Dr. Lim Chia Yean Email: [email protected] Dr Lim Chia Yean is a first-class computer science graduate from School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2008. She received USM Fellowship Award to pursue Doctor of Philosophy in Information System Engineering and completed her PhD studies in 2016. At the same time, she also obtained Master of Arts in Management Studies from University of Hertfordshire. Dr Lim Chia Yean is currently the Head of Department at the Department of Computing in UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College. She teaches mainly courses in business information system, entrepreneurship and innovation, IT project management and various computing programming languages. She also embarks in research focusing on the areas of knowledge acquisition, data analytics, technology acceptance as well as gamification teaching & learning. She presented in various conferences such as Sixth Edition of the International IEEE Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (IEEE-RTSI 2021), Italy, Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC 2019), Korea, 1st International Conference on STEM Education (iSTEM 2019), Malaysia, and Asian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS2015). Her publications have appeared in IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems (ISI-indexed), Journal of Physics: Conference Series and Journal of Advanced Material Research. She had supervised more than 30 undergraduate and master degree students’ research dissertation. She also involved in employer projects and research collaborations with various research institutes and industry companies such as UTAR Research Fund and CREST-USM grant (with Keysight Technologies). She also involved in other grant research such as UOW Internal Research Grant Scheme, Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS) and Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) Cloud Computing Project. Dr Lim is also a certified Train the Trainer for adult learning and TRIZ (level 2). She was also a speaker for School of Computer Sciences Colloquium 2017, USM and is a consistent poster judge for the school’s Computer Science Masters Innovation and Demo event. Qualifications PhD Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2010 – 2016 Research Title: A Triad-based Contextualisation Approach for Understanding a Critical Issue Master of Arts in Management Studies University of Hertfordshire, 2012-2013 Research Title: An Exploration Study of Acceptance of Malaysia Small Medium Enterprise in Customer Lifetime Value Model Adoption Bachelor of Computer Sciences (Hons) Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2006 – 2008 Research & Publications Year Title 2021 Conference Proceedings Zhi-Hern, Teh, Chia-Yean, Lim, Sien-Yau, Chen, (2021). An Exploratory Review of Malaysian E-Commerce Merchants and Their Society and Industry. [Accepted: to be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library] 2019 Lim, C.Y. (2019). A Gamified Approach to Improve Student Learning Experiences on Blackboard Learn. Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC 2019), Korea. Lim, C.Y. (2019). Gamifying a Computing Program to Encourage Student Engagement. 1ST International Conference on STEM Education (iSTEM 2019), USM, Penang, Malaysia 2016 Lim, Chia Yean & Mohd Arshad, Muhammad. (2016). A Triad-Based Contextualisation Approach for Understanding of a Critical Issue in a Government Investment Agency. IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems. 136. 1753-1758. DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.136.1753. Lim, C.Y. & Khader, A.T.. (2016). A triad-based contextualisation approach for better critical issues’ decision making support. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11, 13129-13134. 2015 A Triad-Based Contextualisation Approach for Better Understanding a Critical Issue, 2015. Asian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS2015), Penang, Malaysia. 2012 Verification Mechanism for Online Responses in Criteria Prioritization, 2012. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Web of Science (CPCI/ISTP), Ei Compendex, Scopus, Inspec, Chemical Abstracts Service, etc), 2012, issue (275-277), page 2555 – 2559. A Methodology to Deliberate Prediction Criteria, 2012. Journal of Advanced Material Research (Thomson ISI cited index, SCOPUS, Ei Compendex, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Google Scholar), 2012, issue (130), page 1758-1761. Research Grant / Consultancy Project 2021 RESEARCH GRANT Title: Exploration of Big Data Analytic Method for Usability Evaluation on E-Commerce Website Duration: 2021-2023 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College Internal Research (RM10,000) Title: Stock Price Prediction using an Improved Deep Learning Model Duration: 2021-2023 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College Internal Research (RM10,000) co-researcher 2017 RESEARCH GRANT Title: Determinants of e-Commerce Continuance Intention among SMEs in West Malaysia: A Partial Least Squares Method Duration: 2017-2018 Sponsors/Grant: UTAR Research Fund (RM40,000) co-researcher 2015 RESEARCH GRANT Title: A Methodology for Reducing Test Time over the Product Lifecycle using Tune-up and Optimization Techniques Duration: 2013-2015 Sponsors/Grant: CREST-USM Title: An Exploratory Method for Detecting Inconsistent Online Responses Duration: 2013-2015 Sponsors/Grant: Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS) (RM90,000) 2010 RESEARCH GRANT Title: Cloud-based Customer Lifetime Value Prediction Toolset Duration: 2010 Sponsors/Grant: Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) Cloud Computing Project Academic, Industry and Ministry Appointments 2021 Appointment as Jury Invitation for Malaysian National Selection Stage of International Scratch Olympiad 2021 2020 Appointment as Panel Judge for School of Computer Sciences, USM – Computer Science Colloquium & Masters Innovation and Demo event 2018-2020 2018 Appointment as reviewer of IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, 2016-2018 2017 Appointment as forum speaker in School of Computer Sciences Colloquium, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017. Awards and Recognitions Invited judge for School of Computer Sciences, USM Computer Science Masters Innovation and Demo event 2018-2020 Invited speaker for School of Computer Sciences Colloquium 2017 Reviewer of IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, 2016-2018 Fellowship recipient for PhD study in Universiti Sains Malaysia USM School of Computer Science – 3 Minute Thesis Competition, 2015 – Third prize Star Education Fund scholarship recipient for Bachelor of Computer Sciences study