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Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTING AND ICT RESEARCH Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development Editors Janet Aisbett Greg Gibbon Anthony J. Rodrigues Joseph Kizza Migga Ravi Nath Gerald R Renardel Volume IV FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS Kampala Fountain Publishers P.O. Box 488 Kampala E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.fountainpublishers.co.ug Distributed in Europe and Commonwealth countries outside Africa by: African Books Collective, P.O. Box 721, Oxford OX1 9EN, UK. Tel: 44(0) 1869 349110, Fax:+44(0)1869 349110 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.africanbookscollective.com Distributed in North America by: Michigan State University Press 1405 South Harrison Road 25 Manly Miles Building East Lansing, MI 48823-5245 Tel: +1 517 3559543, 800 6782120 Fax: +1 517 4322611 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.msupress.msu.edu © Makerere University 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, including copying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 978-9970-02-871-2 Contents Preface .......................................................................................................................vii Keynote speaker biographies .................................................................................... viii Author Biographies ....................................................................................................xii Acknowledgements .................................................................................................xviii Part 1: Computer Science 1. The Status of Software Usability in Uganda Florence Tushabe, Venansius Baryamureeba, Paul Bagyenda, Cyprian Ogwang and Peter Jehopio ...........................................................1 2. Game Theoretic Multi-agent Systems Scheduler for Parallel Machines Elisha T. O. Opiyo, Erick Ayienga, Katherine Getao, William Okello-Odongo, Bernard Manderick and Ann Nowé ..................12 3. Dynamic Resource Allocation: A Comparison of First Price Sealed Bid and Vickrey Auctions Elisha T. O. Opiyo, Erick Ayienga, Katherine Getao, William Okello-Odongo, Bernard Manderick, Ann Nowé ........................21 4. Bootstrapping Machine Translation for the Language Pair English–Kiswahili Guy De Pauw, Peter Waiganjo, Wagacha Gilles and Maurice De Schryver .........................................................................30 5. Towards Domain Independent Named Entity Recognition Fredrick Edward Kitoogo, Venansius Baryamureeba & Guy De Pauw ........38 6. Towards Full Comprehension of Swahili Natural Language Statements for Database Querying Lawrence Muchemi .................................................................................50 7. Generalized Association Rule Mining Using Genetic Algorithms Peter P. Wakabi-Waiswa, Venansius Baryamureeba, K. Sarukesi ..............59 8. Collaborative Filtering: A Comparison of Graph-based Semi- supervised Learning Methods and Memory-based Methods Rasna R. Walia .......................................................................................70 Part 2: Information Systems 9. A Simulation Modelling-based Investigation of the Impact of IT Infrastructure on Business Process Reengineering Innocent Baguma, and Joseph K. Ssewanyana ...........................................85 10. A Flexible Approach for user Evaluation of Biomedical Ontologies Gilbert Maiga and Ddembe Williams ...........................................................100 11. Facilitating Grass-root NGO’s Adoption of Information Systems and Information Communication Technologies Kathy Lynch, Stacey Lynch and Festus Bazaira .......................................113 12. Career Guidance Using Expert System Approach Ojenge Winston and Muchemi Lawrence ............................................123 13. Exploring the Implementation of Blended Learning in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Uganda Philip O. Ayoo and Jude T. Lubega .........................................................132 14. Use of “Flight Simulator” for Training IT Managers in Investment Decision Making Paul Ssemaluulu and Ddembe Williams .................................................144 15. System Dynamics Modeling in Healthcare: The Ugandan Immunisation System Agnes Semwanga Rwashana and Ddembe Wileese Williams ...................160 16. Geometrical Spatial Integration Model for Geo-information Management Ismail Wadembere and Patrick J. Ogao .................................................177 Part 3: ICT Sustaibable Development 17. The Role of ICT in Creation and Sustenance of Trust in SME Clusters and Inter-organizational Systems Agnes Mindila, Dorothy Mccormick, Anthony Rodrigues and Ronald Waweru Mwangi .......................................................................194 18. Data Security Lapses in Developed Societies: Public and Private Sector Cases Anthony J Rodrigues .............................................................................203 19. ICT-enabled Services: A Critical Analysis of the Opportunities and Challenges in Uganda Venansius Baryamureeba .......................................................................215 20. The localisation into isiXhosa of the iLanga Telephone System Lorenzo Dalvit, Mosiuoa Tsietsi, Alfredo Terzoli, Pamela Maseko Msindisi Sam and Thandeka Mapi..........................................................236 iv 21. Agro-meteorological Knowledge Management System for Small Scale Farmers Omondi Lwande and Muchemi Lawrence ..............................................243 22. Impact of Funded Research Projects on University Quality: A System Dynamics Approach Benedict Oyo, Ddembe Williams and Erik Barendsen ............................256 23. Tertiary ICT Education in the East African Community (EAC): Human Capital and Curriculum Development Rodrigues J. Anthony and Wafula J. Muliaro ..........................................273 Part 4: Data Communication and Computer Networks 24. Using Mobile Technology & Services for Sustainable Development in Africa Fisseha Mekuria .....................................................................................290 25. Implementing Security in Wireless Sensor Networks Joseph Migga Kizza ................................................................................296 26. Delay-optimized Path in Peer-to-Peer Networks Francis Lowu and Venansius Baryamureeba ...........................................312 27. Service Oriented Telecom Architectures for Enabling Innovative Mobile Services F. Mekuria and W. Mwebaza ..................................................................321 Part 5: Information Technology 28. Comparison of Rwandan and Russian ICT Educational Policies Irina Zlotnikova and Voronezh State University of Education (Russia) .................................................................................................332 29. A Generic E-Learning Framework: A Case Study Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) Makerere University Jude T. Lubega and Fiona Ssozi Mugarura ..............................................340 30. Integrating E-Supervision in Higher Educational Learning Jude T. Lubega and Michael Niyitegeka ..................................................351 31. Mobile Research Supervision Initiative (MRSI) at Makerere University: Lessons to Learn Paul B. Muyinda, Kathy Lynch and Jude T. Lubega .................................359 v 32. Assessing Implementation of Blended learning in Constrained Low Bandwidth Environment Nazir Ahmad Suhail .............................................................................377 33. Information Communication Technologies Acceptance and use Among University Communities in Uganda: A Model for Hybrid Library Services end-users Prisca K. G. Tibenderana and Patrick J. Ogao ........................................391 34. Value Difference Metric for Student Knowledge Level initialization in a Learner Model-based Adaptive e-Learning System Robert O. Oboko, Peter W. Wagacha, Euphraith M. Masinde, Elijah Omwenga and Arno Libotton ....................................................411 vi Preface This is the fourth conference in the SREC series. While the original theme of ICT for sustainable development is still strong, for the last two years the conference has been held as the International Conference on Computing and ICT Research (ICCIR). This name reflects the broad nature of ICT research that, in the end, contributes to sustainable development. A brief look through these proceedings will convince you of the lively mix of applied and basic research across the disciplines. Keynote speakers and contributing authors alike address both generic developments and applications of state-of the- art research to specific African problems. Thus, in the Computer Science stream, basic research contributions range across semi-supervised learning, dynamic resource allocation, automatic auction mechanisms, and more. In the Information Systems stream, researchers look at appropriate selection of biomedical ontologies and at geometric integration in GIS. In Data Communications and Computer Networks, basic research ranges from network path optimisation, through telecommunication architectures for special mobile services, to various wireless security issues. On the applied research side, we see investigations into ICT adoption amongst
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