Mike Mireku Kwakye, Ph.D.

Mike Mireku Kwakye, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Rarick Hall 363
Phone: 785.628.4780
E-mail: m_mirekukwakye "at" fhsu.edu

Educational Background: 

• Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• B.Sc. Computer Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Courses Taught: 

Summer semester

• CSCI 111: Survey of Computer Science (Online)

Spring semester

• CSCI 441: Software Engineering (Online)
• CSCI 251: Data Structures and Algorithms (On-campus)
• CSCI 241: Foundations of Computing (Online)
• CSCI 121: Computer Science I (Online)

Fall semester

• CSCI 441: Software Engineering (Both On-campus and Online)
• CSCI 241: Foundations of Computing (Online)
• CSCI 121: Computer Science I (Online)
• CSCI 251: Data Structures and Algorithms (Online)

Research Interests: 

• Data Management and Analytics - Data Modelling, Databases, Data Warehousing, Data Analytics
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity - Data Privacy, Privacy-Preserving Databases, Privacy Infrastructure, Blockchains, Secure Information Systems

Research Publications & Projects: 

• Public Profile

Computer Science Bibliography (DBLP) - https://dblp.org/pid/119/6751.html

Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NrxOeHgAAAAJ&hl

• Completed Research Projects

[1] Light-weight Privacy Infrastructure – A Blockchain-based Privacy-Preservation Platform for Data Storage and Query Processing. A Case Study on NGS Genomic Data for Tunote Oncogenomics Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Doctoral Research Advisor: Dr. Ken E. Barker

[2] Merging Multidimensional Data Models – An Instance Framework for Data Marts and Data Warehouses. Masters Research Advisor(s): Dr. Iluju C. Kiringa and Dr. Herna L. Viktor

[3] Biometric Fingerprint Identification for Accessible, Secured Form of ATM Transaction Authentication. Supervised Masters Project for Hanan Yaro Boforo.

• Conference Papers

[4] Michael Mireku Kwakye and Ken Barker. (2024). Blockchain-based Privacy-Preservation Platform for Data Storage and Query Processing. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2023), November 1-3, 2023, Exeter, UK, pp 380–400. Doi: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1274-8_25

[5] Emmanuel Onu, Michael Mireku Kwakye and Ken Barker. (2020). Contextual Privacy Policy Modeling in IoT. In: Proceedings of the 5th Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2020), August 17-22, 2020, pp. 94-102. Doi: 10.1109/DASC-PICom-CBDCom-CyberSciTech49142.2020.00030

[6] Michael Mireku Kwakye and Ken Barker. (2016). Privacy-Preservation in the Integration and Querying of Multidimensional Data Models. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2016), December 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 255-263. Doi: doi.org/10.1109/PST.2016.7906971

[7] Michael Mireku Kwakye, Iluju Kiringa, and Herna L. Viktor. (2013). Merging Multidimensional Data Models: A Practical Approach for Schema and Data Instances In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge and Data Applications (DBKDA 2013), February 2013, Seville, Spain, pp. 100-107. [Online]. Available: http://thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=dbkda_2013_4_40_30043 (This paper won a Best Paper Award)

• Journal Articles

[8] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2024). Privacy-Preserving Data Management using Blockchains. Computing Research Repository (Cryptography and Security). CoRR abs/2408.11263. Available: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.11263

[9] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2020). Conceptual Model and Design of Semantic Trajectory Data Warehouse. International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining (IJDWM). Vol. 16, No. 3, Article 6, July-September 2020, pp. 108-131. Doi: 10.4018/IJDWM.2020070106

[10] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2019). Privacy-Preservation in Data Pre-processing for Web Usage Mining. International Journal of Information Privacy, Security, and Integrity (IJIPSI). Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 134-152. Doi: doi.org/10.1504/IJIPSI.2019.106605

[11] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2019). Semantic Data Warehouse Modelling for Trajectories. Computing Research Repository (Databases). CoRR abs/1904.06484. Available: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1904.06484

[12] Michael Mireku Kwakye, Hanan Yaro Boforo, and Eugene Louis Badzongoly. (2015). Adoption of Biometric Fingerprint Identification as an Accessible, Secured Form of ATM Transaction Authentication. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 6, No. 10, November 2015, pp. 253-265. ISSN: 2156-5570. Doi: doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2015.061035

[13] Michael Mireku Kwakye, Iluju Kiringa, and Herna L. Viktor. (2014). Instance-based Integration of Multidimensional Data Models. International Journal on Advances in Software, Vol. 7, No. 1 and 2, June 2014, pp. 402-421. [Online]. Available: http://thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=soft_v7_n12_2014_32

[14] Mário Sergio Silva, Valéria Cesário Times, and Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2012). A Framework for ETL Systems Development. In: Proceedings of the 27th Brazilian Symposium on Databases. Journal of Information and Data Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, October 2012. Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp. 300-315. [Online]. Available: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/jidm/article/view/165

• Workshop, Position Paper, Poster Presentation

[15] Michael Mireku Kwakye, Iluju Kiringa, and Herna L. Viktor. (2011). A Practical Approach to Merging Multidimensional Data Models. Poster Demonstration, NSERC Strategic Network on Business Intelligence (BIN) AGM Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 2011.

• Monographs, Technical Reports

[16] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2022). Light-weight Privacy Infrastructure – A Blockchain-based Privacy-preserving Platform for Data Storage and Query Processing. Doctoral Thesis. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. pp. 154. June 2022. [Online]. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114842. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Ken E. Barker.

[17] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2017). Modelling and Design of Generic Semantic Trajectory Data Warehouse. Technical Report. Science Research & Publications Repository. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. pp. 37. [Online]. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51798

[18] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2011). A Practical Approach to Merging Multidimensional Data Models. Master of Computer Science Thesis. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. pp. 161. December 2011. [Online]. Available: http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/20457. Thesis Advisor(s): Dr. Iluju C. Kiringa and Dr. Herna L. Viktor

[19] Michael Mireku Kwakye. (2005). Integrating and Automating Record Keeping in Land Registration and Ownership – Case Study: Land Title Registry, Kumasi, Ghana. Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) Honours Project. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. pp. 64. May 2005. Capstone Project Advisor: Charles Osei-Bonsu

Honor/Awards & Grants: 

• Mitacs-Accelerate Research Funding Award (2019)
• Publication Award for Best Paper at the 5th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge and Data Applications, (DBKDA 2013)  
• Excellence Award for Best Paper Award Category, 17th Annual Faculty of Engineering Graduate Ceremony of Excellence, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa (November 2013)
• Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Research Funding Award (2012)

Professional Memberships: 

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) Membership
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); IEEE Computer Society Membership