Dr Patrick Then
Lecturer
Coordinator, IT Degree Program
Coordinator, Student Research

Qualifications

PhD (Information Technology), University Malaysia of Sarawak (UNIMAS)
MSc (Information Technology), University Malaysia of Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT), University Malaysia of Sarawak (UNIMAS)

 
Professional Membership

IEEE

 
Professional Services

Reviewer - IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
Reviewer - Springer-Verlag LNCS Transactions on Data Hiding and Multimedia Security
Reviewer - International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security 2005, Xi’an, China
Reviewer - Conference of Information Technology in Asia (CITA) 2007, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
 

Awards

2006 - 2007:

Internal research grant, Swinburne University of Technology Project 1: Wireless Mobile Community Project 2: Cardiac Mining

 
Work Experience

	2004 - present:	Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) Lecturer Final Year Project supervisor: Information System Project, Software Engineering Project Subject’s convener: Advanced Web Technologies. Software Development 2, Web Development, Introduction to Software Engineering, Operating System, Programming Concepts
	2003 - 2004:	CBS Professionals Lecturer ACCA Paper 2.1 Information Systems, CAT Paper 7 Planning, Control and Performance Management
	2002 - 2004:	Oxford Brooke University Thesis Supervisor BSc in Accounting
	2001 - 2002:	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Lecturer Algorithm and Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics
	2002:	FTMS Hong Kong Lecturer ACCA Paper 2.1 Information Systems stationed at Shen Zhen and Beijing, China

Research & Scholarship Interests

Journal

Then, H.H.P. & Wang, Y.C. (2007). Perceiving Digital Watermark Detection as Image Classification Problem, Journal of Information Technology in Asia (JITA), vol.2, no.1, ISSN 1823-5042, pp.1-22.

Book Chapter

Issac, B., Mering, J., Chiong, R., Jacob, S.M. & Then, H.H.P. (2007). E-learning Implementation and its Diverse Effects in "Information Technology and Economic Development". Ed. Kurihara, Y, IGI Global Publishing, USA, accepted for publication.

Conference/Symposium Proceedings

	Then, H.H.Patrick, Pui, H.H.Ondris, & Loh, C.S. Brian (2007). Momentary Content Management via General Packets Radio Service (GPRS) And Flash on Wireless Communication Devices, Proceedings of International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, Singapore, to appear.
	Valliappan, R. & Then, H.H.P. (2007). Intelligent Mammography System, Proceedings of IEEE TENCON 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, 30 Oct- 2 Nov, to appear.
	Then, H.H.P. (2007). Support Vector Machine and Hyperplanes in Digital Watermark Detection, Proceedings of IEEE TENCON 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, 30 Oct - 2 Nov, to appear.
	Then, H.H.P. (2006). Online Student Enrolment System. Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) Fall Conference, Edmonton, Canada, pp. 393-396.
	Valliappan, R. & Then, H.H.P. (2006). Novelty towards Wavelet Based Skin Disease Recognition and Detection System, Proceedings of the International Conference on Science & Technology: Application in Industry & Education (ICSTIE), UiTM Penang, Malaysia.
	Then, H.H.P. & Wang, Y.C. (2006). Support Vector Machine as Digital Image Watermark Detector. Proceedings of the IS&T SPIE Electronic Imaging (EI '06), San Jose, CA, USA, 6064-62.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2005). Perceiving Digital Watermark Detection as Image Classification Problem using Support Vector Machine, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Information Technology in Asia (CITA '05), Kuching, Malaysia, pp.198-206. Best Paper Award.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2004). Towards Generic Detection Scheme in Zero Knowledge Protocol for Blind Watermark Detection, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Watermark (IWDW03), Seoul, Korea, Springer-Verlag LNCS2939, pp.570-580.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2004). Towards using Neural Networks as Digital Watermark Detector in Zero-knowledge Proofs, Proceedings of the 1st Postgraduate Colloquium, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Best Paper and Best Presenter Awards.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2003). Towards Generic Zero Knowledge Protocol For Blind Watermark Detection, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA'03), Kuching, Malaysia.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2001). Towards Hybrid 2D Phase Unwrapping Using Fuzzy Clustering and Neurofuzzy Classification in SAR Application, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Intelligent Multimedia, Video & Speech Processing (ISIMP2001), IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing, Hong Kong, pp.271-274.
	Then, H.H.P & Wang, Y.C. (2001). Incorporating Hybrid Approach in 2D Phase Unwrapping, Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA'01), Kuching, Malaysia.

Newspaper Articles

Valliappan, R. & Then, H.H.P. (2007). Evolution of Mobile Phone, Borneo Post, 8 August 2007.