Research Interests:

• • Software Engineering

  • Requirement Engineering

  • Fog/Edge Computing

  • Digital and Emerging Technologies 

Publications

1. Yohannes Sefane Molla; Esubalew Alemneh; Samuel Temesgen Yimer, "COSMIC-Based Early Software Size Estimation Using Deep Learning and Domain-Specific BERT",   in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3540548.

2. Dabere Nigatu, Muluken Azage, Eyaya Misgan, Daniel A. Enquobahrie, Tegegn Kebebaw, Enyew Abate, Esubalew Alemneh, Mirkuzie Woldie, Tsinuel Girma  . Implementation research logic model in the design and execution of eHealth innovations for maternal and newborn healthcare in Ethiopia. Health Res Policy Sys 23, 4 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01259-8 

3. Esubalew Alemneh, and Fekerte Berhanu. "Software Requirement Smells and Detection Techniques: A Systematic Literature Review." CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 24.4 (2024). 

4. Megdelawit Bewketu, Esubalew Alemneh Jalew,  Detection of Phishing Websites Using Structural Similarities Amongst  Attacks, Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 2 No 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.20372/pjet.v2i1.171 , 2024.

5. Genet Worku Gebeyehu, Tsegaye Abebe Altaye,  Esubalew Alemneh Jalew, GE’EZ - Amharic Machine Translation Using Deep Learning, Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 2 No 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.20372/pjet.v2i1.171, 2024.

6. Abinew Ali Ayele, Esubalew Alemneh Jalew, Adem Chanie Ali, Seid Muhie Yimam, and Chris Biemann (2024). Exploring Boundaries and Intensities in Offensive and Hate Speech: Unveiling the Complex Spectrum of Social Media Discourse. In Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Threat, Aggression & Cyberbullying @ LREC-COLING-2024, pages 167–178, Torino, Italia. ELRA and ICCL. 

7. Esubalew Alemneh., Tegegn Kebebaw, Dabere Nigatu, Muluken Azage, Eyaya Misgan, & Enyew Abate (2024). Electronic maternal and child health application usability, feasibility and acceptability among healthcare providers in Amhara region, Ethiopia. PLOS Digital Health, 3(5), e0000494 

8. Yohannes Sefane Molla, Samuel Temesgen Yimer, Esubalew Alemneh, COSMIC-Functional Size Classification of Agile Software Development: Deep Learning Approach, 2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2023, pp. 155–159 , doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA59526.2023.10302232 

9. Yibeltal Assefa, Esubalew Alemneh, Shegaw Nibret,  Abebaw Worku, Software Risk Prediction at Requirement and Design Phase : An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach,  2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2023, pp. 19–24  , doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA59526.2023.10302250 

10.  Abebaw Worku, Esubalew Alemneh,  Yibeltal Assefa, Tadilo Getaneh, Siraye Mekonnen, Test Case Generation from Quality Attribute Scenarios Using Machine Learning Approach,  2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2023, pp. 31–36  , doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA59526.2023.10302184 

11. Fekerte Berhanu, Esubalew Alemneh, Classification and Prioritization of Requirements Smells Using Machine Learning Techniques,  2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2023, pp. 49–54  , doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA59526.2023.10302263  

12. Mebratu Aychew; Esubalew Alemneh, Selection of Architectural Patterns based on Tactics, 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2022, pp. 13-18, doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA56482.2022.9971369.

13. Samuel Temesgen Yimer; Yohannes Sefane Molla; Esubalew Alemneh, Predicting Software Maintenance Type, Change Impact, and Maintenance Time Using Machine Learning Algorithms,  2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), 2IEEE Xplore, 022, pp. 37-41, doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA56482.2022.9971350.

14. Yibeltal Assefa; Fekerte Berhanu; Asnakech Tilahun; Esubalew Alemneh, Software Effort Estimation using Machine learning Algorithm, 2022 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, 2022, pp. 163-168, doi: 10.1109/ICT4DA56482.2022.9971209.

15. Tegegn Kebebaw, Esubalew Alemneh, Muluken Azage,Eyaya Misgan and Enyew Abate, Development and Heuristic-based Usability Evaluation of an e-partograph,  2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, DOI:10.1109/ICT4DA53266.2021.9672245

16. Tsegaye Abebe and Esubalew Alemneh, Amharic Text Corpus based on Parts of Speech tagging and headwords , 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, DOI:10.1109/ICT4DA53266.2021.9672246

17. Amsalu Tessema and Esubalew Alemneh, Automatic Quality Attribute Scenarios Identification and Generation from Quality Attribute Requirements, 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, DOI:10.1109/ICT4DA53266.2021.9672247

18. Esmael Mohammed and Esubalew Alemneh, Identification of Architecturally Significant Non-Functional Requirement, 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA), IEEE Xplore, DOI: 10.1109/ICT4DA53266.2021.9672246

19. Getasew Abeba, and Esubalew Alemneh, Identification of Nonfunctional Requirement Conflicts: Machine Learning Approach, Advances of Science and Technology (ICAST 2021), Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93709-6_29

20. Esubalew Alemneh, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Mohamed-Ayoub Messous, An Energy-Efficient Fuzzy Logic-based Adaptive Beaconing Rate Management for Pedestrian Safety, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Volume 69, November 2020, 101285, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2020.101285

21. Esubalew Alemneh, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Philippe Brunet, and Tesfa Tegegne, A two-way trust management system for fog computing, Journal of Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 106, May 2020, Pages 206-220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.12.045

22. Esubalew Alemneh, and Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Ensuring Safety of Vulnerable Road Users using their smartphones and fogging: Challenges and Solutions, IEEE ComSoc AHSN TC Newsletter, 2019.

