Contact Information
Name: Dr. Ismael Munene Kwenga, Ph.D.
Position: CoD, Department of Computer Science & ICT
Education Background
Academic Appointments/ Related Experience
Level | Qualification Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering | Okayama University, Japan | 2022 |
Masters | Master of Engineering | Okayama University, Japan | 2019 |
Post-Graduate Research Fellowship | Research student in wireless technology and programming | Okayama University | 2017 |
Bachelors | BSc. in Information Sciences (Information Technology), First Class Honours | Moi University | 2014 |
Period | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
03/2024 to date | Tharaka University | Senior Lecturer |
03/2023 to 03/2024 | Technical University of Kenya | Lecturer |
2014 -2018 | Egerton University | Part-time Lecturer |
05/2022 – 03/2023 | Tharaka University | Part-time Lecturer |
05/2022 – 03/2023 | Kenya Methodist University | Part-time Lecturer |
04/2019 – 3/2022 | Okayama University | Research assistant (RA) |
1/2015 – 6/2015 | Moi University Nairobi Campus | Part-time Tutor |
10/2012 – 12/2012 | Moi University | Tutor, computer packages |
Administrative Experience
Period | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
01/2025 to date | Tharaka University | Ag. Chair of Department, Department of Computer Science and ICT |
06/ 2023 to 03/2024 | Technical University of Kenya | Academic Team Leader (Head of Department) in the Department of Communications and Computer Networks |
09/2017 – 10/2017 | Sanyo Electronic Industries Co., Ltd | Intern |
7/2015 – 3/2016 | Standard Chartered Bank Kenya | Assistant custodial services |
7/2014 – 10/2014 | Kenya Education Network Trust (Kenet) | Intern |
6/2014 – 7/2014 | Unbound Kenya Limited | Volunteer |
3/2014 – 6/2014 | Kenya Methodist University (KeMU) | Intern |
Research Publications
Research Title | Online Link | Year |
|---|---|---|
Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Sujan Chandra Roy, Minoru Kuribayashi, Melki Mario Gulo, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A throughput request satisfaction method for concurrently communicating multiple hosts in wireless local area network,” MDPI Journal: Sensors, no. 22: 8823. | 2022 | |
Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Hendy Briantoro, Sujan Chandra Roy and Minoru Kuribayashi, “A throughput drop estimation model and its application to joint optimization of transmission power, frequency channel, and channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN for large-scale IoT environments,” IoT Elsevier Journal, vol. 20. | 2022 | |
Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Sujan Chandra Roy, Minoru Kuribayashi, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A throughput fairness control method for concurrent communications in wireless local-area network with multiple access-points” J. of Communications, vol. 17, no. 8. | 2022 | |
Sujan Chandra Roy, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “An extension of active access-point configuration algorithm to IEEE 802.11n and 11ac dual interfaces in wireless local-area network” Int. J. of Future Computer and Comm., IJFCC, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp.18-26. | 2022 | |
Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Minoru Kuribayashi, “Joint optimization method of channel assignment and transmission power for concurrently communicating multiple access-points in wireless local area network.” Int. J. of Netw and Comp., vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 251-266. | 2021 | |
Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Fatema Akhter, Minoru Kuribayashi, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A throughput drop estimation model for concurrent communications under partially overlapping channels without channel bonding and its application to channel assignment in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” IEICE Trans. vol. E104-D, No.05, pp.585-596. | 2021 | |
Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Md. Manowarul Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “Transmission power optimization of concurrently communicating two access-points in wireless local-area network.” Int. J. of Mobile Comp. and Multimedia Comm. (IJMCMC), vol. 11, Iss. 4. | 2020 | |
Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, M. Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, M. M. Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A generalized tcp fairness control method for multiple-host concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system using raspberry pi access-point.” Int. J. of Mobile Comp. and Multimedia Comm. (IJMCMC), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 18-40. | 2020 | |
Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A dynamic access-point transmission power minimization method using PI feedback control in elastic WLAN system for IoT applications.” Internet of Things, vol. 8, pp. 1-15. | 2019 | |
Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, M. Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, M. M. Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A proposal of tcp fairness control method for two-host concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system using raspberry pi access-point.” Int. J. Adv. in Sci., Tech, and Eng. Sys., vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 10-18. | 2019 | |
Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Manowarul Islam, Minoru Kuribayashi, Md. Selim Al Mamun, and Wen-Chung Kao, “An extension of throughput drop estimation model for three-link concurrent communications under partially overlapping channels and channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” Int. Journal of Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems, vol. 4, No. 4, 94-105. | 2019 | |
Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, M. Kuribayashi, Mousumi Saha, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A proposal of transmission power minimization extension in active access-point configuration algorithm for elastic wireless local-area network system.” Int J. Comput. Soft. Eng., vol. 4, no. 140, pp. 1-9. | 2019 | |
Kyaw Soe Lwin, Nobuo Funabiki, Sumon Kumar Debnath, and Ismael Munene Kwenga, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Minoru Kuribayashi, “Enhancement of minimax access-point setup optimization approach for IEEE 802.11 WLAN.” Int. J. of Space-Based and Situated Computing, IJSSC, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 47-59. | 2019 | |
Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru Kuribayashi and Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo and Wen-Chung Kao, “A throughput estimation model under two-link concurrent communications with partially overlapping channels and its application to channel assignment in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” Int. J. of Space-Based and Situated Computing, IJSSC, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 123-137, 2018. | 2018 | |
Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, M. Kuribayashi, S. K. Debnath, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Kyaw Soe Lwin, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo and M. S. A. Mamun, “Dynamic access-point configuration approach for elastic wireless local-area network system and its implementation using Raspberry Pi.” Int. J. Netw. Comput., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 254-281. | 2018 |
Research Conferences/Proceedings
Research Conference | Paper Presented |
|---|---|
6Th Annual International Research Conference, Tharaka University, 30th Oct. 2024. | Ismael Munene Kwenga, “Joint IEEE 802.11n Wireless Local Area Netowk Optimization Approaches For Improved Quality Of Service |
9th Int. Symp. on Computing and Networking Workshops (CANDARW), Nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/CANDARW53999.2021.00018 | Fatema Akhter, Sun Yuanshuai, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Md. Mahbubur Rahman, “Feasibility investigations of access-point transmission power optimization method under co-use of channel bonding and non-channel bonding in wireless local-area network” |
4th Int. Conf. on Vocational Education and Electrical Engineering (ICVEE), Oct. 2-3, Indonesia, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ICVEE54186.2021.9649660 | Fatema Akhter, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “Applicability investigation of transmission power optimization method for concurrently communicating access-points using channel bonding and non-bonding in WLAN” |
IEICE Society Conf., BS-6-1, pp. S-42-43, Sept. 14-17, 2021, Japan. | Sujan Chandra Roy, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Fatema Akhter and Minoru Kuribayashi, “A study of throughput drop estimation model for two-link concurrent communications in 5GHz IEEE 802.11ac WLAN.” |
IEICE Society Conf., BS-6-11, pp. S-42-43, Sept. 14-17, 2021, Japan. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Sujan Chandra Roy, Minoru Kuribayashi, “Application of throughput drop estimation model to frequency channel and channel bonding assignment in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
The 12th Int. Works. on Vir. Envi. and Net.-Orien. Appli. (VENOA-2021), pp. 700-714, July 1 - 3, 2021. Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79725-6_71 | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Sujan Chandra Roy, Minoru Kuribayashi, “A study of throughput drop estimation model for concurrently communicating links under coexistence of channel bonding and non-bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
Int. Conf. on Emerg. Techn. for Commun. (ICETC 2020), B3-2, Dec. 2020. DOI:10.34385/proc.63.B3-2 | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Fatema Akhter, and Minoru Kuribayashi. “Application of throughput drop estimation model under partially overlapping channels to channel assignment in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
