Research Students

Graduate Students I have Supervised in order of completion dates

  1. Shaohua Ma, "WebTP: A Web Transaction Processing Benchmark", Masters of Computer Science, (project) Daltech, Dalhousie University, May 1998.  On graduation employed as a Project Team Leader at Java & Object Solutions , IBM Global Services.
  2. Murthy Devulapalli, "A Collaborative Database Research Tool for Trade Markets", Masters of Business Administration, Saint Mary's University, May 1998. On graduation employed as a Systems Analyst, SAP Installation, Sobeys, Stellarton, Nova Scotia; Then an SAP Consulting firm in New York City.
  3. Yie Wang, "An Electronic Commerce Web Benchmark", Masters of Computer Science, (thesis) Daltech, Dalhousie University, December 1998. On graduation employed as a Software Engineer, SpaceBridge, Canada.
  4. Kim Parkhill, "A Trauma Registry for Emergency Departments", Masters of Business Administration, Saint Mary's University, May 1999. Before graduation employed as Registrar at Emergency Health Services, Halifax, Canada. Winner of Governor’s Gold Medal.
  5. Jeff Smith, "Emerging Business Models in E-Commerce", Masters of Business Administration, Saint Mary's University, May 1999. On garduation a freelance Engineering Consultant.
  6. Yingjun He, “An Internet-Based Online Assessment System”, Masters of Computer Science programme, project, May 1999. On graduation employed in User Centered Design and Development group at IBM Toronto Lab, Toronto, Canada
  7. Lihong Cao, "A CORBA implementation of the WebEC E-Commerce Benchmark", Masters of Computer Science programme, July 1999, project, Daltech. On graduation employed as a software engineer at Guidant Systems, Minnesota, USA.
  8. Yuzheng Zhou, “A CORBA Implementation of a Web Transaction Processing Benchmark”, Masters of Computer Science programme, November 1999, project, Daltech. Employed as a software engineer, IBM Toronto Lab, Canada.
  9. Patrick Kiley, " A Design for A Negotiation-Capable Enterprise Resource Cognizant e-Commerce Application", Masters of Business Administration, August 1999, Saint Mary’s University. Employed as a project manager, FastLane Technologies
  10. James Craig, "A Customer Focused E-Business Evaluation Framework", Masters of Business Administration, August 1999, Saint Mary’s University. On graduation, CEO of Diaphonics, then General Manager of Barrington Consulting. 
  11. Andrew Osburn, “Mapping and Analysis of Business Data using Geographic Information Systems “, August 1999, currently CEO and President, Diaphonics, Inc., www.diaphonics.com
  12. Jody MacIntyre, " Framework For Assessing Technology Enabled Customer Relationship Management," Masters of Business Administration, April 2000, Saint Mary’s University. Consultant, Database developer, Course Instructor
  13. Sanjiv Kochhar,"Online Alternative Dispute Resolution Framework," Masters of Business Administration, April 2000, Saint Mary’s University. Employed at ?, Portland, Oregan, USA
  14. Peter Bidgood, " Risk Analysis and e-Business Security" Masters of Business Administration, April 2000, Saint Mary’s University.
  15. Neil Freake, "Strategic Orientation of Virtual Communities Evaluation Framework, Masters of Business Administration, April 2000, Saint Mary’s University. On graduation employed at ScotiaBank, Senior Manager, Process Design, Toronto
  16. Scott Kimberley, An Examination of Descriptive E-Business Satisfaction Measures, Masters of Business Administration, April 2001, Saint Mary’s University
  17. Graham Judge, Masters of Business Administration, Sept 2001, Saint Mary’s University,  Diffusion of Collaborative Tools in A Learning Environment, President Judge Research.
  18. Barry Hudson, Masters of Business Administration, Sept 2002, Saint Mary’s University, A Framework for Municipal e-Government, On graduation employed as a Manager, Nissan Canada Finance, Toronto
  19. Liming Xu, Masters of Electronic Commerce, December 2003, Dalhousie University, Web-Side Ontology: An Architectural Component, On graduation employed as a Senior Consultant, Keane Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  20. Elizabeth McLeod, E-Business Security and Privacy Practices. Masters of Business Administration, April 2004, Employed at Saint Mary’s University and presently a PhD student at Saint Mary’s
  21. Said Saifi,  Impact of User Interventions for  Online Trust. April 2004, On graduation,Cybercafe manager/owner in Brazil.
  22. Deyun Gao, Privacy Web Services, Masters of Computer Science, (thesis), Dalhousie University, August 2004, on graduation employed as a Senior Systems Analyst, Nova Scotia Liquor Commission.
  23. Yanjun Zhang , Context Manager Agent for e-Privacy, Masters of Computer Science, (thesis), Dalhousie University, August 2004. Presently a PhD student in Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario
  24. Yingxin He, An Arbitrator Agent for e-Privacy, Masters of Computer Science, (thesis), December 2004. On graduation employed as a Software developer, Upside Software Inc, Calgary Alberta.
