Hong Guo
Biography
Dr Hong Guo is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Coventry University, UK. She received her PhD degree from Nottingham Trent University, UK, and her MEng Diploma from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and her BSc degree from Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
She has been working as a fulltime academic staff over 20 years in a number of universities worldwide, and received The Award of Excellence in Teaching at Henan University of Science and Technology, China, and has been awarded the Teaching Excellence Award at Coventry University, UK. She has made many publications in internationally recognised journals and conferences proceedings, and organised and chaired IEEE sponsored conferences.
Her current research areas include Software Quality Management, Software Process Assessment and Improvement, Object-Oriented Technologies, Intelligent Biomedical Systems, E-commerce applications, Distributed Systems, Information Security
Qualifications
- Pg.Cert., Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, South Bank University, London
- Ph.D., Software Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
- M.Eng., Solid Mechanics, Tsing-hua University, Beijing, China
- B.Sc., Engineering Mathematics and Mechanics, Henan University of Science and Technology, Henan, China
Research Interests
- Software Quality Management
- Software Process Assessment and Improvement
- Object-Oriented Technologies
- Intelligent Biomedical Systems
- E-commerce applications
- Distributed Systems
- Information Security
Selected Outputs
- Nguyen, T.D., Guo, H., and Naguib, R.N.G., and Wickramasinghe, N. (2011) 'A view of 21st century healthcare industry and software quality improvement practices'. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations 9 (2), 155-168
- Nguyen, T.D., and Guo, H. (2010) 'Avoiding Failure and Improving Software Quality for the UK Healthcare Sector'. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, 'SPICE 2010'. Held 18-20 May 2010 in Pisa, Italy
- Nguyen, T.D., Guo, H., and Naguib, R.N.G. (2010) 'A View of 21st Century Healthcare Industry and Software Quality Improvement Practices'. International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
- Nguyen, T.D., Guo, H., and Naguib, R.N.G. (2009) 'Twenty-First Century Healthcare Software Applications: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly'. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, 'SPICE 2009'. Held 02-04 Jun 2009 in Turku, Finland. 42-49
- Nguyen, T.D., Guo, H., and Naguib, N.G. (2009) 'A Suitable Software Process Improvement Model for the UK Healthcare Industry'. Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, 'CISSE 09'. Held 04-12 Dec 2009 online
- Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Philip, C.Y., Sheu, Li, X., and Guo, H (2009) 'The Formal Design Model of an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)'. International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence 2 (1)
- Nguyen, T.D., Guo, H., and Naguib, R.N.G. (2008) 'A survey of Industrial Experiences for the UK Healthcare Software Development Sector'. International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology 1 (3), 329-341
- Guo, H. (2006) 'Visual Material and Learning Aids in Teaching Object Oriented Programming'. Proceedings of The 7th Higher Education Academy-Information and Computer Sciences Annual Conference, 'The 7th Higher Education Academy-Information and Computer Sciences Annual Conference'. Held 29-31 Aug 2006 in Dublin, Ireland. 64-68
- Guo, H. (2001) 'Special Requirements for Software Process Improvement Applied in Teleworking Environments'. Proceedings of 2nd Asia-Pacific International Conference on Quality Software, 'APAQS 2001'. Held10-11 Dec 2001 in Hong Kong. IEEE Computer Society Press, 331-340
- Guo, H., Ross, M., King, G., and Staples, G. (2001) 'Issues Specific for Software Process Improvement in Teleworking Environments'. Proceeding of 7th International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems, 'OOIS’2001'. Held 27-29 Aug 2001 in Calgary, Canada. Springer Press, 425-434
- Guo, H., Ross, M., King, G., and Staples, G. (2001) 'SPITE: a Software Process Improvement approach for Teleworking Environments'. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Quality Management, 'SQM’2001'. Held 18-20 Apr 2001 in Loughborough, UK.
Selected Funding
- 2005-2006, Enhancing Computer Programming Skills by Embracing Personal Software Process in Teaching, Coventry University, £3,000
Selected Professional Activities
- 2007-present: Visiting Professor, Beijing Technology and Business University, China
- 2005: Conference Organising Chair, The 19th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWID 2005)
- 2005: Reviewer of IEEE international conference proceedings: The 19th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2005); The IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service (EEE-05)
Teaching
- Object oriented programming in Java
- Object Oriented Analysis and Design
- Software Quality and Process Management
