Dr Phoebe Teh
Senior Lecturer in Computing
My academic journey began with a BSc (Hons) in Remote Sensing. I gained a Master of IT from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2003 and a PhD in Management Information Systems from the Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2011. I hold a PGCert in Academic Practice from Lancaster University and I am also a Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE and Senior member of IEEE.
I began my academic career as a Lecturer in the School of Information Technology at UCSI University, later becoming Senior Lecturer and Head of the School of Information Technology. In 2012 I moved to Sunway University, where I also served as Head of Department of Information Systems. At Sunway, my research focused on understanding how social media impacts our lives, utilising Natural Language Processing to analyse user sentiment. This research can help, for example, businesses to understand what customers are thinking about their products or services can help detect fraud and protect individuals users and society against hate speech.
I have published over 80 research articles, book chapters and conference papers. My H-index currently sits at 16 and my i10 index at 22. In 2022 I was promoted to full professor at Sunway University, in recognition of my growing research output and the impact of research in academia, industry and wider society. Building on the synergy of social media insights and cutting-edge NLP techniques has enabled me to tackle complex societal issues with innovative solutions. From dissecting public sentiments to crafting data-driven strategies.
My research and teaching collaborations have taken me across much of Asia, as well as parts of Europe, the UK and the USA. I am conversant in 5 different languages, helping me to build multi-country partnerships to enhance student mobility and solve complex research questions.
Research Projects
My research interest in social computing lies in understanding the intricate dynamics of human interactions within digital platforms and virtual communities. I am intrigued by how individuals communicate, collaborate, and share information in online spaces. Exploring topics such as online social networks, sentiment analysis, and user behavior in virtual environments, I aim to uncover insights that can inform the design of more effective and user-centric social technologies. By studying the impact of social computing on society, privacy, and information dissemination, I seek to contribute to the advancement of digital platforms and their integration into our daily lives while addressing ethical and societal challenges.
Title | Role | Description | From/To |
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Mining Public Opinion on Plastic Usage and Reduction from Tweets using Sentiment analysis & Sequential Mining Approach: | Principal Investigator | To analyze Twitter data through sentiment analysis and sequential mining to gain insights into public opinions on plastic usage and reduction, informing sustainable initiatives and policies. | 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020 |
Online Safety and Youth Exposure to Cyberbullying in Malaysia | Co-Investigator | It involves surveying cyberbullying applications, understanding their workings, assessing the impact on youth, and proposing evidence-based solutions to promote online safety through collaboration with stakeholders and advocacy efforts. | 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018 |
Detection of User Opinion and Emotion in Online Product Reviews | Co-I | Focuses on developing algorithms and techniques to automatically analyze and extract user opinions and emotions from online product reviews. This work aims to provide valuable insights for businesses and consumers by gauging sentiment and sentiment intensity in consumer feedback. | 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017 |
Hate Speech and Profane words | Principal Investigator | Detection mechanism for hate speech and profanity in online content. Additionally, it seeks to visualize the global usage of profanity words, shedding light on online discourse trends and promoting more respectful and inclusive communication online. | 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017 |
Determine the weightings for each variable contributing to the overall sentiment value of expression (VoE) in global social products | Principal Investigator | The project aims to determine the weightings of variables influencing the overall sentiment value of expression (VoE) in global social products. Through rigorous analysis, it seeks to assign importance to factors affecting user sentiment, providing valuable insights for product improvement and understanding user perception across diverse social platforms worldwide. | 04/01/2016 - 30/06/2017 |
