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)