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Enabling Intelligence and Security on Edge Devices (EISED) Laboratory is directed by Dr. Dennis Agyemanh Nana Gookyi in the Electronics Division at CSIR-INSTI.
Our research objectives include Tiny Machine Learning Hardware Implementation, Designing and Implementing Hardware Primitives for Deep Learning Algorithms, Lightweight Cryptography Implementation on Low-cost Devices, and System-on-Chip (SoC) Design. (Google Scholar Page)
Enabling Intelligence and Security on Edge Devices Laboratory
Enabling Intelligence and Security on Edge Devices Laboratory
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2026
Oct. 2026: Dr. Dennis Gookyi facilitated a virtual AI training organised by the Ghana Young Academy on the Theme "Practical AI Tools for Research, Innovation, and Leadership".
Links to Video:
Sept. 2026: The LSACROFT Project Dataset gathered during the Cowpea & Maize Variety Trial at the Bolgatanga Experimental Farm has been published in Mendeley Data and a dataset visualization platform created.
Gookyi, Dennis; Yakubu, Latifa; Annang, Sarah; Gyaang, Raymond; Bruce-Vanderpuije, Pennante; Danquah, Paul; Kwao, Roger; Tengan, Callistus; Awotwi, John; Wilson, Michael; Tetteh, Ralph; Santa, Elijah; Araphat, Michael; Danso, Samuel; Chabala, Lydia; Sackey, Tracy (2026), “A Weekly Multi-Modal Dataset of Soil Physicochemical Parameters, Environmental Conditions, Irrigation Records, Crop Growth Observations, Harvest Parameters, and Field Images from Six Cowpea and Maize Varieties in Sumbrungu, Bolgatanga, Ghana”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/3wzp9nz3fh.1
Link to Dataset visualization platfrom:
Sept. 2026: The LSACROFT Capacity-Building Seminar on “How to Write a Research Paper: A Practical Case Study,” using draft manuscripts prepared by postgraduate students Sarah Annang and Latifa Yakubu, was held on Thursday, 3rd September 2026 at CSIR-INSTI, with both in-person and virtual participation. The session was presented by Dr. Pennante Naa Ayikailey Bruce-Vanderpuije. link to the meeting is below:
Aug. 2026: The LSACROFT Project Dataset Review Meeting, bringing together research teams from Ghana and Zambia to discuss the type of data gathered during the Cowpea & Maize Variety Trial at the Bolgatanga Experimental Farm was held on Friday, 14th August 2026 via Google Meet. A link to the meeting is below:
Jul. 2026: Three papers from the LSACROFT project have presented at the 49th ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO 2026), has been published in IEEE XPLORE.
May. 2026: Three papers from the LSACROFT project have been presented at the 49th ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO 2026). Watch the presentations here:
May. 2026: Three papers from the LSACROFT project have been accepted for presentation at the 49th ICT and Electronics Convention (MIPRO 2026), scheduled to take place from May 25 to 29, in Opatija, Croatia.
D. Gookyi, E. Nansuuri, J. Awotwi, M. Wilson, R. Ahiadormey (CSIR-INSTI, Accra, Ghana), L. Chabala (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia), O. Damba (University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana). A Low-Cost Hardware–Mobile Platform for Comprehensive Soil Monitoring, Crop Phenotype, and Image Dataset Acquisition.
D. Gookyi, R. Tetteh (CSIR-INSTI, Accra, Ghana), R. Gyaang, C. Tengan (Bolgatanga Technical University, Bolgatanga, Ghana), P. Danquah, S. Bekoe (CSIR-INSTI, Accra, Ghana), S. Danso (GCTU, Accra, Ghana). Survey and Design Framework: Comparative Evaluation of Edge Computing Platforms for Low-Cost AI-Enabled Real-Time Soil Monitoring, Dataset Collection, Crop Recommendation, and Fertilizer Optimization in African Settings.
S. Annang (GCTU, Accra, Ghana), D. Gookyi (CSIR-INSTI, Accra, Ghana), S. Danso (GCTU, Accra, Ghana), M. Dziwornu, M. Araphat, Y. Barimah (CSIR-INSTI, Accra, Ghana). A Comprehensive Survey of Low-Cost IoT-Based Soil Monitoring Systems for Precision Agriculture.
