Some Highlights from Some Past Projects

• Using Phidgets
• Presentation on Mobile and Pervasive Data Mining Projects as an Ark Group Talk
• With Chris Ling, A Formal Compositional Model for Device Ecologies, ARC Discovery Project (ended, see my publications for more on the topic)
• See a description of one of the world's first climate change action advice system: by Matt Donato (Hons), An Expert System to Empower Users for Climate Change Action

Completed Honours/Master (minor theses)

2010

• Osama Omar Barzaiq (Minor Thesis), Adapting the Mobile Phone for Task Efficiency: the Case of Ranking Contacts using Frequency and Regularity of Calls, my role (sole supervisor)
• Majed Ahmed Alfayad (Minor Thesis), An Ontology to Support Task Computing for Controlling Home Appliances, co-supervise with Wenny Rahayu, my role (main supervisor, shared)
• Ayman Ali Alghamdi (Minor Thesis), On-site Delivery of Product Advice Using Smartphones and Bluetooth Technology: a Mobile Advisor for Buying Green, my role (sole supervisor)

2009

• Ketan K. Patel (Hons), Bluetooth Positioning and Tracking, co-supervise with Anh-Tuan Nguyen, my role (main supervisor, shared)
• Aravind Kavandappan (Hons), Mobile Advertising, my role (sole supervisor)
• Baker Al-Rubai'ey (Hons), Smart Interactive AdBoards, my role (sole supervisor)
• Naif AlJohani (Masters, Minor Thesis), Designing M-Learning, co-supervise with Wan Ng, my role (main, shared)

2008

• Matt Donato (Hons), An Expert System to Empower Users for Climate Change Action, my role (sole supervisor)
• Alla Almagrabi (Masters, Minor Thesis), Task Computing for Mobile Users, my role (sole supervisor)
• Manh Thang Do (Masters, Minor Thesis), LogicCAP for Context-Aware Applications, my role (sole supervisor)
• Nadarajah Sivamuhunthan (Hons), The Bird-Meertens Formalism for Sensor Network Macroprogramming, my role (sole supervisor)
• Viraji Chathurani Ukwatta (Hons), Energy-Efficiency in Sensor Networks, co-supervise with Zhen He, my role (shared)

Before 2008

• See a list

Completed Higher Degree Students

1. Shonali Krishnaswamy (2002, PhD - Monash University), A Hybrid Model for Delivering Internet-Based Distributed Data Mining Services, co-supervised with Arkady Zaslavsky, my role (50%) [now a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, was also an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow]
2. Amir Padovitz (2006, PhD - Monash University), Context Management and Reasoning about Situations in Pervasive Computing, co-supervised with Arkady Zaslavsky, my role (50%) [now a Researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA]
3. You can view the PhD thesis here:
4. Glen Jayaputera (2006, PhD - Monash University), eHermes: Development and Run-Time Support for Mission-Based Multiagent Systems, co-supervised with Arkady Zaslavsky, my role (50%) [now a software engineer at SAC]
5. Evi Syukur (2007, PhD - Monash University), Mobile Hanging Services: Modelling, Implementation and Methodology for Context-Aware Regulated Services, co-supervised with Arkady Zaslavsky (later years) and Peter Stanski (for first year), my role (main: 50%+) [now a postdoctoral Fellow at UNSW in Services Computing]
6. You can view the PhD thesis here:
7. Pravin Shetty (2007, MSc (Research) - Monash University), An Investigation of Security Policy Formalisms for Pervasive Computing Environments, co-supervised with Christine Mingins, my role (main)
8. Mehul Bhatt (2008, PhD - La Trobe University), Modelling Dynamic Spatial Systems in the Situation Calculus, my role (main) [now an Alexander von Humbolt Postdoctoral Fellow in Germany]
9. Ying Li (2008, PhD - Monash University), Data Handling in Wireless Sensor Networks for Query Answering, co-supervised with M. Ramakrishna, my role (minor, 20%)
10. Flora D. Salim (2009, PhD - Monash University), A Context-Aware Framework for Intersection Collision Avoidance, co-supervised with Shonali Krishnaswamy, Andry Rakotonirainy and Bala Srinivasan, my role (shared) [now a Researcher at the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL), School of Architecture and Design,
11. RMIT University]
12. Khai Chong Suan (2009, PhD - Monash University), Context-Driven Control of Sensors for Energy Conservation, co-supervised with Shonali Krishnaswamy, my role (shared: 50%)
13. Wanita Sherchan (2009, PhD - Monash University), Explanation-Aware Web Service Rating and Reputation, co-supervise with Shonali Krishnaswamy, my role (shared) [now a postdoctoral research fellow at CSIRO ICT Centre]
14. Oshadi Alahakoon (2009, PhD - Monash University), Three Layered User Profiles for E-Commerce, co-supervise with Arkady Zaslavsky, my role (shared)
15. Samantha Chen (2010, PhD - Queensland University of Technology), Risks for Crashes at Curves, co-supervise with Andry Rakotonirainy and Shonali Krishnaswamy, my role (minor, 10%)

