Michael Asante
Department of Computer SciencePhysical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

Michael Asante

62 Publications39 Research Themes44 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher focused on advancing cybersecurity, image processing, network security, and edge computing techniques across diverse domains. Their work integrates advanced algorithms, technologies, and frameworks to enhance data security, improve image quality, optimize network performance, and address privacy concerns in critical infrastructure applications. Contributions include cryptographic systems, secure communication protocols, intelligent decision-making models, and real-time threat detection solutions across sectors like healthcare, smart grids, and IoT.

Faculty Biography

Professor  Michael   Asante is currently a professor in Computer Science at the department of Computer Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology,Kumasi,Ghana. he had his primary and Middle school education form 1970-1975 and 1975-1977 at the Bekwai- Ashanti,  SDA Primary and Middle school respectively.He then proceeded to the Obuasi Secondary-Technical School from 1977-1982 and 1983- 1985 for his General Certificate Examination Ordinary and Advanced Levels organized by the West Afriiucan Examination Council (WAEC) He did his national Service from 1985-1986. From 1987  he then proceeded to the Tarkwa School of Mines to undertake  a three-Year course in Mineral Survey  aand completed in 1990.He enrolled at the  London South  Bank University, United Kingdom, from 1992-1994 where he obtained a MSc degree in Scientific Computing/scientific Information Technology. Then from 2003-2007,he persued his PhD in Systems Engineering  at the University of Reading ,United Kingdom.

Key Research Themes (39)
Physical Sciences

Advanced Data Storage Technologies

Physical Sciences

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Physical Sciences

Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques

Physical Sciences

Advanced Vision and Imaging

Health Sciences

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Life Sciences

Brain Tumor Detection and Classification

Physical Sciences

Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption

Physical Sciences

Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms

Physical Sciences

Cryptographic Implementations and Security

Physical Sciences

Cryptography and Data Security

Health Sciences

Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management

Social Sciences

Digital Platforms and Economics

Physical Sciences

Energy and Environment Impacts

Physical Sciences

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Physical Sciences

Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Physical Sciences

Energy Load and Power Forecasting

Physical Sciences

Face and Expression Recognition

Physical Sciences

Image and Signal Denoising Methods

Health Sciences

Infection Control and Ventilation

Physical Sciences

Infrared Target Detection Methodologies

Physical Sciences

Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Physical Sciences

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Physical Sciences

IoT-based Smart Home Systems

Physical Sciences

IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security

Physical Sciences

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Physical Sciences

Network Packet Processing and Optimization

Physical Sciences

Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Physical Sciences

Network Traffic and Congestion Control

Physical Sciences

Power Line Communications and Noise

Physical Sciences

Power Systems and Renewable Energy

Physical Sciences

Radio Wave Propagation Studies

Physical Sciences

Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Social Sciences

Risk and Safety Analysis

Physical Sciences

Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Physical Sciences

Software Engineering Research

Physical Sciences

Spam and Phishing Detection

Physical Sciences

User Authentication and Security Systems

Physical Sciences

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

Physical Sciences

Web Application Security Vulnerabilities

Publications (62)

Mapping the invisible internet: Framework and dataset

Open Access

Fog computing-enabled smart seating systems: optimizing latency and network bandwidth efficiency in classrooms

Open Access
2025IoT-based Smart Home SystemsDOI: 10.21622/ace.2025.05.1.1335

Optimizing Secure and Efficient Data Communication in Health Information Systems: A Hybrid Cryptographic Approach

2025Chaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionDOI: 10.1109/icint65528.2025.11030894

Fraud Prediction and Prevention in Mobile Money Payment Systems (MMPS): A Systematic Literature Review of Text‐Based Detection Methods

Open Access

A Hybrid Integrated High Availability Cluster (Ihac) for Enhancing System Resilience and Addressing Persistent Cyber Threats

Open Access
2025Risk and Safety AnalysisDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5254117

Network-centric Optimal Hybrid Sensing Hole Recovery and Self- Healing in IPV6 WSNs

Open Access
2024Energy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksDOI: 10.5121/ijwmn.2024.16605

Image steganography techniques for resisting statistical steganalysis attacks: A systematic literature review

Open Access
2024Advanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308807

Enhancing AMI network security with STI model: A mathematical perspective

2024Smart Grid Security and ResilienceDOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2024.101244

