Designation
Associate Professor
Designation
Associate Professor
Office Location:
Current Roles
Current roles:
Program Coordinator (MSc Business Analytics)
Department Seminar Coordinator (OMIS)
Dept. Rep., Research and Conference committee, University of Ghana
Dept. Rep., College Academic Board, University of Ghana
Adjunct Professor, Malawi University of Science and Technology
Adjunct Professor, International University of Management, Namibia
Board Member, Center for Multidisciplinary Innovation and Research, Finland
Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Data Science, and Information Systems, Computer Science
Research Interests
Research Interests
Machine Learning Applications, Learning Analytics, Affect Detection, Digital Platforms, Social Computing
Emmanuel Kolog Awuni
Dr. Emmanuel Kolog Awuni holds a PhD and MSc in Computer science from the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. He received a scholarship from the University’s foundation as one of the best applicants for both degrees. He additionally holds an MBA degree in International Business Management from the Lapland University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Dr. Awuni has also obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from Ghana. His Bachelor’s degree focused on Information Technology, where he graduated with a First class. Before joining the OMIS Department, Dr. Awuni worked as a Post-Doctoral Research fellow at the University of Eastern Finland where he conducted research and supervised theses of graduate-level students. Dr. Awuni is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II scholarship to McGill University in Canada. He also serves on the PhD scholarship selection board for the African Centre for technology studies (ACTS) in Kenya. As part of his mandate, he promotes machine learning and Artificial intelligence research in Africa. Additionally, he is an adjunct research fellow to the University of Turku’s plugin campus at the University of Namibia in Namibia. Currently, he teaches and supervises only graduate level students.
Dr. Awuni’s research interest spans the fields of Machine Learning Applications, Text-based Affect Detection using NLP, Digital platforms, Learning and Business Analytics. Dr. Awuni reviews for several journals and has attended conferences around the world. In 2018, he won the best research paper award at a conference held in Hong Kong and, in 2019, his paper was nominated with two others for the best paper award in knowledge management and information systems conference held in Vienna. Though Dr. Awuni and his co-authors missed out on the award, he was honoured for his research work in ontology and machine learning for the retrieval and archival of traditional herbal medicine. Dr. Awuni is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Data Analytics in Inderscience. He serves as a programme committee member in several computing conferences and has chaired in many of them.
Ongoing Research/Projects
Research/Projects
Ongoing research initiatives and Collaborations
• Opinion mining in learner feedback in higher education. In collaboration with the Academic quality assurance unit of the university of Ghana. Sponsored by ORD at University of Ghana.
• AI and Digital theology with the University of Namibia, University of Eastern Finland and the Durham University, UK
• Mining Public discourse in YouTube data in the UK using machine learning. This is a collaborative researcher with the University of Namibia, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Turku and the Durham University, UK