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Dr. Richard Appiah

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Data Analytics and Statistics

Email: Richard.appiah@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Louisiana Tech University, 2017
    Major: Computational Analysis and Modeling
    Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Subspace Feature Tracking by Mining Dicriminatory Characteristics
  • MS, Louisiana Tech University, 2015
    Major: Mathematics
  • MS, University of Salford, 2005
    Major: Data Telecommunication and Networks
  • BS, University of Ghana, 2001
    Major: Computer Science and Statistics

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, The Faculty First Flight program, The UNT Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research (CLEAR). Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 19, 2024 - May 31, 2025).
  • Continuing Education Program, Online Course Development Training, The UNT Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research (CLEAR). Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 10, 2025 - May 9, 2025).
  • Workshop, Tuesday Talon Tidbits, The UNT Early Career Faculty Learning Community (Faculty Success). Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 19, 2024 - May 9, 2025).
  • Workshop, Enhance Active Student Engagement Workshop, UNT DSI - CLEAR (Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research). Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 18, 2025 - March 18, 2025).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ADTA 4240 - Principles of Data Structures, Harvesting and Wrangling, 1 course.
  • ADTA 4340 - Methods for Discovery and Learning from Data, 3 courses.
  • ADTA 5130 - Data Analytics I, 1 course.
  • ADTA 5240 - Harvesting, Storing and Retrieving Data, 8 courses.
  • ADTA 5340 - Discovery and Learning with Big Data, 4 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • University of Ghana, COMP 303 Object Oriented Programming with C++ & Java, Spring 2012.
  • University of Ghana, COMP 403 Systems Programming, Spring 2012.
  • University of Ghana, CSCD 212 Computer Ethics, Fall 2011.
  • University of Ghana, COMP 303 Object Oriented Programming with C++ & Java, Spring 2011.
  • University of Ghana, COMP 403 Systems Programming, Spring 2011.
  • University of Ghana, CSCD 212 Computer Ethics, Fall 2010.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 308 Advanced Java Technologies, Spring 2010.
  • University of Ghana, COMP 303 Object Oriented Programming with C++ & Java, Spring 2010.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 315 Operating Systems, Spring 2010.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 305 Software Engineering, Spring 2010.
  • University of Ghana, COMP 403 Systems Programming, Spring 2010.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 412 Compilers and Translators, Fall 2009.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 204 Java Programming, Fall 2009.
  • Ghana Communication Technology University, ICT 302 Visual Basic Programming, Fall 2009.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Appiah, R.D., Dua, S. (2017). Tracking feature relevance with the plaid model in continuously changing datasets. IEEE Proceedings. 1 (1) 20-24. London, UK, 2017 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Applications (ICKEA). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8169895

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Appiah, R. (Principal), Floyd, S.A. (Co-Principal), Orhan, Z. (Supporting), Boyce, L.K. (Supporting), Williams, S. (Supporting), "Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant," sponsored by UNT Libraries, Local, $5000 Funded. (2025 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Program Coordinator, Course Coordinator - ADTA 5240/ADTA 4240. (December 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT Ghana Recruitment Webinar/Info Session. (September 25, 2024 - February 28, 2025).
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Interviews. (August 14, 2024 - August 22, 2024).