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Dr Maryam Purvis BS(Texas), MA(Texas), PhD(Otago)


Room: 9.11, Commerce
Phone: 479 8423
Email: tehrany@infoscience.otago.ac.nz
Supervising: Rexy Arulanandam
Co-supervising: Mehdi Farhangian, Muhammad Yasir, Ray Lei Zhou

Dr Maryam Purvis has a background of working as a software engineer in the computer industry in the United States. Her experience includes all phases of software development such as requirement analysis, design, implementation, and testing. Her current teaching and research interests are in the areas of dynamic modelling of distributed processes, distributed and dynamic workflow systems, coordination of multi-agent systems as well as the structure of social network interactions.

Related papers: INFO401, INFO480, SENG301


  • Ph.D. in Information Science from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (August 1998)
  • M.A. in Mathematics from University of Texas, Austin, TX, U.S.A (May 1992)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (August 2003)
  • Senior Lecturer, Information Science Department, University of Otago (February 2009 – present)
  • Lecturer, Information Science Department, University of Otago (November 1998 – February 2009)
  • System Analyst, Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (April 1988 - January 1992)
  • Software Engineer, Data Systems Group, Texas Instruments, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (September 1984 - April 1988)

My research interests are in the areas of software engineering, dynamic modelling of distributed processes (in particular workflow management systems), coordination of multi-agent systems, and social network interactions.

Published book

Purvis, M.A., and Savarimuthu, B.T.R, : Computer-Mediated Social Networking, First International Conference, ICCMSN 2008, Dunedin, New Zealand, June 11-13, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNAI 5322), ISBN 978-3-642-02275-3, Springer Berlin /Heidelberg, 2009.

Published book chapters

Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M.A. and Purvis, M.K. and Cranefield, S., Social Norm Emergence in Virtual Agent Societies, In: M. Baldoni et al. (Eds.), Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies VI, 6th International Workshop, DALT 2008, Revised Selected and Invited Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5397, Springer, pp. 18-28, 2009.

Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M.K. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Facilitating collaboration in a distributed software development environment using P2P architecture, In: S. Joseph et al. (Eds.), Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing: 5th International Workshop, AP2PC 2006, Revised and Invited Papers, LNAI 4461, Springer-Verlag, pp. 167-174, 2008.

Purvis, M. A., Ebadi, T. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R., An Agent-Based Library Management System Using RFID Technology, In: D. Krol and N. T. Nguyen (Eds.), Intelligence Integration in Distributed Knowledge Management, Information Science Reference, Hershey, USA, pp. 171-181, 2008.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M.A. and Cranefield, S., Norm emergence in multi-agent societies, In: D. Krol and N. T. Nguyen (Eds.), Intelligence Integration in Distributed Knowledge Management, Information Science Reference, Hershey, USA, pp. 195-206, 2008.

Savarimuthu, S., Purvis, M.K., Purvis, M.A., and Nowostawski, M., Mechanisms to Restrict Exploitation and Improve Societal Performance in Multi-Agent Systems, In: D. Krol and N. T. Nguyen (Eds.), Intelligence Integration in Distributed Knowledge Management, Information Science Reference, Hershey, USA, pp. 182-194, 2008.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M.A. and Purvis, M.K, Role Model Based Mechanism for Norm Emergence in Artificial Agent Societies, In: J. S. Sichman et al. (Eds.), Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems III: COIN 2007 International Workshops, Revised Selected Papers, LNAI 4870, Springer-Verlag, pp. 203-217, 2008.

Savarimuthu B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., Creating ontologies for a collaborative, multi-agent based workflow system, In: R. Katarzyniak (ed.), Ontologies and Soft Methods in Knowledge Management, Advanced Knowledge International, Adelaide, Australia, Vol 4, ISBN 0-9752150-2-7, (2006) 201-218.

Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu, B. T. R and Purvis, M. K, Evaluation of a multi-agent based workflow management system modeled using Coloured Petri Nets, In: M W. Barley and N. Kasabov (eds.), Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA, Revised Selected Papers, LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004, Springer-Verlag GmbH, (2005) 206-216.