Detection of fraudulent scientific papers using computers to assess psychological cues to deception | Principal Invesitgator | The project focuses on using computer algorithms to detect fraudulent scientific papers by assessing psychological cues related to deception. It aims to develop a robust system capable of identifying dishonesty in research by analyzing linguistic and behavioral patterns, ensuring the integrity and reliability of scientific literature. | 02/01/2017 - 29/12/2017 |
Measuring User Sentiment: branding of products in Global Social Commerce | Principal Invesitgator | This project focuses on measuring user sentiment towards product branding in global social commerce. It seeks to analyze and quantify user perceptions, emotions, and opinions related to brand identity and its impact on consumer choices within the dynamic landscape of global social commerce platforms. | 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2015 |
User Sentiment Measurement on Mobile Platform Share and Re-share Perspective of Products in Global Social Commerce | Principal Invesitgator | This project aims to measure user sentiment regarding product shares and reshares on mobile platforms within the context of global social commerce. It seeks to assess how user interactions and expressions influence product dissemination, providing insights into the dynamics of social commerce and enhancing marketing strategies for global brands. | 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2015 |
Uses and implications of Facebook for teaching and learning in higher education | Principal Investigator | This research investigates the uses and implications of Facebook in higher education for teaching and learning. It explores how educators leverage the platform for instructional purposes, assesses its impact on student engagement and outcomes, and considers the broader implications of incorporating social media into the educational landscape. | 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2013 |
The Detection of fraudulent scientific papers using computers to assess psychological cues to deception | Principal Investigator | The project focuses on using computer algorithms to detect fraudulent scientific papers by assessing psychological cues related to deception. It aims to develop a robust system capable of identifying dishonesty in research by analyzing linguistic and behavioral patterns, ensuring the integrity and reliability of scientific literature. | 01/01/2017 - 29/12/2017 |
Publications
Year | Publication | Type |
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2022 | Sitting Behaviour in Home Working Environment and its Association with Back Pain during Pandemic in Malaysia, Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Ker Woon Choy;Yeh Ching Low;Pei Boon Ooi |
Other Journal |
2022 | Factors Associated with Adolescent Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Malaysia, Proceedings of International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022. [DOI] Pei Boon Ooi;Pridyadharshini Ahrumugam;Phoey Lee Teh;Nee Nee Chan |
Conference Publication |
2022 | Online Shopping Behavior during Pandemic, The 6th International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Angela Siew Hoong Lee;Jie Ying Teo |
Conference Publication |
2022 | Text Messages with Emoticons Analysis on Sentiment Tools, ICCDA 2022. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Wei Yek Lim |
Conference Publication |
2022 | Textual Variations Affect Human Judgements of Sentiment Values, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Paul Rayson;Irina Pak;Jessica Ho;Andrew Moore;Yu-N Cheah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2022 | Profane Words on Twitter: an analysis of the use of swear words in different countries, The 6th International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Chi-Bin Cheng |
Conference Publication |
2022 | CyberAid: Are your children safe from cyberbullying?, JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY-COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, 34. [DOI] Thun, Lee Jia;Teh, Phoey Lee;Cheng, Chi -Bin |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2022 | Analysis of Popular Social Media Topics Regarding Plastic Pollution, SUSTAINABILITY, 14. [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Piao, Scott;Almansour, Mansour;Ong, Huey Fang;Ahad, Abdul |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2021 | Direct least squares fitting of ellipses segmentation and prioritized rules classification for curve-shaped chart patterns, Applied Soft Computing Journal. [DOI] lat Long Lei;Phoey Lee Teh;Yain-Whar Si |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2021 | Reasons of Individuals to Trust What They Read on Social Network Sites, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh |
Book Chapter |
2021 | Five Hundred Most-Cited Papers in the Computer Sciences: Trends, Relationships and Common Factors, Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Peter Heard |
Book Chapter |
2021 | Pay to Play: Understanding Gamer, The 23rd International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Irina Pak |
