Dr. Masinde
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Masinde, M., Antoine Bagula, 2015. A Calibration Report for Wireless Sensor Based Weatherboards. Journal of Sensor Actuator Networks (JSAN), 4(1), 30-49;
doi:10.3390/jsan4010030 - See more at: http://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/4/1/30 Masinde, M, 2015, An Innovative Drought Early Warning System for Sub-Saharan Africa:
Integrating Modern and Indigenous Approaches. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) Vol. 7, Iss. 1, 2015, Pages 8 - 25 Mwagha S.M., P.W. Waiganjo, C.A. Moturi, E.M. Masinde, 2014. Intelligent System For
Predicting Agricultural Drought For Maize Crop. International Journal of Technology Enhancements and Emerging Engineering Research, VOL 2, ISSUE 4, ISSN 2347-4289.
Pp 51-54
Mwagha S.M., M. Masinde, P. Ochieg, 2014. Comparison of Nearest Neighbor (ibk), Regression by Discretization and Isotonic Regression Classification Algorithms for Precipitation Classes Prediction, International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887), Volume 96– No.21, June 2014. Pp 44-49
Masinde, M., 2013. Artificial Neural Networks Models for Predicting Effective Drought Index:
Factoring Effects of Rainfall Variability. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s11027-013-9464-0 ISSN:1381-2386, Springer Netherlands
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2012. ITIKI: bridge between African indigenous knowledge and modern science of drought prediction. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 7(03), pp. 274-290.
Masinde, M., Bagula, A. and Muthama, N., 2012. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) use in Drought Prediction and Alerts. In: A. FINLAY and E. ADERA, eds, Application of ICTs for Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector: Developing Country Experiences and Emerging Research Priorities. APC, IDRC, CRDI; Association for Progressive Communication (APC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), South Africa, pp. 107-108.
Masinde, M., Zebal, N. and Antoine, B., 2012. Extending the Power of Mobile Phone Using Service Oriented Computing. In: N. VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, G. VLADIMIR and S.
STEPHAN, eds, 4th International ICST Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Application (MOBILWARE 2011). Volume 93; Part 2 edn.
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, pp. 34-44.
Masinde Muthoni, Antoine Bagula and Victor Murage (2010) ‘Middleware for Distributed Computing on Mobile Phones,’ in Enrique Canessa and Marco Zennaro (eds), m- Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination, 1st Edition. Trieste: ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
Ireri, E. Muthoni. (2003) ‘Event Driven Review of the University of Nairobi’s SMIS,’ in Ralph M.
Stair and George W. Reynolds, Principles of Information Systems, 6th Ed. Boston, Massachusetts: Thomson Course Technology.
Conference Papers
Masinde M. 2015. MAS-DEWS: A Multi-Agent System for Predicting Africa's Drought. In Proceedings the 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks and for publication in the conference proceedings published by IEEE. held in Killarney, Ireland on July 12 - 17, 2015.
Masinde M and Mhlaba A. 2015. Middleware for Internet of Things in Asset Tracking Applications: In-lining Approach In proceedings of: 13th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2015), held in Robinson College, in Cambridge, England, UK, from 22 July – 24 July 2015.
Mhlaba A. and Masinde M, 2015. A Hardware based Model for an Asset Monitoring and Tracking System: Case of Laptops. In proceedings of: International Conference on Emerging trends in Networks and Computer Communications (ETNCC-2015), held in Windhoek, Namibia, 17 – 20 May 2015. 978-1-4799-7707-9/15. Pages 155-161
Mwagha S.M. and Masinde M, 2015. Scientific Verification of Weather Lore for Drought Forecasting – The Role of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. In proceedings of: The IST-Africa 2015 Conference Proceedings, held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 06-08 May 2015. Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-905824-50-2.
Mhlaba A. and Masinde M, 2015. An Integrated Internet of Things Based System for Tracking and Monitoring Assets – the case of the Central University of Technology. In proceedings of: The IST-Africa 2015 Conference Proceedings, held in Lilongwe, Malawi, 06-08 May 2015. Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-905824-50-2.
Masinde M. 2014. An Effective Drought Early Warning System for Sub-Saharan Africa:
Integrating Modern and Indigenous Approaches. In Proceedings of the Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference 2014 on SAICSIT 2014 Empowered by Technology (SAICSIT '14), J. P. van Deventer, M. C.
