1992-1997

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (also affiliated with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization)
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering (awarded Oct 1998).

1988-1991

University of Sydney
BSc (Hons) First Class in Computer Science with a second major in Physics (awarded 1992).

2006 - Present

Associate Professor and Programme Leader
Computing Programmes
School of Science and Technology,
The Open University of Hong Kong.

2000 - 2006

Assistant Professor
Computing Programmes
School of Science and Technology,
The Open University of Hong Kong.

1998 - 2000

Research Scientist (Senior Defence Scientist Grade)
Professional Officer (May 1998 to Jan 1999)
Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO),
Department of Defence, Australia.

1997 - 1998

Research Assistant
School of Civil Engineering,
Australian Defence Force Academy,
University of New South Wales, Canberra

Online and Electronic Learning

Text Mining

Artificial Intelligence for Education

Web Engineering

Refereed/Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters

A.K. Lui, Y.H.Y. Cheung, S.C. Li (2008). "Leveraging Students' Programming Laboratory Work as Worked Examples", SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads, Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group Computer Science Education, 40(2), pp. 69-73.

A.K. Lui, P. Tsang, R. Kwan, S.C. Ng, S.O. Choy, Y.H.Y. Cheung, (2007). "A Study on Knowledge Contributing Students in Computer Conferences", Enhancing Learning Through Technology, P. Tsang, R. Kwan, and R. Fox eds., pp. 136-145, World Scientific Publishing, [ISBN 978-981-270-558-7]

A.K. Lui, P. Tsang, R. Kwan, S.C. Ng, Y.H.Y. Cheung, S.O. Choy, (2007). "An Evaluation Framework of Expertise Presence in Computer Conferences", British Journal of Educational Technology, 38(6), pp. 1020-1036.

A.K. Lui, S.O. Choy, Y.H.Y. Cheung, S.C. Li, (2006). "A Study on the Perception of Students towards Educational Weblogs", International Journal of Informatics in Education, 5(2), pp. 233-254.

S.C. Li, N. Law, K.F.A. Lui, (2006). "Cognitive perturbation through dynamic modelling: a pedagogical approach to conceptual change in science", Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 22(6), pp. 405 - 422, Dec 2006.

R. Kwan, J. Chan, A. Lui, and P. Tsang (2005), "Strategic Revitalization of Student Counselling Through Six Sigma", Quality Management: A New Era, World Scientific Publishing, pp. 51-62, 2005.

R. Kwan, J. Chan, and A. Lui (2004) "Reaching an ITopia in Distance Learning-A Case Study", AACE Journal, formerly Educational Technology Review 12(2), pp. 171-187, 2004.

A.K. Lui, R. Kwan, M. Poon, H.Y. Cheung (2004) "Saving Weak Programming Students: Applying Constructivism in a First Programming Course", SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads, Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group Computer Science Education, 36(2), pp. 72-76, 2004.

A.K. Lui, M. Poon, and R. Kwan, (2004) "Confidence Building in an Open and Distance Learning Introductory Programming Course: The Perform Approach", Distance Education and Technology: Issues and Practice, D. Murphy et. al. eds., Open University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 352-365, 2004.

A.K. Lui, R. Kwan, and C.F. Lai, (2004) "A Learning Thermometer: Improving Visibility of Learning Activities in Online Discussion Forums", Distance Education and Technology: Issues and Practice, D. Murphy et. al. eds., Open University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 293-307, 2004.

A.K. Lui, and S.C. Li, (2002) "Patterns of Web Based Learning in the Semantic Web Era", Web-based Learning: Men & Machines, R. Kwan & J. Chan eds. World Scientific Publishing, pp. 123-134. [ISBN 981-238-126-0]

T. Webb and A. Lui (1998), "An Electronic Text for Environmental Engineering", Uniserve Science, Volume 11, pp. 36-38, Nov 1998.

Presentation

A.K. Lui (2006), "Building Online Courses around Social Software: A Technological Aspect", presented at the HKBU - University of Joensuu - HKBU Joint Symposium, Hong Kong International IT in Education Conference, Hong Kong, Feb 2006.

Refereed Conference Papers

A.K. Lui, S.C. Li, S.O. Choy, (2007) "An Evaluation of Automatic Text Categorization in Online Discussion Analysis", In Proceedings of 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), Niigata, July 18-20, 2007, pp. 205 - 209, IEEE Computer Society.

S.O. Choy, A.K. Lui (2006), "Web Information Retrieval in Collaborative Tagging Systems", In Proceeding 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2006 Main Conference Proceedings)(WI'06), pp. 352-355, December 2006.

A.K. Lui, Y.H.Y. Cheung, R. Kwan (2005), "Social Capital Creation and Reciprocity in Online Learning Platforms", presented at the 4th International Conference on Web Based Learning (ICWL 2005), Hong Kong, Aug 2005.

P. Tsang, R. Kwan, A.K. Lui, H. Lo (2005), "Webits and Quality Control in Marking of Examination Scripts", presented at the 4th International Conference on Web Based Learning (ICWL 2005), Hong Kong, Aug 2005.