Conference Publication |
2021 | Geographical distance and news diffusion associating with the sentiment of tweets: Case Study on London Bridge Attack 2017, IEEE Intl Conf on Parallel & Distributed Processing with Applications, Big Data & Cloud Computing. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Jin Quan Low;Yain-Whar Si |
Conference Publication |
2021 | GoVegan: Exploring Motives and Opinions from Tweets. , Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Wei Li Yap |
Conference Publication |
2021 | Customer Intent Prediction using Sentiment Analysis Techniques, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THE 11TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT DATA ACQUISITION AND ADVANCED COMPUTING SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS (IDAACS'2021), VOL 1. [DOI] Lye, Say Hong;Teh, Phoey Lee |
Conference Publication |
2021 | PolyAQG Framework: Auto-generating assessment questions, 2021 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING (ICOCO). [DOI] Tan, Tee Hean;Teh, Phoey Lee;Yusoff, Zaharin |
Conference Publication |
2021 | The Labour Market Under Consideration of the Technical Changes, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONLINE PEDAGOGY AND COURSE DESIGN, 11. [DOI] Sander, Tom;Teh, Phoey Lee;Mesquita, Anabela |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2020 | Hate Speech and Profanity Words, International Journal of Information and Management Sciences. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Chi-Bin Cheng |
Other Journal |
2020 | How Different Genders Use Profanity on Twitter?, Proceedings of the 2020 the 4th International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis. [DOI] Shang Cheong Wong;Phoey Lee Teh;Chi-Bin Cheng |
Conference Publication |
2020 | Viewing Airbnb from Twitter: factors associated with users' utilization, 22ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION INTEGRATION AND WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS & SERVICES (IIWAS2020). [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Low, Yeh Ching;Ooi, Pei Boon |
Conference Publication |
2020 | Relationships between emoticon usage and recipient groups in students' text messages, 22ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION INTEGRATION AND WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS & SERVICES (IIWAS2020). [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Boon, Ooi Pei;Gill, Colin M. H. D. |
Conference Publication |
2019 | Data Visualisation: World Happiness at a Glance!, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. [DOI] Lee A.S.H;Kudbyddun A;Phoey Lee Teh |
Book Chapter |
2019 | My Employer’s Prestige, My Prestige, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh |
Book Chapter |
2019 | Compilation of Malay criminological terms from online news., The Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS). [DOI] Ling Lee Chiew;Phoey Lee Teh;Sian Lun Lau;Irina Pak |
Other Journal |
2019 | Is Social Media Changing the Awareness of Individuals? , Proceedings of The International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences. [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh |
Conference Publication |
2018 | Multiple publications: The main reason for the retraction of papers in computer science. , Advances in Information and Communication Networks. [DOI] Mymoona Dawood Abdulmalek Al-Hidabi;Phoey Lee Teh |
Book Chapter |
2018 | A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Sentiment Tools and Human Coding in Sarcasm Detection, Journal of Systems and Information Technology. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Pei Boon Ooi;Nee Nee Chan;Yee Kang Chuah |
Other Journal |
2018 | Hidden Sentiment Behind Letter Repetition in Online Reviews, Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering. [DOI] Irina Pak;Phoey Lee Teh;Yu-N Cheah |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2018 | Text Extraction and Categorization from Watermark Scientific Document in Bulk, 2018 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS (ICCIA). [DOI] Chia, Wai Chong;Teh, Phoey Lee;Gill, Colin Mathew Hew D. |
Conference Publication |
2018 | Value of Expressions behind the Letter Capitalization in Product Reviews, PROCEEDINGS OF 2018 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (ICSCA 2018). [DOI] Pak, Irina;Teh, Phoey Lee |
Conference Publication |
2017 | Text Segmentation Techniques: A Critical Review, Studies in Computational Intelligence. [DOI] Irina Pak;Phoey Lee Teh |
Book Chapter |
2017 | Text Steganography using Daily Emotions Monitoring, International Journal Education and Management Engineering. [DOI] Sivabalan A. L Patiburn;Vahab Iranmanesh;Phoey Lee Teh |
Other Journal |
2017 | UNCOVERING THE SUPPORT AND TRUST IN EMPLOYMENT SEEKING PROCESS USING SOCIAL NETWORK SITES, NEW CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - 2017: DIGITAL ECONOMY. Sander, Tom;Sloka, Biruta;Lee, Teh Phoey |