Apr. 2026: The LSACROFT Project recently showcased our Version 1.0 soil data collection device at the CSIR-INSTI Open Day 2026 held at CSIR-INSTI, Accra. The device is designed to collect real-time soil data to support dataset development for AI-driven agriculture solutions such as crop recommendation and fertilizer optimization.
Watch the overview here:
Apr. 2026: The LSACROFT team from CSIR-INSTI completed a field trip to Bolgatanga, where we conducted a device demonstration and training at the experimental farm.
As part of the visit, we recorded a series of videos covering key activities from the trip, including:
Mar. 2026: The LSACROFT Project recently showcased our Version 1.0 soil data collection device at the Ghana Agrotech Fair 2026 held at Black Star Square, Accra. The device is designed to collect real-time soil data to support dataset development for AI-driven agriculture solutions such as crop recommendation and fertilizer optimization.
Watch the demonstation here:
Jan. 2026: Dr. Dennis Gookyi has officially been inducted into the Ghana Young Academy for a period of 5 years. The ceremony took place at the 9th induction ceremony and the 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Jan. 2026: The first seminar of the LSACROFT project for 2026 was held at the premises of CSIR-INSTI and virtually. The seminar formed part of the project’s capacity-building activities and was aimed at strengthening the technical skills of students and interns involved in the project. The session focused on sensor calibration using line-of-best-fit and machine learning approaches, as well as an overview of the LSACROFT project theme. Presentations were delivered by Ralph Tetteh, Elijah Nansuuri, and Sarah Annang, followed by interactive discussions to enhance participants’ understanding of the topics.
Link to seminar recording:
2025
Nov. 2025: The Capacity-Building Workshop on Automating Academic Workflows with AI to Improve Work Output, facilitated by Dr. Dennis Gookyi, has been featured on the UniMAC website
Nov. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi facilitated a virtual AI training for researchers organised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Research Staff Association (RSA) on the Theme "Automating Academic Workflows: AI Tools for Research and Teaching".
Nov. 2025: Our organization has been selected for the Compute Curious Track of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development's Compute Accelerator Programme. This track helps early-stage innovators build AI and compute readiness through sandbox credits, mentorship, and virtual learning sessions. We will gain access to resources, expert guidance, and a growing community advancing AI for sustainable development.
Nov. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi and Prof. Chabala attended the 2025 Global Research Council (GRC) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting and the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Academic Symposium, which took place from 10 to 14 November 2025 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. They gave a presentation on the LSACROFT project.
Nov. 2025: A project meeting for the NSTC and MEST-funded project LSACROFT between the Ghana team and the Zambia team took place online to discuss ongoing work.
Nov. 2025: Positions for PhD and MSC students have been announced for the LSACROFT project. Visit the project site (LSACROFT) for more information.
Nov. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi facilitated a workshop for the UniMAC LIBRARY in collaboration with DRID on the Theme "Automating Academic Workflows: AI Tools for Research and Teaching" at the Seminar Room, UniMAC, Accra.
Nov. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi was part of the facilitators for a 3-week practical bootcamp for the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) Computer Engineering Department on the Theme "Fusing Smart Technology, AI, and Hands-On Innovation".
Oct. 2025: Two of our projects were included in the AI of Good - Innovate for Impact final report as Use Cases.
Use Case 1: AI-Enabled Soil Analysis and Weather Station for Local Farmers (WINNER CERTIFICATE Innovate for Impact)
Use Case 4: Smartphone-over-Microscope Diagnosis: Empowering Community Health Workers with TinyML for Malaria Parasite Detection in Rural Areas
Oct. 2025: The first Seminar meeting for the NSTC and MEST-funded project LSACROFT took place at the premises of CSIR-INSTI. The agenda of the meeting was to build the capacity of students currently undertaking their internship at the institute. During the session, the interns took turns presenting the various research projects they were working on.
Oct. 2025: The first meeting for the NSTC and MEST-funded project LSACROFT took place at the premises of CSIR-INSTI. The agenda of the meeting was to introduce the project and assign roles to the team members. In attendance were Dr. Dennis Gookyi, Ing. Dr. Michael Wilson, Ing. Twum Barimah, Dr. Michael Dziwornu, Mr. John Awotwi, Mr. Emmanuel Kwofie, and Ralph Tetteh.