Workshop/Conference/Reviewing Activities

• Workshop Program Chair - PRIIA 2000
• Workshop Co-Chair - InviCom 2001, 2002
• Workshop Co-Chair - AWESOS 2004
• Program Committee - MDDS@DEXA 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Program Committee - AMOC 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
• Program Committee - IRMA 2002, 2003
• Program Committee - MDM 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Program Committee - AAMAS 2003, 2004, 2005
• Program Committee - WIS 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Program Committee - FESCA 2004
• Program Committee - WMCS 2004, 2005, 2006
• Program Committee - WSABE 2004 @ AAMAS 2004
• Program Committee - Agents for Ubiquitous Computing @ AAMAS 2004
• Workshop Co-Chair - WQW 2004
• Program Committee - HSI 2005
• Program Committee - SOCABE 2005 @AAMAS 2005
• Program Committee - GSEM 2005
• Program Committee - Agents for Ubiquitous Environments @ AAMAS 2005
• Program Committee - IAT 2005, 2008
• Program Committee - WISQ 2005
• Program Committee - MoMM 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Reviewer - AUSCC 2004, 2005
• Research Paper Program Committee - ASWEC 2006, 2007, 2009
• Publicity Chair - ASWEC 2007
• Program Committee - CITA 2005, 2007
• Program Committee - Mobiquitous 2006
• Program Committee - UIC 2006, 2007
• Program Committee - ISYC 2006
• Program Committee - PerEL 2007, 2008, 2009
• Program Committee - PCAC 2007
• Program Committee - WAC 2007, 2008
• International Advisory Board - MUE 2007
• Program Committee - UbiSafe 2007
• Program Committee - SAC (Mobile Computing & Applications Track) 2007, 2009
• Program Committee - UASS 2007
• Program Committee - PCAC 2007
• Program Committee - NTMS (New Technologies, Mobility and Security) 2007, 2008
• Program Committee - MUE 2007, 2008, 2009
• Program Committee - SensorComm 2007, 2008, 2009
• Program Committee - Pervasive 2008
• Program Committee - ATC 2008
• Workshop Co-Chair - 2008 International Workshop on Context-Aware Pervasive Communities: Infrastructures, Services and Applications (CAPC 2008) at Pervasive 2008
• Technical Committee (for Mobile Wireless Communications) - CSE 2008 (Computational Science and Engineering)
• Program Vice-Chair - IPC 2008 (Intelligent Pervasive Computing)
• Program Committee - CSA 2008 (Computer Science and its Applications)
• Program Committee - ISSNIP - MiSS 2008
• Program Committee - UNESST 2008
• Technical Program Co-Chair - ISWPC 2009
• Publicity Chair - 3^nd IEEE Int. Worshop on Web and Pervasive Security at Percom'09 (WPS 2009)
• Program Vice-Chair - AINA 2010
  • Workshop Chair - ICPS 2010
  • Program Committee - Percom 2010
  • Track Chair for Agents and Distributed Computing - EUC 2010
• ....(more to come)
• Also reviewed articles for Software Practice and Experience (in 1998, 2000); PADL (in 1998,2000); MONET (2004); KAIS (2004), Electronic Markets (2004), Computer Journal (2005), IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, Pervasive and Mobile Computing (2007), ACM Transactions on the Web (2009), and ...
• Associate Editor of the Engineering Letters.
• Editorial Board of the International Journal of Smart Home (IJSH)
• Editorial Board of the Journal of IT in Asia (JITA) (invitation)
• Editorial Board of the International Journal of u- and e- Science and Technology (IJUNESST)
• Editorial Board of the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence (JETWI)

A Bit of History

• I was a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University
• Prior to that, I was a Lecturer at RMIT University
• Prior to that, I was a Senior Research Scientist of DSTC at Monash University.
• Prior to that, I was at the University of Melbourne.
• Gratitude to my supervisors: PhD: Prof. Leon Sterling & Dr. Andrew Davison; Honours: Dr. Peter Strazdins

Teaching

• 2001 (@RMIT)CS280 (Software Engineering 1) Semester 2, 2nd 6 weeks
• Examined Masters degree minor theses at Monash University (Caulfield) and RMIT
• 2002 (@RMIT)CS841 (COSC1295) Java for Programmers; Course Coordinator & associate lecturer
• CS448 (COSC 2110/2111) Enterprise Database Systems; Lecturer - 1/2 course on Mobile Databases
• CS436 Intelligent Web Systems; Lecturer - 1/4 course on Mobile Agents
• CS435 Intelligent Agents; One discussion session
• CS321 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence; Tutor for 4 classes
• 3rd and 4th year SE student advisor
  • 2002 (@Monash)CSE5610 Intelligent Software Systems: Lecturer (1 semester)

2006(@La Trobe)

