Dr Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei

Faculty: School of IT & Engineering
Position: AI Researcher and Academic, Research Ethics Committee Member
Contact: agyasiagyei@mit.edu.au
Campus: Melbourne

Bio

Amoakoh GA obtained his postgraduate degree (i.e. PhD in Communications Engineering) from Adelaide University in Australia, graduate degree (i.e. Master’s in digital communications & technology) from Chalmers University (CTH) in Sweden, undergraduate degree (in Electrical & Electronic Engineering) from Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) in Germany, and Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Education) from Federation University in Australia.
A chartered engineer with UK Engineering Council and senior member of the IEEE, Amoakoh has worked at several institutions in several countries, including Australia (CQUniversity), NZ (Auckland University of Technology), Singapore (National University of Singapore), Finland (Aalto University), Sweden (Ericson Mobile Data AB) and Germany (Philips Semiconductors and Tubes, Hamburg). He was 2011 Chair of IEEE Activities in Africa, and founded the IEEE-sponsored ICAST international conference series, as well as many IEEE Student Branches (e.g. at CQUniversity). Amoakoh is an expert in curriculum development and academic management, and served as the dean of the Faculty of Engineering Science and Computing (FESAC) at Pentecost University (2009-2014). His current research interests focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and their applications in health (healthcare analytics), education (learning analytics), IoT (environmental surveillance), drones signal processing and agriculture. Amoakoh has co-authored several papers, including 2 major textbooks.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Wireless Communications, Adelaide University, Australia
  • MSc in Digital Communications Systems & Technology, Chalmers University of Technology (CTH ), Sweden
  • B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Technical University Hamburg (TUHH), Germany
  • Graduate Cert in Education -  Tertiary Teaching, Federation University Australia
  • Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK Engineering Council
     

Teaching

Amoakoh has extensive teaching experience across the breath and width of the three disciplines: artificial intelligence (AI), electrical/electronic engineering and information technology. Amoakoh has a simple but powerful teaching philosophy which is centred on his motto “no student can be a spectator in my classroom.”

His current teaching units are:

  • MDA522 Artificial Intelligence
  • MR601 Research Proposal & Literature Review
  • ME606 Digital Signal Processing
  • AI Engineering

Experience & Research

Select Experience

  • Dean, Faculty of Engineering Science and Computing (FESAC), Pentecost University, Ghana (2009-2014).
  • 2011 Chair of IEEE Activities in Africa
  • Senior Lecturer in Electronic Commun. Eng, Auckland University of Technology, NZ (2008)
  • Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Electronic Commun. Eng, CQUniversity Australia (2003-2007)
  • Visiting Research Scientist, National University of Singapore (2003)
  • Reviewer of tertiary institutions and their academic degree programmes for accreditation, National Accreditation Board (NAB), Ghana.
  • Founder of the IEEE-sponsored ICAST International Conference series
  • Research Scientist, Aalto University, Finland (1998-2001).

Research Interests

  • Healthcare Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in IoT for Environmental Surveillance
  • Learning Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Drones Signal Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Agriculture

Publications

List of Amoakoh's Publications