Second cohort

Sahara Kilas Aden, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Predictive Modelling for Hypertension Risk Assessment in Kenya; Leveraging Machine Learning for Enhanced Public Health Intervention

Rael Damaris Awuor, MSc in PHDS '25

• Thesis: Leveraging Machine Learning to Identify and Predict Mental Health Issues in Kenya

Hannah Nyambura Kamau, MSc in PHDS '25

• Thesis: Classification of Microrna Precursors with Machine Learning and Confidence Validation via Sequence Alignment

Thomas Uhuru Kibengo, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Data-Driven Stock Market Trading Model Using Unstructured Data

Ayuel Taupiny Malek, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Effect of Fraud, Machine Learning Integration on Financial Institutions

Brandwell Muiru Mwangi, MSc in PHDS '25

• Thesis: Prediction of HIV Treatment Interruption in Kenya using Machine learning

Abdisalam Nuseiba, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Evaluating Random Forest, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network-Long Short-Term Memory (CNN-LSTM) and Wavelet-Stacked Autoencoder-Long Short-Term Memory (Wavelet-SAE-LSTM) Approaches for Spatio-Temporal Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5) Forecasting: A Case Study of Nairobi

Penina Ruth Wanyama, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Enhancing IT help desk efficiency through automated topical modeling and user sentiment analysis

Sharon Wachinga Wathiri, MSc in DS '25

• Thesis: Machine Learning Model to Predict Planting Dates and Provide Recommendations in Response to Climate Variability

First cohort

Mercy Chepkorir, MSc in PHDS '24

• Thesis: The Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Kenya: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Valine Okeyo, MSc in PHDS '24

• Thesis: Predicting Respiratory Diseases Attributed to PM2.5 Air Pollution in Nairobi County using Random Forest Model

Kiche John Opiyo, MSc in PHDS '24

• Thesis: Classification of Pneumonia, Tuberculosis and Covid19 from Chest X-Ray Images Using Convolution Neural Network Mode

Kundu Waluke Isaac, MSc in PHDS '24

• Thesis: Natural Language Processing for Mapping Free-Text Medical Diagnosis to ICD-11 Code

Augustine Wekesa Masinde, MSc in PHDS '24

• Thesis: Leveraging Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks in Air Pollution Prediction

Seth Kipsang Mutuba, MSc in PHDS '24

• ​Thesis: Lightweight CNN Model for Real-Time Malaria Detection in Low-Resource Settings

​Obwaya Mogire, MSc in PHDS '24

• ​Thesis: An Enhanced Deep Learning Hybrid Model with Ensemble Techniques for Pneumonia Classification in Pediatric Chest Radiographs

Ruth Wangari Muchai, MSc in DS '24

• Thesis: Optimizing Valuation Accuracy in Kenya’s Real Estate Market: Application of Supervised Machine Learning Models

Alex Mwaniki Wambua, MSc in DS '24

• Thesis: Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Early Maize Yield Prediction using Multiple Source Data in Kenya

Faith Masibo Sikuku, MSc in DS '24

• Thesis: Application of Market Basket Analysis To Redesign Supermarket Layouts for Optimum Returns in Kenyan Supermarkets ​​

Judy Chepkurui Bii, MSc in DS '24

• Thesis: Fake News Classification using BiLSTM Deep Learning Algorithm