Dr. Fuhua (oscar) Lin
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty of Graduat
Centre for Science
Athabasca University
Canada
Biography
2016.01-present, Professor in Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Associate Dean of Faculty of Graduate Studies, Athabasca University 2010.7-2015.12, Professor and Chair, School of Computing & Information Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada Invited Researcher, Media Institute of Waseda University of Japan. 2007.10-present, Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada 2013.4 - present, Invited Researcher, Media Institute, Waseda University, Japan. 2000.10-2007.10, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada 2000.1-2000.9, Assistant Research Officer, Network Computing Group, Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada 1998.7-1999.12, Postdoctoral Fellow, Intelligent Systems Group, University of Calgary, Canada 1994.9-1998.5, PhD Student/Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, Virtual Reality Lab, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK, China 1982.7-1994.8, Teaching Assistant/ Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Software Lab Director, Applied Mathematics Department, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Research Interest
My current research interests focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) issues and AI technologies in Online Learning, which can be classified into two categories: the first is to build educational simulations or interactive environments, either Web-based or wirtual world based, to increase depth of knowledge or to provide access to labs. For example, my team has been developing Algorithm Visualization system (AlgoVis) to help students learn Data Structure and Algorithms. the second is to build games to increase student engagement. A project we have been working on is building QuizMASter which is a quiz game similar to a TV game show, where a small group of contestants compete by answering questions presented by the game show host. Currently, we use English learning as the testbed to test proposed new methods or developed tools
Publications
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Bo Wu, Xiaokang Zhou, Qun Jin, Fuhua Lin, and Henry Leung, Analyzing of Social Roles Based on a Hierarchical Model and Data Mining for Collective Decision-Making Support, IEEE Systems Journal, PP, 99, 1-10, January, 2015.
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Bo Wu, Xiaokang Zhou, Qun Jin, Fuhua Lin, and Henry Leung, Analyzing of Social Roles Based on a Hierarchical Model and Data Mining for Collective Decision-Making Support, IEEE Systems Journal, PP, 99, 1-10, January, 2015.
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Maiga Chang, Denis Lachance, Fuhua Lin, Farook Al-Shamali, Nian-Shing Chen, (2015), Enhancing Orbital Physics Learning Performance through a Hands-on Kinect Game, Education and Science. Vol 40 (2015) No 180 1-12
