For the curious - old info ... 2010 and earlier
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
- 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
- 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
Courses in Pervasive Computing
- @ Birla Institute of Technology
- @ DIS, University of Melbourne
- @ University of Helsinki
- @ many, many more...
Interactive Experience Links
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!
Read my writings (research and not research):
Join the Pervasive Computing Interest Group at La Trobe University (site under rennovation)...
Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures for a New Breed of Applications
You can get it now from Amazon in the UK,
or Amazon in the US (look inside the book here!),
or Amazon in Japan,
or Amazon in Canada,
Read my blog about Pervasive Computing:
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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