Matthee, H. Gelderblom, and A. Gerber (Eds.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Pages 60, 10 pages. DOI=10.1145/2664591.2664629 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2664591.2664629 Masinde, M., "IoT applications that work for the African continent: Innovation or adoption?,"
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2014 12th IEEE International Conference, pp.633,638, 27- 30 July 2014 doi: 10.1109/INDIN.2014.6945587
Masinde, M., "An assessment of field readiness for wireless sensor based weatherboards - A calibration report," 12th IEEE International Conference in Industrial Informatics
(INDIN14), 2014 12th IEEE International Conference on, vol., no., pp.604,610, 27-30 July 2014 doi: 10.1109/INDIN.2014.6945582
Masinde, M, 2014. Enhancing Student-Centered Learning: the role of Ubiquitous Learning Environments, In: 5th Annual ICT in Higher Education Summit Conference Proceedings, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 27-28 March 2014.
Masinde, M. 2013. Survivability to Sustainability of Biodiversity: What do ICTs and Indigenous Knowledge have to do with it?, M. BEST L., Z. ELLEN, D. JONATHAN, G. BEKI and M.
GARY, eds. In: The Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, December 07-10 2012, ACM Digital Library, pp. 122.
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2013. SenseWeather: Sensor-Based Weather Monitoring System for Kenya, In: The IST-Africa 2013 Conference Proceedings, Nairobi, Kenya, 29-31 May 2013.
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2013. Downscaling Weather Forecasts using ITIKI in Mbeere:
Implementation Roadmap, Proceedings of ITU Kaleidoscope 2013: Building Sustainable Communities, K-2013, held in Kyoto Japan between 22 and 24 April 2013, K-2013, 20-24 April 20131, IEEE Xplore, pp. 1-8. (Nominated for best paper award)
Masinde, M., Bagula, A. and Muthama, N., 2012. The Role of ICTs in Downscaling and Up- scaling Integrated Weather Forecasts for Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, M. BEST L., Z.
ELLEN, D. JONATHAN, G. BEKI and M. GARY, eds. In: The Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, March 12-15 2012, ACM Digital Library, pp. 122.
Kagwe, J. and Masinde, M., 2012. Survey on DNS configurations, interdependencies, resilience and security for *.ke domains, E. CUTRELL, Z. W., B. GAETANO and T. BILL, eds. In: ACM Annual Symposium on Computing for Development, ACM DEV '12 Atlanta, GA, USA, March 10 - 11, 2012. 2012, ACM, pp. 25.
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2011. The Role of ICTs in Quantifying the Severity and Duration of Climatic Variations - Kenya’s Case, Proceedings of ITU Kaleidoscope 2011: The Fully Networked Human? - Innovations for Future Networks and Services K-2011, 12-14 December 2011, IEEE Xplore, pp. 1-8. (Nominated for best paper award)
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2011. A Framework for Integrating Indigenous Knowledge With Wireless Sensors in Predicting Droughts in Africa, N. BIDWELL and W. HEIKE, eds. In:
Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference 2011, 2-4 November 2011.
Masinde, Muthoni, Wainaina James and Antoine Bagula 2011. Using NLIDB to Make Weather Information Relevant to Kenyan Farmers; in the proceedings of the 2011 African Conference on Software Engineering and Applied Computing be held in September 19-23, 2011 - Cape Town, South Africa
Masinde, M., Bagula, A. and Victor, M., 2010. MobiGrid: A Middleware for Integrating Mobile Phone and Grid Computing, IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY, ed. In: The 6th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM 2010), October 25 - 29 2010, IEEE Communications Society.
Masinde, M. and Bagula, A., 2010. A Framework for Predicting Droughts in Developing Countries Using Sensor Networks and Mobile Phones, Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists ( SAICIST 2010) 2010, ACM, pp. 11- 13.
Waema T, Masinde Muthoni, Odera G, Adeya-Weya C, Were P and Chepken C, (2009);
Development of a Business Process Outsourcing Industry in Kenya: Critical Success Factors; IDRC.
Masinde, Muthoni (2008) Using an Adaptive E-Learning Environment For OOP - University of Nairobi Case, in the proceedings of the IST-Africa 2008 Conference; Windhoek, Namibia, 7-9 May.
Masinde, Muthoni (2007) Ensuring Quality in eLearning Programmes for Transnational Education in Africa - a Systems Approach, in the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training; The Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, 28-30 May.
Masinde, Muthoni and Wanyama Masinde (2006) A Systems Thinking Framework for Quality Assurance in Transnational Education - The Case of Kenya; in the proceedings of the Regional Eastern Africa Conference/Workshop on Quality Assurance in Higher Education;
Kenyatta University, 6-11 November.
Masinde, Muthoni (2006) Using JAD to Bridge the Design-Reality Gaps; A Major Cause of IS Projects’ Failures in the Developing Countries, in the proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Sustainable ICT in Developing Countries, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 6-9 August.
Technical Reports
Towards standardization (possibility of patent) Fathy Ramy Ahmed, 2014. New Standardization Activities for ITU-T Study Groups and ICT Innovation Panel. ITU-T Focus Group Bridging the gap: From Innovation to Standards. Focus Group Technical Report; May 2014. pp 38- 46
