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Dr. Abba Almu

Brief Biography

Dr. Abba ALMU received his PhD in Computer Science from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Masters Degree in Computing: Information Engineering from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen United Kingdom. He also received his B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Nigeria. His research interest is information retrieval focusing on Recommender Systems, Question and Answering, Information Filtering, Social Network Analysis and Machine Learning.

Area of specialization: Information Retrieval.
Email:almu.abba@udusok.edu.ng
Phone:+2348051021600

List of Selected Publications

(1) Abba Almu and Abubakar Roko (2024). Alleviating Unwanted Recommendations Issues in Collaborative Filtering Based Recommender Systems. International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing (IJEM),14(2): 46-56, ISSN 2305-3631 DOI: 10.5815/ijem.2024.02.04.
(2) Audu, A., Issa, A. B., Zoramawa, A. B., Almu, A., Ishaq, O. O. and Yunusa, M. A. (2023). Enhanced Variance Estimation Techniques for Addressing Non-Response and Measurement Error Situations. Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (DUJOPAS), 9 (4a): 329-343. ISSN 2635-3490, DOI: 10.4314/dujopas.v9i4a.31.
(3) Abba Almu, Aliyu Ahmad, Abubakar Roko and Mansur Aliyu (2022). Incorporating Preference Changes through Users’ Input in Collaborative Filtering Movie Recommender System. International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science,14(5):48-56. ISSN 2074-9015, DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2022.04.05.
(4) Abdulgafar Usman, Abubakar Roko, Aminu B. Muhammad and Abba Almu, (2022). Enhancing Personalized Book Recommender System. International Journal of Advanced Networking and Applications, 14(3): 5486-5492. ISSN: 0975-0290 DOI:10.35444/IJANA.2022.14311.
(5) Abubakar Roko, Umar Muhammad Bello and Abba Almu, (2022). An Improved Popular Items Extraction for Covering Reduction Collaborative Filtering. International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, 14(4): 32-45. ISSN: 2074-9082 DOI:10.5815/ijigsp.2022.04.03.
(6) Abubakar Roko and Abba Almu (2022). An Improved Electronic Books Recommender System. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, 3(6): 359-363. ISSN: 2582-7138 DOI: 10.54660/Anfo.
(7) Hadiza Lawal Abba, Abubakar Roko, Aminu B. Muhammad, Abdulgafar Usman and Abba Almu (2022). Enhanced Semantic Similarity Detection of Program Code Using Siamese Neural Network. International Journal of Advanced Networking and Applications, 14(2): 5353-5360. ISSN: 0975-0290 DOI: 10.35444/IJANA.2022.14205.
(8) Ibrahim Aminu, Almu A. and Tambuwal A. Y. (2022). Weighted Rendezvous Planning for Military based Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Computing Intelligence and Security Research, 1(1):75-85. ISSN 2736-0032.
(9) Abba Almu and Ziya’u Bello (2021). An Experimental Study on the Accuracy and Efficiency of Some Similarity Measures for Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems. International Journal of Computer Engineering in Research Trends, 8(2):33-39. ISSN 2349-7084, DOI: 10.22362/ijcert/2021/v8/i2/v8i20.
(10) Abubakar Roko, Abba Almu, Aminu Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu (2020). An Enhanced Data Sparsity Reduction Method for Effective Collaborative Filtering Recommendations. International Journal of Education and Management Engineering, 10(1): 27-42. ISSN 2305-8463, DOI: 10.5815/ijeme.2020.01.04.
(11) Abba Almu, Abubakr Roko, Aminu Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu (2020). Popularised Similarity Function for Effective Collaborative Filtering Recommendations. International Journal of Information Retrieval Research, 10 (4): 34-47. ISSN 2155-6377, DOI: 10.4018/IJIRR.2020010103.
(12) Abba Almu, Abubakr Roko, Aminu Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu (2019). Towards Refining Unrated and Uninterested Items for Effective Collaborative Filtering Recommendations. Annals. Computer Science Series, 17(1): 26-32. ISSN 2065-7471.
(13) Yusuf Mohammed Danlami, Abba Almu, Hassan Mairoh and Mohammed Kabiru Hamza (2018). Integrating Antenatal and Postnatal Pregnancy Services to Hospital Management System. The Path of Science, 4(10): 1009-1015. ISSN 2413-9009, DOI: 10.22178/POS.39-3.
(14) Abba Almu and Joseph Ehikioya Eromosele (2018). Incorporating Voice-Based Books Navigation to the Electronic Library. Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, 24(1): 1-9. 2018 ISSN: 2395-3438.
(15) Abba Almu and Aminu Bui Muhammad (2017). Image-Based Processing of Naira Currency Recognition. Annals. Computer Science Series, 15(1): 167-171. ISSN 2065-7471.
(16) Abba Almu and Mansur Mohammed (2015). Books Recommendation System for Secondary Schools. Asian Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research, 2(3): 153-159. ISSN 2395-4213.
(17) Bello Alhaji Buhari and Abba Almu (2014). Design Recovery of Student Information Legacy System. International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science, 3(10): 8920-8925. ISSN 2319-7242.
(18) Abba Almu and Bello Alhaji Buhari (2014). Effect of Mobile Social Networks on Secondary School Students. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, 5(5): 6333-6335. ISSN 0975-9646.
(19) Aminu Bui Muhammad and Abba Almu (2013). FAQCASE: A Textual Case-Based Reasoning System. The International Journal of Engineering and Science, 2(8): 01-08. ISSN 2319-1813.
(20) A. Almu and A. B. Muhammad (2013). Automating Lectures Timetable Using Constraint Satisfaction Technique. Continental Journal of Applied Sciences, 8(3): 23-30. ISSN 1597-9928 DOI: 10.5707/cjapplsci.2013.8. 3.23.30.
(21) A. Almu (2013). An Integrated Textual Case-Based System. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 21(1): 65-69. ISSN 0794-5698, DOI: 10.4314/njbas.v21i1.10.
(22) A. Almu and K. M. Maiyama (2010). A Textual Case-Based Mobile Phone Diagnosis Support System. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 18(2): 260-268. ISSN 0794-5698 DOI: 10.4314/njbas.v18i2.64336.
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aTPDT6IAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2302-3232
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abba-almu-19b6a3231/