• CSE21ICC/31ICC/41FIC Internet Computing Client-Side (Semester 1)
• CSE22ADS/CSE42FAS Algorithms & Data Structures (Semester 2, co-teach with Julie Main)
• CSE42SAR Software Architectures (Semester 2)

2007(@La Trobe)

• CSE2ICC/3ICC/4FIC Internet Computing Client-Side (Semester 1)
• CSE2ADS/CSE4FAS Algorithms & Data Structures (Semester 2, co-teach with Julie Main)
• CSE4SAR Software Architectures (Semester 2)
• CSE4MPC Mobile and Pervasive Computing (Semester 2)

2008(@La Trobe)

• CSE2ICE Internet Client Engineering (Semester 1)
• CSE4ASD Advanced Systems Design (Semester 1)
• CSE4MPC Mobile and Pervasive Computing (Semester 2)

2009(@La Trobe)

• CSE2ICE Internet Client Engineering (Semester 1)
• CSE4ASD Advanced Systems Design (Semester 1)
• CSE4MPC Mobile and Pervasive Computing (Semester 2)

2010(@La Trobe)

• Sabbatical (Semester 1)
• CSE4MPC Mobile and Pervasive Computing (Semester 2)
• CSE2ALG Algorithms & Data Structures (Semester 2, co-teach with Anthony Roy)

LINKS

Future Technology Links

Smart Mobs

Institute for the Future

Courses in Pervasive Computing

• @ Birla Institute of Technology
• @ DIS, University of Melbourne
• @ University of Helsinki
• @ many, many more...

Interactive Experience Links

• New Interaction Design Institute
• New Group at MIT

Agent Links

• Agent Technology
• MIT Software Agents Group
• Intelligent Agents Multimedia Group (IAM) at Uni of Southampton
• Key conferences and workshops of interst:
  • on mobile agents: MATA-MA2002,MATA 2003
  • on information agents: CIA 2003
  • other aspects: ubiagents@AAMAS, agentcities@AAMAS, ACL@AAMAS
  • agents for autonomic computing: AI for autonomic computing workshop
• AgentLink Newsletter, etc
• Agentcities
• Journal of AAMAS
• Journal of Computational Intelligence
• Journal of Cognitive Systems Research
• Pervasive Computing LinksMobile Device News
• Java on Mobiles
• Home Automation; see also techhome.org
• Smart Appliances, the Google Search Appliance (knew it would come!), appliance.com
• M-business magazine: m-Business magazine & wirelessweek
• Wireless Java Home
• PointServers and News on Pervasive Computing
• Java and Bluetooth, Bluetooth in Java toolkits: Rococo (particularly for PalmOS), Widcomm (Compaq & HP Jonarda), Zucotto
• Wireless Village - became part of the Open Mobile Alliance
• The Wireless Advertising Association joined the Mobile Marketing Association
• Pervasive Computing News: www.ebiquity.org, Nichol's News
• Key conferences and workshops: ubicomp, mobicom, pervasive2002, WMCSA 2002, WMCSA 2003, mobisys 2003, Percom2003, Mobile Commerce Workshop@mobicom, SOC 2003
• IEEE Internet Computing
• Cambridge-MIT pervasive computing initiative
• Auto-ID center
• Journals: IEEE Pervasive Computing, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
• Recent surge of context-aware workshops: CoMoRea'04, Context-Awareness@MobiSys, MRC2004, and COA-CAC-2004. EUSAI 2004, Percom 2005, Ubicomp 2004, WMASH 2004, WMCSA 2004, IWSAWC 2004 and UCS 2004 also features context-aware computing. Latest is the context modelling workshop at Ubicomp, and CoMoRea'05 is coming up. New CA workshops: CAPS 2005, Context-aware and Situation-sensitive applications, sense and response systems, LOCA2005, SOC-EUSAI 2005, CAMs2005,EUC2005, MCMP05, and not to forget the recent COMOREAs, MRCs, etc...
• Pervasive health care: Proactive Health, Centre for Pervasive Computing.dk, Centre for Aging Services Technologies, Centre for Successful Aging
• Advanced E-Services LinksSemantic Web
• DAML
• Other LinksBibliography on the Philosophy of Mind
• Journal of Mind and Machines
• Anne Foerst's page
• IEEE Technical Commitee Bulletins provides state-of-the-art news
• www10
• IBM research journal
• EBusiness@MIT
• EBusiness@RMIT
• www.ercim.org News
• People in CS
• Outstanding Young Australia Researchers: M. Nielsen, H. Millar

More on my Research, etc...

Looking at Green IT ...

• New position paper accepted for the workshop on Pervasive Persuasive Technology and Environmental Sustainability at Pervasive 2008!

"Context-Aware Pervasive Persuasive Systems for Managing Water and Energy Usage, and CO2 Emissions: Multi-Levelled Policies, Goals, and an Expert Systems Shell Approach", by Loke, Singh and Le

• I started a Green IT resource page!