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
- 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]
- 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]
- You can view the PhD thesis here:
- 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]
- 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]
- You can view the PhD thesis here:
- 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)
- 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]
- Ying Li (2008, PhD - Monash University), Data Handling in Wireless Sensor Networks for Query Answering, co-supervised with M. Ramakrishna, my role (minor, 20%)
- 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,
- RMIT University]
- Khai Chong Suan (2009, PhD - Monash University), Context-Driven Control of Sensors for Energy Conservation, co-supervised with Shonali Krishnaswamy, my role (shared: 50%)
- 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]
- Oshadi Alahakoon (2009, PhD - Monash University), Three Layered User Profiles for E-Commerce, co-supervise with Arkady Zaslavsky, my role (shared)
- 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 - 3nd IEEE Int. Worshop on Web and Pervasive Security at Percom'09 (WPS 2009)
- Program Vice-Chair - AINA 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)
- 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)
Smart Mobs
Institute for the Future
Courses in Pervasive Computing
Interactive Experience Links
- Agent Technology
- MIT Software Agents Group
- Intelligent Agents Multimedia Group (IAM) at Uni of Southampton
- Key conferences and workshops of interst:
- 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 ...
"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