12th EAI International Conference on Advancements of Science and Technology

Edited by:   Abeba Birhane, Fekadu Shewarega, Girmaw Teshager Bitew, Tamir Anteneh Alemu, Mekuanint A. Bitew
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm, 
ISBN:   9783032042026
ISBN 10:   303204202X
Series:   EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   13 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Abeba Birhane is a cognitive scientist who works at the intersection of complex adaptive systems, machine learning, algorithmic bias, and critical race studies. Birhane's work with Vinay Prabhu uncovered that large-scale image datasets commonly used to develop AI systems, including ImageNet and 80 Million Tiny Images, carried racist and misogynistic labels and offensive images.  Fekadu Shewarega (Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in power engineering from the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. After graduation, he joined the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia as an Associate Professor, where he served in various teaching and administrative capacities.    Girmaw Teshager Bitew (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Power System and Automation Engineering (2019) from North China Electric Power University, China; a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Power Systems (2011) from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; and a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (2006) from Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.    Tamir Anteneh Alemu is a senior lecturer for Information Technology at the Faculty of Computing, Institute of Technology (BiT), Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, big data analytics, information retrieval, knowledge discovery, data science, knowledge-based systems, and cloud computing. Mekuanint Agegnehu Bitew received the bachelor’s degree from Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia, in 2005, the master’s degree from Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree from the College of Electrical and Computer Science, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, in 2016. He has been a Postdoctoral Researcher for two years with the National Taipei University of Technology.