Jacob Bembe

Biography

M. Jacob Bembe was born in Elukwatini and grew up in a small town called Tjakastad, South Africa. He graduated from Mkolishi High School and then attended the University of Zululand. Following his second graduation, he attended Stellenbosch University. Then went to study with the University of Johannesburg and later the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST). It was at KAIST that he met his wife, Brittany, and now they have three children together. Currently an Engineering assistant professor at Bryan College, where he teaches courses related to computing and engineering. Dr. Bembe has close to 20 years of experience as a process technology engineer, research engineer, and senior lecturer.

Publications, Research, & Editing

• Temhlanga Malindzisa, Theophilus Mashego, Mncedisi, “Comparative analysis of small cells efficiency between 4G and 5G”, Proceedings of Ninth International Congress on Information andCommunication Technology ICICT 2024, London, August 2024 (to be published).
• Ndayizigamiye, P., Twinomurinzi, H., Kalema, B., Bwalya, K., Bembe, M. (Eds.). Digital- for-Development: Enabling Transformation, Inclusion and Sustainability Through ICTs. IDIA. Switzerland, Springer Cham, March 2023.
• Ngqondi, Tembisa, Leonald Kalipa, Hope Mauwa, and Mncedisi Bembe. A Cloud Computing Adoption Model for the South African Police Services (SAPS). Open Innovations (OI), pp. 281-287. IEEE, 2019.
• M. Bembe, A.M. Abu-Mahfouz, and M.T. Masonta, A Survey on Low-Power Wide Area Networks for IoT Applications, Telecommunication Systems Journal, Jan 2019.
• Mncedisi Bembe, Motselisi Chere, and Tembisa Ngqondi, “A Closer Look at IoT’s Low- Power Wide Area Networks” International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication, ICEIC 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, 22-25 January 2019, ISBN 978 89-950044-4-9.
• Chere, Motselisi, Tembisa Ngqondi, and Mncedisi Bembe. Wireless low power area networks in the internet of things: a glimpse on 6LoWPAN, 2019 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC). IEEE, 2019.
• Mvelase, P., Sithole, H., Masoka, S., Bembe, M. “HPC in the Cloud Environment: Challenges, and Theoretical Analysis.” The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WorldComp), 2018.
• M. Bembe, G. Sibiya and Y. Han, Poster Abstract: Spectral Efficient Cell Selection for LTE-Advanced Network Densification IEEE SECON, San Diago, USA, June 12-14. 2017.
• Bembe, M., Luhandjula, T., Sibiya, G. (2018). 5G Dilemma of Supporting Contrasting Narrowband and Broadband Services. In: Odumuyiwa, V., Adegboyega, O., Uwadia, C. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 3-319-98827-6_18.
• Dzivhani, Mulalo; Soganile, N; Bembe, Mncedisi, “Evaluating co-channel interference in long term evolution-advanced (LTE-Advanced) networks on NS-3 simulator, George, Western Cape, South Africa, 4-7 September 2016.
• M. Bembe, G. Dludla, A.G. Ngwenya and F. Merkuria, DVB-H vs. DVB-NGH: A survey and comparison for the evolution of mobile TV broadcasting, PACT 2015, Kampala, Uganda, July 27 – 29, 2015.
• M. Bembe, J. Kim, M. Mhlanga, Y. Choi, and Y. Han, Uplink spectrum resource allocation in heterogeneous networks (small cell/macrocell), Annals of telecommunications-annales des telecommunications Journal, Dec 2014.
• A.G. Dludla, M. Bembe, B. Byambaakhuu, M. Abdulai, Jae Jeung Rho, System architecture for ubiquitous live video streaming in university network environment, IEEE AFRICON, pp.1-5, 9-12 Sept. 2013.
• G. Dludla, M. Bembe, T. Olwal, J. Choi, Enhanced SWEET protocol for energy efficient wireless sensor networks, IEEE International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), pp.332-335, 14-16 Oct. 2013.
• M. Bembe, J. Kim, T. Olwal, Y. Han, ;Available bandwidth-aware cell selection for expanded regions of small cells adopting ABS, IEEE International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), pp.632-636, 14-16 Oct. 2013.
• M. Bembe, W. Clarke, A. Lysko, A Structural Parameter Based Modification of Energy Conscious ESPAR Antenna System through Optimization for WLAN, Dual-Band Operability Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Volume 64, 2011, pp 22-30 (2010).
• Bembe, M., Lysko, A.A., Nyandeni, T.C., Clarke, W.A.: Design of Energy Conscious Antenna System for WLAN Frequency Band. In: SATNAC (2009).

Conference & Workshop Presentations

• Bembe, M., Luhandjula, T., Sibiya, G. (2018). 5G Dilemma of Supporting Contrasting Narrowband and Broadband Services. In: Odumuyiwa, V., Adegboyega, O., Uwadia, C. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978- 3-319-98827-6_18.
• M. Bembe, G. Dludla, A.G. Ngwenya and F. Merkuria, DVB-H vs. DVB-NGH: A survey and comparison for the evolution of mobile TV broadcasting, PACT 2015, Kampala, Uganda, July 27 – 29, 2015.
• M. Bembe, J. Kim, T. Olwal, Y. Han, Available bandwidth-aware cell selection for expanded regions of small cells adopting ABS, IEEE International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC), pp.632-636, 14-16 Oct. 2013.
• M. Bembe, W. Clarke, A. Lysko, A Structural Parameter Based Modification of Energy Conscious ESPAR Antenna System through Optimization for WLAN, Dual-Band Operability Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Volume 64, 2011, pp 22-30 (2010).
• Bembe, M., Lysko, A.A., Nyandeni, T.C., Clarke, W.A.: Design of Energy Conscious Antenna System for WLAN Frequency Band. In: SATNAC (2009).
• Mncedisi Bembe, Motselisi Chere, and Tembisa Ngqondi, “A Closer Look at IoT’s Low- Power Wide Area Networks” International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication, ICEIC 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, 22-25 January 2019, ISBN 978- 89-950044-4-9.
• Bembe, Mncedisi, et al. IoT and Drone enabled Smart Irrigation System. South African Sweden Forum (SASUF) sustainability forum. 2024