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Professor Ah-Lian Kor

Professor

Dr Ah-Lian Kor is part of Leeds Beckett MSc Sustainable Computing Curriculum Development Team. She has been involved in several EU projects for Green Computing, Innovative Training Model for Social Enterprises Professional Qualifications, and Integrated System for Learning and Education Services. She has published work on ontology, Semantics Web, Web Services, Portal and semantics for GIS. She is active in AI research and has developed an intelligent map understanding system and reasoning system.

She is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Web Portals; a member of IQN (international quality network for spatial cognition); sits on many international conference program/technical committees (e.g. IEEE Cloud Computing, Cyberlaws Conference, ICT-EurAsia, etc.); an active paper reviewer for journals and conferences (e.g. AMCIS, International Journal of Emergency Services, Inderscience journal, etc.); Editorial Advisory Board Member for International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems and International Journal on Advances in Security; an associate member of the EPSRC funded e-GISE (e-Government and System Evaluation) Network) and has helped organise an international workshop (eGOV05) for the network.

Current Teaching

MSc Green Computing modules: ICT & Environment, Green Computing Technologies, Responsibly Green
Masters Degree Modules: Digital Media Communications, Research Practice, Dissertations
Level 6: AI in Business, Research Project, Project Implementation and Evaluation
Level 4: Web Development

Research Interests

Applied Research

Dr Kor designed, implemented and evaluated interactive simulations, investigated reasoning and learning styles adopted by users when they interact with computer learning systems. She has modelled qualitative understanding based on semantic networks, causal maps, and also conceptual change based on analysis of search space (General Problem Solver Model). She has used prolog to develop a prototype which uses qualitative spatial reasoning techniques to identify road junctions: T, Y or V, and X in a digitised vector map; developed a knowledge base with reasoning capability for cardinal directions.

Dr Kor conducted statistical tests (e.g. Chi Square, Correlation, ANOVA, etc...) on collected survey data through CHALCS, a community project in Leeds. For the MOSE project, quantitative analyses (e.g. multiple regression, correlation, ANOVA, and t-test) have been conducted on data collected through online questionnaires. She has guided students in the development of expert systems for a local power station and intelligent control as well as monitoring system for a data centre.

Theoretical Research

Dr Kor co-developed the Horizontal and Vertical Constraints Model and an Expressive Hybrid Model for the reasoning of cardinal direction relations between regions. This entailed formalising definitions for the following: atomic binary cardinal relations, whole and part cardinal relations, weak and expressive relations. Dr Kor introduced a formula which could compute the composition of cardinal direction relations for whole or part regions. Composition tables are used as part of the inference engine in the reasoning systems.

Applied information systems development life cycle, knowledge management life cycle, organisational learning, and mapping techniques (e.g. conversation, UML and states, and causal mapping) to develop an integrated framework (CARE: Continuous Adaptable Reflective Evaluation) for evaluating e-government systems (Systems Evaluation Life Cycle, SELC; Reflective Evaluative Methodology, REM; Integrated methodology (SSM, HSM, and Research Methodologies).

Based on the action research cycle and innovation theories, a conceptual action-oriented Innovation Model is built. It aims to be used as a guide for the implementation of an innovation process that could bring about transformation and also for the evaluation of an organisation's innovation activeness. A novel PPT (People, Process, Technology) Innovation Value Model is built to guide the evaluation of innovation value in the public sector. Dr Kor developed a calculi for the conversion of information to knowledge (and vice versa), and constructed a novel Information and Knowledge Management System which aims to unify the various epistemologies and contemporary models for knowledge.

