Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. INTERSOL Main Track

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. On the Prevalence of Boomerang Routing in Africa: Analysis and Potential Solutions

      • Assane Gueye, Babacar Mbaye

      Pages 3-12

   3. Ego-Community Evolution Tracking in Instant Messaging Networks

      • Ahmed Ould Mohamed Moctar, Idrissa Sarr

      Pages 13-22

   4. Investigation of Degradation in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules After 10 Years Exposition in Senegal by Infrared (IR) and Electroluminescence (EL)

      • Ababacar Ndiaye, Cheikh M. F. Kébé, Boudy Ould Bilal, Abdérafi Charki, Vincent Sambou, Papa A. Ndiaye

      Pages 23-40

   5. Building Energy Audit in Nigeria: Some Guides for Energy Efficiency Building Regulations

      • Abdulhameed Danjuma Mambo, Cheikh Mouhamed Fadel Kebe

      Pages 41-51

   6. ICT Performance Indicators in Formal Education at the Secondary School Level in Rwanda

      • Florien Gumyusenge, Robert Mugisha, Aminata A. Garba, Martin Saint

      Pages 52-61

   7. The Impact of over the Top Service Providers in the Rwandan Telecommunications Market: An Analysis of Business Models

      • Emelyne Kwizera, Darius Mico, Michael Nayebare, Aminata A. Garba, Martin Saint, Linda G. Deen

      Pages 62-71

   8. Challenges and Opportunities in Instrumentation and Use of High-Density EEG for Underserved Regions

      • Ashwati Krishnan, Ritesh Kumar, Arnelle Etienne, Amanda Robinson, Shawn K. Kelly, Marlene Behrmann et al.

      Pages 72-82

   9. E-Medicine: A Secure Transmission of Electrocardiograms Using Chaotic Oscillators Synchronization

      • Alain Tiedeu, Yannick Abanda, Gutenbert Kenfack

      Pages 83-89

   10. Bringing Life Where There Is No Light: A Low-Cost Movie Projection and Data Collection Solution for Underserved Areas

       • Alain Shema, Michel Bézy

       Pages 90-99

   11. A Study of the Wind Potential in Climatic Zones of Chad

       • Zoutene Pabame, Cheikh Mouhamed F. Kebe, Boudy Ould Bilal, Ababacar Ndiaye, Assane Gueye, Pape Alioune Ndiaye

       Pages 100-107

3. Climate Change Workshop

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Beyond Participation: Welfare Effects of Gender-Differentiated Group-Based Approaches Under Climate Change in Kenya

      • Marther W. Ngigi, Ulrike Mueller

      Pages 111-122

   3. Climate Change Signals Over Senegal River Basin Using Regional Climate Models of the CORDEX Africa Simulations

      • Mamadou Lamine Mbaye, Samo Diatta, Amadou Thierno Gaye

      Pages 123-132

   4. Climate Change Mitigation Potential in Agricultural and Forestry Sector: The Impact of Expanded Woody Biomass Co-firing on Global Climate Stabilization

      • Aklesso Y. G. Egbendewe

      Pages 133-142

   5. Climate Change May Result in More Water Availability in Parts of the African Sahel

      • Ousmane Seidou

      Pages 143-152

   6. Evaluation and Update of Two Regional Methods (ORSTOM and CIEH) for Estimations of Flow Used in Structural Design in West Africa

      • Sehouevi M. D. Agoungbome, Ousmane Seidou, Moussa Thiam

      Pages 153-162

   7. Statistical Downscaling of Global Climate Model MIROC_4h Outputs to Precipitation in Rwanda

      • Nkusi Pearl, Mutabazi Alphonse

      Pages 163-171

4. CNRIA Workshop

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2018, and the 7^th Collogue National sur la Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, CNRIA 2018, held in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018. The 23 papers presented were selected from 56 submissions and issue the following themes: papers dealing with the evolution of performances of solar systems in Africa, papers addressing the issues is public health, telecom papers studying the business model of telecommunication, math models presenting the climatic phenomenon and finally health papers dealing with medical devices that are suitable to underserved areas. The proceedings also contain 7 papers from the co-located 7^th CNRIA (Collogue National sur la Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications) focusing on network architecture and security, software engineering, data management, and signal processing. 

• artificial intelligence
• computer networks
• cryptography
• ICT
• information and communication technologies
• information technology
• internet
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• sensors
• social networking
• social networks
• telecommunication networks
• ubiquitous computing
• user interfaces
• wireless sensor networks

• Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

  Cheikh M.F. Kebe

• University System of Maryland, Bambey, Senegal

  Assane Gueye

• Assane University, Seck de Ziguinchor, Senegal

  Ababacar Ndiaye

• Carnegie Mellon University, Kigali, Rwanda

  Aminata Garba

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