International Science, Technology, Education,

Arts Management & The Social Sciences Conference

An International Multidisciplinary, Inter-tertiary Cross-Border Conference

The Systems Multidisciplinary & Advanced Research Techniques (SMART) Group, (ICITD), USA

The School of IT & Computing, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Nigeria

The Society for Multidisciplinary and Advanced Research Techniques (SMART) Africa

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - Accra, Ghana

The Department of Operations & MIS - University of Ghana, Legon, Accra Ghana

The African Institute for Development Informatics & Policy, Ghana

Venue: Blended Realtime/Virtual ZOOM Platform

Dates: 15th - 18th December, 2020

Theme: Bespoke Research Findings for Addressing Human Centred Challenges in a Pandemic World

Welcome to the iSTEAMS

Cross-Border Multidisciplinary Bespoke Conference 2020

SPEAKERS AND LEAD PRESENTERS

Graduate/Doctoral Consortium

Dr. Wande Daramola

Cape Peninsula University

Cape Town

South Africa

Prof Richard Boateng

Department of MIS

University of Ghana

Legon, Accra, Ghana

Irene Attachie

Nursing Department

University of Health Sciences

Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

Prof. Edward Santiago Blase

State University of New York

Sullivan County College

New York State, USA

GENERAL CONFERENCE SCOPE

The iSTEAMS Cross-Border Bespoke Conference 2020 is a multidisciplinary forum. Authors in the academia, professionals and practitioners are invited to submit papers in all areas of Science, ICTs, Engineering, Education, Health Sciences (Medicine, Nursing, Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacy), Law, Arts, Management, Business, Agriculture, Geosciences, Policy, Agriculture, Forestry, Religious Studies, Environmental Sciences, Arts & Design, Hospitality Management, Survey & Geo-informatics, Applied Sciences, & the Social Sciences for the iSTEAMS Conference. Papers should contain substantial ideas which have the potential of aiding inventions, growth, development of human capital, industrial process optimization, energy conservation, inter-tertiary innovations, theories, practices, design, modeling and collaborative research. Papers are also welcome in the following conference sub-themes/domains:

Financial Management & Economic Recovery
Inter-tertiary Collaborations and its impact on Innovation and Development
Multidisciplinary Research and its role in Combating Terrorism and Insurgencies
Collaborative Research Paradigm for Addressing Global Health Issues.
Cross – Religious Tolerance & Transformational Leadership
Waste To wealth Issues and the Green Environment
Impact of Visual Arts on Human Development and the Environment
Entrepreneurship & Employment Creation
Technical Vocational Education and Its role in Nation Building
Waste To wealth Issues and the Green Environment
Leadership and Political Stability, Peace and Conflict Resolution
Climate Change and the Green Environment
Combating Corruption for Economic Transformation
ICTsand Its Application to Education, Agriculture & Health Sciences
Development Informatics and Economic Development
Educational Technology and Its role in nation Building
Project Management, Engineering dynamics and Infrastructural development
Architecture and architectural Innovations
Nanotechnology & Microbial Research and disease control
Algorithms, Datamining and Scalable network Systems
Cyber security and crime control, Electronic commerce and merchandising
Innovation in Teaching & Learning

iSTEAMS Partnering Institutions and organizations - The Society for Multidisciplinary & Advanced Research Techniques (SMART) Africa, The International Centre for Information Technology & Development (ICITD) USA, the Department of School of IT & Computing (SITC), American University of Nigeria, Yola, The Department of Management Information System, University of Ghana, Legon and The Council for Scientific & Indusrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana welcomes prospective participants, scholars, researchers, practitioners, students and multidisciplinary enthusiast to the 26th iSTEAMS Conference .

The resilience to host the 26th iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary Conference in an online platform, provides additional value addition that necessitates the diligent provision of scalable, flexible and seamless format for presentations and the adoption of technologies to scale the COVID-19 pandemic in case Health Situations are yet to permit travels. While welcoming interested participant globally to enjoy free access to the conference events virtually, only registered participants will be allowed to present papers and issued certificates of participation which will be mailed to them as soft copy. Hard copy proceedings for authors who submit papers (conditions apply) and certificates will be made available post-COVID-19 to qualifying participants.

Paper submissions will be accepted and opened till Sunday 8th November, 2020 to enable intending authors submit and participate in the event. We are aware that a lot of intending participants will need this latitude to reboot and re-energize to get their papers ready. The iSTEAMS Conference traditionally seeks to facilitate research innovations, mentoring, discoveries, socioeconomic and human capital development through the clustering, dynamism and interaction of indigenous human and material resources both locally and internationally with the attendant aim of addressing the myriads of solvable global challenges using multifaceted technology-based solutions. We will engage the instruments of our interactions, presentations, advocacy and collaborations to nurture and promote innovations and knowledge discoveries. We welcome prospective participants to consider submitting research articles, position papers, reports, and all forms of articulations in all fields of human endeavours and explore the opportunities offered by the clustering of brilliant minds at the iSTEAMS conference to obtain valid inputs and will further fuel research agendas and innovations in our multifaceted world. Graduate students are particularly welcomed to also explore the opportunities offered by the Graduate/Doctoral Consortium collocated with the iSTEAMS Conference 2020 to expose their current and advanced research to a world class league of scholars that can assist them with refining and fine-tuning research directions and validate pragmatic research proposals. I believe your participation will add zest to what is potentially a great and highly impactful event.

