Publications
Africa Community Internet Program: Digitalizing the Grassroots White Paper 1.1
Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Kwaku Antwi, Jane Appiah-Okyere, Zanyiwe Asare, Stefano Cattani, Wisdom Donkor, Mathe
E. Kasereka, Ephrem K. Kwaa-Aidoo, Lee W. McKnight, Thoko Miya, Erika Mamley Osae, Danielle T. Smith, Gloria
Somolekae, Akinremi Peter Taiwo, (2023) “Africa Community Internet Program: Digitalizing the Grassroots White
Paper 1.1, Unpublished 2023 White Paper.
Digitalizing the Grassroots. Transforming Internet Access in Africa and Globally Bottom-Up
McKnight, Lee Warren and Lehr, William and Smith, Danielle and Appiah-Okyere, Jane and Antwi, Kwaku, Digitalizing the Grassroots. Transforming Internet Access in Africa and Globally Bottom-Up (August 15, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4528649 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4528649
Transforming teachers’ professional development with technology innovation integration in Essuekyir
2023 J. Appiah-Okyere, D. T. Smith, E. Kwaa-Aidoo, E. Mamley Osae and L. W. McKnight. 2023. Transforming teachers’ professional development with technology innovation integration in Essuekyir, Ghana. 2023 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), October 2023 (Fall, 2023).
A description of strengthening COVID-19 Cognitive Cloud to health systems by Costa Rican community design
2023 D. T. Smith, A. Salas Castro, L. McKnight, S. Cattani, and J. Appiah-Okyere. 2023. A description of strengthening COVID-19 Cognitive Cloud to health systems by Costa Rican community design. CogSIMAIEEE Access Annual Conference, October 2023 (Fall, 2023).
Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation with the Internet Backpack: Embedded Cognitive Systems for Immediate Situation Awareness in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
2023 D. T. Smith, M. Eliel, L. McKnight, K. Karume and P. Ghosh. 2023. Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation with the Internet Backpack: Embedded Cognitive Systems for Immediate Situation Awareness in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 11th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE), August 2023 (accepted).
The Internet Backpack: Transforming STEM education, agriculture and economic development in Liberia, West Africa. IEEE SSIT International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022 (ISTAS 2022)
2023 Torto, M., Smith, D. McKnight, L and Ghosh, P. The Internet Backpack: Transforming STEM education, agriculture and economic development in Liberia, West Africa. IEEE SSIT International Symposium on Technology and Society 2022 (ISTAS 2022). IEEE Xplore proceedings forthcoming, Fall 2023.
Applications of blockchain methodologies for microgrid energy transactions while maintaining user privacy and data security – A review. 10th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE 2022)
2022 Ghosh, P., Kato, R., Smith, D. and McKnight, L. 2022. (Lead paper). Applications of blockchain methodologies for microgrid energy transactions while maintaining user privacy and data security – A review. 10th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE 2022). IEEE Xplore proceedings, September 2022. DOI: 10.1109/SEGE55279.2022.9889755.
Link ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9889755
Link ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9889755
Digital inclusion alchemy by Internet Backpack. ICT policy implications of edge computing & cyber-physical infrastructure for education. 49th Annual Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC).
2021 McKnight, L., Smith, D., Ronelus, W. and Ghosh, P. July 2021. Digital inclusion alchemy by Internet Backpack. ICT policy implications of edge computing & cyber-physical infrastructure for education. 49th Annual Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=4528649
Enhancing science education in underserved New York City elementary schools with the Internet Backpack.
2021 McKnight, L., Smith, D., Ronelus, W., Ondocin, R. and Ghosh, P. August 2021. Enhancing science education in underserved New York City elementary schools with the Internet Backpack. CogSIMAIEEE Access Annual Conference & Proceedings, IEEE Xplore.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive cloud to edge systems for remote real time monitoring: CO2 sensing at Mount Nyiragongo Volcano, employing the Internet Backpack. CogSIMA IEEE Conference Proceedings, August 2020.
2020 McKnight, L., Ramnarine-Rieks, A., Smith, D., Rayi, P., Mathe, E. and Karume, K. Cognitive cloud to edge systems for remote real time monitoring: CO2 sensing at Mount Nyiragongo Volcano, employing the Internet Backpack. CogSIMA IEEE Conference Proceedings, August 2020.
Sustainable development by Internet Backpack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Costa Rica. 2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), pp. 1-7.
2019 McKnight, L. Smith, D., Salas-Castro, A. and Belli, L. Sustainable development by Internet Backpack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Costa Rica. 2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), pp. 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC46095.2019.9033122
Community Networks as Human Rights Enablers, in L. Belli, S. Hadzic, Eds., Community Networks as Enablers of Human Rights, Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
S. Hadzic, L. Belli, N. ten Oever, R. Rennó, E. Huerta, C. Baca, K. Velasco, L. W. McKnight, (2022) Community Networks as Human Rights Enablers, in L. Belli, S. Hadzic, Eds., Community Networks as Enablers of Human Rights, Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. ISBN 9786586060461
https://intgovforum.org/en/filedepot_download/45/24008