Our PhD students and their research
Listed below are PhD theses completed by past Information Systems and Operations Management students from 2014 onwards, including the name(s) of the supervisor(s) involved.
2024
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saima Qutab | Emergence of a Crowdsourcing Ecosystem for Knowledge Curation and Creation in the Cultural and Heritage Sector |
Michael Myers |
Lesley Gardner |
| Neda Pourreza |
Dynamic Server Assignment for Emergency Departments: Optimal Server Assignment During Non-Stationary Arrivals |
Tava Olsen
|
Cameron Walker |
| Aida Shams | Behavioral Enablers of Servers in Queueing Systems | Valery Pavlov
|
Tava Olsen |
| Sunny Kareem | Adaptive Sustainable Supply Chains in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environment | Timofey Shalpegin
|
Julia Fehrer Christina Stringer |
| John Cleveland Acuna | Strategic metrics for Emergency Department performance. Dynamic target to ensure quality of care and guided actions | Tava Olsen
|
Valery Pavlov |
2023
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na Luo | Reducing Food Loss and Waste in Supply Chain Operations- The Impact of Government Intervention and Consumer Behaviour | Tava Olsen |
David Robb |
| Ruhi Bajaj | Towards proactive and prescriptive health: Leveraging wearable technology for health monitoring |
Fernando Beltran
|
Rebecca Meiring |
2022
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norah Al Subait | Modelling and Monitoring Sustainable development Goals in Higher Education Institution: Proposing, Designing and Implementing a Holistic Strategic Framework |
Tiru Arthanari
|
David Sundaram Gabrielle Peko Anson Li |
| Hadwyn Ming Xi Chen |
Exploring the Soft Side of ERP Implementation— The Ren Wen Factor |
Tiru Arthanari
|
Gabrielle Peko David Sundaram |
| Shadi Esnaashari | New Insights on Students’ Perceptions, Motivations, and Learning Strategy Use to Inform Learning Analytics - through Self-Regulated Learning and Activity Theory | Lesley Gardner
|
Michael Rehm Tiru Arthanari |
| Mahsa Boroushaki | Sustainability and Supply Chain Trade-offs for Agro-based Products | Tava Olsen
|
Valery Pavlov |
| Mahmudul Hasan | Fighting an Infodemic: Managing Virtual Communities during Times of Disaster | Michael Myers
|
Cecil Chua |
| Tien Nguyen | Understanding Value-driven Consumption of UGC: UGC Values and UGC Perceived Helpfulness in The Online Marketplace | Arvind Tripathi
|
Ananth Srinivasan |
2021
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein Chegini |
Design and implementation of a Software System for Weed Monitoring and Clean-up |
Fernando Beltran |
Aniket Mehanti |
| Mengxiao Zhang |
Design and Secure Implementation of Private Data Query Mechanisms for Data Marketplaces |
Fernando Beltran |
|
| Khairulliza Binti Ahmad Salleh | Security Determinants in the Adoption of Big Data Solutions | Lech Janczewski |
Fernando Beltran |
| Mark Geoffrey Hoksbergen | Illuminating and Bridging the Vortex between Tacit and Explicit Knowledge: Counterbalancing Asymmetric Information in High-Value Low-Frequency Transactions | David Sundaram |
Gabrielle Peko Johnny Chan |
| Shahab Bayati | Understanding Socio-technical Aspects of Contributions in Online Open Source Community | Arvind Tripathi |
Ami Peiris |
| Tianyou Hu | Understanding the value of financial advice on social media | Arvind Tripathi |
Henk Berkman |
2020
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claris Chung | Sustainable Transformation of Individuals and Families | David Sundaram |
Max Rhode |
| Khairulliza Ahmad Salleh | Security Determinants in the Adoption of Big Data Solutions | Lech Janczewski |
Fernando Beltran |
2019
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Hong | Blended Learning in Higher Education: Understanding First-Year Undergraduates' Experiences | Lesley Gardner |
Don Sheridan |
| Mojtaba Mahdavi | Supply Chain Strategy: Further Development on how to Match Product Type with Supply Chain Design | Tava Olsen |
Valery Pavlov |
| Jose Arriola Ortiz | The Political Role of Social Media in Emerging Democracies | Arvind Tripathi |
Michael Myers |
| Udayangi Muthupoltotage | Understanding Informal Personal Learning Environments: An Exploration of Technology-enhanced Self-regulated Learning in Higher Education | Lesley Gardner |
Valery Pavlov |
| Andy Nguyễn | Learning analytics information systems for higher education: Design, development and implementation |
Lesley Gardner |
Don Sheridan |
| Cameron Taylor | System architecture for information visibility in humanitarian logistics: Innovative lateral information sharing in a low trust, high risk, volatile environment for coordination | Tiru Arthanari |
David Sundaram |
