Research

Research and publications

Applied research in big data, machine learning and healthcare analytics.

Research themes

Big Data and Data Analytics

Methods for collecting, processing and analysing large, heterogeneous datasets, with a strong emphasis on healthcare data.

Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Feature selection, ensemble methods and artificial neural networks applied to prediction problems such as disease risk.

Healthcare Data Analytics

Improving the quality of healthcare data and predicting disease risk from multimodal data.

Educational Technology and Learning Analytics

Using data and technology to understand and improve how computing is taught and learned.

Data Engineering and Decision Support

Analytical pipelines and business intelligence that support decision-making.

Human-Computer Interaction

Usable, accessible interfaces for data-driven applications.

Publications

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2023

PublishedJournal articleHealthcare Data Analytics

From Imperfect to Perfect: Using Feature Selection to Enhance Healthcare Data Quality

Gakwaya, N. J., Kirilov, S. K., Bhargavi, K. V. N. A., Kumar, P. K.

Journal of Data Acquisition and Processing, 2023

2020

PublishedBook chapterHealthcare Data Analytics

Contagious Diseases Prediction in Healthcare Over Big Data

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, 2020

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24643-3_14

2018

PublishedJournal articleDisease Risk Prediction

Improved Ant Colony on Feature Selection and Weighted Ensemble to Neural Network Based Multimodal Disease Risk Prediction (WENN-MDRP) Classifier for Disease Prediction Over Big Data

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 2018

DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.27.17654

PublishedJournal articleBig Data Analytics

Big Data Analytics in Healthcare and Delve Bioinformatics Data Space for Health Amelioration

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

International Journal of Computer Applications, 2018

DOI: 10.5120/ijca2018916143

PublishedJournal articleDisease Risk Prediction

Disease Risk Prediction Using Weighted Ensemble Neural Network in Healthcare for Data Analytics

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

Karpagam Journal of Computer Science, 12(5), 2018

PublishedJournal articleDisease Risk Prediction

Malaria Treatment Based on High Prediction Using Neural Network and Weighted Ensemble

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 9, 311–316, 2018

2017

PublishedJournal articleBig Data Analytics

Big Data Analytics in Shape of IoT to High Better Ground of Decision Making

Gakwaya, N. J., Priya, S. M.

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 7(3), 2017