LALITA NARUPIYAKUL (After Apr 30, 2009) (Jan 15, 2008 - Apr 30, 2009) 61 Parkdale Ave Timberlea NS B3T 2H5 82 Brant Court Oshawa Canada L1G 4M8 PHONE: 1-902-489-9566 (mobile) PHONE: 1-902-489-9566 (mobile) E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected]

CURRENT STATUS

• Status: Canadian Permanent Residence

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Conduct research on Security, and Privacy Access Control System, Natural Language Processing and Speech Processing

• Experience in healthcare research and HL7

• Experience in developing research prototypes i.e. Web service for diabetic analysis, English-Thai pattern based machine translation, and Thai text-to-speech system.

• Skilled research involving voice applications

• Strong programming skills

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Computer and Electrical Engineering) Dec 2007 (Double degree program) King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand Dissertation topic: A Unification-based Focus System for Prosodic Analysis Supervisor: Dr. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul ([email protected]) and Dr. Nick Cercone Some Relevant Courses: Information Retrieval, Special Topic in Speech Processing, Research Methodology

Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science) Oct 2007 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Dissertation topic: A Unification-based Focus System for Prosodic Analysis Supervisor: Dr. Nick Cercone ([email protected]) and Dr. Vlado Keselj ([email protected]) Some Relevant Courses: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Analysis of Algorithms

Master of Engineering (Computer Engineering) Oct 1999 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand Thesis topic: The Phonetic Transcription of Thai Words Supervisor: Dr. Booncharoen Sirinaovakul ([email protected]) Some Relevant Courses: Digital Signal Processing, Computer Network, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphic, Image Processing, Computer Architecture

Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) Mar 1997 Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Some Relevant Courses: Statistics, Operation Research, Numerical Analysis, Complex Number, Vector Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Logics

TECHNICAL SKILLS Languages Proficient in C/C++, OOP, Perl, PHP, SWI-Prolog, HTML, and XML Familiar with Visual Basic, Java, WSDL, LISP, and Joomla Software Matlab, Minitab, MS Offices, OpenOffice, Flash, Apache Tomcat, Axis2, and Eclipse Database MySQL, XML Database (eXist), and Microsoft Access

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Operating System Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux (Ubuntu, Redhat)

Web Architecture SOA, and Web Services

WORK EXPERIENCE

Post-doctoral Fellow Jan 2008-Apr 2009 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Working on security and privacy system to support mobile web services and implementing a prototype for healthcare system supporting HL7 Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Patrick Hung and Prof. Jayshiro Tashiro

• Conducting research on privacy and access control modeling under supervision of Dr. Patrick Hung

• Write and present research results

• Work with internal and external research collaborators

• Provide supervisory guidance to undergraduate and graduate students

• Work on developing a Flash Clinical Simulation and other programming for the International Care grant under supervision of Dr. Jay Tashiro

Visiting Researcher Jul 2008-Aug 2008 Faculty of Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Project: Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Donation Service

• Developed a dynamic semantic workflow for a mobile blood donation form system based on Flash

• Published articles and conduct literature reviews

Teaching Assistant Jan 2008-Apr 2008 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Course: BUSI-2501U E-Business Technologies, MITS-5400G Secure Software Systems, and MITS- 6200G Ecommerce Infrastructure Security

• Hold office hours, tutorial sessions

• Invigilate midterm/final examination, and grade assignments/exam.

Web Developer Aug 2007-Oct 2007 Greenfield Research Incorporated Design company’s webpage with a simple content management system using PHP

• Designed a template using CSS and updated company’s website

• Created interactive slideshow by using Flash and designed a content management using PHP

• Prepared a manual to maintain the website

Research Assistant Sept. 2006-Aug 2007 Dalhousie University Conducting research on speech prosody area. The objective is to develop a system which can generate a variety of prosodic patterns of a sentence depending on a focus and speaker’s intention. Supervisor: Prof. Nick Cercone and Assoc. Prof. Vlado Keselj

• Reviewed and surveyed publications

• Published articles and conduct literature reviews

• Develop a Unification-based system for focus analysis to annotate prosodic patterns.