School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing

Selected Outputs

Cristea V; Pattinson C; Kor A (2018) Mobile Phones and Energy consumption. In: Kharchenko V; Kontradenko Y; Kacprzyk J ed. Green-IT Engineering: Social, Business and Industrial Applications. Springer, pp. 243-271.
Iqbal A; Pattinson C; Kor A-L (2017) Introducing Controlling Features in Cloud Environment by Using SNMP. In: Green IT Engineering: Concepts, Models, Complex Systems Architectures. Springer International Publishing, pp. 147-160.
Muhd Azmi D; Kor A; Pattinson C; Bujang N (2017) Energy Efficiency of 4th Gen Intel ® Core ™ Processor vs 3rd Gen Intel ® Core ™ Processor. In: Kharchenko V; Kondratenko Y; Kacprzyk J ed. Green IT Engineering: Concepts, Models, Complex Systems Architectures, Edition: 2,. Springer, pp. 135-153.
Alotaibi R; Ramachandran M; Kor AL; Hosseinian-Far A (2016) A conceptual model for the factors affecting social media adoption in Saudi government 2.0. In: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on e-Government, ECEG. Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, pp. 10-18.
Pattinson C; Kor A; Cross R (2015) Critical Issues for Data Center Energy Efficiency. In: Dastbaz M; Pattinson C; Akhgar B ed. Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach. Elsevier,
Pattinson C; Cross R; Kor A (2015) Thin Client and Energy efficiency. In: Dastbaz M; Pattinson C; Akhgar B ed. Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach. Elsevier,
Pattinson C; Kor A; Braddock R (2015) Community Wide Area Network and Mobile ISP. In: Dastbaz M; Pattinson C; Akhgar B ed. Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach. Elsevier,
Alotaibi R; Ramachandran M; Kor A; Hosseinian-Far A (2014) Adoption of social media as communication channels in government agencies. In: Mahmood Z ed. Cloud Computing Technology for C-Government. IGI Global, pp. 39-73.
Kor AL; Orange G (2010) A survey of epistemology and its implications for an organisational information and knowledge management model. In: Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design. pp. 95-124.
Kor A (2007) Ontology, Web Services, and Semantic Web Portals. In: Tatnall A ed. Encyclopedia of Portal Technologies and Applications. IGI Global, pp. ?-? (1308).
Kor A (2007) Semantic Web, RDF, and Portals. In: Tatnall A ed. Encyclopedia of Portal Technologies and Applications. IGI Global, pp. ?-? (1308).

Kor AL (2019) Qualitative spatial reasoning for orientation relations in a 3-D context.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01174-1_74
Thackray H; Earle L; Kor A; Pattinson C (2018) Investigation of a UK Financial Organisation’s Green Computing Strategy. In: World Congress of Sustainable Technologies, 11 December 2017 - 14 December 2017, University of Cambridge.

http://www.wcst.org/
Thackray H; Kor A; Pattinson C; Earle L (2018) Audit of an Organisation’s ICT Systems for Flexible Working. In: World Congress on Sustainable Technologies, 11 December 2017 - 14 December 2017, University of Cambridge.

https://infonomics-society.org/wcst-2017/
Thakkar N; Kor A; Lazarevski S (2018) Application of Business Intelligence Techniques using SAS on Open Data: Analysing Health Inequality in English Regions. In: Future Technologies Conference, 29 November 2017 - 30 January 2018, Vancouver.

http://saiconference.com/Conferences/FTC2017
Kor AL; Pattinson C (2018) A Green Programming Model for Cloud Software Efficiency. In: Future Technologies Conference, 29 November 2017 - 30 November 2017, Vancouver.

http://saiconference.com/Conferences/FTC2017
Mallik B; Sheikh Akbari A; Hussain M; Kor AL (2017) A Mixed resolution based High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC). In: The 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing (ISP 2017), 4 December 2017 - 5 December 2017, London: Savoy Place.

http://events.theiet.org/isp/index.cfm?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=any&utm_campaign=isp
Hedemalm E; Hallberg J; Kor A; Andersson K; Pattinson C (2017) PROMOTING GREEN TRANSPORTATION VIA PERSUASIVE GAMES. In: International SEEDS Conference, 13 September 2018 - 14 September 2017, Leeds.

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/leeds-sustainability-institute/seeds-conference-2017/
Elliott J; Kor A; Omotosho OA (2017) Energy Consumption in Smartphones: An Investigation of Battery and Energy Consumption of Media Related Applications on Android Smartphones. In: International SEEDS Conference, 13 September 2018 - 14 September 2017, Leeds.

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/leeds-sustainability-institute/seeds-conference-2017/
Vo TYN; Kor A; Pattinson C (2017) GreenMed: A sustainable physical activity tracking application. In: International SEEDS Conference, 13 September 2017 - 14 September 2017, Leeds.

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/leeds-sustainability-institute/seeds-conference-2017/
Kor AL; Pattinson C; Pope R; Schulte A (2015) An Integrated Healthcare System and Services for Empowering Patients.

http://worldcomp-proceedings.com/proc/p2015/HIMS_contents.html
Gordon N; Pattinson C; Kor A (2014) Sustainable and Green Information Systems: Preparing the next generation of practitioners. In: Proceedings of HEASTEM 2014, 30 May 2014 - 1 May 2014, Edinburgh, UK.
Gordon N; Kor AL; Pattinson C (2014) Enhancing employability through sustainable Computing. In: STEM Annual Conference 2014, 30 April 2014, Edinburgh, UK.

