School of Computing and Informatics (SCAI): Recent submissions
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ICT definition implication on ICT career choice and exclusion among women
(I.J. Information Technology and Computer Science, 2016)ICT is driving all areas of the economy and is likely to dictate the future for all genders. The narrow definition of ICT has greatly impacted on the female gender choosing ICT as a career of choice. There are few women ... -
Global information technology infrastructure in addressing the borderless problem of overpopulation
(Journal of Computer, 2016)The world has been beset with fears of future global overpopulation overwhelming the earth’s ecological system and producing shortages of energy, resources, water and food. The sustainability has been a major long-term ... -
Performance expectancy as a determinant for cloud computing acceptance in Kenyan Public Universities
(International Journal of Applied Research, 2016)Cloud Computing is interrelated with a new perception for the provision of computing infrastructure and other services. It provides an infrastructure that is scalable, usable, virtually accessible and adjustable Information ... -
Cyber security challenges to mobile banking in SACCOs in Kenya
(International Journal of Computer, 2017)Development of mobile technology has enabled mobile devices to be adopted in daily activities. Financial institutions are adopting mobile devices for banking purposes to enable their clients to bank from anywhere at any ... -
The user’s skills, capacity on security for mobile computing in universities
(International Journal of Computer Technology & Applications, 2017)Universities are shifting from partially computerized to fully automated environments and technology is equally shifting from point to point to broadcasting options. These trends are resulting in mobile computing for most ... -
Influence of social personalization on performance in group learning
(IEEE, 2017)Though personalization has been proposed as an approach that addresses learners' individual differences, the focus of studies in this domain has mainly been on tailoring learning to individual learners' needs as compared ... -
User perceived secure mobile banking service provision framework
(International Journal of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, 2017)The rapid development of mobile technology has resulted in the domination of mobile devices as the main channel through which people conduct most of their day-to-day activities. Several financial institutions are incorporating ... -
Performance and cost-effectiveness of change burst metrics in predicting software faults
(Knowledge and Information Systems, 2018)The purpose of this study is to determine a type of software metric at file level exhibiting the best prediction performance. Studies have shown that software process metrics are better predictors of software faults than ... -
Intervention measures towards successful implementation of software projects in public universities in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)Kenya is in the forefront of embracing ICT in steering her economic growth and one of the indicators that shows this commitment is the emergence of the Vision 2030. Software projects in public universities have been ... -
A review of mobile social software awareness and utilization
(International Journal of Science and Research, 2016)Social software comprises a wide range of different types of activities, The most familiar are likely to be internet discussion forums, social networking and dating sites Mobile computing technologies and social software ... -
Experimental validation of the technical attack ability metrics model
(International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2013)Computer systems have become gradually and fully embedded into our daily activities. Software based systems attackers have noted these dependency, and have increased the number of attacks of such systems. Software managers ... -
Social attackability metrics for software systems
(International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2013)Software based system have become ubiquitous in modern day activities. Software system based system are being increasing attacked, leading to the need for software system administrators, and managers to have some metrics ... -
Integrating virtual worlds and virtual learning environments in schools in developing economies
(International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2012)In recent years there has been significant growth in the use of 3D virtual worlds for e-learning and distance education. Virtual learning environment (VLE) has achieved an adequate level of development and supports teaching ... -
A conceptual model for a holistic predictive attack ability metric for secure service oriented architecture software
(International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2012)Software based systems are ubiquitous in modern day operations. There has been an increase in software based system attacks; leading to the need to equip the project managers, software designers and software developers ... -
ICT personnel maturity towards green ICT in Kenya
(Journal of Information Engineering and Applications, 2014)Though ICT is contributing to the economy associated with innovations, inventions and rapid development in almost all aspects of human life, is responsible for climatic degradation. The rapid increase of ICT usage means ... -
A review of algorithms for determination of attackability metrics
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)Attackability is a concept proposed recently in literature to measure the extent that a software system or service could be the target of a successful attack. A Holistic predictive attackability metrics model has been ... -
Environmental implications of cell phones penetration and disposal in Kenya
(International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2014)Kenya has over six million active mobile subscribers who may at some point want to replace or get rid of old mobile phones. A big number of the mobile phones were recently switched off for not being genuine without a prober ... -
Evaluation of the learnability principles of mobile-wireless information systems’ application software for children in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2015)Mobile-wireless gadgets are becoming increasingly important in Kenya not just as a medium of social communication, but also as a medium of learning and instruction. This shift partly exploits the learnability principle in ... -
Information security risks posed by the bluetooth security weaknesses to the bluetooth-enabled phones
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2015)As the widespread use and acceptance of Bluetooth technology increases, concerns are being raised related to security vulnerabilities of this technology. Inadequate device resources and lack of user awareness has compounded ... -
Discoverability a new learnability principle for children’s application software
(International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology, 2016)For more than two decades children’s use of multimedia was restricted to watching television and listening to music. Although some parents complained about children being addicted to listening to music the idea that children ...
