About

Dr David Chen is a senior lecturer in the School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He received his Bachelor of Information Technology degree with Honours from Griffith University in 1995 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Griffith University in 2001. Before he rejoined Griffith University in 2002, he worked as a Technology Research Officer (team leader) and Software Engineer in a company called ActivSky Pty Ltd.

His research interests include collaborative computing, computer networks, cryptography, distributed systems, computer systems architecture, and multimedia. He has been conducting research in the area of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), particularly in collaborative editing systems, and is involved in the design and development of collaborative editing systems: REDUCE, GRACE, CoWord, and CoPowerPoint. He has co-organized a number of International Workshops in Collaborative Editing Systems and is currently serving as an editor of Collaborative Computing sub-area of IEEE Distributed Systems Online.

Contact

School of Information and Communication Technology

Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Griffith University, Nathan

Brisbane, Queensland 4111

Australia

Office: N44 2.18 (Technology Building, Nathan)
Phone: 61-7- 3875 3675
Fax: 61-7-3875 5051
Email: D.ChenATgriffith.edu.au

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Teaching

David is the First Year Advisor for School of ICT, Nathan (see First Year FAQ). He also organises the peer mentoring program for the School (see Why should I be a mentor?, Why should I be a mentee?).

 

Courses

1005ICT - Programming 2 (2008 - current)
1104CIT - Programming 2 (2003 - 2005)
1507CIT - Introduction to Computer Systems and Networks (Nathan and Logan) (2002 - 2005)
3138CIT- Operating Systems (Nathan and Logan) (2006 - 2007)
3571CIT - Distributed Multimedia Systems (2002 - 2008)
3611ICT - Distributed Interactive Systems (2009 - current)
6102CIT - Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems (2003, 2006 - 2007)
7001ICT - Programming Principles (2008 - current)

Postgraduate students

David Sun (BInf Honours, 2004), Jingzhi Guo (PhD, 2004), Ma Qian (MICT, 2005), Kapil Kelaiya (MICT, 2005), Qian Xia (PhD, 2006), Kai Lin (PhD, current), Wei Ren (PhD, current).

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Research

Projects

• GRACE - GRAphics Collaborative Editing System.
• REDUCE - REal-time Distributed Unconstrained Collaborative Editing System.
• CoWord - Real-time collaborative editing with MS Word.
• CoPowerPoint - Real-time collaborative editing with MS PowerPoint.
• CoGSE - Collaborative Genetic Software Engineering Editing System.

 

Conferences/Workshops

• The Tenth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM CSCW 2008)
• The 9th International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in assoication with ACM GROUP 2007)
• The Eighth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in assoication with ACM CSCW 2006)
• The Seventh Internactional Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM GROUP 2005).
• The Sixth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM CSCW2004)
• OZCHI 2003
• The Fifth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing (in association with ACM ECSCW2003)
• The fourth International Workshop on Collaborative Editing (in association with ACM CSCW2002)
• The Third International Workshop on Collaborative Editing (in association with ACM GROUP2001)
• The Second International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM CSCW2000)
• The First International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems (in association with ACM GROUP99)

David is also a frequent paper reviewer for CSCW, GROUP, CHI conferences, and Journal of CSCW.

Magazine

• IEEE Distributed Systems Online: Collaborative Computing

 

Publications

 

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