John is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology candidate at Jiangsu University, China.  He received a Master of Information Technology from the Open University of Malaysia in 2013. His research interests are at the intersection of the fields of Recommender Systems, Deep Learning, Knowledge Graph, Network Security and E-voting Systems.

On these topics, he published research papers in peer-reviewed academic journals as British Journal of Computer Science and Mathematics, International Journal of Computer Applications, and International Journal of Computer Science Issues.

He is currently working on a joint survey paper on the Application of Deep Learning in Recommender Systems to be published in a top-ranked journal of Computer science. "         

Ph.D. Computer Science and Technology (in progress)

Master of Information Technology

BSc. Computer Science

Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional

Microsoft Office Specialist Master (MOSm)

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access    

Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Valley View University - 2016 to Present

Assistant Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Valley View University, May 2014 – May 2015 

Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science Department, Accra Institute of Technology 2013 – August 2015

Principal Research Assistant, Computer Science Department, September 2013 – August 2013

Senior Research Assistant, Computer Science Department, Valley View University - January 2012 Adjunct Instructor, Trans Africa College - March 2008 to December 2009

Teaching assistant, Computer Science Department, Valley View University, August 2008 to January 2011

Courses Taught

INFT331 Multimedia Application Systems Development I (Adobe Flash, ActionScript, Moviemaker)

INFT360 Web Engineering & Application Systems (PHP, MySQL)

INFT110 Information Technology & Society 

COSC 202 Database Application (Ms. Access)

INFT 240: Advanced Programming with Application Development (Visual C#)

COSC 211 Computer Organization I

INFT 211Computer Architecture and Organization

Best Paper award for presenting on the topic: A conceptual Framework for Adopting and Implementing Social Networking Technologies in Teaching. The Case of Ghana- Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Paris-France, June 9-11th 2013

Best Paper award presenting on the topic: Challenges and Opportunities of Adopting and Implementing Social Networking Technologies in Teaching in Ghana. June 2013 - Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Paris-France, June 9-11th 2013

Presidential Scholarship award – Jiangsu University 2018-2021

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – membership ID: 7539549 – United States of America (USA)

Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) - Member ID: 0706702, United States of America (USA)

Victoria Information Technology Teachers Association, Australia

Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCP), United States of America (USA)

Internet Society (ISOC): Member ID: 129620

Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Area of Interest

Recommender Systems, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Network Security