Purvis, M. A., Purvis M. K, Haidar, A. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R, A distributed workflow system with autonomous components, In: M.W. Barley and N. Kasabov (eds.), Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA, Revised Selected Papers, LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004, Springer-Verlag GmbH, (2005) 193-205.

Refereed Journal Articles

Ebadi, T., Purvis, M., Purvis, M.K., A framework for facilitating cooperation in multi-agent systems. The Journal of Supercomputing, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/s11227-009-0372-8.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M. and Purvis. M. Norm emergence in agent societies formed by dynamically changing networks, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, ISSN: 1570-1263, Volume 7, Number 3, pp. 223-232, 2009.

Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. K., rchitecture for active and collaborative learning in a distributed classroom environment, Advanced Technology for Learning, ACTA Press, ISSN: 1710-2251, 3:4 (2006) 225-232.

Ehrler, L., Fleurke, M., Purvis, M. A. and Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Agent-Based Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs): JBees - A Distributed and Adaptive WFMS with Monitoring and Controlling Capabilities, Information Systems and e-Business Management, Springer, ISSN 1617-9846, 4:1 (2006) 5-23.

Purvis, M. K., Hwang, P., Purvis, M. A., Madhavji, N., and Cranefield, S. J., A Practical Look at Software Internationalisation, Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science, IOS Press, 5:3 (2001) 95-106.

Purvis, M. K., Purvis, M. A., and Benwell, G. L., Modelling and Simulation of the New Zealand Resource Management Act, Journal of Law and Information Science, 6:2 (1995) 181-192.

Purvis, M. K., Benwell, G. L., and Purvis, M. A., Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Consent Process in the Resource Management Act, New Zealand Surveyor (Journal of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors), No. 285, (1995) 13-20.

Purvis, M. K., Benwell, G. L. and Purvis, M. A., Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Management Act, New Zealand Journal of Computing, 5:1 (1994) 45-56.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Savarimuthu, S., Purvis, M.A., and Purvis, M.K., "Tag-based Model for Knowledge Sharing in Agent Society, Proceedings of the 8th international Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 2, ISBN 978-0-9817381-7-8, Budapest, Hungary, International Conference on Autonomous Agents. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Richland, SC (2009) 1299-1300.

Ebadi, T., Purvis, M.A. and Purvis M.K., “A Colored Petri Net Model to Represent the Interactions Between a Set of Cooperative Agents”, to be published in Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agents and Peer to Peer Computing (AP2PC), Eighth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Budapest, Hungary, 2009.

Savarimuthu, S., Purvis, M.A., and Purvis, M.K., "Self-Organization of Peers in Agent Societies", Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-7695-3801-3, (2009) 74-77.

Alaali, A., Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., "Vector Opinion Dynamics: An extended model for consensus in social networks", Workshop on Comutational Social Networks (IWCSN 2008) Proceeding of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology – Workshop, Snasel, V., Abraham, A., Peters, J., Hassanien, A. E. (eds.), Sydney, Australia (2008) 394-397.

Ebadi, T., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K., “Partner selection mechanisms for agent cooperation”, Workshop on P2P Computing and Autonomous Agents (PSP 2008) Proceeding of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Workshops, Y. Li, G., Pasi, C. Zhang., N., Cercone, L., Cao (eds.), Sydney, Australia (2008) 554-557.

Savarimuthu, S., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K., “Emergence of Sharing Behavior in a Multi-agent Society using Tags”, Proceeding of the 2008IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology(IAT 2008), L. Jain, M. Gini, B. B. Faltings, T. Terano, C. Zhang, N.Cercone, L. Cao (eds.), Sydney, Australia (2008) 527-530.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R, Purvis M. A. and Purvis, M. K, “Social norm emergence in virtual agent societies.”, Proc. of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS),Volume 3, L. Padgham, D. Parkes, J-P Muller, & S. Parsons (eds.), ISBN 978-0-9817381-2-3, Estoril, Portugal (2008) 1521-1524.

