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March 30, 2012
Social Research Fair

This year's Social Research Fair involves twenty-six student project posters. The posters are on a wide range of research topics of significance to Ghana. The students will be on hand to discuss projects with visitors to their stands. [ Read more... ]

 
Exploring Ghana’s Economic Landscape


[SPRING SEMESTER, 2010]

DATE: April, 2010

TIME: 1:00PM-3:00PM

SPEAKER: Phil Cummings

AFFILIATION: Chief Economist at the American Embassy in Ghana

TALK TITLE: Exploring Ghana’s Economic Landscape Through the Eyes of a Diplomat

VENUE: B2, LH1

 
April 07, 2011
Selected topics from Discrete Mathematics

Speakers:  Albert Kofi Mensah-Ansah (3-d graphics), Edem Adzo Diaba (Triangulations of Simple polygons), Emmanuel Antwi Nkansah (The RSA Algorithm), Daniel Botchway (Caesar's cipher), and Huberta Osei (Seismology and the role of [ Read more... ]

 
April 07, 2011
The if statement considered harmful

Speaker: Edwin J. Kay
Time: 2:30 - 4:00
Date: Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)
Talk Abstract:
A whimsical, yet serious, look at the most important paper published in computer science.

 
March 23, 2011
Large Scale Distributed Computing

Speaker: Mohsin Ahmed

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 06 April 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

In this talk we look at how very large and difficult problems can be
solved [ Read more... ]

 
March 23, 2011
Agile Software Development and Rails

Speaker: Eric Agbeli

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

In this modern age where demand for technology is rising and people's
usual work [ Read more... ]

 
March 03, 2011
Graph Theory Applied To University Timetabling

Speaker: Afrim John

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

Graph Theory plays an important role in mathematics and in many aspects of life. In [ Read more... ]

 
March 03, 2011
Web Application Development With JQUERY

Speaker: Francis Asante

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 09 March 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document [ Read more... ]

 
February 23, 2011
Getting Started with LaTeX

Speaker: Nathan Amanquah

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 02 March 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

LaTeX (pronounced lay tech) is a high-quality

typesetting system. It is [ Read more... ]

 
February 17, 2011
Game Development

Speaker: Kobla Setriakor Nyomi

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

Game development has often been thought of as one of the [ Read more... ]

 
February 17, 2011
ICT4D - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development activities

Speaker: Dr. Shikoh Gitau.

Time: 2:30 - 4:00

Date: Wednesday, 16 Feb 2011

Venue: Lecture Hall 4 (Building 3)

Talk Abstract:

Dr. Shikoh Gitau is a researcher with Google User Experience Africa

team, [ Read more... ]

 
Advantages and Disadvantages as an Investment Destination

[FALL 2009 SEMESTER]

DATE: December, 2009

TIME: 4:00PM-6:00

SPEAKER: Leslie Nelson (Leslie's bio is available here)

AFFILIATION: [ Read more... ]

 
November 30, 2010
We The People - In Praise of The Politics of Inclusion

Download the paper: Political Inclusion

By Professor Kwame Gyekye, Scholar in Residence

 
Endogeneity, Stability and the Aid-Growth Regression

[SPRING SEMESTER, 2010]

DATE: April, 2010

TIME: 1:00PM-3:00PM

SPEAKER: Stephen E Armah

AFFILIATION: Assistant Prof of Economics at Ashesi University

TALK TITLE: Endogeneity, Stability and the Aid-Growth Regression

VENUE: B2, LH1

 
De-Mystifying Oil and Gas

[SPRING SEMESTER, 2010]

DATE: March, 2010

TIME: 4:00PM-6:00PM

SPEAKER: Edward Abrokwah

AFFILIATION: Min of Fin and Econ Planning [ Read more... ]