Kate Takyi
Department of Computer SciencePhysical SciencesHealth SciencesLife Sciences

Kate Takyi

17 Publications12 Research Themes11 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work centers on advancing AI and machine learning applications across diverse domains, employing innovative techniques such as enhanced feature extraction, anomaly detection, network security, sentiment analysis, augmented reality, and biological imaging. Their research integrates methodologies like deep learning models, graph-based approaches, optimization algorithms, and bioinformatics to address challenges in smart agriculture, network security, software engineering, healthcare, biology, and public health.

Faculty Biography

Kate Takyi attained her BSc. Degree in Computer Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in 2009 and worked as Network Support Officer at Noble Gold Bibiani Limited from 2011 to 2013. She attained her Master’s Degree in Network Technology and Management (MSc) from Amity University Gurgaon, Haryana - India in 2016. She has worked on a project “Modular Framework for network security” and proposed a model for enhancing security for organizations with several branch offices. She attained her PhD. Degree at Lovely Professional University, Punjab – India in Computer Applications. She is currently a lecturer in the Computer Science Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.She is intrested in collaborative research in fields of STEM educaction. Her research areas of interest include Machine Learning, Data Science Wireless Networks,Internet of Things, Network Communications, Network traffic Classification, Network security, and Network Management. She supervises a lot of students both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in all areas and categories mentioned above. She is a member of Ghana Science Association and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Wistem). She personally mentors students both in and outside of Ghana.

Key Research Themes (12)
Physical Sciences

Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications

Physical Sciences

Augmented Reality Applications

Physical Sciences

Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Health Sciences

COVID-19 diagnosis using AI

Physical Sciences

Hand Gesture Recognition Systems

Life Sciences

Identification and Quantification in Food

Physical Sciences

Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques

Physical Sciences

Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Physical Sciences

Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Physical Sciences

Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining

Life Sciences

Smart Agriculture and AI

Physical Sciences

Software Engineering Research

Publications (17)

MeatScan: An image dataset for machine learning-based classification of fresh and spoiled cow meat

Open Access
2025Identification and Quantification in FoodDOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112045

Advanced Mobile Money Fraud Detection Using CNN-BiLSTM and Optimized SGD with Momentum

Open Access
2025Imbalanced Data Classification TechniquesDOI: 10.5824/ajite.2025.03.002.x

AfriSign: African sign languages machine translation

Open Access
2025Hand Gesture Recognition SystemsDOI: 10.1007/s44163-025-00227-7

An improved man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack detections using convolutional neural networks

Open Access
2024Network Security and Intrusion DetectionDOI: 10.31893/multiscience.2025129

Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-ray Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

2024COVID-19 diagnosis using AIDOI: 10.1109/icecet61485.2024.10698157

Sentiment analysis and classification of Ghanaian football tweets from the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Open Access
2024Sentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningDOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v34.i1.pp497-507

The use of knapsack 0/1 in prioritizing software requirements and Markov chain to predict software success

2023Software Engineering ResearchDOI: 10.1007/s41870-023-01476-4

Cocoa beans classification using enhanced image feature extraction techniques and a regularized Artificial Neural Network model

2023Smart Agriculture and AIDOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106736

A Hybrid Model for Anomaly Detection in Smart Building

Open Access
2023Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4402847

Adoption of Blockchain Technology to Streamline the Claims Settlement in the Health Insurance Industry in Ghana

Open Access
2023Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4424646

Augmented Reality Indoor Navigation with Computer Vision

Open Access
2022Augmented Reality ApplicationsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4180080

LightGBM-RF: A Hybrid Model for Anomaly Detection in Smart Building

2022Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsDOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8445-7_3

Real-time application clustering in wide area networks

2020Network Security and Intrusion DetectionDOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106691

An Improved QoS Aware Clustering Approach for Network Traffic Classification

2020Network Security and Intrusion Detection

A Semi-Supervised QoS-Aware Classification for Wide Area Networks with Limited Resources

Open Access
2019Network Security and Intrusion DetectionDOI: 10.35940/ijitee.h7185.0981119

Clustering Techniques for Traffic Classification: A Comprehensive Review

Open Access
2018Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingDOI: 10.1109/icrito.2018.8748772
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Computer Science
Total Publications17
Research Themes12
Open Access Papers11

Department of Computer Science

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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