On-Going Theses & Projects

PhD (Computer Science and IDPhD)

1. Syed Sajjad Hussain. K-Morph: Knowledge Morphing via Reconciliation of Contextualized Sub-Ontologies, Dalhousie University

2. Borna Jafarpour. A Semantic Web Based Healthcare Knowledge Management Framework to Computerize and Operationalize Health Knowledge , Dalhousie University.

3. Ali Daniyal. Investigating Semantic Web Technologies for Workflow Modelling , Dalhousie University.

4. Philip Yeo. Dynamic Workflow Composition of Semantic Web Services, Dalhousie University.

5. Wong Mei Kuan. Ontology Learning for Ocean and Marine Sciences, Dalhousie University.

6. Zeina Chedrawy. Semantic Web Framework for Business Intelligence, Dalhousie University.

7. Farhan Jamal Khan. Personalized Care Planning, Dalhousie University.

8. Samuel Stewart. Analyzing and Designing a Web 2.0 based Knowledge Translation Framework for Pediatric Pain Management (IDPhD),  Dalhousie University.

9. Muzammil Bashir Ahmed. A Semantic Web Framework for Knowledge Modeling to Handle Co-Morbidities (IDPhD),  Dalhousie University.

10. Krista Elvidge. A Lifelong Patient Educational Intervention Program: Investigating the Role of Behavioural Models (IDPhD), Dalhousie University.

11. Calvino Cheng. Abstracting Clinical Pathways from Laboratory Information Data (IDPhD),  Dalhousie University

12. Joyline Makani. Knowledge Management in Knowledge Intensive Organizations: Towards an Integrated Model for Organizing Corporate Knowledge and Information Sources (IDPhD), Dalhousie University (Co-Supervisior)

Masters Theses (Computer Science and Health Informatics)

1. Shirin Sharif. Designing an Adaptive CarePlan for Personalized Patient Planning , Dalhousie University.

2. Ali Haider Zaidi. A OWL ontology for Modelling HL-7 compliant Electronic Patient Records, Dalhousie University.

3. Farrukh Mehdi. OWL-S based Service Ontology for an E-Research Platform, Dalhousie University

4. Syed Alay Hassan. Designing Personalized Patient Education Using Clinical Guidelines,  Dalhousie University

5. Salah Hussani. Web 2.0 for Knowledge Sharing for a Paediatric Pain Community, Dalhousie University.

6. Faisal Abbas. Discovery of Clinical Concepts to Annotate Clinical Guidelines, Dalhousie University

Completed Theses & Projects

PhD

1. Cheah Yu-N. A Knowledge Management Info-structure for Knowledge Creation: A Scenario-based Strategy for the Explication and Crystallisation of Tacit Knowledge, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2002.

Masters Theses

1. Ryan Druggan. Clinical Knowledge Modeling to Develop E-Clinics for Neuropituary Care,  Dalhousie University, April 2010.

2. Brett Taylor. Interactive Syndromic Surveillance Using Visualization Techniques, Dalhousie University, August 2009

3. Muzammil Bashir Ahmed. Ontology Modeling for Nursing Care Plans and Clinical Practice Guidelines, Dalhousie University, April 2009.

4. Shapoor Shayegani. Knowledge Modeling to Develop a Clinical Practice Guideline Ontology: Towards Computerization and Merging of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Dalhousie University, September  2007.

5. Katrina Hurley. Practice-Oriented Knowledge Abstraction in Development of an Ontology to Model Clinical Pathways, Dalhousie University, May 2007.

6. Philip O’Brien. Semantic Web Approach for Context-Aware Knowledge Sharing,  March 2007.

7. Selana Davis. Personalization of Cardiovascular Risk Management Using Linkages of SCORE and Behaviour Change Readiness to Web-based Education, Dalhousie University, August 2006.

8. Aliko Mwakatobe. Information Personalization on the Semantic Web Using Reasoning, Dalhousie University, August 2006.

9. Yan Zeng. Pursuing Information Personalization as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem. Dalhousie University, Dec. 2005

10.  Zeina Chedrawy. PRECISE: A Hybrid of Item-Based Collaborative Filtering and Case Based Reasoning for Contextual Information Personalization. Dalhousie University, July 2005.

11. Sanjun Yan. Using Unsupervised Learning Methods to Sub-classify Optic Disk Damage Images, Dalhousie University, April 2005.

12. Xuan Hu. Evaluating Discretization Techniques to Discretize Visual Field Data. Dalhousie University, April 2005.

13. Qingshuang Jiang. Discovering Generalized Symbolic Rule from Un-annotated Data: A Hybrid of Rough Sets and Attribute Oriented Induction. Dalhousie University, April 2005.

