Selected publications by members of SPERIXLABS, grouped by research area.

Applied Security Audits#

  • Possible Implementation Flaws in Mobile Applications: A Security Audit of a Bank’s Mobile Application. ResearchGate

  • Unauthorised User Account Access on iRokotv Platform. DOI

  • Reverse Engineering GhanaPostGPS Mobile Application to Create an Application Programming Interface for Local Developers. DOI

  • A Security Analysis of WhatsApp iOS Mobile Application. DOI

Blockchain & 5G Networks#

  • Q. H. Do, S. Tucci-Piergiovanni, J. O. Agyemang and S. Souihi, “MeshPay: Resilient Offline Payment with Wireless Mesh Network,” 2026 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2026, pp. 1-6. DOI

  • Peter Djakwah, William Mawuli Ahado, Andrew Essah Owiredu Annor, Aminatu Amadu, Akua Achiaa, Clerance Abraham Mensah, Justice Owusu Agyemang, James Dzisi Gadze, and Jerry John Kponyo (2027). UAV-Assisted Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Channel State Information Prediction in Beyond 5G Communication Systems: A Machine Learning Perspective. In: PAAISS 2025, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 697, Springer. DOI

  • Appati, B., Somuah, O.K., Abdul, S., Korblah Tali, N., Owusu Agyemang, J., Agyekum, K.OB.O. (2027). Real-Time IIoT Data Integrity via Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Signature Aggregation. In: PAAISS 2025, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 697, Springer. DOI

  • Asakipaam, Simon A., Jerry J. Kponyo, Kwame O. Gyasi, Justice O. Agyemang, Kingsford S. O. Kwakye, and Kwame O. O. Agyekum. 2025. “Adaptive Resource Management Framework for Profit Optimisation in 5G Network Slicing,” IET Networks: e70018. DOI

  • Robert Antwi, James Dzisi Gadze, Eric Tutu Tchao, Axel Sikora, Kwame Opuni-Boachie Obour Agyekum, Henry Nunoo-Mensah, Andrew Selasi Agbemenu, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Dominik Welte, Abdul-Rahman Ahmed & Eliel Keelson, “Optimising peer-to-peer topology for blockchain-based industrial internet of things networks using particle swarm optimisation”. Cluster Computing 28, 204 (2025). DOI

  • Antwi, R.; Gadze, J.D.; Tchao, E.T.; Sikora, A.; Nunoo-Mensah, H.; Agbemenu, A.S.; Obour Agyekum, K.O.-B.; Agyemang, J.O.; Welte, D.; Keelson, E. A Survey on Network Optimization Techniques for Blockchain Systems. Algorithms 2022, 15, 193. DOI

AI, ML & Assistive Technologies#

  • Rectta Adetor; Emmanuel Ahene; Christian Idan Frowne; Nana Amissah Amoah; Richard Adade; Kwabena Owusu-Agyemang; Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening; Justice Owusu Agyemang; Betty Agyei Kponyo; Enoch Acheampong et al, “A Domain-Specific Ghanaian Sign Language Dataset for Healthcare Communication with Baseline Benchmarks,” IEEE Access. DOI

  • Emmanuel Ahene, Christian Idan Frowne, Rectta Adetor, Nana Amissah Amoah, Richard Adade, Kwabena Owusu-Agyemang, Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Betty Agyei Kponyo, Enoch Acheampong & Jerry John Kponyo. A large scale multimodal dataset for healthcare domain Ghanaian sign language translation and retrieval based synthesis. Scientific Reports 16, 17899 (2026). DOI

  • Prince Dawson Tetteh, Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Juliet Arthur, Justice Agyemang Owusu, Betty Agyei Kponyo, Emmanuel Ahene & Jerry John Kponyo, Speech enhancement techniques for hearing aids: a systematic review. Universal Access in the Information Society 25, 75 (2026). DOI

  • Arthur, Juliet, Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Emmanuel Ahene, Prince Dawson Tetteh, Betty Agyei Kponyo, Justice Agyemang Owusu, Kate Takyi, and Jerry John Kponyo. 2026. “A Systematic Review of Machine Learning Techniques for Real-Time Speech and Noise Classification in Hearing Aids.” Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1–21. DOI

  • Owusu Ansah, J. K., Acheampong, E., Owusu-Ansah, R. Y., Agyei, G. K., Kasore, V., Agyemang, J. O., … Pomaa, P. A. (2026). Exploring factors influencing assistive device uptake among persons with physical and hearing impairments in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1–13. DOI

  • Jeffrey Kwame Owusu Ansah, Enoch Acheampong, Ros Yaw Owusu-Ansah, Grace Kisiwaa Agyei, Vida Kasore, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Betty Agyei Kponyo, Jerry John Kponyo, Elizabeth Owusu Ansah, “Barriers and Coping Strategies to Assistive Device Use Among Individuals With Physical and Hearing Disabilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Qualitative Study,” Health Science Reports 9 (2026): e73039. DOI

  • Acheampong E, Kasore V, Kponyo Agyei B, Owusu-Ansah RY, Owusu Ansah JK, Owusu-Ansah E, Owusu Agyemang J, Owusuaa Mensah Gyening R, Ahene E, Arthur J, Kponyo JJ (2026), “Integrating artificial intelligence into design and development of assistive technologies: user needs and preferences in Ghana”. Journal of Enabling Technologies. DOI

