Handbook of Research on Demand-Driven Web Services: Theory, Technologies, and Applications

Zhaohao Sun is currently a senior lecturer in Information Systems at the School of Science, Information technology and Engineering, University of Ballarat, Australia, and adjunct professor of Hebei Normal University, China. He worked as a full professor of computer science and technology and the head of the School of Computer Science and Technology at Hebei Normal University, China, for two years. Dr. Sun previously held academic positions also at Hebei University, RWTH Aachen, TU Cottbus, Bond University, University of Wollongong, and other universities. He has 4 books and over 110 refereed publications of journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His current research interests include intelligent information systems, e-commerce, Web services, case-based/experience-based reasoning, multiagent systems, Web intelligence, service computing. He is a PC member for dozens of international conferences, and a reviewer for many international journals. He is an associate editor of Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems. He is a senior member of ACS, a member of the AIS and the IEEE. John Yearwood is Professor and Dean of School of Science, Information Technology, and Engineering, University of Ballarat, Australia. His research spans areas of pattern recognition, argumentation, reasoning, decision support, Web services, and their applications. He has been chief investigator on a number of ARC projects in these areas. His work has involved the development of new algorithms and approaches to classification based on modern non-smooth optimization techniques, new frameworks for structured reasoning, and their application in decision support and knowledge modelling. Some important outcomes relate to the use of text categorization techniques for detecting drugs responsible for adverse reactions. He is currently an ARC research fellow working in the area of argumentation and narrative structures. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology. He has over 210 refereed journal and conference publications.