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Profile

Name: Dr. Benard Magara Maake

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Computer Systems Engineering 
  • MSc. Computer Science
  • Bachelor of Computer Applications

Research Interests

External Links/Affiliations

  1. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C-YdfHUAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=2

  2. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-8662

  3. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benard-Maake?ev=hdr_xprf

  4. https://www.aicad.or.ke/dr-benard-maake/

  5. https://www.linkedin.com/in/benard-maake-ph-d-42429370/

Professional Qualifications

  1. IAENG International Association of Engineers. Member number 224727
  2. Association of Information Systems – Member ID: 63581580
  3. Kenya Cyber Security and Forensics Association (KCSFA) – KCSFA/S0167M/2020

Publications

  1. Maake, B., Gisore, B., & Otieno, R. (2026). A digital counter-gambling intervention for online gambling students using interactive mobile application messaging. Journal of Health Informatics in Africa.
  2. Otieno, C. O., Odongo, W. O., Ogutu, H., & Maake, B. M. (2026). Electronic structure properties of Rb₂YCuCl₆ for lead-free solar absorbing materials. Open Journal of Microphysics.
  3. Oguta, S. O., Ojo, S., & Maake, B. (2024). A robotic gamification model for climate change literacy for green innovation and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Computing Sciences Research.
  4. Ouma, G., Awuor, M., Wamuyu, K. P., & Maake, B. (2024). Applicability of cloud security frameworks and models in the Kenyan banking sector: A review. African Journal of Emerging Issues.
  5. Ouma, G., Awuor, M., Wamuyu, K. P., & Maake, B. (2024). Designing a comprehensive framework for data and network security in cloud computing: Case of Kenyan banking industry. African Journal of Emerging Issues.
  6. Bogonko, B. M., Tombe, R. K. A., Maina, J. C., & Magara, B. M. (2023). Integration of gamification tools in learning management systems for augmenting students' academic performance in higher education.
  7. Thomas, M. K., Ogalo, J., & Maake, B. (2023). The effects of cost implications in the adoption of biometric application banks in Eldoret Town, Kenya. Indian Journal of Image Processing and Recognition (IJIPR).
  8. Macharia, P. G., Maake, B., & Chweya, R. (2023). Cybersecurity framework for Kenyan universities in conformity with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard. Open Access Library Journal.
  9. Tarus, V., Namande, B. W., & Maake, B. (2022). Utilization of Open Access Library Resources by postgraduate students at Karatina University, Kenya. Open Access Library Journal.
  10. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S. O., Zuva, K., & Awuor, F. M. (2022). A bisociated research paper recommendation model using BiSOLinkers. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology.
  11. Wambua, A. W., & Maake, B. M. (2022). Characterizing software quality assurance practices in Kenya. International Journal of Software Engineering & Computer Systems.
  12. Maake, B. M., & Awuor, F. M. (2021). A bisociated domain-based serendipitous novelty-recommendation technique for recommender systems. Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa.
  13. Songol, M. K., Awuor, F. M., & Maake, B. M. (2021). Adoption of artificial intelligence in agriculture in developing nations: Review. Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa.
  14. Muraya, C. N., Awuor, F. M., & Maake, B. M. (2021). Fake profile identification on online social networks. Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa.
  15. Wambua, A., & Maake, B. (2021). Adopting course completion tracking and conditional activities to enhance engagement in eLearning for university students. Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs).
  16. Tarus, A. K., Ogalo, J., & Maake, B. (2020). Effects of enterprise resource planning system navigation on academic service delivery at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya. The International Journal of Science & Technoledge.
  17. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S. O., & Zuva, T. (2019). A serendipitous research paper recommender system. International Journal of Business and Management Studies.
  18. Maake, B., & Mzee, F. A. (2014). Application of M-Gov to provision of education for all in developing nations. Computer Science and Information Technology.
  19. Awuor, F. M., Rabah, K., & Maake, B. M. (2013). Hindrance of ICT adoption to library services in higher institutions of learning in developing countries. Computer Science and Information Technology.
  20. Billy Ochieng, Onyango, F., Kuria, P., Wanjiru, M., Maake, B., & Awuor, M. (2024). AI-driven carbon emissions tracking and mitigation model. In Proceedings of the IST-Africa Conference 2024.
  21. Oguta, S., Akinyinka, A., Ojo, S., & Maake, B. (2023). The constraints of the adoption of gamification for education and training in higher education institutions: A systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD).
  22. Omambia, A., Maake, B., & Wambua, A. (2022). Water quality monitoring using IoT and machine learning. In Proceedings of the IST-Africa Conference.
  23. Magara, M. B., Ojo, S., Ngwira, S., & Zuva, T. (2016). MPlist: Context-aware music playlist. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovative Business Practices for the Transformation of Societies (EmergiTech).
  24. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S. O., & Zuva, T. (2017). Toward an altmetric-driven research paper recommender system framework. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems.
  25. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S. O., & Zuva, T. (2018). A comparative analysis of text similarity measures and algorithms in research paper recommender systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE Information Communication Technology and Society Conference (ICTAS).
  26. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S. O., & Zuva, T. (2018). Towards a serendipitous research paper recommender system using bisociative information networks (BisoNets). In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD).
  27. Awuor, F. M., Rabah, K., & Maake, B. M. (2013). ICT in technical training to address unemployment in Kenya. In Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Engineering Education and Research and International Conference on Information Technology (ICEE/ICIT 2013).
  28. Gekombe, D., Omambia, A., & Maake, B. (2012). The role of fibre optics in the Kenya economy. In Proceedings of the 1st Annual Academic Conference and Agricultural Field Day.
  29. Matara, G., Nyarangi, N., & Maake, B. (2013). Financial counselling as an essential tool of psychotherapy among HIV patients: A case study in Kisii County. In Proceedings of the Kisii University Psychotherapy Conference.

Books

  1. Shitandi, A. A., Awuor, M., Maobe, A., Maake, B., Oyaro, E., & Marumbu, E. (2023). Transforming universities for a changing climate.
  2. Ong'uti, M. A., Magara, B. M., & Mzee, F. A. (Eds.). (2021). Digital solutions and the case for Africa's sustainable development. IGI Global.

Book Chapters

  1. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S., & Zuva, T. (2019). Information processing in research paper recommender system classes. In IGI Global.
  2. Maake, B. M., Ojo, S., & Zuva, T. (2019). A survey on data mining techniques in research paper recommender systems. In IGI Global.
  3. Maake, B. M., Oino, N. N., & Awuor, F. M. (2015). M-Powering: How mobile money (M-Pesa) services promote realization of a digital society in the Kenyan government. In IGI Global.