Savarimuthu, S., Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., “Altruistic Sharing using Tags”, Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing, Estoril, Portugal, May 2008, 8 pages (in press).

Savarimuthu, B. T. R, Cranefield, S, Purvis, M. K, and Purvis M. A, "Norm Emergence in Agent Societies Formed by Dynamically Changing Networks," Proc. of the 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'07), Silicon Valley, USA, ISBN:0-7695-3027-3, pp. 464-470, 2007.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R, Purvis M. A, Cranefield, S, and Purvis, M. K, “Mechanisms for Norm Emergence in Multi-Agent Societies”, Proc. of the Sixth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, ISBN: 978-81-904262-7-5, pp. 1104-1106, 2007.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S, Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., “Role Model Based Mechanism For Norm Emergence in Artificial Agent Societies”, Proc. of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organization, Institutions and Norms (COIN), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1-12, 2007.

Purvis, M. K., Savarimuthu, S., Oliveira, M., Purvis, M. A., “Mechanisms for Cooperative Behaviour in Agent Institutions”, Proc. of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2007), A. Skowron, J. Barthes, L. Jain, P. Morizet-Mahoudeaux, J. Liu, and N. Zhong, (eds.), ISBN 0-7695-2748-5, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 18-22 December, (2006) 121-124.

Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., “Facilitating collaboration in a distributed software development environment using P2P architecture”, Proc. of the Fifth International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing (AP2PC), Hakodate, Japan, 9th May, (2006) 160-167.

Foukia, N., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., Han, Y., “Trust and Security Enhancements in an Agent-based Workflow Management System”, Proc. of the First International Workshop on Privacy and Security in Agent-based Collaborative Environments (PSACE), Hakodate, Japan, 9th May, (2006) 128-136.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., “Agent Based Web Service Composition In The Context Of A Supply-Chain Based Workflow”, Proc. of the First International Workshop on Coordination of Inter-Organizational Workflow: Agent and Semantic Web based Models (CIOW), Hakodate, Japan, 8th May, (2006) 27-34.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K. and Cranefield, S., “Integrating Web Services with Agent Based Workflow Management System (WfMS)”, Proc. of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2005), A. Skowron, J. Barthes, L. Jain, P. Morizet-Mahoudeaux, J. Liu, and N. Zhong, (eds.), ISBN 0-7695-2415-X, IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, (2005) 471-474.

Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., George, M. and Cranefield, S., “Experiences with Pair and Tri Programming in a Second Level Course”, Proc. of the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: Ninth International Conference, Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Part II, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin, (2005) 171-177.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K. and Cranefield, S., “An Agent Enhanced Workflow Management System”, Proc. of the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: Ninth International Conference, KES 2005 Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Part IV, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin, (2005) 215-220.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K., “Different Perspectives on Modeling Workflows in an Agent Based Workflow Management System”, Proc. of the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: Ninth International Conference, KES 2005 Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Part IV, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin, (2005) 208-214.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R, Purvis M. A, Purvis, M. K and Cranefield, S, “Agent-based integration of Web Services with Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs)”, Proc. of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Utrecht, Netherlands, (2005) 1345-1346.

Weng, M., Wolf, H., Purvis, M. K., and Purvis, M. A., “An Agent-based Collaborative Framework for Mobile P2P Applications”, Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing (AP2PC’05), Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi Agent Systems, Despotovic, Z., Joseph, S., and Sartori, C. (eds.), Utrecht, The Netherlands, (2005) 140-151.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. K, Oliveira, M., and Purvis M. A, “Towards Secure Interactions in Agent Societies”, Proc. of the Second annual conference on privacy, security and trust (PST), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 2004. Marsh, S., Ed, (2004) 143 – 148.

Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., and Purvis, M. K, (2004). “A Multi-agent Based Workflow System Embedded with Web Services”, Proc. of the second international workshop on Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments (COLA), Ghorbani, A. And Marsh, S., (eds.), Beijing, China, IEEE/WIC Press, (2004) 55-62.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R. and Purvis, M. A., "Towards a Multi-lingual Workflow System: a Practical Outlook", Proc. of the Australasian Workshop on Software Internationalisation (AWSI2004), Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 32, Australian Computer Society, Bedford Park, Australia, (2004) 205-210.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A. and Fleurke, M., "Monitoring and Controlling of a Multi-agent Based Workflow System", Proc. of the Australasian Workshop on Data Mining and Web Intelligence (DMWI), Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 32, Australian Computer Society, Bedford Park, Australia, (2004) 127-132.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R and Purvis M. A, “A Collaborative multi-agent based workflow system”. In: M. G. Negoita, R. J. Howlett, L. C. Jain (eds.), Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, 8th International Conference, KES, Wellington, New Zealand, September 2004, Proceedings, Part II, Springer LNAI 3214, (2004) 1187-1193.

Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., and Cranefield, S. J., "Educational Experiences from a Global Software Engineering (GSE) Project", Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE), Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 30, Australian Computer Society, Bedford Park, Australia (2004) 269-276.

Purvis, M. K., Cranefield, S., Nowostawski, M. and Purvis, M. A., “Multi-Agent System Interaction Protocols in a Dynamically Changing Environment”, An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems, T. Wagner (ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1402078676, Boston (2004) 95-112.

Fleurke, M and Ehrler, L, Purvis, M. A.. “JBees - An Adaptive and Distributed Agent-based Workflow System/”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments (COLA 2003), Halifax, Canada, October 2003. IEEE/WIC Press. Ghorbani, A. And Marsh, S., ed. (2003) 67-74.

Purvis, M. K., Hwang, P., Purvis, M. A., Cranefield, S. J., and Schievink, M., “Interaction Protocols for a Network of Environmental Problem Solvers”, Proceedings of the 2002 iEMSs International Meeting: Integrated Assessment and Decision Support (iEMSs 2002), Volume 3, Andrea E. Rizzoli and Anthony J. Jakeman (eds.), The International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Lugano, Switzerland (2002) 318-323.

Purvis, M. K., Purvis, M. A., and Lemalu, S., “A Framework for Distributed Workflow Systems”, Proceedings of the Hawai`i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-34), (CD-ROM) IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA (2001).

Purvis, M. K., Purvis, M. A. and Lemalu, S., “An Adaptive Distributed Workflow System Framework”, Proceedings of the Seventh Asia Pacific SoftwareEngineering Conference (APSEC’2000), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA (2000) 311-318.

Purvis, M. A. and Purvis M. K., “Simulation and Analysis of Legal Processes”. Proceedings of the 2000 AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, (ed.) Sarjoughian H. S. and Cellier F.E. and Marefat M.M and Rozenblit J. W, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A (2000) 229-234.

Purvis, M. A. and Purvis M. K.. "Analysis of a Dynamic Model of Legal Process Behaviour". Proceedings of the MODSIM'99 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, (ed.) Oxley, L. and Scrimgeour, Frank and Jakeman, Anthony. Hamilton, New Zealand, (1999) 729-734.

Purvis, M. A. and Purvis M. K.. “A Dynamic Model of Legal Process Behaviour”. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference- Applied Modelling and Simulation (AMS’99), (ed.) Hamza, M. H., Cairns, Australia (1999) 124-129.

Askar-Tehrany, M. A. and Purvis, M. K., "Modelling and Simulation of Legal Processes". The Third Annual Conference of Computer Society of Iran (CSICC 97), (ed.) Fathi, M. Tehran, Iran, Computer Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology (1997) 7-12. [Note: M. Askar-Tehrany is Maryam Purvis]

Purvis M. K. , Purvis M. A. , and Paul Jones, “A Group Collaboration Tool for Software Engineering Projects”, Proceedings of Software Engineering: Education & Practice, Dunedin, New Zealand (1996) 362-365.