Botnet attacks classification in AMI networks with recursive feature elimination (RFE) and machine learning algorithms

2023Network Security and Intrusion DetectionDOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2023.103456

Analyzing the Impact of Blackhole Attacks on AODV and DSR Routing Protocols’ Performance in NS-2

Open Access
2023Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksDOI: 10.5121/ijcsea.2023.13402

Performance Analysis of AODV and DSR Routing Protocols Under Blackhole Attack Using NS-2

Open Access
2023Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksDOI: 10.5121/csit.2023.131339

Predicting Software Vulnerability Based on Software Metrics: A Deep Learning Approach

Open Access
2023Software Engineering ResearchDOI: 10.22541/au.168635343.36199285/v1

A Comparative Study of RSA and ELGAMAL Cryptosystems

Open Access
2023Cryptographic Implementations and SecurityDOI: 10.47941/ijce.1291

Enhancing the Time Complexity of Mathematically Intensive Algorithms; the Case of Cryptography

Open Access
2023Computability, Logic, AI AlgorithmsDOI: 10.5120/ijca2023922736

Integration of Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Mini-Grid Solar PV Systems in Off-Grid Rural Communities (SoAMIRural)

Open Access
2023Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.3390/su15097526

ResFCNET: A Skin Lesion Segmentation Method Based on a Deep Residual Fully Convolutional Neural Network

Open Access
2023Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementDOI: 10.3991/itdaf.v1i1.35723

Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer based on Levy Flight for Multi-thresholding Image Segmentation

Open Access
2023Infrared Target Detection MethodologiesDOI: 10.5120/ijca2023922595

Android applications classification with deep neural networks

2023Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesDOI: 10.1007/s42044-023-00136-x

Deit-Mi: Advancing Malware Detection and Classification with Data-Efficient Image Transformers

Open Access
2023Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4606488

Rsencarver": Enhancing File Carving Techniques with Error Correction Using the Reed Solomon Algorithm

Open Access
2023Advanced Data Storage TechnologiesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4579306

Intelligent Detection Technique for Malicious Websites Based on Deep Neural Network Classifier

Open Access
2022Spam and Phishing DetectionDOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2022.06.05

Android Applications Classification with Deep Neural Networks

Open Access
2022Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2196025/v1

The Impact of Information Technology on the Management of Diabetes – A Case Study of the Trust Hospital, Accra

Open Access
2022Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareDOI: 10.5120/ijca2022922362

A Symmetric, Probabilistic, Non-Circuit Based Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme

Open Access
2022Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.22247/ijcna/2022/212332

Efficient deniable authentication and its application in location-based services

2022Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2022.107958

Network-Centric Optimal Hybrid Mobility Scheme for IPv6 Wireless Sensor Networks

2021Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksDOI: 10.1109/icecet52533.2021.9698636

Evolution of Homomorphic Encryption

Open Access
2021Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.5120/ijca2021921679

Effect of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layers and Service Class on Network Performance

Open Access
2021Power Systems and Renewable EnergyDOI: 10.5120/ijca2021921399

Measurement of television white space spectrum in the Central region of Ghana

2021Radio Wave Propagation Studies

GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK AIDED SECURITY CHECK WITH TERAHERTZ IMAGES USING IMPROVED YOLOV3.

Open Access
2021Brain Tumor Detection and ClassificationDOI: 10.15863/tas.2021.03.95.49

ID-based key-insulated signcryption with equality test in cloud computing

Open Access
2021Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04469-9

Penetration Testing of IEEE 802.1X Port-based Authentication Protocols using Kali Linux Hacking Tools

Open Access
2021IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, SecurityDOI: 10.5120/ijca2021921186

ID-Based Plaintext Checkable Signcryption with Equality Test in Healthcare Systems

2021Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.1007/s42979-020-00436-0

An Effective Algorithm for Denoising Salt-And-Pepper Noise in Real-Time

Open Access
2020Image and Signal Denoising MethodsDOI: 10.9734/ajrcos/2020/v6i130149

Reengineering MANET Routing using Ant Colony Optimization: Modelling and Performance Study

Open Access
2020Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksDOI: 10.5120/ijca2020920372

A Comparative Performance Analysis of 6to4 Transition Mechanism over MPLS and Frame Relay using OPNET

