For the curious - old info ... 2010 and earlier

Some Highlights from Some Past Projects

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

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

A Bit of History

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

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Institute for the Future

Courses in Pervasive Computing

Interactive Experience Links

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More on my Research, etc...

Looking at Green IT ...

"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

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Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures for a New Breed of Applications

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Recent Presentations

    • (invited) La Trobe university public seminar to visiting students, "The Technological Revolution Beyond 2020: Bio, Nano and ICT Trends and Social Implications", 2007

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