Oct. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi and Prof. Lydia Chabala attended the joint online inception meeting organized by NSTC and MEST. They presented the overview of their project titled "Development of a Low-Cost Soil Analysis Device for Real-Time Soil Monitoring, Crop Recommendation, and Fertilizer Optimization (LSACROFT)".
Oct. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi attended the 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) organized by CSIR Research Staff Association (RSA) and hosted by CSIR-SARI, Nyankpala, on 22nd October 2025. The theme of the meeting was "Accelerating Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Ghana: The Role of Transformative Research, Development, and Partnership".
Sept. 2025: Our research project received a 3-year research grant from the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), Ghana, and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Zambia, under the Zambia–Ghana Bilateral Joint Call for Collaborative Research Proposals in Emerging Technologies and Development, Space Science & Technology.
The research project is titled "Development of a Low-Cost Soil Analysis Device for Real-Time Soil Monitoring, Crop Recommendation, and Fertilizer Optimization (LSACROFT)"
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-Institute for Scientific and Technological Information (CSIR-INSTI), University of Zambia (UNZA), Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust (GART), and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)
Sept. 2025: An article by Dr. Dennis Gookyi has been featured in the first edition of the CSIR-INSTI Newsletter.
Sept. 2025: Our paper was published in the Journal of Applied Science and Information Technology.
Paper Title: Secret Key Analysis of Random Pilot Full-Duplex Secret Key Generation in Static Environments
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI
Sept. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi has been selected as a member of the Ghana Young Academy (GhYA) following the 2025 call for applications.
As a member of the GhYA, he will have the opportunity to:
Engage in interdisciplinary collaborations across science, social sciences, arts, and humanities
Contribute to national and international science-policy dialogues
Participate in programmes that promote mentorship, innovation, and public engagement
Shape the future of science and leadership in Ghana and beyond.
Jun. 2025: Our ongoing work has been published in arXiv as a Preprint.
Paper Title: Deploying and Evaluating Multiple Deep Learning Models on Edge Devices for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection
Collaborating Institutions: GCTU, CSIR-INSTI, Shenzhen Technology University, and KNUST
Jun. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi is scheduled to attend the 2025 AI for Good Global Summit hosted at the Palexpo International Exhibition and Convention Center, Geneva, Switzerland, from 8-11 July 2025. He will be a speaker at two workshops including the Innovate for impact: The winning AI use cases and the AI readiness – Towards a standardized readiness framework.
May. 2025: Our proposal for the TinyML Kit University Application has been selected to receive 10 Arduino Nicla Vision devices by the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) to support our work in advancing TinyML innovations.
Apr. 2025: Dr. Dennis Gookyi has been appointed as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for ITU AI for Good Innovate for Impact.
Innovate for Impact, organized under the AI for Good Impact initiative by ITU in partnership with key global stakeholders, aims to identify, evaluate, and scale innovative AI-driven use cases addressing critical global challenges.
His role on the Technical Advisory Committee is pivotal, as he will help evaluate AI use cases, select impactful winners, and provide mentorship to promising scholars and innovators worldwide.
Mar. 2025: Our paper was published in the Annals of Telecommunications Journal.
Collaborating Institutions: IMT-Atantique, Wageningen University, CSIR-INSTI, and Institut national des postes et télécommunications
Mar. 2025: Our paper was published in the International Journal of Computer Applications.
Collaborating Institutions: KNUST, National Communication Authority, and CSIR-INSTI
Jan. 2025: Our paper from the 9th IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST) was published in IEEE XPLORE.
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and KNUST
Jan. 2025: We participated in the Ghana Crop Disease Detection Challenge ecosystem event. Ghana Crop Disease Detection Challenge is a groundbreaking initiative, funded by GIZ through FAIR Forward, that seeks to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to promote sustainable intensification of agriculture in Ghana despite the challenges of climate change. The event was organized by the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAIL).
Presented research title: TinyML Implementation on Microcontrollers: The Case of Maize Leaf Disease Identification
Jan. 2025: Our paper was published in the African Journal of Applied Research.
