PhD Research

Currently progressing a PhD at Dept. of Computing, UCLan.  Involving full-time research into "Transformation and integration of heterogeneous information sources, using Ontological foundations and mappings, for Semantic Web retrieval".  Main research areas of examoination and review will be:

• Structural and Semantic Heterogeneity in Schema.
• Federated Database System Approaches:
  • loosely-coupled.
  • tightly-coupled.
• Mediator-Wrapper Architectures:
  • local-as-view.
  • global-as-view.
  • both-as-view.
• Information Brokering.
• Grid Computing.
• Ontology Structures and Development.
• World Wide Web and Semantic Web:
  • XML.
  • RDF and RDF Schema.
  • OWL.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems Design - First Class Honours.  Awarded July 2003, UCLan.  Modules:

• Program Design and Implementation.
• Problem-Solving for Computing.
• PC Internals.
• Web Application Development.
• Introduction to Systems Analysis & Design.
• Communication Skills and Integrative Case Study.
• Software Development.
• Human Factors in Systems Analysis.
• Rapid Application Development.
• Database Systems.
• Human-Computer Interaction.
• Integrative Case Study for Information Systems Design.
• Java Programming.
• System Concepts.
• Advanced Database Systems.
• Multimedia Design.
• Degree Project.