Doctor of Philosophy  (Information Science)              
                         Dec 2003 - Aug 2011, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Master of Engineering (Software Systems)                
                        2000 - 2002, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan, India

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Chemical                
                        1996 - 2000, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan, India

Lecturer  (Mar'06  - Till Date)
                        Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Teaching Fellow (Feb'04  - Feb' 06)
                        Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Teaching Assistant  (Dec'03  - Feb'04)
                        Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Software Engineer (Jul'02 - Aug'03)
                        Coralgrid Software Ltd (now a part of Triple Point Technology, Inc.), Chennai, India

Assistant Lecturer (part time, Jul'02 - Aug'03)
                        Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Off Campus centre at Chennai, India

 Teaching Assistant (Jul'00 - Jun'02 )
                        Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Research interests

• Multi-agent Systems (particularly normative multi-agent systems)
• Mobile computing
• Workflow Management Systems
• Technology-enhanced collaborative learning
• Software engineering
• Distributed information systems

Projects

• Principal researcher in the ORG grant titled “An experimental framework to facilitate investigations into adaptive wireless networks”, 2007

• A named researcher in the School of Business grant titled “Interactive and Collaborative Learning in a Distributed Environment”, 2007

• A named researcher in the CALT grant on Innovation in Teaching, titled “Promoting active learning in lecture rooms in large courses”, 2005

Students

PhD

Ms. Amala Arul Sharmila Savarimuthu (2006 - 2011), Title: Mechanisms for self-organization of groups in agent societies, Supervisors: Dr. Maryam Purvis, Prof. Martin Purvis, Mr. Tony Savarimuthu, Status: Expected to submit in June 2011.

Masters

Mr. Jack Kanimea, (MCom, 2008-2009), Title: Integrating Single Sign On and enabling secure interactions in a composite Web Service,  Supervisors: Mr. Tony Savarimuthu and Dr. Maryam Purvis, Status: Completed in 2009.

Mr. Tarik Al-ani (MAppSc, 2010-2011), Title: Android In-Vehicle Infotainment System (AIVI), Supervisors: Mr. Tony Savarimuthu and Dr. Maryam Purvis, Status: Completed in 2011.

Honours/Postgraduate diploma (Dissertations cosupervised with Dr. Maryam Purvis)

Jinhong Xie (Title: An RFID-based Location-aware Web Application to Enhance User Experience in an Aquarium, completed in 2010)

Danica Milic (Title: Dynamic ridesharing and social networking application development on Android mobile phone platform, completed in 2008)

Alya Alaali (Title: Mechanisms associated with spread of opinions in human population on a social network, completed in 2007)

Anh Le Thu (Title: Current Problems and Tools Support for Testing Distributed Systems, completed in 2006)

A selected list of publications is given below. A full list of publications can be found here.

Journals

Savarimuthu, B. T. R. and Cranefield, S “Norm creation, spreading and emergence – A survey of multi-agent based simulation models of norms”, Journal of Multiagent and Grid Systems (MAGS) Volume 7, Iissue 1, pp. 21-54, 2011.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M.A and Purvis, M.K “Obligation norm identification in agent societies”, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Volume 13, Issue 4, 2010, http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/13/4/3.html

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M.K and Purvis, M.A “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 “Architecture for active and collaborative learning in a distributed classroom environment”, Advanced Technology for Learning, ACTA Press, ISSN: 1710-2251, 3:4 pp. 225-232, 2006.

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”, Journal of Information Systems and e-Business on Agent-Based Information, Volume 4, ISSN 1617-9846, pp. 5-23, 2006.

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.          

Book chapters

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K. “Internal agent architecture for norm identification”, In: J. Padget, A. Artikis, W. Vasconcelos, & et al (Eds.), Coordination, organizations, institutions and norms in agent systems V: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, Vol. 6069, Springer Verlag, pp. 241-256, 2010.

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M.A., and Purvis, M.K. “A data mining approach to identify obligation norms in agent societies”, In: L. Cao, A. L. C. Bazzan, V. Gorodetsky, & et al (Eds.), Agents and data mining interaction: Lecture notes in computer science, Vol. 5980, Springer Verlag, pp. 43-58, 2010.

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 Verlag, pp. 18-28, 2009.

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.

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., 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.

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.

Savarimuthu B.T.R., Purvis, M.A. and Purvis, M.K. “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, pp. 201-218, 2006.

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 2004, Revised Selected Papers, LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004, Springer-Verlag GmbH, pp. 206-216, 2005.

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 2004, Revised Selected Papers, LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004, Springer-Verlag GmbH, pp. 193-205, 2005.