Int. Conf. on Emerg. Techn. for Commun. (ICETC 2020), C1-4, Dec. 2020. DOI:10.34385/proc.63.C1-4 | Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Hendy Briantoro, Fatema Akhter, Minoru Kuribayashi and Md. Manowarul Islam. “A proposal of throughput allocation method for concurrently communicating two or three hosts in wireless local area network.” |
Proc. ASON, pp. 1-7, Nov. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/CANDARW51189.2020.00015 | Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Fatema Akhter, and Minoru Kuribayashi, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A generalization of transmission power optimization method for concurrently communicating multiple access-points in wireless local-area network.” |
IEEE Int. Conf. on Cons. Elect. (ICCE-TW), pp. 1-2, Sept. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258012 | Ismael Munene Kwenga, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, and Wen-Chung Kao “A study of throughput-drop estimation model for concurrently communicating two links without channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area network.” |
IEEE Int. Conf. on Cons. Elect. (ICCE-TW), pp. 1-2, Sep., 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258191 | Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, M. Kuribayashi and Wen-Chung Kao, "A Proposal of Transmission Power Optimization Method for Concurrently Communicating Two Access-Points in Wireless Local-Area Network.” |
IEICE Tech. Report, pp. 13-18, June. 2020. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Hendy Briantoro, Md. Mahbubur Rahman,and Minoru Kuribayashi, “An extension of throughput estimation model for three-link concurrent communications under partially overlapping channels without channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
IEICE Tech. Report, pp. 19-24, June. 2020. | Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Hendy Briantoro, and Md. Manowarul Islam, “An Improvement of TCP Throughput Fairness Control Method for Concurrent Communications in Elastic WLAN System.” |
IEICE Tech. Report, pp. 43-48, Jun. 2020. | Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “An Extension of Transmission Power Optimization Method for Two Concurrently Communicating Access-Points Associated with Multiple Hosts in Wireless Local-Area Network.” |
IEICE General Conference, pp. S8-S9, March 2020. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Hendy Briantoro, and Md. Mahbubur Rahman, “A throughput drop estimation model for two-link concurrent communications with non-bonded partially overlapping channels in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
IEEE Hiroshima Section Student Symposium, pp. 104-107, Nov.-Dec. 2019. | Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Manowarul Islam, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “An Exploration of Transmission Power Optimization Method for Concurrently Communicating Two Access-Points in Wireless Local Area Network.” |
IEICE Society Conf., BS-4-9, pp. S-27-28, Sept. 2019. | Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Md. Manowarul Islam, “A generalization of TCP fairness control method using transmission delay for multiple-host concurrent communication in elastic WLAN system.” |
IEICE Society Conf., pp. S-29-30, Sept. 2019. | Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Ismael Munene Kwenga, and H. Briantoro, “An access-point transmission power minimization approach using PI feedback control in wireless local-area network.” |
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Consum. Elect. Taiwan (ICCE-TW), May 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-TW46550.2019.8991715 | Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, M. Kuribayashi, Mousumi Saha, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, and Wen-Chung Kao, “An improvement of throughput measurement minimization method for access point transmission power minimization in wireless local-area network.” |
Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Commun. Eng. Tech. (ICCET 2019), pp. 76-80, April 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ICCET.2019.8726907 | Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Manowarul Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A TCP fairness control method for two-host concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system using Raspberry Pi access-point.” |
IEICE General Conf., pp. S-76-77, March 2019. | Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, Mousumi Saha, Ismael Munene Kwenga, and Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, “Throughput measurement location minimization method for access-point transmission power minimization in wireless local-area network.” |
IEICE General Conference, pp. S-66-67, Mar. 2019. | Hendy Briantoro, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Manowarul Islam, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “An Investigation of Transmission Power Optimization for Performance Improvement at Concurrent Communications of Multiple Access-Points in Wireless Local-Area Network.” |