  • Enoch Acheampong; Vida Kasore; Betty Agyei Kponyo; Ros Yaw Owusu-Ansah; Jeffrey Kwame Owusu Ansah; Elizabeth Owusu Ansah; Justice Owusu Agyemang; Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening et al. Barriers to assistive technology uptake among persons with disabilities in selected urban districts in Ghana. Scientific Reports 16, 1838 (2026). DOI

  • Rose-Mary Owusuaa Mensah Gyening, Juliet Arthur, Prince Dawson Tetteh, Felix Adu Mensah Amofah, Kelvin Ackah, Enoch Acheampong, Betty Agyei Kponyo, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Emmanuel Ahene, Vida Kasore, Jerry John Kponyo, GESMA: A Dataset of Ghanaian Environmental Soundscapes for Machine Learning Applications, Data in Brief, 2026, 112732. DOI

  • Agyemang, J.O., Atakpla, D.D., Selorm, A.G., Boadu, T., Kodua-Basoa, M., Darko, C.B. (2025). Improving Face Recognition from a Single Image. In: PAAISS 2024, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 631, Springer. DOI

  • Awumee, G.S., Agyemang, J.O., Boakye, S.S., Bempong, D. (2024). SmishShield: A Machine Learning-Based Smishing Detection System. In: WIDECOM 2023, Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 185, Springer. DOI

  • Dennis Agyemanh Nana Gookyi, Fortunatus Aabangbio Wulnye, Ewura Abena Essanoah Arthur, Roger Kwao Ahiadormey, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Kwame Opuni-Boachie Obour Agyekum, Raymond Gyaang, “TinyML for smart agriculture: Comparative analysis of TinyML platforms and practical deployment for maize leaf disease identification”, Smart Agricultural Technology, Volume 8, 2024, 100490. DOI

  • F. A. Wulnye, E. A. Essanoah Arthur, D. A. Nana Gookyi, D. Kwaku Pobi Asiedu, M. Wilson and J. O. Agyemang, “TinyML Implementation on Microcontrollers: The Case of Maize Leaf Disease Identification,” 2024 Conference on Information Communications Technology and Society (ICTAS), Durban, South Africa, 2024, pp. 180-185. DOI

IoT, SDN & Wireless Networks#

  • Agyemang, J.O., Ampomah, S.J., Selorm, A.G., Vinkpedomeh, R.S., Berko, P. (2025). IoT Device Fingerprinting for Anomaly Detection. In: WIDECOM 2023, Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 237, Springer. DOI

  • Agyemang, J.O., Aboagye, M.G., Selorm, A.G., Obed, S., Clinton, A., Elikplim, H.C. (2025). Campus WiFi Demand Prediction: A Case Study on KNUST Campus. In: PAAISS 2024, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 632, Springer. DOI

  • Kwarteng, K., Gyasi, K. O., Agyemang, J. O., Agyekum, K., Kwakye, K., Sani, E. M., … & Bonsu, K. A. (2025). Cat Swarm Optimization with Lévy Flight for Link Load Balancing in SDN. Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology. DOI

  • Kwame Opuni-Boachie Obour Agyekum, Alex Yaw Boakye, Benedict Appati, Jochebed Akoto Opoku, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Gordon Owusu Boateng, James Dzisi Gadze, “Resource Allocation in D2D-Enabled 5G Networks Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning”, Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 2024, 2780845. DOI

  • Akua Achiaa, James Dzisi Gadze, Kingsford Sarkodie Obeng Kwakye, Kwame Agyeman-Prempeh Agyekum and Justice Owusu Agyemang, “Measurement and evaluation of electromagnetic radiation exposure from antennas in cellular networks in Ghana”, pp. 267-280. DOI

  • Ernest Kwadwo Adomako, Abdul-Rahman Ahmed, Sani Mubarak Ellis, Justice Owusu Agyemang, & Griffith Selorm Klogo. (2023). Assessing the Feasibility of RF Fingerprinting for Security in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS), 15(2), 101–113. DOI

  • Agyemang, J.O., Yu, D., Kponyo, J.J. (2022). Autonomic IoT: Towards Smart System Components with Cognitive IoT. In: PAAISS 2021, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 405, Springer. DOI

  • A Lightweight Messaging Protocol for Internet of Things Devices. Technologies

  • A Critical Survey on Overhead Control Traffic Reduction Strategies in Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networking. IJCNA

  • An Investigation into the Application of Deep Learning in the Detection and Mitigation of DDOS Attack on SDN Controllers. DOI

  • Design of A Minimal Overhead Control Traffic Topology Discovery and Data Forwarding Protocol for Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks. IJCNS

  • Detecting End-Point (EP) Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Attack based on ARP Analysis: A Machine Learning Approach. IJCNS

  • Lightweight and host-based denial of service (DoS) detection and defense mechanism for resource-constrained IoT devices. DOI

  • Lightweight Rogue Access Point Detection Algorithm for WiFi-Enabled Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. DOI

  • Dynamic Bandwidth Utilization in Software-Defined Campus Based Networks: A Case Study of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. DOI

  • An Orchestration Framework for IoT Devices Based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). DOI

  • A Lightweight Rogue Access Point Detection Algorithm for Embedded Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. DOI

  • Lightweight Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Detection and Defense Algorithm for WiFi-Enabled Internet of Things (IoT) Gateways. ISCF

  • The State of Wireless Routers as Gateways for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. ISCF

  • An Algorithm to Determine the Extent of an Epidemic Spread: A NetLogo Modeling Approach. DOI

  • An Intelligent Irrigation System for Rural Agriculture. DOI

  • Light Fidelity (LiFi) as an Alternative Data Transmission Medium in VANET. DOI