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Academic Activities:

A) Graduate Supervision

Activities/Year 1999-2000 2000–2001 2001-2002
Advisory Committees 1    
Masters Supervision   2 2
Masters Project (680)     3
Masters Theses Examined   4 3
Masters Committee 2 3 1
Doctoral Supervision      
Doctoral Theses Examined 1   1
Doctoral Committee   1  
Post-Doctoral      

1. Master Thesis Examiner

  • Haitong Xu, MSc candidate, Computer Science: Differentiated Service for a Web Server Cluster April 23, 2002

  • Dan (Vicky) Liu, MSc candidate, Computer Science: Reliability and Quality Assurance of Wireless Network Software, April 2002

  • Prasad LLM TRIPS and Indian Compliance Queens University, September 2001(External)

  • Wayne Wilson, MSc candidate, Computer Science: K-Lattice world (KLW): A Tool to Explore Interactive Representations of Lattice Patterns, Aug. 2001

  • Laurentiu Spermezan, MSc candidate, Computer Science: Client-Side Real Time Protocols for Japanese and Dutch Auction, 2000

  • Yingjun Zhang, MSc candidate, Computer Science: Random Testing with Log File Analysis, 2000

  • Andrew Choi, MSc candidate, Computer Science: Delivering Adaptive Web Content Based on Client Computing Resources, 2000

2. Doctoral Thesis Examiner

  • Luiz Merkle, Ph.D Computer Science: Disciplinary and Semiotic Relations across Human-Computer Interaction, Jan. 2002

  • A Student, (name not recorded) Doctor of Juridical Science, Information Technology Law, University of Technology Sydney, 1999

3. Chair of Committees of M.Sc. Defence

  • MSc Defence, Chris Power, MSc candidate, Computer Science: The DNA Experiment Simulator, March 2002

  • PhD Defence, Ken Wilson, PhD Plant Sciences, Mechanisms of photostatis in the green alga, Chlorella vulgaris April 2001

  • MSc defence, Tamer Mahdi, MSc candidate, Computer Science: A Computational Approach to Lexical Functional Mapping, May 2001

  • MSc defence, Nabil Obeid, MSc candidate, Computer Science: On the Simplification of Tensor Expressions, Sept. 2001

  • MSc defence, 3 M.Sc. Theses examinations 2000–2001 (names not recorded)

  • MSc defence, 2 M.Sc. Theses examinations 1999–2000 (names not recorded)

B) Curriculum Development or Course Design

1. Developed new course Computer Science 854b Historical, Ethical, Political, Legal & Social Issues in Computer Science (with Maia Hoeberechts) 2001-2002

2. Developed and Designed new course Law 453a: Law and the Internet 2001

3. Developed and Coordinated new course Law 432 – International Intellectual Property Curriculum design, materials and online (WebCT) - (with Adams, Carmody, Trosow and Wilkinson) in 2001-2002.

4. Involved practitioners in simulations and development of Advanced Intellectual Property course (with Wilkinson) in 2001 and 2002.

5. Developed new Curriculum for Law 462 –Intellectual Property to facilitate change from 3 to 4 weight course. Created new materials (with Wilkinson) 2000–2001.

6. Curriculum development project for Communications, Information, Technology and Intellectual Property area of LL.B. curriculum for grant received Spring 2000; participated in development of successful grant application for 2001.

7. Member of the multi-disciplinary teaching team (14 from Ivey, 7 from Law) developing Ivey Business school’s HBA/MBA eLeadership pilot programme in 2000-2001.

  • Taught 3 Law area topics in multi-disciplinary teams

  • Co-authored a business case for use in this course

8. Developed and designed new course - CS333a Software Law, with entirely new materials, 1999–2002

9. Developed and designed new course Law 452y Information Law, with entirely new materials, 1999

 

OTHER SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  1. Oct. 2000-present, appointed to the College of Reviewers of the Canada Research Chair Program (i.e. those who review the nominee proposals from universities to fill research chairs under the CRC program), 

  2. July 2001, appointed reviewer for CFI

  3. Organiser and chair of a one day workshop at CASCON, the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies Conference, Toronto, November 13, 2001

  4. Attended Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference, Boston, March 2001

  5. Organiser and chair (with L Hoicka) a one day workshop at CASCON, the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies Conference, Toronto, November 13, 2000.

  6. Attended Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference, Toronto, March 3-9, 2000

  7. Mentoring Programme Workshop, January 30, 2001, Educational Development Office “The Development of a Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Dossier.”

  8. Member of Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

  9. Member of Association of Computer Machinery

  10. Reviewer for Ottawa Law Journal, Alberta Law Journal, McGill Law Journal, LexisNexis Butterworths Technology Law Forum

  11. Member of the Seldon Society

  12. Sept 2000, appointed to Editorial Board of LexisNexis Butterworths Technology Law Forum

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

  • “Issues in Information Technology” Invited talk to the Westmount Presbyterian Church Men’s Breakfast, Oct 14 2001

  • Providing commentary on a range of issues to newspapers and radio, including National Post, Globe and Mail, London Free Press, CBC, 6xNews, OSM, Windsor Business Journal, Chatham News, etc, 1999–

 


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Last updated on: November 10, 2002 11:22:31 PM