Abstract Machine learning and the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown nearly exponentially over the past few years. However, growing fears over the nature of AI and the use of user data by large companies has put an air of distrust over the ML community. This makes it hard to collect more data with better user representation is needed to train more useful and accurate models and creates a unique problem space that my project seeks to tackle. It raises the question; how might...
ABSTRACT As each day passes, new ways of improving our lives through technology emerge. Companies keep on exploring ways of reaching out to their customers and other stakeholders in a way that is more comfortable and efficient. Regardless of their exploration, the problem of presenting information in a way that allows quick retrieval of information by users remains a challenge. To solve the problem of information retrieval, companies have implemented search bars on their website and other fun...
Abstract As decade after decade passes, the world has proved extremely progressive especially in technology. As the world goes completely digital and most people become computer savvy, it is pivotal to have programming skills to avoid becoming redundant. In creating a world where programming skills is a culture, it is necessary to instil such skills right from the start with children. Therefore, teaching programming in schools is just as necessary as other core subjects. Nevertheless, in many...
Abstract Along with a proliferation of electronic gadgets and devices for the home and office, the past few years has seen a steady increase in the degree of automation of devices in the home or office. A number of opportunities have been provided by commercial products as well as self developed systems that incorporate a means of controlling and/or monitoring devices. However many of the solutions provided are either expensive or limited in their application. This project is concerned with t...
ABSTRACT Studies into income, expenditure and standard of living of individuals and households are well documented in literature. Many of these studies cover different forms of poverty indicators and variables. The methods used in this analysis were mainly econometric models. The study is concerned with determining the indicators and variables that possibly influence income, expenditure and living standard of households. The objective here is to model the determinants of living standards or p...
ABSTRACT A Quantum Cascade Laser Open-Path System (QCLOPS) version 2 sensor has been set-up and used to measure water vapour in the troposphere. The QCLOPS version 2 sensor was compared with a commercial humidity sensor. A positive correlation of 71.46 % was established between the coefficient of variation of the version 2 sensor and the mass concentration of the commercial humidity sensor. Ten different wood species namely Kroma, Dwindwinaba, Esia,Yaya, Konkroma, Emire, Mango, Esakoko, Cocoa...
ABSTRACT Incorporating orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) into gari could increase the nutritional value of gari. This work sought to improve the nutritional quality of gari by incorporating OFSP into the gari. Multivariate response surface was used for the optimization of the optimum amount of OFSP and the fermentation duration required in producing a good quality gari. The results showed that beta-carotene content increased with increasing fermentation duration and increasing OFSP percentag...
Abstract Humans are good at classifying things because our brains are adept at understanding contextual nuances. Machines, however, need to be fed the right features to achieve reasonably good levels of classification. Classifying text manually is a time-consuming and expensive process especially in the information age where a combination of the success of cloud computing, big data and the resurgent trend of the internet of things as well as unprecedented population growth have led to an expl...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, youth unemployment rate is 80% of the unemployed population. These are people between the ages of 18 to 35 years. In most households where parents are working, it is very hectic to get a reliable and suitable household employer to take care of their homes when they are away working. Linking the unemployed population to prospective employers in the informal sector is therefore very necessary. This write up gives details of a job listing user friendly web application, created...
Abstract This paper documents an attempt to create an algorithm for multi tempo music lyric transcription. This paper reviews music information retrieval as a field of study and identifies music lyric transcription as a subset of the music information retrieval field. The difficulties of music lyric transcription are highlighted and a gap in knowledge in the field is identified. There are no algorithms for music transcription that are applicable to all forms of music, they are usually special...
The aim of this project is to develop an online hotel reservation system, a case study of FORT ELLIS Hotels LTD Gwagwalada, Abuja which corrects the inefficiency of the current existing manual system, where all bookings and reservations and other management activities are done manually. For improving hotel business and providing scope for global reservation of rooms we developed an online hotel reservation system which is a web application. The major programming language that was used fo...
This project is insight into the design and implementation of an Online Counseling System. The primary aim of this project is to eradicate the long queues at the counseling unit. It was discovered in the course of this study that students or counselees have neglected the face-to-face counseling mode which is been offered by the university because of the stress in registering for counseling and seeing the counselor, so the need for a better system came about with online counseling system....
Abstract Motivated by the current state of technological advancement, this project seeks to modernize the traditional methods of food vending, ordering and delivery by creating a unique yet satisfying mobile experience for users. It is with no doubt that some tools and technology exist that may be employed. However, in the case of student run food business, the default platform used to receive orders is via an embedded google form in an email broadcasted to the entire Ashesi University Colleg...
Abstract Malaria is currently one of the most deadly diseases in the world. While there are different treatment methods for the disease, the search for new drugs against malaria is still a very important area of research. One of the main challenges in manufacturing drugs against malaria is efficiently evaluating the performance of the drugs on the parasites since it requires, amongst others, precise measurements of the parasite growth-stages as well as their counts in blood smear images. The ...
ABSTRACT Individuals resident in rural areas have the problem of long distances between their places of abode and the nearest health center. The goal of organizations and research bodies has been to come up with solutions to bridge this gap. Some solutions that have evolved include setting up community health centers in various rural areas and adopting the use of mobile technology to bring health care to the door step of residents in these areas. Some key aspects of such solutions include ens...