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/stem-conference-2014/Post_event_resources/Computing/Enhancing_employability
Gordon N; Pattinson C; Kor A (2011) Sustainability Issues in the Computing Curriculum. In: Annual Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information and Computer Sciences Conference (ICS), 23 August 2011 - 25 August 2011, Belfast, NI.
Hassan H; Kor A; Moore D (2009) Support For Students With Learning Disabilities In Higher Education. In: Disability Research Conference, 22 April 2009, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
Fraser M; Orange G; Kor A (2009) The creation, operation and future of HE in FE partnerships. In: HELP CETL conference: HE in FE culture and experience: a partnership perspective, 30 March 2009 - 31 March 2009, University of Warwick.

http://www.help-cetl.ac.uk/?p=4_3
Kor A (2007) Reasoning Mechanism for cardinal directions in Geographical Information Systems. 9 July 2007 - 11 July 2007, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Kor A; Orange G (2007) Use of Philosophy, Epistemology, and Ontology to Provide Deeper Understanding of Knowledge Management. In: An Extended Abstract for the ESSHRA International Conference, 12 June 2007 - 13 June 2007, Berne, Switzerland.
Kor A (2004) Reasoning about Cardinal Directions. 31 March 2004 - 1 April 2004, University of Leeds..

Mallik B; Sheikh Akbari A; Kor A (2018) MIXED-RESOLUTION HEVC BASED MULTIVIEW VIDEO CODEC.
Kor A; Pattinson C; Yanovsky M; Kharchenko V (2017) SMART-ITEM: IoT-Enabled Smart Living.
Leader S; Kor A; Behringer R; Cope N (2017) A Rule-based Guidance (RBG) System with Graphical Representation of Uncertainty.
Bazarhanova A; Kor A; Pattinson C (2017) A Belief Rule-Based Environmental Responsibility Assessment for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
Yanovskaya O; Yanovsky M; Kharchenko V; Kor A; Pattinson C (2017) Sustainable Availability Provision in Distributed Cloud Services.
Shaw J; Kor AL; Pattinson C (2016) An Evaluation of the Impact of Remote Collaboration Tools on Corporate Sustainability.
AlHarbi LM; Kor AL; Pattinson C (2016) Effective Green IT Strategy in a UK Higher Education Institute.
Iqbal A; Pattinson C; Kor A-L (2016) Managing Energy Efficiency in the Cloud Computing Environment Using SNMPv3: A Quantitative Analysis of Processing and Power Usage.
Papanderou M; Kor A-L; Pattinson C (2016) Evaluation of ICT Environmental Impact for an SME.
Pattinson C; Olaoluwa P; Kor AL (2015) A Comparative Study on the Energy Consumption of PHP Single and Double Quotes.
Iqbal A; Pattinson C; Kor A-L (2015) Performance monitoring of Virtual Machines (VMs) of type I and II hypervisors with SNMPv3.
Cristea V; Pattinson C; Kor AL (2015) ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF MOBILE PHONES.
Olauluwa P; Kor AL; Pattinson C (2015) PHP Single and Double Quotes: Does It Make a Difference to Energy Consumption?.
Schmidt M; Pattinson C; Kor AL (2015) A WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT SMES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
Chand K; Ramachandran M; Kor AL (2015) Simulation of cloud data security processes and performance.
Kor A; Pattinson C; Imam I; AlSaleemi I; Omotosho O (2015) Applications, Energy Consumption and Measurement.
Kor A; Bennett B (2013) Syllogistic Reasoning for Cardinal Direction Relations.
Orange G; Seitz V; Kor AL (2011) Issues surrounding knowledge and information dissemination for domestic workers in Malaysia.
Kor AL; Orange G (2008) A survey of epistemology and its implications on an organisational information and knowledge management model.
Heinzl J; Kor AL; Orange G; Kaufmann HR (2008) Austrian higher education institutions' idiosyncrasies and technology transfer system.
Kor AL; Orange G; Elliman T; Tassabehji R (2007) A value oriented conceptual model for innovation in local government.
Orange G; Burke A; Elliman T; Kor AL (2006) Care: An integrated framework to support continuous, adaptable, reflective evaluation of eGovernment systems: A research note.
Kor A; Orange G; Burke A (2006) An Ontology-based Web Portal to Support Continuous, Adaptable, Rigorous, Reflective and Sustainable Evaluation of eGovernment Systems (CARE).
Kor A; Burke A; Orange G; Elliman T (2006) The Development of an Evaluation Framework for eGovernment Systems.
Kor A; Bennett B (2003) An expressive hybrid model for the composition of cardinal directions.
Kor AL (2003) Psychological and pedagogical foundations for a computer-based learning environment with a language-deficient domain.
Kor A; Bennett B (2003) Composition for cardinal directions by decomposing horizontal and vertical constraints.
Kor A; Self JA; Tait K (2001) Pictorial Socratic dialogue and conceptual change.
Self JA; Karakirik E; Kor A; Tedesco P (2000) Computer-based strategies for articulate reflection (and reflective articulation).