23. Esubalew Alemneh, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Philippe Brunet, An Energy Efficient Smartphone Sensors’ Data Fusion for High Rate Position Sampling Demands, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC2019), 11-14 January 2019, Las Vegas, USA.

24. Esubalew Alemneh, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Philippe Brunet, An Online Time Warping based Map Matching for Vulnerable Road Users’ Safety, 14th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018), June 24-29, St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus.

25. Esubalew Alemneh, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Philippe Brunet, PV-Alert: A Fog-based Architecture for Safeguarding Vulnerable Road Users, IEEE GIIS'2017, October 25-27, 2017, Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, France.

26. Ahmed Alioua, Sidi-Mohammed Senouci, Samira Moussaoui, Esubalew Alemneh, Med-Ahmed-Amine Derradji, Fella Benaziza, A Distributed Multi-hop Clustering Algorithm for Infrastructure-less Ad-Hoc Networks, 1st EAI International Conference on ICT for Development for Africa, September 25-27, 2017, Bahir Dar Ethiopia.

27. Mamo Abebe, Esubalew Alemneh, Ontology Development for Anemic Pregnant Women, 5th International Conference on the Advancement of Science and Technology, May 2017, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

28. Esubalew Alemneh (2014), Current States of Aspect Oriented Programming Metrics, International Journal of Science and Research,  3 (1), 142-146,. .

29. Esubalew Alemneh, AAA Ghani, Rodziah Atan, (2014), Sat4bsc: A static analysis tool for BPEL source codes, J. Comput. Sci. Mob. Comput, 2014, 3, 659-665. 

Additional Policy/Research Papers/Reports

1.  Lishan Adam, Esubalew Alemneh, Nawal Omar, Relebohile Mariti, Mpho Moyo, Roland Banya, Sandra Makumbirofa, Andrew Partridge,  Digital Africa Post the Pandemic: Ethiopian Report, Research ICT Africa, Cape Town, May 2025.

2. Lishan Adam, Esubalew Alemneh, Nawal Omar, Relebohile Mariti, Andrew Partridge, Digital technology adoption by microenterprises: Ethiopia report, Research ICT Africa, Cape Town, 2024.

3. Lishan Adam, Esubalew Alemneh, Andrew Partridge, Nawal Omar, Internet development in Ethiopia: High-level findings from the After Access Survey, Research ICT Africa, Cape Town, 2024.

Thesis

• PhD-thesis, “Fog Computing based traffic safety for Connected Vulnerable Road Users”, 2016 – 2019 PhD in Computer Science, SPIM Doctoral School (Engineering Science and Micro-technologies), University of Burgundy (France)

• MSc-thesis, "A Static Analysis Tool for Business Process Execution Language Source Code Metrics Computation and Control Flow Graph Visualization" , 2007 - 2009 MSc in Computer Science (software Engineering), University Putra Malaysia (Malaysia )

Research Reviews: Article, proposal, Curriculum, etc

• Journals

  • Applied Artificial Intelligence

  • Book Review,  Chapman & Hall/CRC

  • Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology 

  • IEEE- Internet of Things Journal

  • Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International

• Conferences

  • I ICT4DA2024, I ICT4DA2023, I ICT4DA2022, ICT4DA2021, ICT4DA2019 

  • CAST2024, CAST2023, ICAST2022, ICAST2021, ICAST 2020

  • CCNC 2020 

  • IEEE ICC'20 - NGNI Symposium 

  • ICT-DM'19 

  • IEEE ICC'19 - SAC-6 IoT Track 

• Research Proposals

  • Mega research proposal submitted to ICT4D Research Center in 2020

  • Research Proposal submitted to BiT, School of Research and Postgraduate in 2018

• Curriculum Review

  • MSc in Software Engineering, Arbaminch University, 2022

  • MSc in Software Engineering, Debremarkos University, 2021

  • MSc in Computer Science, Watchamo university, 2020

Previous Researches:

• 1. Assegahegn Endalew and Esubalew Alemneh, Trend of Research Data Archiving and Sharing in Ethiopian Research Universities and Institutes, October 2016 - June 2017, funded by Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology.

References:

• 1. Prof. Sidi Mohammed Senouci 

  2. Dr Lishan Adam

  3. Dr. Tesfa Tegegn