14. Jin Yu. A Hybrid Feature Selection Method Classifying Optic Nerve Images. Dalhousie University, April 2005.

15. Brent Jones. Leveraging Clinical Practice Guidelines to Develop Objective User Models for Customizing Healthcare Information to Manage High Cholesterol. Dalhousie University. Sept. 2004

16. Zahid Hasan Zaidi. An Intelligent Agent-based Data Mining Info-structure: Towards the Generation of Generic Data-driven Strategic Services. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,  Sept. 2004.

17. Zafar Iqbal Hashmi. An Intelligent Agent Framework for Context-Sensitive Knowledge Retrieval from an Enterprise Memory. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Sept. 2004

18. Chong Yong Han. Adaptive Hypermedia and Constraint Satisfaction Programming: Towards Automated Generation of  Personalized and Factually Consistent Healthcare Information, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Oct. 2003.

19. Selvakumar Manickam. Automated Transformation of Generic Electronic-Medical-Records To Specialised Cases: Towards an Internet-Mediated, Multi-Tier Case-Base-Reasoning Info-Structure, Universiti Sains Malaysia, December 2002.

20. Hoe Kok Meng. Knowledge Discovery from Unannotated Datasets: A Symbolic Rule Extraction Framework Featuring Neural Network Analysis and Rough Set Decision Synthesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia, July 2002.

21. Poh Geong Sen. A Loss-Tolerant Stream Authentication Scheme Based on One-Time Signature, Hash Graph and Golle’s Chain, Universiti Sains Malaysia, July 2002.

22. Yip Wai Kuan. A Divisible Extension of the Brands Digital Cash Protocol Using Secret Sharing, Universiti Sains Malaysia, August 2001.

23. Jason Ong Hing Soon. Exploratory Data Mining Using Self-Organising Maps: An Info-structure for Data Clustering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2000.

Masters Projects (Selected)

1. Xin Sheng. Developing Social Networks from On-Line Discussions Between Healthcare Professionals. Dalhousie University. Dec. 2004.

2. Winston Ying. A Generic Framework to Incorporate Clinical Practice Guidelines for Information Personalization. Dalhousie University. Oct. 2004.

3. Muqueem Lodhi. IA Web Service Framework for Document Retrieval. Dalhousie University. Oct. 2004

4. Fuhai Li. An infra-structure for E-clinic web services. Dalhousie University. July 2004.

5. Zhenming Hu. A Case-Based Reasoning Framework for Information Personalization. Dalhousie University, May 2004.

6. Zhilun Gao. A web-based system to determine health status: A data mining approach using least square separation algorithm. Dalhousie University, Dec. 2003.

7. Teh Kia Hock. Data-Mining for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in an E-Commerce Environment, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2001.

8. Lecthumanwan Balasubramaniam. A Generic Web-Mining Framework for Analysing Web Usage Patterns at Web-Portals, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2001.

9. Chuah JuJu. Prediction and Sensitivity Analysis of General Data Using Neural Networks, Universiti Sains Malaysia, February 2000.

10. Teh Woan Yong. Trend Analysis and Forecasting of Computer Network Traffic Using Neural Networks, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2000.

11. Thiang Bee Nee. Using Neural Networks for DNA Sequence Analysis: Splice Site Prediction, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2000.

12. Ng Sim Yam. Anatomy Advisor on the World Wide Web, Universiti Sains Malaysia, September 1999.

13. Lee Gim Hoo. A System for Electronic Health Survey over the World Wide Web, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sept. 1999.

Undergraduate

Over 25 final year group projects involving around 60 students. Below is an abridged list of selected projects:

1. Secure Access and Distribution of HL-7 Based Electronic Medical Information Using Smart Cards, 2000-2001.

2. Personalised Healthcare Information Package Composition Using Case-Based Reasoning Techniques, 2000-2001.

3. A Palm-Top Based Fitness Monitoring System, 2000-2001.

4. A Graphical Concept Visualiser for Unified Medical Language System, 1999-2000.

5. ENTiCE: An Environment for Tacit Knowledge Creation, 1999-2000.

6. A Push-Technology Based Personalised Health Information Delivery System, 1999-2000.

7. A Web-Based Fitness Monitoring System II, 1999-2000.

8. Medical Diagnostic System Based on Case-Based Reasoning, 1998-1999.

9. A Web-Based Fitness Monitoring System I, 1998-1999.

10. Neural Rules: Symbolic Rule Extraction from Neural Networks, 1997-1998.

11. Internet Information Broker with Data Deduping Facilities, 1996-1997.

12. TIDE: A Tele-Healthcare Information and Diagnostic Environment, 1996-1997.