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Qualifications:
- BSc(Hons), Postgrad. Cert. in Education (HKU)
- PhD (Melb)
Teaching Areas/Responsibilities:
- HIT3657 Software Testing and Reliability
(2004)
- HIT1031/5031 Introduction to Software Engineering
(2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
- HIT3058 Software Engineering Projects
(2002 – 2004)
- HIT6031 Software Engineering
(2002, 2003)
- HIT2056 Software Project Management
(2002, 2003)
- HIT3045/8045 Personal Software Process
(2000 – 2003)
- HIT3056/7056 Software Engineering 1 (2001)
Research Interests:
- Software Engineering
- Software Testing
- Software Engineering Education
- E-Commerce
- Genetic Algorithms
- Object-oriented Programming
- IT in Education (Visual Basic or Java)
Research Projects and Grants Awarded
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National Competitive Research Grant Scheme -
Australian Research Council
-
Metamorphic testing: an in-depth study to enhance the
failure-detection capability of software testing without an
oracle,
T.Y. Chen and M.F. Lau,
ARC Discovery Project 2007,
Australian Research
Council,
2007 – 2011,
AUD$512,000.
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Fault based test case generation for Software,
M.F. Lau,
ARC Discovery Project 2005,
Australian Research Council,
2005 – 2007,
AUD$150,000.
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Swinburne University of Technology - Competitive Research Grants Scheme
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Improving testing efficiency via test case prioritization,
M.F. Lau,
Research
Development Scheme 2006,
Swinburne University of Technology,
Jan – Dec 2006,
AUD$29,948.
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Fault based test case generation from formal specifications,
M.F. Lau,
Research
Development Grants Scheme 2004,
Swinburne University of Technology,
Jan – Dec 2004,
AUD$19,359.
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Fault based test case generation for complex systems,
M.F. Lau,
Research
Development Grants Scheme 2003,
Swinburne University of Technology,
Jan – Dec 2003,
AUD$10,636.
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Faculty Internal Competitive Grants Scheme - Dean's Collaborative Grants Scheme
-
Verification of Software Architecture Design,
A. Tang, F.-C. Kuo, M.F. Lau,
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies,
Swinburne University of Technology,
Aug 2007 – Sep 2008,
AUD$45163 ($31614 from Dean's funding and $13549 from
CITR's funding).
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Noncompetitive Grants
-
WEB-BEAT: a WEB based Boolean Expression Automatic Test case
generator,
M.F. Lau,
School of Information Technology,
Swinburne University of Technology,
Jan – Dec 2003,
AUD$5000.
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National Competitive Research Grant Scheme -
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
-
Supplementing Black-box Testing with Logical Expression Testing
Strategy,
Y.T. Yu, M.F. Lau, and P.L. Poon,
HKRGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG) Project 2004,
Hong Kong Research Grants Council,
Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2007,
HK$509,121 (approx. AUD$95,000).
Research Publications
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Swinburne University coordinator of BSc(IT) Hong Kong Program (2006, 2007)
- Research Committee Member of the School (2004)
- Research Seminar Coordinator of the School (2004)
- Academic Advisor of all Graduate Diploma programs (2003)
- Deputy Program Manager of Grad. Dip. of IT (Internet
Software Development) (2000 – 2002)
- Deputy Program Manager of Grad. Dip. of IT (Electronic
Commerce Systems) (2000 – 2002)
Professional Membership:
- Member of ACM
- Member of IEEE
Professional Responsibilities and Services:
- Member of Centre
for Information Technology Research (CITR) (2005 onwards)
- Member of Centre
for Software Engineering (upto and including 2005)
- Member of Various Conference Committees
- Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC)
(Program Committee,
2001,
2005
and
2006)
- Asia-Pacific Conference on Software Quality (APaQS)
(Organizing Committee,
2000 and
2001)
- International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC)
(Publication Chair and Registration Co-Chairs,
Organizing Committee,
2007;
Publicity Chair, Organizing Committee,
2005;
Program Committee,
2006)
- Reviewer of ARC Grant Proposal
- Role: International Reader (an academic of
International Standing) (2005, 2007)
- Reviewer of HKRGC Grant Proposal
- Reviewer of various International Journals and Conferences
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