Open Access
2020Power Line Communications and NoiseDOI: 10.5120/ijca2020920316

Penetration Testing of IEEE 802.11 Encryption Protocols using Kali Linux Hacking Tools

Open Access
2020IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, SecurityDOI: 10.5120/ijca2020920365

A Survey of Modern Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms for MANET: Routing Challenges, Perpectives and Paradigms

2020Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksDOI: 10.17577/ijertv9is050404

An Enhanced Non-Cryptographic Hash Function

Open Access
2020Cryptographic Implementations and SecurityDOI: 10.5120/ijca2020920014

Improved approximated median filter algorithm for real-time computer vision applications

Open Access
2020Image and Signal Denoising MethodsDOI: 10.1016/j.jksuci.2020.04.005

Implementing Morpheme-based Compression Security Mechanism in Distributed Systems

Open Access
2020Network Security and Intrusion DetectionDOI: 10.24940/ijird/2020/v9/i2/jan20092

Parallel Key Insulated ID-Based Public Key Cryptographic Primitive with Outsourced Equality Test

Open Access
2020Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.4236/jcc.2020.812018

Survey of Websites and Web Application Security Threats Using Vulnerability Assessment

Open Access
2019Web Application Security VulnerabilitiesDOI: 10.3844/jcssp.2019.1341.1354

Real-Time Motion Detection and Surveillance using Approximation of Image Pre-processing Algorithms

2019Advanced Vision and ImagingDOI: 10.1109/africon46755.2019.9133920

ID-Based Outsourced Plaintext Checkable Encryption in Healthcare Database

2019Cryptography and Data SecurityDOI: 10.1109/icsiot47925.2019.00016

An Innovative Technique for Analyzing Network Performance and Congestion in a Hybrid Network Topology

2019Network Traffic and Congestion ControlDOI: 10.1109/iccma.2019.00017

A Survey of Machine Learning’s Electricity Consumption Models

Open Access
2018Energy Load and Power ForecastingDOI: 10.5120/cae2018652789

Wireless Sensor Network Surveillance on Forest Illegal Mining using ‘Planned Behaviour Abortion Tower’: Analytical Modelling

2018Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsDOI: 10.22247/ijcna/2018/49501

Encrypted Traffic Analytic using Identity Based Encryption with Equality Test for Cloud Computing

2018Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingDOI: 10.1109/icastech.2018.8507063

Analysis of Electronic Payment Systems in Ghana - A Case Study of Mobile Payment System

Open Access
2018Digital Platforms and EconomicsDOI: 10.18535/ijsrm/v6i6.ec02

Impact Of Firewall On Network Performance

Open Access
2018Network Packet Processing and OptimizationDOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.15483.62241

Comparative Analysis Of The Performance Of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) And Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) As Face Recognition Techniques

2017Face and Expression Recognition

Implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm with Key Length of 256 Bits for Preventing Data Loss in an Organization

Open Access
2017User Authentication and Security SystemsDOI: 10.7753/ijsea0603.1004

Dynamic Routing Implementation Decision between OSPFv3 and IS–IS in IPv6 Networks

Open Access
2016IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, SecurityDOI: 10.5120/cae2016652446

An Improved Computer Network Access Control using Free BSD PFSENSE: A Case Study of UMaT Local Area Network

Open Access
2016Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingDOI: 10.5120/cae2016652396

Implementation of Network Services on IPV6 Networks

Open Access
2016IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, SecurityDOI: 10.5120/ijca2016909788

Improving Security Levels In Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) Using Multifactor Authentication

2016User Authentication and Security SystemsDOI: 10.7753/ijsea0503.1003

Performance Analysis of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) Over Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol with Opnet

Open Access
2016IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingDOI: 10.14569/ijacsa.2016.070512

Enhancing the Security of Vehicles and the Work of the DVLA Using GSM/SMS Technologies

Open Access
2015Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)DOI: 10.7753/ijsea0405.1006

Testing for Randomness in Pseudo Random Number Generators Algorithms in a Cryptographic Application

Open Access
2015Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption

Numerical modeling of nosocomial infection in a multi-bed ward environment

2012Infection Control and Ventilation

Performance Analysis of the Impact on Both the use of Redundant Equipment and Link Failure Repair Paths in Convergence Mobile IP Transactions Utilizing MPLS.

2006IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Computer Science
Total Publications62
Research Themes39
Open Access Papers44

Department of Computer Science

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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