Peer-reviewed Publications
  1. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Ebuka Chinaechetam Nkoro, Robin Matthew Medina, Paul Michael Custodio, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Digital Twin and Metaverse-enhanced Battery Management for Electric Vehicles.” High-Confidence Computing (2025). Paper Link.
  2. Nkoro, Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “MetaWatch: Trends, Challenges, and Future of Network Intrusion Detection in the Metaverse,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 16, pp. 32469-32492, 15 Aug.15, 2025. Paper Link.
  3. Akintan, Oreofeoluwa, Sodiq Babawale, Ayooluwaposi Olomo, Ridwan Adeyemo, Oluwaseun Opadotun, John Temitope Ajayi, Patience Chizoba Mba, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Andrew Chesang, Azlan Zahid, and et al. 2025. “A Digital Twin Framework for Sensor Selection and Microclimate Monitoring in Greenhouses” AgriEngineering 7, no. 10: 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering7100315. Paper Link.
  4. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Anthony Uchenna Eneh, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “HyBaTwin: Web-Based Hybrid Digital Twin Platform for Electric Vehicle Battery Capacity Estimation.” Journal of KICS 50 (2025), 10.7840/kics.2025.50.4.549. Paper Link.
  5. Patience Chizoba Mba, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Daniel Dooyum Uyeh, “Enhancing resilience in specialty crop production in a changing climate through smart systems adoption.” Smart Agricultural Technology 11 (2025), 100879. Paper Link.
  6. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Ebuka Chinaechetam Nkoro, Robin Matthew Medina, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Leveraging Digital Twin Technology for Battery Management: A Case Study Review.” in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 21382-21412, 2025. Paper Link.
  7. Owoeye Babatunde Oluwabukunmi, Akomolafe Ayobami Joseph, Miraculous Udurume, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Rammohan Mallipeddi, Tusan Park, Daniel Dooyum Uyeh, “Advanced Multimodal Prediction of Components of Livestock Feed Materials Using Knowledge Distillation” in IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 272-285, March-April 2025, doi: 10.1109/TAFE.2025.3548949. Paper Link
  8. Patience Chizoba Mba, Opegbemi Matthias Busoye, John Temitope Ajayi, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Rammohan Mallipeddi, Tusan Park, Daniel Dooyum Uyeh, “Estimation of physico-chemical properties of soil using machine learning.” Smart Agricultural Technology 9 (2024), 100679. Paper Link
  9. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Evaluating regression techniques for service advisor performance analysis in automotive dealerships.” Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 80 (2024): 103933. Paper Link
  10. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, and Dong-Seong Kim. “Explainable Data-Driven Digital Twins for Predicting Battery States in Electric Vehicles.” IEEE Access 12 (2024): 83480-83501. Paper Link
  11. Amaizu, Gabriel Chukwunonso, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Metaverse in advanced manufacturing: Background, applications, limitations, open issues & future directions.” ICT Express (2024). Paper Link
  12. Nkoro, Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Zero-Trust Marine Cyberdefense for IoT-Based Communications: An Explainable Approach.” Electronics 13.2 (2024): 276. Paper Link
  13. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Enhancing Security and Accountability in Autonomous Vehicles through Robust Speaker Identification and Blockchain-Based Event Recording.” Electronics 12.24 (2023): 4998 Paper Link.
  14. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jacinta Chioma Odirichukwu, Stanley Adiele Okolie, Chinebuli Uzondu, Christiana Chidimma Ndubuisi Nweke, Dong-Seong Kim, “Explainable artificial intelligence (xai) for intrusion detection and mitigation in intelligent connected vehicles: A review”, Applied Sciences, 1/2023, Vol: 13, Issue 3, Pg. 1252, Paper Link
  15. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Gabriel Chukwunonso Amaizu, Dong-Seong Kim, “Prospects and challenges of Metaverse application in data‐driven intelligent transportation systems”, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 1/2023, Paper Link
  16. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Angela C Caliwag, Wansu Lim, Sangho Kim, H Hwang, J Jung, “Deep learning based data fusion methods for multimodal emotion recognition”, The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 1/2022, Vol: 47, Issue 1, Paper Link
  17. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Wansu Lim, “CGDNet: Efficient hybrid deep learning model for robust automatic modulation recognition”, IEEE Networking Letters, 2/2021, Vol:3, Issue 2, Paper Link
  18. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Angela Caliwag, Pei Xiao, Wansu Lim, “Predicting target data rates for dynamic spectrum allocation using Gaussian process regression”, ICT Express, 6/2022, Vol: 8, Issue 2, Paper Link
  19. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Wansu Lim, “BLER Performance Evaluation of an Enhanced Channel Autoencoder”, Computer Communications, 8/2021, Vol: 176, Pg. 173-181, Paper Link
Conference Presentations