  25. Aiqin Dou, Evolving a PIPEDA ontology and creating privacy training queries, Masters of Applied Computer Science, December 2004.
  26. Serena Mortlock, 27. Andrew Watters, and 28. Duc Minh Dinh (MCP), Review of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq IT Department, Masters Consultancy Project, December 2004.
  1. Xuehai Wang, Consistency of Privacy Knowledge Bases, Masters of Computer Science, (thesis), July 2005, on graduation employed as a Software Developer, Sports Direct Inc.
  2. Carolyn Yu (co-supervised with Dr. S. Sivakumar), Modeling Churn in the Telecommunications Industry, Masters of Applied Science, (thesis), Saint Mary’s University, August 2005, on graduation employed as SAP Support Specialist with the Province of Nova Scotia.
  3. Sudhindra Tiwari, An IT-Enabled Business Application for Computerized Maintenance Management, Masters of Business Administration, Saint Mary’s University, May 2005, On graduation employed as a Mechanical Engineer, Bantrel Co., Calgary.
  4. Siqi Li (co-supervised with Dr. C. Beaupre), A Comparison of WSIS’ Vision of the “Information Society” and the Practical Strategies of Society in China, Undergraduate Honours Thesis in International Development, Saint Mary’s University, May 2005, on graduation enrolled in Masters of Arts (Communications) program at the University of Calgary.
  5. Rafiy Saleh, Management Of User Privacy Preference in Context Using a Case Based Reasoning Approach, Masters of Computer Science, Thesis option, Dalhousie University, 2006, on graduation employed as Chief Technology Officer, firm in England, UK.
  6. Nolan Zhang, Web Services for Organizational Privacy, Masters of Computer Science, Thesis option, Dalhousie University, 2006, on graduation employed with IBM Canada.
  7. Ruth Harding, Thinking outside the box of facility-based health information systems, Executive MBA MRP, Saint Mary’s University, 2006, employed with Capital Health
  8. Peter Hickey, Development of an Internet Interface to Assist the Visually Impaired: PROJECT ENABLED, Executive MBA MRP, Saint Mary’s University, April 2007, CEO of co-Emergence.
  9. Xiangdong An, postdoctoral student in Computer Science, Privacy research, Web Intelligence Centre, Saint Mary’s U., completed Aug 2007, researcher at York University.
  10. Sidharth Atreya, The Impact of ICT Investment on firms’ business performance: A Canadian Perspective Saint Mary’s MBA, May 2009
  11. Jacyln Parent, Platform Strategies for Mobile Users, Masters of Electronic Commerce, Dalhousie University, May 2009, after graduation employed at Research in Motion.
  12. Catherine Rossiter, The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Bank Performance in Canada and the United States, Saint Mary’s MBA, May 2009
  13. Bill Aasvagen, Platforms for NS Exporters, Saint Mary’s MBA, May 2009.
  14. David Thomson, Information Technology Strategy for Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., Saint Mary’s MBA, employed as Director of IT, Ocean Nutrition, 2009.
  15. David Kersey, Implementation of Financial Transaction Capabilities in Remote Clinics of Capital District Health Authority, Saint Mary’s MBA, CDHA, 2009.
  16. Andy Phillips, Measuring Brand Value and User Motivation for Facebook Groups Within the Recreational Scuba Diving Industry, Masters of Electronic Commerce, Dalhousie University, September 2009.
  17. Arnold Gagnon, Saint Mary’s MBA, Enhancing ITIL v3 with Financial Metrics, Keane, Canada, October 2009, on graduation employed by Bell Aliant, NS
  18. Colleen Arnold, Saint Mary’s MBA, A Knowledge Management Solution for the College of Registered Nurses Nova Scotia, Director, Corporate Services, College of Registered Nurses of NS, October 2010.
  19. Rui Ding, Ontology-Independent and QOS-enabled Dynamic Composition of Web Services in Business Domains, Masters of Applied Science, Thesis, Saint Mary’s University, April 2011, Thesis Nominated for the Governor’s Gold Medal.
  20. Binbin Ye, Privacy Intrusion Detection Benchmark, Masters of Applied Science, Thesis, Saint Mary’s University, in progress
  21. Brie Rehbein, Rural Artisans, ICTs and Livelihoods: Case Studies of Silversmiths in Guerrero, Mexico, International Development Studies, Master Thesis, in progress.
  22. Elizabeth McLeod, PhD Business Administration (Management), Privacy research, Saint Mary’s University, in progress.
  23. Alexis Boisson, Doctor of Business Administration, Examining the Success/Failure of ICT projects: A Caribbean Perspective, Arthur Lok Jack School of Business, in progress.