FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCES & ENGINEERING

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Academic Areas of interest

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

·        MACHINE LEARNING

·        IMAGE PROCESSING

          PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES


Biography 


A native of Ashanti born at Abuakwa in the Atwima area of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Prince had his primary education at Obiri Yeboah Primary and proceeded to Amakom Abrotia JSS in Kumasi. He completed Konongo Odumasi Secondary School, where he studied Science.

He graduated with Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Valley View University in 2005 after which he worked as a Teaching Assistant. He as well worked as a System administrator of the same institution before furthering to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to pursue a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil)  in Computer Engineering and obtained the Degree he obtained in 2011. He then became a Lecturer at the Faculty of Science in Valley View University and currently the program coordinator for Information Technology. He has served on several boards and led some association including the Alumni Association.

Prince is a motivational speaker and has passion for sharing God’s word with people. Ultimately, he sees every problem as an opportunity to exhibit his God given potentials to make life meaningful to himself and others.

 

Academic Degrees 


MPHIL COMPUTER ENGINEERING

BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, PASTORAL MINISTRY

Published Journals Articles 


            Amoako, P. Y. O., Nartey T. S, Offei O. M. & Edumadze S. E. (2016), “Location Based Cocoa Farm Scouting System “, Communications on Applied Electronics (CAE) – ISSN : 2394-4714 Foundation of Computer Science FCS, New York, USA, 5, 9, 1-5.

 

Hatsu S., Amoako, P. Y. O. & Ujapka .M B. (2014), “ The Topology of Virtual Learning Environment Technologies in Institutions of Higher Learning in Ghana”, International Journal of Computer Applications (09758887)  9, 19, 17-21.

 

Amoako, P. Y. O., Adu-Manu S. K., & Arthur J. K. (2014), Improving Retention Strategies for IT Professionals in the Public Sector, Ghana, Journal of current Computer Science & Technology, 4, 4.

 

Amoako, P. Y. O., Adu-Manu S. K., Arthur J. K., & Adjetey C. (2013), “Performance of Students in Computer Programming: Background, Field of Study and Learning Approach Paradigm”, (ISSN 0975 – 8887),  International Journal of Computer Applications, 77, 12,  17-21.

 

Adu-Manu S. K., Arthur J. K., & Amoako, P. Y. O. (2013) “Causes of Failure of Students in Computer Programming Courses: The Teacher – Learner Perspective” (ISSN 0975 – 8887),  International Journal of Computer Applications, 77, 12,  27-32.

 

Conference/ Seminars / Workshop Presentations 


International Conference on Advances in Computing Science (ICACS) 2013, Accra-Ghana, 27^th November 2013 with support from IEEE Ghana and Asian Journal of Current Engineering.

6^th International Applied Research Conference, Koforidua Polytechnic, July 2 -5, 2013, Venue: Koforidua Polytechnic.

Workshop on Mobile ICT in Education organized by Wise Research Institute & Ministry of Education dubbed, “The 21^st Century Paradigm of education: The Connection Between Mobile Technology, Pedagogy and Mobility”. Date: 31^st July 2014. Venue: GNAT Hall, Accra.

     Courses taught 


     COSC122 Programming with Java

          INFT454 Advanced Database System Implementation & Administration with Oracle

INFT361    Design and Theory of Algorithms

COSC351 Expert System and Artificial Intelligence I

COSC122 Programming with Java

INFT361    Design and Theory of Algorithms

COSC351 Expert System and Artificial Intelligence I

COSC312  Systems Programming

COSC                   Computer Engineering

COSC113  Elements of Programming

COSC 230 Database Systems Design

INFT352    Enterprise Information Security

          COSC272  Data Communication & Computer Network II

COSC271  Data Communication & Computer Network I

 

 Awards and Honours

          Outstanding Senior Staff for 2012/2013 Academic Year

  Professional Membership / Affiliations

MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST

 

ORACLE DATABASE TRAINERS