BANK/TRANSFER PAYMENT OPTIONS

CONFERENCE ACCOUNT DETAILS

Acc Name: Creative Research iSTEAMS Conference

Account Banker: UBA Bank Current Account
Account No: 1017041046

Swift Code: UNAFNGLA

CREDIT/DEBIT CARD/

PAYPAL PAYMENT OPTIONS

Important Information

International/Foreign and other participants can also make payment using credit or debit cards. Please click the Buy Now button above. Payment through Bank Transfers, mobile banking, quicktellers and Paypal are accepted. Please notify info@isteams.net after payment. Click HERE to REGISTER for the iSTEAMS GOING GLOBAL Conference 2019. Note that REGISTRATION for the conference only require you to provide data that will assist the organizing committee in planning for the conference. You can register NOW and make payments later. Please call +2348160900 if you have any challenges with paper submission or need any further clarifications.

Exchange Rates

Participants should ascertain prevailing exchange rate of the dollar to the Cedi HERE before departure from their countries of origin so as to be able to properly budget for travel, health, sundry and accommodation needs.

CSEAN Conference Proceedings 2023

A Machine Learning Approach to Fake News Detection Using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Unsupervised Learning Model

Hosea I.G., Waziri, V.O., Ismaila, I., Ojeniyi, J., Olalere, M. & Adebayo, O.

Performance Evaluation of Random Forest Algorithm for DDoS Attacks Detection in Wireless Sensor Network Using Numericalization and Normalization as Feature Engineering Techniques

Sulaiman, H., Oyefolahan, I.O., Bashir, S.A., Kolo, I.M. & Ndunagu J.N.

Internet of Things (IoT) Security and Private Concerns: An Overview

Mosud, Y.O., Ajulo, E.B. & Yinusa, A.B.

Detection of Algorithmically Generated Domain Names using Ensemble Machine Learning Technique

Abdullahi, S.M., Mohammed, A., Ibrahim, R.Y. & Shamsuddeen, A.

Rethinking Your Application Security Posture from Code to Cloud

Afolabi, O.

Best Practices to Implement and Pitfalls to Avoid in Cloud Application Security

Oyitso, E.J. & Ordia, E.D.

A Brief Overview on Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods in Web Application Security

Abdulraheem, A.O., Adepoju, S.A., Ojerinde, A.O. & Abisoye, O.A.

Journal Publication Outlet for Conference Proceedings Extended Papers

Extended versions of conference papers as well as fresh submissions will be considered as Research Articles/Papers Case Studies Empirical Research Survey Studies Theoretical Papers Position Papers Experimental Design Papers Technical Reports *Short Communication in any of the relevabt iSTEAMS Journals shown above. Papers/Article submission are accepted on rolling basis. All articles are subjected to a rigorous peer review process. Both online and hard copy publications and produced.Detailed submission instruction are available on the Journals' website. Fresh submissions are also welcomed for all the Journals and can be submitted as e-mail attachment to info@isteams.net/. Fresh paper submissions are also welcomed for this Journals. Please navigate to each Journals page via www.isteams.net and read the author submission and paper formatting instructions as well as copyright/publication ethics sections of each journal before submitting your article(s0.

Important Information on Travelling to Ghana

Should prevailing health situations allow for travel, Participants should ascertain prevailing health restrictions for COVID 19 and travel requirements for same on the West African Coast. Check exchange rate of the dollar to the Cedi HERE before departure from their countries of origin so as to be able to properly budget for travel, health, sundry and accommodation needs.

Visa(s) & Travel Information to Foreigners & ECOWAS Citizens

ECOWAS citizens includng Nigerians do not need visas to visit Ghana. The ECOWAS passport is all that is required. Road and other forms of transportation are available to travel from ECOWAS countries to Ghana. Kindly check with the Ghanaian Embassy or Consulate in your country for visa requirements if you are travelling to Ghana from any country other than an ECOWAS Country. Citizens whose countries do not have a Ghanaian Embassy (such as Cameroon) can obtain Visas on Arrival. A list of Ghanaian Diplomatic Missions/Embasies/Consular can be found HERE. For additional information on applying for visas to Ghana visit the Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration website www.mfa.gov.gh or contact your local Ghana High Commission. Kotoka International Airport, located in Accra, is Ghana’s premier international airport. Air connection to Accra is very easy and many hotels in Accra provide airport transfer service. Road connections are also available from a range of African Countries. Make travel plans ahead to ensure that you have the right information. Prospective participants can contact the organizers by e-mail for information and clarifications

Brief on Lodging & Feeding

A variety of accomodation options are available for conference participants within the host city and environs. Our Conference partner hotels are the Yiri Lodge and the University of Ghana Guest House all situated within the University of Ghana Campus. Please note that Participants are solely responsible for their accommodation and travel expenses. Assistant for pre-arrival hotel bookings and travel can be accommodated by the conference organizing committee. Participants can also book online directly with hotels as soon as possible. Participants should budget between $20 - $30 per day for additional meals apart from the lunch which will be served during the conference

Tourist Attractions

There are several tourist attractions in Ghana. Click HERE to check out possible tourist interest and make plans to visit.