University of Canberra : Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering : Wanli Ma

Dr Wanli Ma

Office: 11B44

Phone: (02) 6201 2838

Fax: (02) 6201 5231

Email: Wanli.Ma@canberra.edu.au

Mail:
Building 11, Room B44
Faculty of Information Sciences & Engineering
University of Canberra, Bruce ACT 2601

Research Area

Computer security
Intrusion detection
Artificial immune systems
Machine learning
Multiagent systems

Recent Publications

Ma, W., Tran, D,. Sharma, D., Lin, H. and Anderson, M. (2007) "Concurrent Programming with Multiagents and the Chemical Abstract Machine", Book chapter in the book Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques, pp. 26-47, 2007

Sharma, D., Ma, W., Tran, D., Liu, S. and Anderson, M. (2007) "MAITS: A Multiagent Based IT Security Approach", Book chapter in the book Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques, pp. 189-209, 2007

Tran, D., Ma, W. and Sharma, D. (2007) "Fuzzy Observable Markov Models for Pattern Recognition", Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence & Intelligent Informatics, Fuji Technology Press, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 662, 667, 2007.

Tran, D., Ma, W. and Sharma, D. (2007) "Handwriting Recognition Applications for Tablet PCs", Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence & Intelligent Informatics, Fuji Technology Press, vol. 11, no. 7, pp.787-792, 2007.

Ma, W., Tran, D. and Sharma, D. (2007) “On Extendable Software Architecture for Spam Email Filtering”, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, vol 34, no. 1, pp. 133-139, 2007

Ma, W., Tran, D., Sharma D. and Li, S. (2007) “Spam Email Categorization”, WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research, Issue 1, Volume 2, pp. 87-91, January 2007.

Ma, W., Tran, D., Sharma, D. and Li, S. (2007) “Hoodwinking Spam Email Filters”, Proceedings of WSEAS International Conference on Computer Engineering And Applications (CEA 2007), Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 533-537, January 17-19, 2007.

Ma, W., Campbell, J., Tran D. and Kleeman, D. (2007) “A Good Password, but What Is a Good Password”, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security”, ISSN: 1738-7906, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 179-185, Jan 2007.

Tran, D., Ma, W., Sharma, D. and Nguyen, T. (2007) “Possibility Theory-Based Approach to Spam Email Detection”, IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing, pp. 571-574, Silicon Valley, 2-4 November 2007, USA

Tran, D., Ma, W., Sharma, W., and Nguyen, T (2007) “Fuzzy Vector Quantization for Network Intrusion Detection”, IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing, pp. 566-570, Silicon Valley, 2-4 November 2007, USA

Tran, D., Haines, P., Ma, W. and Sharma, D. (2007) “Text-to-Speech Technology-Based Programming Tool”, WSEAS International Conferences, Lecture Notes in Signal Science, Internet and Education, pp. 173-176, Beijing, 15-17 Sep 2007

Tran, D., Ma, W., Chetty, G. and Sharma, D. (2007) “Fuzzy and Markov Models for Keystroke Biometrics Authentication”, WSEAS International Conferences, New Advances in Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, pp. 89-94, Beijing, 15-17 Sep 2007

Sulaiman, R., Sharma, D., Ma, W. and Tran, D (2007) “A Multi-agent Security Framework for e-Health Services”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Part II, 4693 Springer, KES 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-74826-7, pp. 547-554

Ma, W., Tran, D., Sharma, D. (2007) “Using Tuple Space to Coordinate Multiagent Activities”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Part II, 4693 Springer, KES 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-74826-7, pp. 589-596

Tran, D., Ma, W., Sharma, D. and Chetty, D. (2007) “Fuzzy Normalisation Methods for Typist Verification”, in Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, pp. 212-216, Hong Kong, 21-23 March, 2007

Ma, W., Tran, D. and Sharma, D. (2007) “On Extendable Software Architecture for Spam Email Filtering”, in Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, pp. 924-928, Hong Kong, 21-23 March, 2007

Ma, W., Tran, D. and Sharma, D. (2007) “Detecting Image Based Spam Email”, in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer, vol. 4413, pp. 168-177., 2007

Tran, D., Ma, W. and Sharma, D. (2006) A Noise Tolerant Spam Email Detection Engine. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing, Hobart, Australia, Dec 2006.

Campbell, J., Kleeman, D. and Ma, W. (2006) Password Composition Policy: Does Enforcement Lead to Better Password Choices? Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2006), 2006, Adelaide, Australia.

Ma W., Tran D., Sharma D. and Anderson M. (2006) Detecting Spam Email by Extracting Keywords from Image Attachments. Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid Information Technology, Cheju, Korea, Nov 2006.

Ma, W., Tran D. and Sharma D. (2006) Detecting Image Based Spam Email By Using OCR and Trigram Method. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Workshop On Visual Information Processing, Beijing, China, Nov 2006.

Tran, D., Ma, W. and Sharma, D. (2006) Fuzzy Normalization for Spam Email Detection, Proceedings of the Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS), Tokyo, Japan, September 2006, pp. 1505-1509.

Tran, D., Ma, W., Sharma D. and Liu S. (2006) Tablet PC Applications in an Academic Environment. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Theories and Applications of Computer Science (ICTAC), Vietnam, August 2006, pp. 121-134.

Tran, D., Ma, W., Sharma, D. (2006) Tablet PC-Based Handwriting Applications. Proceedings of the Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS), Tokyo, Japan, September 2006, pp. 1368-1373.

Tran D., Ma W., and Sharma, D. (2006) A Proposed Statistical Model for Spam Email Detection. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Theories and Applications of Computer Science, Vietnam, August 2006, pp. 15-24.

Sharma, D., Ma, W., Tran, D., and Anderson, M. (2006) A Novel Approach to Programming: Agent Based Software Engineering, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2006), UK. LNAI vol. 4253, pp. 1184-1191, Springer-Verlag.

Ma, W., Tran, D., Sharma, D., and Mathur, A. (2006) Using Windows Printer Drivers for Solaris Applications – an Application of Multiagent System. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2006), UK. LNAI, vol. 4253, pp. 1176-1183, Springer-Verlag.

Sharma, D., W. Ma, and Tran, D. (2005) On an IT Security Framework. Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2005), Melbourne, Australia. Springer-Verlag.

Ma, W. and D. Sharma. (2005) A Multiple Agents Based Intrusion Detection System. Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2005). Melbourne, Australia. Springer-Verlag.