| Shandong Mou | Real-Time Labour Allocation in Retail Stores | David Robb |
Valery Pavlov David Sundaram |
2018
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foad Marzoughi |
Designing a Framework to Estimate Project Duration with Respect to Weather Risk and Creating a Navigational Support System in Benchmark Space: Applied in Construction Projects | David Sundaram |
|
| Hamidreza Shahbaznezhad |
Customer and Firm Interaction on Social Media Platforms | Arvind Tripathi |
Ananth Srinivasan |
| Sarah Sabbaghan | The role of computer-adaptive survey (CAS) in extracting customer feedback |
Lesley Gardner |
Cecil Chua |
| Valeria Sadovykh | Use of online social networks in decision making: the case of healthcare decision support networks | David Sundaram |
Arvind Tripathi Michael Myers |
| Xiaojing Liu | Robustifying Supply Chains against Corruption Risk: A New Zealand Dairy Industry Study Using System Dynamics | Tiru Arthanari |
David Robb |
| Ali Haji Vahabzadeh | Optimal Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Nurses to Patient-At-Risk-Team | Valery Pavlov |
Tava Olsen |
2017
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asfahaan Mirza | Te Reo Maori Revitalization: A crowd sourced preservation, curation and learning approach using ubiquitous systems and devices | David Sundaram |
Michael Myers Manuka Henare |
| Gabrielle Peko | Adaptive Enterprises: a roadmap, framework, architecture and implementation | David Sundaram |
Michael Myers |
| Michelle Soakell-Ho | Towards business intelligence in preoperative care: choice, care and communication | Michael Myers |
Douglas Campbell Karen Day Martin Orr |
| Xiaoyan Qian | Modelling Contracts and Incentives in Agricultural Cooperatives with an Emphasis on Quality and Financial Decisions | Tava Olsen |
|
| Radhouane Ben Neji Jrad | Roadmaps for Upgrading Unupgradable Legacy Processes in Inter-Organisational Middleware Systems: Concepts, Framework, Architecture, and Implementations | David Sundaram |
2016
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leila Etaati | A Journey from Chaos to Harmony: Design and Implementation of an Adaptive Tourist Recommendation System | David Sundaram |
|
| Quan Zhou | Managing the Medical Reserve for Emergency Response |
Tava Olsen |
Arvind Tripathi |
| Andrea Herrera | Resilient Organisations in the Cloud | Lech Janczewski |
|
| Parastoo Samiei Farahani | Understanding Online Reviews and Reviewers |
Arvind Tripathi |
|
| Ruilin Zhu | Pattern, Practice and Potency of Information Systems Security Research: A Methodological Perspective | Lech Janczewski |
2015
| Student | Title | Main supervisors(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Md Islam | Transport capacity improvement in and around ports: A perspective on the empty-container-truck trips problem |
Tava Olsen |
|
| Koteswara Ivaturi | Social Engineering - Emerging attacks, awareness and impact on online user attitudes and behaviours |
Lech Janczewski |
Cecil Chua |
| Xiaoyan Bai | Purposeful Visualization Systems | David Sundaram |
|
| Paul Braund | Silicon Valley's Online, Social, Entrepreneurial Enterprise Startups (OSEES): A Critical Research Study | Michael Myers |
David Sundaram |
| Ahmad Obidat | Toward Improving the Usability of Course Management Systems for Blind Users | Don Sheridan |
Ananth Srinivasan |
| Mali Senapathi | Understanding Sustained Usage of Agile Methodologies | Ananth Srinivasan |
Don Sheridan |
| Farhaan Mirza | Agent-based Modeling for the Analysis of Technology Introduction and Competition in Telecommunication Markets: Case studies of Fiber Optic Broadband and Wireless Markets | Fernando Beltran |
Lech Janczewski |
| Yu-Wei Hsu | Service Provision in Online Auctions: Understanding Repurchase Behaviours | Lesley Gardner |
Ananth Srinivasan |
2014
| Student | Title | Main supervisor(s) | Co-supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rizwan Ahmad | A Cloud Governance Framework for Cloud Computing: An Information Security Governance Perspective to Protect Cloud Users | Lech Janczewski |
Jairo Gutierrez |
| Shahper Vodanovich | Digital Native Well-being and Development in Ubiquitous Spaces | David Sundaram |
Michael Myers |
| Arzoo Atiq | Consumer Provider Interactions in the Design of Technology-Enabled Services | Lesley Gardner |
Anath Srinivasan |
| Yangyan Shi | Third Party Purchase: Effectiveness of Value-added Services by Third-Party Logistics Providers | Alan Stegner |
|
| Brad McKenna | An Exploration of Social Movements in Virtual Worlds | Michael Myers |
Lesley Gardner |
| Max Erik Rohde | The Missing Link: Towards Connected, Flexible, Open and Productive Systems for Knowledge-Driven Organizations | David Sundaram |