A.K. Lui, R. Kwan, S.C. Li (2005). "An Advanced Organizer for Asynchronous Discussion Forum", in Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Conference in Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2005), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 2005.

R. Kwan, P. Tsang, A.K. Lui (2005). "Presenting a Course Entirely Through the Web", in Proceedings of International Association for Computer Information Systems Pacific Conference 2005 (IACIS 2005), Taipei, May, 2005.

R. Kwan, J. Chan, and A. Lui (2005). "Application of Six Sigma Methodologies in Student Advising", in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Quality Management and Six Sigma, Hong Kong, Jan. 2005.

A.K. Lui, R. Kwan, S.O. Choy, S.C. Ng (2004). "A Presentation Platform for Interacting Learning Content", in Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2004), Melbourne, 2004.

A.K. Lui M. Poon, R. Kwan, H.Y. Cheung (2003) "Programming for All: Constructivism in Rethinking Introductory Programming Course Design", International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2003), Hong Kong, China, 930 - 934, December 2003.

A.K. Lui, R. Kwan, and C.F. Lai, (2003) "Visualizing Student and Instructor Interactions in Asynchronous Discussion", International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2003), Hong Kong, China, 341-345, December 2003.

S.C. Li, A. Lui,, (2003) "MindNet: A Web-based Collaborative Concept-Mapping Environment to Support Knowledge Co-construction", in Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2003), Hong Kong, 2003.

M.J. Owen, A.K. Lui, E.H.S. Lo, and M.W. Grigg, (2001) "The Design and Implementation of a Progressive On-demand Image Dissemination System for Very Large Images", in Proceedings of Australian Computer Science Conference (ACSC 2001), 2001.

A.K. Lui, M.W. Grigg, T.A. Au and M.W. Owen (2000), "An Information-centric Application Framework for Streaming Data", presented at the International Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications, OOPSLA 2000.

R. Prandolini, T.A. Au, A.K. Lui, M.W. Owen and M.W. Grigg (2000), "Use of UDP for Efficient Imagery Dissemination", in Proceedings of Visual Communication 2000, VCIP 2000, SPIE, Jun 2000, Perth.

A.K. Lui, M.W. Grigg and M.J. Owen (1999), "Developing Quality of Service Capabilities in Distributed Imagery Dissemination Services", Proceedings of International Computer Science Conference (ICSC 99), Dec 1999, Hong Kong.

M.W. Grigg, P.J. Whitbread, C.G. Irving, A.K. Lui and R. Jana (1999), "Component Based Architecture for a Distributed Imagery Library System", Proceedings of International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS 99), July 1999, Japan.

P.J. Coddington et. al. (1999), "Interfacing to On-line Geospatial Imagery Archive", Proceedings of Australiasian and Regional Information Systems Association Conference (AURISA 99), Nov 1999, Leura.

T. Webb, A. Lui and I. Shepherd (1999), "The use of Matlab in Teaching Coastal Environmental Engineering", Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, pp. 715-719, Feb 1999, Perth.

T. Webb and A.K. Lui (1999), "An Interactive Environmental Engineering Teaching Tool", Proceedings of 11th Conference of Engineering Education, Sept 1999, Adelaide.

A.K. Lui and D. Bone (1996). "Graphical Raster Based Data Editors". In Proceedings of the 19th Australian Computer Science Conference, Melbourne, Jan. 1996.

A.K. Lui and D. Bone (1996). "Integrating Graphical Editing into Sparse Data Interpolation using Non-Uniform Thin-plate Splines". In Proceedings of International Conference on Visual Information Systems, Melbourne, 1996.

Textbook and Thesis

A.K. Lui and R. Kwan, (2004) "Computer Programming and Problem Solving", with R. Sharman, S.O. Choy eds., OUHK.

A.K. Lui (1997), "An interactive approach to Spatial Data Modelling", PhD Thesis, Australian National University, July 1997.

Conference Papers and Technical Reports

R. Kwan, A. Lui, & J. Chan (2004). "Online Course Selection and Planning for Students in an Open and Distance Environment", in Proceedings of AAOU 2004 (Asian Association of Open Universities), Shanghai, China.

A.K. Lui, M.W. Grigg, T.A. Au, M.J. Owen (2000), "Component Based Application Framework for Systems Utilising the Streaming Data Passing Semantic", In Proceedings 37th International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS-37), Nov 2000, Sydney.

M.W. Grigg, A.K. Lui, S.P. James, M.J. Owen and Edward. H. S. Lo (2000), "Distributed Imagery Library Systems Using Java and CORBA", Proceedings of JavaAus/Evolve 2000, Feb 2000, Sydney.

R. Prandolini, M. Grigg and A. Lui (1999), "On EBCOT and JPEG 2000 for the Dissemination of Surveillance Imagery", Proceedings of Visual Information Processing Workshop (VIP 99), Nov 1999, Sydney.

A.K. Lui and D.J. Miron (1999), "Issues Concerning the Development of a CORBA Trading Service", DSTO-TR-0841, July 1999, DSTO.

A.K. Lui and D. Bone (1995). "Novel Approach to Interactive Editing of Raster Based Data", In Proceedings of SPIE Conference: Visual Data Exploration and Analysis II, San Jose, Feb. 1995.