About

Dr David Chen is a lecturer in the School of Computing & Information Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He received his Bachelor of Information Technology degree 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 Computing and Information Technology

Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Griffith University, Nathan

Brisbane, Queensland 4111

Australia

Office: TEN 2.18 (Technology Building Nathan, N44)
Phone: 61-7- 3875 3675
Fax: 61-7-3875 5051
Email: -->D.ChenATcit.gu.edu.au<--

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Teaching

Courses

1104CIT - Programming 2 (2003-2005)
3571CIT - Distributed Multimedia Systems (2002-current)
1507CIT - Introduction to Computer Systems and Networks (Nathan and Logan) (2002-2005)
6102CIT - Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems (2003, 2006 - current)
3138CIT- Operating Systems (Nathan and Logan) (2006 - current)

I am also the First Year Advisor for Nathan campus.

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 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)

 

Magazine

• IEEE Distributed Systems Online: Collaborative Computing

 

Publications

 

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