Teresa Abuya is a Lecturer at Kisii University, Kenya, in the department of Computing Sciences. She received her Bsc. in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT), Kenya; her Master of Science in Computer Systems from JKUAT; and is currently completing her Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology at the same institution. Her thesis is on image denoising and tumor detection in medical images. She has served as an examination officer, programme coordinator, and former chairperson in the Department of Computing Sciences. She won a research grant of KES 5 million together with her colleagues from the national research fund. Recently, she won gold based on an innovation for the visually impaired in Kuwait City under the Kuwait Science Club. Abuya has a passion for machine learning and artificial intelligence in providing healthcare and agricultural solutions; big data analytics; and IT governance. She has teaching experience in machine learning algorithms, data mining and analytics, reinforced and deep learning, project design, and development and reusable software technologies.

Richard Rimiru is a senior lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Technology at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya. He is the former Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at JKUAT. He received his Bsc in Statistics and Computer Science from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT),Kenya; his Msc in Computer Science from the National University of Science & Technology, Zimbambwe; and his PhD in Computer Science and Technology from Central South University (CSU),Changsha, P.R., China. His research interests include but are not limited to database systems, artificial intelligence knowledge-based systems, computer networks, and mobile computing.

George Okeyo is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Ulster. His thesis explored the use of knowledge-driven activity recognition in smart environments. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Information Systems from the University of Nairobi (Kenya) and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from JKUAT.He most recently served as a lecturer and senior lecturer at De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom. Prior to joining De Montfort University, he was a lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, where he was also the head of the Department of Computing. Okeyo has teaching interests and experience in programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of Things, among others. Overall, he has successfully supervised five Ph.D. students to completion as well as several MSc projects.