Purvis, M. K. and Purvis, M. A., "Modelling Environmental Legislative Processes with Petri Nets". International Association of Science and Technology for Development International Conference (IASTED), Anaheim, CA, IASTED-ACTA Press (1995) 238-246.

Purvis, M. K., Purvis, M. A., Benwell, G. L., and Mann, S., "Modelling and Simulation of a New Zealand Legislative Act". International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, (eds). Einning, P., Bridgman, H. and Williams, B. Newcastle, Australia, Modelling and Simulation Society, Australia, University of Newcastle (1995) 313-318.

Purvis, M. A. and Purvis, M. K., "Modelling the Development of District Plans under the New Zealand Resource Management Act". Sixth Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, (eds). Benwell, G. L. and Sutherland, N. C. Dunedin, New Zealand, Spatial Information Research Centre at University of Otago (1994) 161-188.

Purvis, M. K., Benwell, G. L. and Purvis, M. A., "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Consent Process in the Resource Management Act". Environmental and Resource Management in New Zealand, (eds). Selsky, J., Morgan, R. and Memon, A. Dunedin, New Zealand, Environmental Policy and Resource Management Centre at University of Otago (1994) 381-394.

Purvis, M. A. and Purvis, M. K., "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Management Act". Fifth Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, (ed.) Benwell, G. L. Dunedin, New Zealand, Spatial Information Research Centre at University of Otago (1993) 225-240.

Other Creative Works

Purvis, M. A., Dynamic Modelling Of Legal Processes With Petri Nets, Ph.D. thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (1998).

Purvis, M. A., Usability of SPARSKIT in Conjunction with the NSPSG Sparse Matrix Representation (M.A. degree report), University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A (1992).

  • SENG 301: Software Project Management (one semester paper, 2003-2010)
  • INFO 401: Software Engineering(full year paper, 1999-2010)
  • INFO/SENG 480: Dissertation or Case Study (2009-2010) – Assisting Dr Colin Aldridge.
  • INFO 221: Application Software Development(one semester paper, 2001-2008)

PhD Students

  • Savarimuthu, Bastin Tony Roy, Emergence of norms in multi-agent societies. Co-supervisors: Stephen Cranefield, Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis.

     

  • Koten, Chikako, (completed 2008) Project Estimation Using Bayesian Probability. Co-supervisors: Martin Purvis, Maryam Purvis, Da Deng.

  • Savarimuthu, Sharmila, Mechanisms for learning cooperative behaviour using tags in a multi-agent society. Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis, Tony Savarimuthu.

  • Ebadi, Toktam, Facilitating collaboration in a robotic multi-agent system. Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis.

 

Masters Students

  • Al-Ani, Tarik, In-dash Android Infotainment System. Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Tony Savarimuthu.

  • Al-Salam, Khalaf, Examination of adequate tools and methodology to support effective research collaboration, Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Russel Butson.

  • Kanimea, Jack, (completed 2009) Single sign-on infrastructure for Web Service Composition based services, Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis ,Tony Savarimuthu.

  • Mueller, Robert, (completed 2007) Alternative Technologies for Student Response Systems. Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis, Tony Savarimuthu.

  • Fleurke, Martin, (completed 2004) JBees, An Adaptive Workflow Management System -An Approach Based On Petri Nets And Agents. Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Co-supervisors: Job Zwiers, Maryam Purvis.

 

Honours Students

  • Xie, Jinhong Xie Spike, Enhancing Museum experience by using social networking concepts in a web-based system. Co-supervisors: Tony Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis.

  • Milic, Danica, (completed 2008) Dynamic ridesharing and social networking application development on Android mobile phone platform. Co-supervisors: Tony Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis.

  • Alaali, Alyaa, (completed 2007) Mechanisms associated with spread of opinions in human population on a social network. Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Tony Savarimuthu.

  • Le, Anh, (completed 2006) Current Problems and Tools Support for Testing Distributed Systems, (Honours Degree). Co-supervisors: Maryam Purvis, Tony Savarimuthu.



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