Conference Publication |
2017 | Your social network profile reveals you, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 13. [DOI] Sander, Tom;Teh, Phoey Lee;Sloka, Biruta |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
2016 | Mobile Messenger Application: Sharing, Rating and Engagement in Global Social Commerce, Social Media and Technology. [DOI] | Other Journal |
2016 | Machine Learning Classifiers: Evaluation of the Performance in Online Reviews, Indian Journal of Science and Technology. [DOI] Irina Pak;Phoey Lee Teh |
Other Journal |
2016 | Utilization of Facebook by School Children in the Apprenticeship Seeking Process, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION . [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh;Biruta Sloka |
Other Journal |
2016 | Reversing the Polarity with Emoticons, NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, NLDB 2016. [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Rayson, Paul;Pak, Irina;Piao, Scott;Yeng, Seow Mei |
Conference Publication |
2016 | Lexical Coverage Evaluation of Large-scale Multilingual Semantic Lexicons for Twelve Languages, LREC 2016 - TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION. Piao, Scott;Rayson, Paul;Archer, Dawn;Bianchi, Francesca;Dayrell, Carmen;El-Haj, Mahmoud;Jimenez, Ricardo-Maria;Knight, Dawn;Kren, Michal;Lofberg, Laura;Nawab, Rao Muhammad Adeel;Shafi, Jawad;Teh, Phoey Lee;Mudraya, Olga |
Conference Publication |
2015 | Sentiment analysis tools should take account of the number of exclamation marks!!!, 17th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Application. [DOI] | Conference Publication |
2015 | The Use of Social Network Sites for the Employment Seeking Process, International Journal of Social Sciences. [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh;Biruta Sloka |
Other Journal |
2015 | A Reliable Method to Analyse Social Network Sites With Interviews. European Scientific Journal, European Scientific Journal. Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh;Sloka Biruta |
Other Journal |
2015 | User Preference and Channels Use in the Employment Seeking Process, Proceedings- 11th International Conference on Mangement, Enterprise and Benchmarking (MEB 2015). [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh;Melinda Majlath;Biruta Sloka |
Conference Publication |
2015 | Exploring the Distance, Location, and Style of "Selfies" with the Self-Pano Mobile Application, NEW CONTRIBUTIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 1, PT 1. [DOI] Lee, Teh Phoey;Kosasih, William |
Conference Publication |
2015 | Use of Social Network Site's Profile for the Employment Seeking Process, NEW CONTRIBUTIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 1, PT 1. [DOI] Sander, Tom;Teh, Phoey Lee;Sloka, Biruta |
Conference Publication |
2015 | Exploring fine-grained sentiment values in online product reviews, 2015 IEEE CONFERENCE ON OPEN SYSTEMS (ICOS). Teh, Phoey Lee;Rayson, Paul;Pak, Irina;Piao, Scott |
Conference Publication |
2015 | Identifying and Categorising Profane Words in Hate Speech, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2018 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTE AND DATA ANALYSIS (ICCDA 2018). [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Cheng, Chi-Bin;Chee, Weng Mun |
Conference Publication |
2014 | A Concept to Measure Social Capital in Social Network Sites, International Journal of Future Computer and Communication. | Other Journal |
2014 | Determining the indicators of social capital theory to social network sites, 2014 3rd International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr). [DOI] Tom Sander;Phoey Lee Teh |
Conference Publication |
2014 | Mobile-Assisted Instructional for Domestic Maid (MAID), Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology . Phoey Lee Teh;Muketha G M |
Other Journal |
2014 | SMARTPLS FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES FIELD TO EVALUATE A MODEL, NEW CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - 2014. Sander, Tom;Lee, Teh Phoey |
Conference Publication |
2014 | The Intention to Share and Re-Shared among the Young Adults towards a Posting at Social Networking Sites, NEW PERSPECTIVES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 1. [DOI] Teh, Phoey-Lee;Huah, Lim Paul;Si, Yain-Whar |
Conference Publication |
2013 | Employment Seeking Under Consideration of Social Capital on Social Network Sites, ACIS 2013 PROCEEDINGS. [DOI] Tom Sander;Christie Pei-Yee chin;Phoey Lee Teh |
Conference Publication |
2013 | Self-Portrait Images for Mobile Application, ADVANCES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES. [DOI] Lee, Teh Phoey;Kabbany, Nael;Jun, Chan Kei |
Conference Publication |
2011 | Generation of a template for usage point determination in facebook, WORLD CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (WCIT-2010). [DOI] Teh, Phoey Lee;Batch, Yamen;Ji, Ma Ling |
Conference Publication |