Paper Title: Analysis and Design of a Six-Port Network Based on a Modified Schiffman Phase Shifter
Collaborating Institutions: Bolgatanga Technical University, CSIR-INSTI, and KNUST
2024
Nov. 2024: Dr. Dennis Gookyi attended the TWAS-UNESCO Skill Building Workshop hosted by Hotel Royal Horizon Baobab, Village De La Somone Bp 81, Somone Dakar, Senegal, from 4-8 November 2024. This meeting is the first of its kind combining two of TWAS’ Grant programmes, the TWAS Research Grants programme and the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators, SG-NAPI programme.
Sept. 2024: Our paper was published in the AgriEngineering Journal.
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI, KNUST, GCTU, and Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate
Sept. 2024: Dr. Dennis Gookyi facilitated a training program for the University of Cape Coast library staff on the Theme "Responsible use of AI in Library and Information Services" at the Sam Jonah Library, Cape Coast.
Jul. 2024: Dr. Dennis Gookyi attended the Deep Learning IndabaX conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jul. 2024: Our project was included in the AI of Good - Innovate for Impact final report as a Use Case.
Use Case (Use case -49): AI-enabled Soil Analysis and Weather Station for Local Farmers
Jun. 2024: Our paper was published in the Smart Agricultural Technology Journal.
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and KNUST
Jun. 2024: Our innovation has been selected as one of the top 16 finalists for the Innovate Africa Challenge.
Innovation: Using AI-enabled weather station and integration platform to provide real-time localized weather and soil data to optimize climate-smart farming
Media post: #InnovateAfricaChallenge
Jun. 2024: Our solution to the Next-Gen tinyML Smart Weather Station in the 2024 tinyML Challenge was ranked first (1st) place after a virtual presentation at the 2024 AI for Good Summit in Geneva.
Innovation Title: Next-Gen tinyML Smart Weather Station
Presentation Video: tinyML: Pioneering sustainable solutions in resource-limited environments (Workshop)
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and KNUST
Jun. 2024: Our paper was published in first volume of the Journal of Applied Science and Information Technology (JASIT).
Paper Title: Comparative Analysis of Tiny Machine Learning Models for Maize Crop Disease Identification
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and KNUST
May. 2024: Our paper was presented at the International Conference on Signal, Image, Video, and Communications (ISIVC), Marrakech, Morocco.
Collaborating Institutions: IMT Atlantique, HBNU, WUR, INPT, and CSIR-INSTI
May. 2024: Dr. Dennis Gookyi facilitated a Pre-conference Workshop for the 4th CARLIGH International Conference on the Theme "Prompt Engineering: Skills and Techniques for Obtaining Relevant and Accurate Information" at the GIMPA Executive Conference Center, Accra.
Mar. 2024: Our paper was presented at the Information Communication Technology and Society (ICTAS) conference in Durban, South Africa.
Paper Title: TinyML Implementation on Microcontrollers: The Case of Maize Leaf Disease Identification
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and IMT-Atlantique
Mar. 2024: Our paper was presented at the Information Communication Technology and Society (ICTAS) conference in Durban, South Africa.
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and Bolgatanga Technical University
2023
Sept. 2023: Our paper was presented at the IEEE AFRICON conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Paper Title: The Efficiency of Convolution on Gemmini Deep Learning Hardware Accelerator
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI, IMT-Atlantique, and Bolgatanga Technical University
Jun. 2023: Our paper was presented at the International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC) in Jeju, Korea.
Paper Title: Deep Neural Network Dataset Collection for Optimal Positioning of a Capacitive Compensated Schiffman Phase Shifter
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI, KNUST, Bolgatanga Technical University, and Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)
Feb. 2023: Our paper was published in the Sensors Journal.
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)
Dec. 2022: EISED received a 2-year research grant from the UNESCO-TWAS program (Seed Grant for African Principal Investigators) financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
The research project is titled "Enabling Deep Learning Inference on Low-cost Edge Devices: A Case Study of Crop Pest and Disease Identification."
Collaborating Institutions: CSIR-INSTI and KNUST
Enabling Intelligence and Security on Edge Devices Lab | Electronics Division | CSIR-INSTI
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