Research & publication

RESEARCH INTEREST

IoT, Multimedia, Mulsemedia, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Software Engineering, Usability, User experience, Cross-platform smartphone applications, Web service, RESTful services, Service-oriented architecture, E-Learning, Business process re-engineering.

PUBLICATIONS

Mesfin, G., Hussain, N., Kani-Zabihi, E., Covaci, A., Saleme, E. B., & Ghinea, G. (2019). QoE of cross-modally mapped mulsemedia: an assessment using eye gaze and heart rate. Multimedia Tools and Applications.

Covaci, A., Trestian, R., Saleme, E. B., Comsa, I. S., Assres, G., Santos, C. A., & Ghinea, G. (2019, October). 360° Mulsemedia: a way to improve subjective QoE in 360° videos. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (pp. 2378-2386). ACM.

Comsa, I. S., Saleme, E. B., Covaci, A., Assres, G. M., Trestian, R., Santos, C. A. S., & Ghinea, G. (2019). Do I Smell Coffee? The Tale of a 360° Mulsemedia Experience. IEEE MultiMedia.

Weldeslasie, D. T., Mesfin, G., Gronli, T. M., Younas, M., & Ghinea, G. (2019, August). An Expert System Approach for the Diagnosis and Rectification of Yarn Faults. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (pp. 230-242). Springer, Cham.

Covaci, A., Saleme, E. B., Mesfin, G. A., Hussain, N., Kani-Zabihi, E., & Ghinea, G. (2019). How do we experience crossmodal correspondent mulsemedia content?. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.

Mesfin, G., Hussain, N., Covaci, A., & Ghinea, G. (2019). Using Eye Tracking and Heart-Rate Activity to Examine Crossmodal Correspondences QoE in Mulsemedia. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 15(2), 34.

Saleme, E. B., Covaci, A., Mesfin, G., Santos, C. A., & Ghinea, G. (2019). Mulsemedia DIY: a survey of devices and a tutorial for building your own mulsemedia environment. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 52(3), 58.

Covaci, A., Mesfin, G., Hussain, N., Kani-Zabihi, E., Andres, F., & Ghinea, G. (2018, September). A study on the quality of experience of crossmodal mulsemedia. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (pp. 176-182). ACM.

Mesfin, G., Hussain, N., Covaci, A., & Ghinea, G. (2018, July). Inverse and Transitivity of Cross-Modal Correspondence in Mulsemedia. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Hussain, N., Mesfin, G., Covaci, A., & Ghinea, G. (2018, July). Towards Augmenting Multimedia Qoe With Wearable Devices: Perspectives from an Empirical Study. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Mesfin, G., Ghinea, G., Grønli, T. M., & Hwang, W. Y. (2018). Enhanced Agility of E-Learning Adoption in High Schools. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 21(4), 157-170.

Mesfin, G., Ghinea, G., Grønli, T. M., & Younas, M. (2018, August). Web Service Composition on Smartphones: The Challenges and a Survey of Solutions. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (pp. 126-141). Springer, Cham.

Mesfin, G., Grønli, T. M., Ghinea, G., & Younas, M. (2017, March). Usability of Composing REST Services on Smartphones. In Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2017 IEEE 31st International Conference on (pp. 476-483). IEEE.

Mesfin, G., Ghinea, & Grønli, T. M. (2017). REST4Mobile: A Framework for Enhanced Usability of REST Services on Smartphones. Journal of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. Wiley publishing. DOI:10.1002/cpe.4174.

Mesfin, G., Ghinea, G., Covaci, A., Grønli, T. M., Midekso, D., & Hwang, W. (2017). Agile and Continuous Digital Learning Integration: Perspectives in Ethiopian High Schools. In Advanced E-Learning workshop (AEL2017). IEEE.

Mesfin, G., Grønli, T. M., Ghinea, G., & Younas, M. (2017, August). Adopting SOA in public service provision. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Information Systems (pp. 279-289). Springer, Cham.

Mesfin, G., Grønli, T. M., Midekso, D., & Ghinea, G. (2016). Towards end-user development of REST client applications on smartphones. Computer Standards & Interfaces.

Mesfin, G., Ghinea, G., Midekso, D., & Grønli, T. M. (2014). Evaluating Usability of Cross-Platform Smartphone Applications. In Mobile Web Information Systems (pp. 248-260). Springer International Publishing.

CASE STUDY, TEACHING MATERIALS & THESIS

Mesfin, G. Web Design and Hosting: A case study on Aksum University’s Official Website. This article was presented at Aksum University during a research review day of in 2010.

Mesfin, G. Principle of Operating Systems. A teaching reference material. Mekelle University 2008.

Mesfin, G., Midekso, D. Integration of Computer Assisted Learning into the Curricula of Ethiopian Schools. Masters Thesis at Addis Ababa University 2004. http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/7352/

GRANT

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia provided a block grant amounted 70000ETB for the study project entitled “A framework for enhanced usability of Web services on Smartphones”. 2015.

Small grant secured from Aksum University Ethiopia to extend and finalize the above mentioned study project. 2016.

A support grant was also provided for enterprise architecture study for the automation of production, human resources, finance, and property administration at Sheba Dimensional Stones Enterprise Ethiopia.