Research Assistant Sep 2003-Aug 2006 Dalhousie University Funded by PRECARN Project: Intelligent System Requirement for Cognitively Impaired Individuals. The objective of the project is to alter the course of the progressive loss of independence in people with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment by implementing intelligent systems technologies for use in everyday life. Supervisor: Prof. Nick Cercone and Assoc. Prof. Vlado Keselj

• Conducted research and explored a technology for impaired people who have Alzheimer disease

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• Designed system to facilitate caregiver to help impaired individuals

• Published articles and conducted literature reviews

Visiting Scholar Jun 2002-Aug 2002 University of Waterloo Conducting research on natural language and speech processing Supervisor: Prof. Nick Cercone

• Improved the Thai TTS system: Thai Speech Synthesis System

• Collaborated with AI laboratory at Mahidol University to build the prototype for the English-Thai speech translation by integrating these systems: the Thai TTS system, Microsoft speech synthesis (English) and English-Thai / Thai-English Machine Translation system. The project has been completed in 2005.

• Published articles

Teaching Assistant Jun 2000-Jun 2001 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Assisted and provided tutorial for undergraduate students in classroom and laboratory

• Course: Artificial Intelligence (CPE 488), and Analysis of Algorithms (CPE 603)

• Marking, prepared material and provided tutorials (SWI-Prolog)

Software Developer Oct 1997-Jun 2002 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Working at the Artificial Intelligence Center which focus on developing Natural Language Software for Thai Language Project: Thai Text-to-Speech System

• Designed and developed the Thai Text-to-Speech (TTS) System Using C++

• Consulted the experts or linguists to discuss and solve problems

• Published articles, and demonstrated the software in an exhibition

• Collaborated with company to test the Thai TTS prototype for mobile phone Project: English-Thai Machine Translation System

• Designed and developed the English-Thai Machine Translation System Using C++

• Collaborated with experts or linguists to discuss and solve problems

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Treasurer 2006-2007 Thai Student Association, Dalhousie University

Organizer 2003-2004 The Third Annual Dalhousie Computer Science In House Conference (DCSI 2004) The Second Annual Dalhousie Computer Science In-House Conference (DCSI 2003)

• Meeting, and prepared the artworks such as banner and tag name

Web Administrator 2003 The Second Annual Dalhousie Computer Science In-House Conference (DCSI 2003)

• Designed and updated conference’s website

• Developed the online registration, and updated the conference announcements

Web Administrator and Graphic Designer 2002 ITC-CSCC 2002 international conference

• Designed and updated conference’s website

• Designed any artworks for the conference such as logo, banner, letterhead, and etc.

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Secretariat and Web Administrator 2000 SNLP 2000 international conference

• Designed and updated conference’s website

• Designed any artworks for the conference such as proceeding cover, banner, letterhead, and etc.

• Organized information, sorted the documents, prepared contents for the conference’s announcement

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Program Committee

• The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008)

Journal Reviewer

• Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (2006)

Conference Reviewer

• The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008)

• International Conference on Management of e-Commerce and e-Government (ICMeCG 2008)

• The IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises (AMIGE’08)

• The Fifth International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing(RSCTC 2006)

• The Ninth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2006)

• The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2005)

• The 17th Australian Computer Society Australian Joint Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2004)

• The Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM'03)

• The 2003 Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics (PACLING'03)

Conference Volunteer

• The Conference on Engaging in Open Source (CeOS 06), Dalhousie University, Halifax, June 1-2, 2006.

• The 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2003), Halifax, Canada, Oct 13-16, 2003.

• The Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics Conf. (PACLING'03), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, August 2003.

• PRECARN IS 2003: 13th Annual Canadian Conf. on Intelligent Systems, Halifax, June 8-10, 2003.

Public Seminar, Guest Speaker, and Guest Lecturer

• “Overview Web Services”, Class: BUSI 3570U Server and Network Administration, Faculty of Business and IT, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada, Nov 10, 2008

• “Beacon Cloud: Mobile Blood Donation Registration Service”, Technology Showcase: IBM CASCON 2008, Sheraton Parkway North Hotel and Convention Centre, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, Oct 27-30, 2008 (Poster).

• “Web Service Used Case Study: the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Service in Hong Kong,” Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, Oct 21, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in Hong Kong,” Milescan Technologies Ltd, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, Hong Kong, Jun 2, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in Hong Kong,” Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, May 29, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in

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Hong Kong,” Department of Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 23, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in Hong Kong,” Department of Computer Science, Beihang University, Beijing, China, May 21, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in Hong Kong,” The 1st International Workshop on SaaS, Security and Applications, School of Software, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 17-24, 2008.

• “Privacy Access Control Issues and the Mobile Red Cross Blood Donation Registration System in Hong Kong,” Hong Kong Blood Transfusion Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong, May 15, 2008.

• “Demonstration: XML Database and Web Services”, Class: eBusinees Technology, Faculty of Business and IT, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada, Feb 26, 2008.

