Don Cowan
Professor
Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Don Cowan is a Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Dr. Cowan’s current interest in software engineering focuses on design and implementation of Web-based and mobile software systems, particularly in reducing the number of abstractions required to produce and validate such software. Reducing the number of abstractions will lower the technological barriers for individuals and organizations to build and maintain such software. This research has produced the Web Informatics Development Environment (WIDE) technologies and toolkit that have been used to create over 80 operational web-based and mobile software systems for many different partner organizations in areas such as volunteerism, environment, socioeconomic development, tourism, population health, aboriginal affairs, arts and culture, and built heritage. The partners with whom Dr. Cowan works very closely in requirements, design, implementation, deployment and maintenance, range from local NGOs, businesses, universities and research centres, to all levels and types of government including First Nations groups and the United Nations.
Publications
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Vahid R. Karimi , Paulo S. C. Alencar, Donald D. Cowan “A formal modeling and analysis approach for access control rules, policies and their combinations.†International Journal of Information Security.
