of ICT for ageing well This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa, ICT4DA 2017, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in September 2017. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers address the impact of ICT in fostering economic development in Africa. In detail they cover the following topics: e-services, natural language processing, intelligent systems, mobile and wireless communication, privacy and security.