IEICE General Conf., BS-4-32, pp. S70-S71, March. 2019. | Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, Kwenga Isamel Munene, and Md. Manowarul Islam, “A proposal of dynamic delay optimization function in TCP fairness control method for two-host concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system.” |
IEEE global conf. on consumer electr., (GCCE 2018), pp 809-810, Japan, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/GCCE.2018.8574672 | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo and Wen-Chung Kao, “A throughput drop estimation model for two-link concurrent communications with partially overlapping channels in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
IEICE Tech. Report, pp. 89-94, Dec. 2018. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Md. Manowarul Islam, Minoru Kuribayashi, and Wen-Chung Kao, “An extension of throughput drop estimation model for three-link concurrent communications under partially overlapping channels and channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
IEICE Tech. Rep., NS2018-175, pp. 96-100, Dec. 2018. | Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru. Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Manowarul Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A TCP fairness control method for concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system using raspberry Pi access-point.” |
IEICE Tech. Rep., NS2018-175, pp. 96-100, Dec. 2018. | Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru. Kuribayashi, Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Manowarul Islam, and Wen-Chung Kao, “A TCP fairness control method for concurrent communications in elastic WLAN system using raspberry Pi access-point.” |
IEICE Tech. Report on Short Range Wireless Comm. (SRW), pp 13-18, August 20, 2018. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Kyaw Soe Lwin, Nobuo Funabiki, and Minoru Kuribayashi, “A throughput estimation model for two concurrently communicating links under partially overlapping channels and channel bonding in IEEE 802.11n WLAN.” |
IEICE Tech. Rep., SRW2018-14, pp. 31-36, Aug. 2018. | Md. Manowarul Islam, Nobuo Funabiki, Minoru Kuribayashi, Rahardhita Widyatra Sudibyo and Ismael Munene Kwenga, “Implementations of system software update and user authentication functions in elastic wireless local-area network system.” |
IEICE General Conf., pp. S-3-4, March 2018. | Sumon Kumar Debnath, Nobuo Funabiki, Kyaw Soe Lwin, Kwenga Ismael Munene, and Mousumi Saha, “A modified throughput estimation model for concurrent communications in wireless network.” |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 117, no. 303, pp. 23-28, 2017. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Nobuo Funabiki, Md. Selim Al Mamun, Kyaw Soe Lwin, and Sumon Kumar Debnath, “A study of throughput estimation model and channel assignment algorithm for partially overlapping channels in IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area networks.” |
2017 (68th) Chugoku branch Joint Conv. Inst. Elec. Info. Eng., Oct. 2017. | Kwenga Ismael Munene, Md. Selim Al Mamun, Kyaw Soe Lwin, and Nobuo Funabiki, “Throughput measurements under partially overlapping channels in IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area networks.” |
2017 (68th) Chugoku- branch Joint Conv. Inst. Elec. Info. Eng., Oct. 2017. | Sumon Kumar Debnath, Nobuo Funabiki, Kyaw Soe Lwin, Md. Selim Al Mamun, Munene Kwenga Ismael, and Md. Manowarul Islam, “Evaluations of throughput estimations in two network simulators for IEEE 802.11n wireless local-area networks.” |
Proc. IEEE Hiroshima Section Student Symp., pp. 234-237, Dec. 2017. | Kyaw Soe Lwin, Nobuo Funabiki, Sumon Kumar Debnath, and Kwenga Ismael Munene, “A minimax approach for access-point setup optimization in IEEE 802.11n WLAN with MIMO links.” |
Training/Workshops/Curriculum Development
January 2025: Developed PhD in Computer Science curriculum at Tharaka University. |
Reviewer in IEEE AFRICON and ICT4DA conferences. |
July 2023 – May 2024: Trainer : AI Guidelines for Kenya National Commission on UNESCO at Technical University of Kenya and Egerton University. |
July 6th – July 7th: Directorate of TVET Strategy and Development training on Review of Diploma Curricula and Development of Occupational Standards at Technical University of Kenya. |
August 2023: Bachelor of Technology in Computer Networks, Bachelor of Technology in Computer Technology, and Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology curriculum reviews at Technical University of Kenya |
Feb 2023: Bsc. Information Technology curriculum development at Tharaka University. |
Scholarships, Honors, Awards and Funding
4/2019 – 3/2022:- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) scholarship award through Okayama University, Japan.
|
3/2020:- Research encouragement award from Okayama University Research Section, Japan. |
4/2016 – 3/2019:- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) scholarship award through Embassy of Japan in Kenya |
Professional Memberships
12/2019 – 3/2022: - Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), student member |
