University of Wollongong

Faculty of Commerce


Dr. Zhaohao Sun

BSc, MSc (HBU, China), MSc (BTU Cottbus), PhD(Bond), MIEEE, MAIS

Lecturer in Information Systems

School of Economics and Information Systems   


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Background

Dr. Sun graduated from Hebei University, China; Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, Germany, and Bond University, Australia with BSc (Four years program), MSc, MSc (Dipl.-Math.) and PhD respectively. He also graduated from Goethe Institute Beijing (as the speaker of the first enrolled German class of the Institute (One year German program)), and Beijing Language and Culture University with German Certificate/Diploma (as the speaker for the Visiting Scholars German Class (One year German program)) respectively. Dr Sun worked, as a lecturer, at the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hebei University for many years and along with short teaching-related appointments at China University of Petroleum, Zhuozhou Campus. As a visiting scientist he worked in Operations Research, Fuzzy Logic and Systems with Professor H.J. Zimmermann in the Department of Operations Research, RWTH Aachen, Germany for over a year. During that time, he also studied there as a postgraduate student (Zusatzstudium) of Wirtschaftsinfomatik (Business Information Systems). He, as a research assistant to Professor L. Cromme, studied and worked in Applied Mathematics, Information Technology and Industry Optimisation at Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus for over two years. In January 1999 he received OPRS (or IPRS) and a full-fee academic scholarship and undertook his PhD research in the area of Intelligent Techniques in E-Commerce under the supervision of Professor Finnie, at Bond University  from May 1999 to December 2002. At the same time he worked  there as a teaching assistant and research assistant and along with a short teaching-related appointment at Australian Catholic University in Brisbane.  From January 2003 to May 2004, he worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Gavin Finnie at School of Information Technology, Bond University in the fields of Case-Based Reasoning, E-Commerce, Knowledge Management and Experience Management. He has been working as a Lecturer in School of Economics and Information Systems from 1 June 2004 on.  He is also a member of Decision Systems Lab, University of Wollongong, directed by Professor Aditya K. Ghose

Expertise

His primary expertise is teaching and research relating to Computer Science, Information Technology and Information Systems  such as Artificial intelligence, Object-oriented Relational Databases, Soft Computing, Data Mining, Software Engineering, Discrete Mathematics, Process Optimisation, Knowledge/Experience Management, E-Commerce/E-Business/E-Services, Information Systems Analysis and Design. Other areas of expertise includes higher education administration.

Dr. Sun has published more than 50 articles in refereed journals as well as national and international conference proceedings.  His research has appeared in Intelligent Journal of Intelligent Systems, Information Sciences: An international Journal Knowledge-Based Systems, International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems for Electrical Engineering & Communications, J of Computer Science & Technology, and J of Revenue and Pricing Management, etc.  He has also published two books, one of them was published at Springer Verlag. For detailed publications, please visit the  publication webpage of Dr. Sun.
 

Teaching Activity

Dr Sun  has taught/tutored many different subjects of Computer Science, Information Technology and Information Systems in China and Australia (For detail see Teaching in the past). He is teaching the following subjects in Information Systems:

BUSS926:   Decision Support Systems (Spring, 2006

BUSS 218:  Systems Design and Architecture (Spring, 2006 with Dr. Leone Dunn)

BUSS 911:  Intelligent Systems (Autumn, 2006, with Dr Sim Kim Lau)

BUSS929: Information Systems Research Methods (Autumn, 2006, with A/Prof. Rodney Clarke)

BUSS 218:  Systems Design and Architecture (Spring 2004, 2005)

BUSS 945:  Information Systems Projects (Spring 2004, 2005-Autumn, 2005, 2006)

BUSS 950:  Systems Development Methodologies (Autumn, 2005)

BUSS 211: Requirements Determination and Systems Analysis (Autumn, 2005) with Mr Jim McKee

BUSS 907: Fundamentals of E-Business (Spring 2005) with Dr Robert MacGregor

Supervision of Research Students

1. As Principal Supervisor

2. As Co-supervisor

3. As Mentor of Scholars

Current Research Interests and Consultation

Current Research Activities

Dr. Sun is working with other researchers to:

Current Research Partners

Research Projects involved

Professional Activity

Dr. Sun serves as an associate editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (the 7th, 8th and 9th edition). 

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    Reviewer or Referee for

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Conferences

    Examiner of Master/PhD Theses (thesis number)

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Contact via e-mail

zsun@uow.edu.au  
Phone: +61-2-4221 3752
Fax:    +61-2-4221 4474 
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Dr. Zhaohao Sun
School of Economics and Information Systems
Faculty of Commerce
University of Wollongong
Wollongong NSW 2522

Australia

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