• “XML Securities: Demonstrate XML Signature, XML Validation and XML Encryption," Class: eCommerce Infrastructure Security, Faculty of Business and IT, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada, Feb 27, 2008

• “An Introduction to the LKB system,” Dalhousie Natural Language Processing Group, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Nov 28, 2005.

• “A Review of Prosodic Generation for Spoken Language Generation” Dalhousie Natural Language Processing Group, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Jul 13, 2004.

• “An Overview of a {Text, Document, Concept} to Speech System” Dalhousie Natural Language Processing Group, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Aug 6, 2003.

AWARDS

• Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship Sept. 2006-Aug 2007 Dalhousie University (18,000 $CAD/yr)

• Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Grant 2006 Dalhousie University (750 $CAD)

• NSF Grant for the Coling/ACL 06 2006 The US national science foundation (1200 $US)

• PRECARN Project: Intelligent System Requirement for 2003-2006 Cognitively Impaired Individuals NSERC (18,000 $CAD/yr)

• Scholarship, Royal Golden Jubilee PhD. Program 2000-2003 Thailand Research Fund (6,000 $CAD/yr)

• Scholarship, Dr. Stang Mongkolsuk Fund 1994-1995 Mahidol University, Thailand

PUBLICATIONS

Doctoral Dissertation

• Lalita Narupiyakul, PhD Thesis, A Unification-Based Focus System, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada, October 2007.

• Lalita Narupiyakul, PhD Thesis, A Unification-Based Focus System, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongut's Univesity of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, January 2008.

Master’s Thesis

• Lalita Narupiyakul, The Phonetic Transcription of Thai Words, Master's Thesis, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineer, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999.

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Journal Papers [1] Narupiyakul L., Keselj V., Cercone N., and Sirinaovakul B., Focus to Emphasize Tone Analysis for Prosodic Generation, In Computers and Mathematics with Applications, ELSEVIER SCIENCE, Volume 55, Issue 8, April 2008, Pages 1735-1753. [2] Narupiyakul L., Khumya A., Sirinaovakul B., and Cercone N., 2002, A Stochastic Knowledge-Based Thai Text-to-Speech System, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, ELSEVIER SCIENCE, NY, USA, Volume 42, Issues 1-2, July 2005, Pages 1-16. [3] Khamya, A., Narupiyakul, L., and Sirinaovakul, B., 2000, Thai Polysyllable analysis for Text-to- Speech system, KMUTT Research and Development Journal, Vol 23, No. 1, January-April 2000, KMUTT Print, Thailand. Conference Papers [4] Qianhui A. L., Herman L., Narupiyakul L., Hung C.K. P., A Rule-based Approach for Availability of Web Service, the IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008), September 23- 26, 2008, Beijing, China. [5] Lalita Narupiyakul, 2006, Focus to Emphasize Tone Structures for Prosodic Analysis in Spoken Language Generation, the COLING/ACL-06 Student Research Workshop 2006, July 17-21, 2006, Sydney, Australia. [6] Narupiyakul L., Cercone N., Keselj V., and Sirinaovakul B., Focus and Speech Act in Prosodic Analysis for Spoken Language Generation, In the 6th Symposium on Natural Language Processing, SNLP'2005, December 2005, Chiang Rai, Thailand. [7] Narupiyakul, L., Thomas, C., Cercone, N. and Sirinaovakul, B., 2004, Thai Syllable-Based Information Extraction Using Hidden Markov Models, the 5th International conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics (CICLing-2004), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Volume 2945, Jan 2004, Pages 537 - 546. [8] Narupiyakul L., Cercone N. and Sirinaovakul B., 2003, {Text, Document, Concept} to Speech: Proposed High-Level Unifying Architecture, Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics (PACLING'03), August 22-25, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [9] Narupiyakul L., Khumya A. and Sirinaovakul B., 2001, Syllable Segmentation by Using Markov Chains, International Symposium on Communications and Information Technology (ISCIT' 2001), November 14-16, Chiang Mai, Thailand. [10] Narupiyakul L., Khumya A. and Sirinaovakul B., 2001, Thai Speech Synthesis by Syllable Structure Analysis, Proceeding of RGJ Ph. D. Congress II, The Thailand Research Fund, April 20- 22, Chon Buri, Thailand. [11] Khamya A., Narupiyakul L., and Sirinaovaku, B., 2000, SATTS : Syllable Analysis for Text-To- Speech System, the 4th Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP 2000), May 10-12, Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel, Chiang Mai, pp. 336-340. [12] Narupiyakul L., Khamya, A. and Sirinaovakul B., 1999, The Phonetic Transcription of Thai Words, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligence Signal Processing and Communication (ISPACS'99), December 8-10, Phuket, Thailand.

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