Thackray J; Kor A; Pattinson C; Earle L (In press) Audit of an Organisation’s ICT Systems for Flexible Working. International Journal of Sustainable Development

http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJSD
Islam RU; Ruci X; Hossain MS; Andersson K; Kor A-L (2019) Capacity Management of Hyperscale Data Centers Using Predictive Modelling. Energies, 12 (18),

https://doi.org/10.3390/en12183438
Thackray J; Earle L; Kor A; Pattinson C (2019) Investigation of a UK Financial Organisation’s Green Computing Strategy. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development, 7 (1), pp. 357-370.

https://doi.org/10.20533/ijsed.2046.3707.2019.0044
Pullin A; Pattinson C; Kor A (2018) Building Realistic Mobility Models for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Informatics, 5 (2),

https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics5020022
Colantuono G; Kor AL; Pattinson C; Gorse C (2018) PV with multiple storage as function of geolocation. Solar Energy, 165 pp. 217-232.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.020
Andersson K; Rondeau E; Kor AL; Johansson D (2017) Sustainable Mobile Computing and Communications. Mobile Information Systems, 2017

https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1098264
Kor A; Pattinson C (2017) A Belief Rule Based Expert System for Datacenter PUE Prediction under Uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing

https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2017.2697768
Heinzl J; Kor AL; Orange G; Kaufmann HR (2013) Technology transfer model for Austrian higher education institutions. Journal of Technology Transfer, 38 (5), pp. 607-640.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-012-9258-7
Kor A-L (2013) From A to <A> Keywords of Markup. Information, Communication & Society, 16 (1), pp. 151-152.

https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2011.627177
Kor A; Bennett B (2013) A Hybrid Reasoning Model for “Whole and Part” Cardinal Direction Relations. Advances in Artificial Intelligence

https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/205261
Orange G; Seitz V; Kor A (2012) Information Dissemination Needs of Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia. Journal of Southeast Asian Research

https://doi.org/10.5171/2012.492902
Kor AL; Bennett B (2010) Reasoning mechanism for cardinal direction relations. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6304 L pp. 32-41.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15431-7_4
Lock R; Storer T; Harvey N; Hughes C; Sommerville I (2008) Observations of the Scottish elections 2007. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 2 (2), pp. 104-118.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17506160810876185
Maad S; Coghlan B (2008) Assessment of the potential use of grid portal features in e‐government. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 2 (2), pp. 128-138.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17506160810876202
Elliman T; Taylor S (2008) Stakeholder enfranchisement. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 2 (2), pp. 119-127.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17506160810876194
Elsheikh Y; Cullen A; Hobbs D (2008) e‐Government in Jordan: challenges and opportunities. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 2 (2), pp. 83-103.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17506160810876176
Orange G; Elliman T; Kor A; Tassabehji R (2007) Local government and social or innovation value. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 1 (3), pp. 242-254.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17506160710778086
Orange G; Burke A; Elliman T; Kor A (2007) CARE: An Integrated Framework to Support Continuous, Adaptable, Reflective Evaluation of E-Government Systems. International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), 3 (3), pp. 18-32.

https://doi.org/10.4018/jcec.2007070102

Pattinson C; Kor A (2014) Introduction to Green IT Chapter.

https://www.ou.nl/documents/380238/382808/GSDC_01_Introduction_to_Green_IT.pdf/dc8ee4b1-fe22-e74f-06e6-25359ec125b9
Pattinson C; Kor A (2014) Legal and Regulatory Framework for Green IT.

Kor A (2014) Freshness Indicators [Online]. Leeds Beckett University:
Pattinson C; Braddock R; Kor A (2010) JANET UK Wireless LAN Project, Technical Report. Disseminated to JANET UK as a User Manual (for managers and engineers) [Online]. JANET UK.
Kor A (2008) A Summary on Skills Analysis and Skills-related Action Plans in the UK [Online]. Innovation North Faculty of Information and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, and Northern Technology Institute (NTI). commissioned by West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network, WYLLN.
Kor A; Orange G (2006) New media Strategies of Higher Education Institutions and their Implementation – National and International Examples: Country Report of the United Kingdom ( [Online]. A report prepared for a project on e-learning undertaken by the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences and University of Applied Sciences FH Johanneum.

Kor A (2001) A computer-based environment for the exploration of buoyancy. [PhD Thesis]. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Kor A (1995) The development and evaluation of a logo-based geometry package. [Master's Thesis]. Malaya University, Malaysia.

eds. Kharchenko V; Kondratenko Y; Kacprzyk J (2019) Green IT Engineering: Social, Business and Industrial Applications. Springer International Publishing.