2011 | MTag: A model to enable collaborative medical tagging in medical blogs, WORLD CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (WCIT-2010). [DOI] Batch, Yamen;Yusof, Maryati Mohd;Noah, Shahrul Azman Mohd;Lee, Teh Phoey |
Conference Publication |
2009 | User Assisted Keyword Search on RSS Synthesizer for Relevant Weblogs, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology. Phoey Lee Teh;Abdul Azim Abd Ghani;Hamidah Ibrahim;Rodziah Atan |
Other Journal |
2009 | Coalescence of XML-based really simple syndication (RSS) aggregator for blogosphere, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia. [DOI] Phoey Lee Teh;Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani;Hamidah Ibrahim;Rodziah Atan |
Conference Publication |
2008 | Survey on application tools of Really Simple Syndication (RSS): A Case Study at Klang Valley, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2008, VOLS 1-4, PROCEEDINGS. Lee, Teh Phoey;Ghani, Abdul Azim Abdul;Huang, Chan Yu |
Conference Publication |
2008 | Natural Language Web Application (NLWA) for Search Engine, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security . Phoey Lee Teh;Yee Teng Tan |
Other Journal |
Honors and Awards
Date | Title | Awarding Body |
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2018 | Senior IEEEE member | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2011 | Gold Medal Award for PhD Research Innovation & Invention Exbition | Research Innovation & Invention Exhibition 2011, UPM |
2022 | Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) | Advanced HE (UK) |
Professional Associations
Association | Function |
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Senior Member |
Employment
Employer | Position | From/To |
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Sunway University | Professor | 2022 - 2022 |
Sunway University | Associate Professor | 2015 - 2021 |
UCSI University | Senior Lecturer/HoD | 2009 - 2012 |
UCSI University | Lecturer | 2003 - 2009 |
Sunway University | Senior Lecturer/HoD | 2012 - 2014 |
Education
Institution | Qualification | Subject | From/To |
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University Putra Malaysia | PhD | Management Information Systems | 2007 - 2011 |
University of Science Malaysia | MSc in Information Technology | Information Technology | 2002 - 2003 |
University of Technology, Malaysia | Bsc (Hons) Remote Sensing | Remote Sensing | 1998 - 2002 |
Lancaster University | PGCert Academic Practice (International) | Teaching Professional | 2018 - 2018 |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
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Mandarin | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency |
cantonese | Limited Working Proficiency | Limited Working Proficiency | Limited Working Proficiency |
English | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency |
Japanese | Limited Working Proficiency | Limited Working Proficiency | Elementary Proficiency |
Malay | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency |
Journal Reviewer or Editor
Journal Name | Activity |
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Journal Information Processing and Management | Peer Reviewer |
Journal of Journal of Information and Communication Technology | Peer Reviewer |
International Journal of Web Information System | Peer Reviewer |
International Journal of Operations and Production Management | Peer Reviewer |
Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking | Peer Reviewer |
Outreach Activities
Title | Description | Organisation |
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Guest Speaker & research collaboration to Tamkang University | Guest speaker and research collaboration | Tamkang University |
Panel and Speaker for Belt and Road Initiative | panel and guest speaker about research sharing and cultural exchange. | Lancaster University Confucius Institute |
Guest Speaker at Chung Yuan University | Guest Speaker at Chung Yuan University | Chung Yuan University |
Guest Speaker for Workshop Series in Social Data Analytics theme, to Yuen Ze University, Taiwan (Online). | Conduct a series of 4 days of workshop on Social Data Analytics theme. | |
Guest Speaker to a seminar at UCREL, Lancaster University, UK. (Twitter LIVE) | Public opinion mining: analysing comments and reviews http://ucrel.lancaster.ac.uk/crs/presentation.php?id=221 | University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language Computing & Communications | Linguistics and English Language |
Guest Speaker at Aletheia University | Guest Speaker and research collaboration | Aletheia University |
Programs/ Modules Coordinated
Title | Subject |
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Dissertation Project | COM 752 |
Advanced Data Structure and Algorithm | COM713 |
Data Analysis and Visualization | COM 712 |
Machine Learning | COM 714 |
Advanced Data Structure and Algorithm | COM 713 |
Data Structure and Algoritm | COM 539 |
Database Systems and Data Analytics | COM 736 |