First Author Papers

  1. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Kalibbala Jonathan Mukisa, Oroceo Paul Angelo, George Chidera Akor, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “BridgeSync: A Digital Twin Framework for Secure and Intelligent Smart Bridge Monitoring“,  2025 Sixteenth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN). Lison, Portugal. Paper URL

2. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Towards the Adoption of Large Language Models for Interactive Digital Twin in Battery Management Systems“,  2025 Sixteenth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN). Lison, Portugal. Paper URL

3. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Tae-Soo Joon, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “PureTwin: A Reliable Non-Fungible Digital Twin Framework for Battery Management Systems“,  The 35th Joint Conference on Communication and Information (JCCI 2025), Sokcho South Korea. Paper URL

4. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Trustworthy Battery Management: A Digital Twin Approach Leveraging XAI and Blockchain“,  International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC 2025), Fukuoka, Japan. Paper URL

5. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “ProphEn: Advanced Energy Forecasting for Korean Industries with Seasonal and Logistic Growth“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2024), Gyeongju, Korea . Paper URL

6. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “EL-Alert: An Explainable Lightweight AST Model for Military Situational Awareness and Surveillance“, 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, Korea, 2024 . Paper URL

7. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, “TwinMil: Semantic Segmentation-based Digital Twin Framework for Military Surveillance“, The 3rd International Conference on Mobile, Military and Maritime IT Convergence (ICMIC), Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024. Paper URL

8. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, “BAT-GPT: Large Language Models for Interactive Digital Twin-based BMS“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2024), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea. Paper URL

9. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “SHAP-based Explainable Model-in-the-Loop for Digital Twins in Battery Management Systems“, The 34th Joint Conference on Communication and Information (JCCI) 2024, Paper URL

10. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jaee-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “From clusters to conversions: Enhancing automotive dealership performance with big data insights and xai.” Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2023) (2023): 1-2. Paper URL

11. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Anthony Uchenna Eneh, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “MetaHate: Text-based hate speech detection for metaverse applications using deep learning.” 14th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC 2023). Paper URL

12. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Multi-Feature Concatenation for Speech Dependent Automatic Speaker Identification in Maritime Autonomous Vehicles.” The 2nd International Conference on Maritime IT Convergence (ICMIC 2023)At: Shilla Stay, Jeju Island, Korea. Paper URL

13. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, “Building a Metaverse for Transportation Systems: A Brief Review and Demonstration“, The 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), ECE – Ecole d’Ingénieurs, Paris, France, July 2023. Paper URL

14. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Robin Matthew Medina, Paul Michael Custodio, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Metaverse and Digital Twin for BMS using MATLAB and Unreal Engine“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2023), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL

15. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Model Comparison and Selection for Battery Digital Twin Development using PyBaMM“, The 33rd Joint Conference on Communication and Information (JCCI) 2023, Paper URL

16. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Robin Matthew Medina, Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Analysis of Deep Neural Networks-Based Digital Twin for Lithium-ion Batteries“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2022), Lahan Select Hotel, Gyeongju, South Korea, Paper URL

17. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Robin Matthew Medina, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, “The Role of 5G Wireless Communication System in the Metaverse“,  27th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2022), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL

18. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Goodness Oluchi Anyanwu, Ikechi Saviour Igboanusi, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae-Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “State-of-the-Art Object Detectors for Vehicle, Pedestrian, and Traffic Sign Detection for Smart Parking Systems“,  2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL

19. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Dong-Seong Kim, “Evaluation of Spectrograms for Keyword Spotting in Control of Autonomous Vehicles for The Metaverse“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer Conference, Jeju Island, Korea (Grand Hyatt Hotel), Paper URL

20. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Gabriel Amaizu, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Real-time Deep Learning-based Scene Recognition Model For Metaverse Applications“, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter 2022, Alpensia Resort, Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Paper URL

21. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Angela Caliwag, Wansu Lim, “Efficient Deep Learning Model for Data-Limited Modulation Recognition“, The Korean Institutes of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer 2021, Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL

22. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Angela Caliwag, Jonghun Kwon, Wansu Lim, “Optimizing Spectrum Sharing in UAV-to-UAV Cellular Communications“, The Korean Institutes of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter 2021 At: YongPyong Resort, Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Paper URL

23. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Angela Caliwag, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Wansu Lim, Pei Xiao, “Predicting Target Data Rates for Dynamic Spectrum Allocation Using Gaussian Process Regression“, The Korean Institutes of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter 2021 At: YongPyong Resort, Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Paper URL

24. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Wansu Lim, “Automatic Radar Waveform Recognition using the Wigner-Ville distribution and AlexNet-SVM“,Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer Conference, Pyeongchang, South Korea, Paper URL

25. Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela, Wansu Lim, ” Hunger marketing and Blockchain Technology: Applications in Wireless Spectrum Management “, Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication and Information Sciences Conference, 2019, 1/2023, Paper URL

Supporting Author Papers
  1. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Prashnna Gyawali, Anurag K. Srivastava, “Explainable AI for Interpretable and Model-Agnostic Energy Consumption Prediction”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS 2025), Taipei, Taiwan, Paper URL
  2. Miracle Udurume, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Vladimir Shakhov, Insoo Koo, “A Review of Intrusion Detection Techniques in MQTT-Enabled IoT Networks“, 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju Island, Korea, 2024 . Paper URL
  3. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Dong-Seong Kim, “Household Electricity Consumption Prediction: Comparing Neural Fitting Optimization Algorithms”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2024), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea. Paper URL
  4. Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Prophet-Based Time Series Model for Automotive Sales Prediction”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Winter 2024), Jeju Island, South Korea, Paper URL
  5. Paul Michael Custodio, Robin Matthew Medina, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Automobile Service Upselling Feature Extraction using Multiple Feature Importance Techniques”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2023), Lahan Select, Gyeongju, Korea, Paper URL
  6. Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Cyber-chameleon: A moving target defence mechanism for metaverse cyberattacks”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2023), Jeju Island, South Korea, Paper URL
  7. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Kelechi Andrew Obiwundu, Rosemary Eberechi Keyagha, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Dong-Seong Kim, “Machine Learning and IoT Orchestration for Smart Farm Monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW)”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2023), Jeju Island, South Korea, Paper URL
  8. Robin Matthew Medina, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Paul Michael Custodio, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Data Visualization for Digital Twin-based BMS using Unreal Engine”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2023), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  9. Paul Michael Custodio, Robin Matthew Medina, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Data-Driven Battery Digital Twin in Unreal Engine”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2023), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  10. Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, ” Explainable Metaverse Ransomware Detection using SHAP “, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2023), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  11. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Goodness Oluchi Anyanwu, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Dong-Seong Kim, “Explainable Activity Detection and Classification: SHAP vs LIME”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Summer 2023), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  12. Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “SHAP-based intrusion detection framework for zero-trust IoT maritime security.” The 2nd International Conference on Maritime IT Convergence (ICMIC 2023)At: Shilla Stay, Jeju Island, Korea. Paper URL
  13. Robin Matthew Medina, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Ebuka Chinaechetam Nkoro, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Gi-Hyeob Kwon, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Optimized Lightweight LSTM model for SoC Estimation on the Edge (KICS Winter 2022), Yong Pyong Resort, Pyeongchang, South Korea, Paper URL
  14. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Failure Threshold-Aware Battery SoC Estimation using Machine Learning”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2022), Lahan Select Hotel, Gyeongju, South Korea, Paper URL
  15. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Joy Eze, Dong-Seong Kim, “Effective Industrial Internet of Things Vulnerability Detection Using Machine Learning”, 5th Information Technology for Education and Development (ITED), Nile University, Abuja, Nigeria, Paper URL
  16. Nkoro Ebuka Chinaechetam, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Real-Time QR Code License Plate Detection in Vehicles Using Pyzbar”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2022), Lahan Select Hotel, Gyeongju, South Korea, Paper URL
  17. Robin Matthew Medina, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Audio-Based Hate Speech Detection for the Metaverse using CNN”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS Fall 2022), Lahan Select Hotel, Gyeongju, South Korea, Paper URL
  18. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jae-Young Jo, Chang-Hwan Lim, Dong-Seong Kim, “Creativia” Metaverse Platform for Exhibition Experience”, 13th International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC 2022), Ramada Plaza, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  19. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cajethan Okafor, Dong-Seong Kim, “Prospect and Industry Issues of Metaverse and Digital Twin Adoption in Nigerian Maritime”, 1st International Conference on Maritime IT Convergence (ICMIC 2022), Sono Calm, Jeju Island, Korea, Paper URL
  20. Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Dong-Seong Kim, “Evaluation of Language Translator Module for Metaverse Virtual Assistant”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer Conference, Jeju Island, Korea (Grand Hyatt Hotel), Paper URL
  21. Gabriel Amaizu, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Jae Min Lee, Dong-Seong Kim, “Security in Metaverse: A Closer Look”, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter 2022, Alpensia Resort, Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Paper URL
  22. ME Morocho-Cayamcela, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, J Park, W Lim, “Learning to communicate with autoencoders: Rethinking wireless systems with deep learning”, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), 2020, Paper URL.