Margaret Hamilton - Research and Publications

PhD Students

Wafaa Alsaggaf
"An ICT Strategy for Learning Systems The use of Laptops in Lectures"

Dip Nandi
"Assessing the interaction of students and instructors in Programming/IT courses in a fully online learning environment"

Amir Aryani
"Domain-based Change Impact Analysis in Software Maintenance"

Shuhaida Mohamed Shuhidan (Dida)
"Debugging: A Constructivist Approach to Learning Programming"

Ken Eckermann
"Evolving Symbol Systems for a Biologically Inspired Parallel Computing Model"

Paul McIntosh
"3D Software Visualisation: Enabling Advanced UML Visualisation Through X3D"
Completed PhD in Jan 2010, now working for Victorian Partners in Advanced Computing, VPAC, with the Synchrotron.

Vu Binh Tran (Binh)
"Observation, Expectation and Attention Logics - A Foundation for Agent Theories"
Completed PhD in 2005, now Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, Hoa Sen University, Vietnam.

Masters

Wafaa Adnan O Alsaggaf
"An ICT Strategy for Learning Systems"

Mohammed Ghouse Mohiuddin Ansari
"Evaluation of Methodologies for Legacy Systems Migration"

Simon Wilkinson
"An Adaptive Learning Technology for Online Education"

Rob Barrow
"Exploration of Actual Usage of Commercial Software Architecture Method"

Cholticha Sukumalchantr (Nan)
"Creating An Interface For Molecular Modelling Applications"

Lee Peng Chan (Zann)
"Evaluating Tools and Techniques for Website Management"

Honours

Gad Abraham
"Knowledge-Based Protein Structure Prediction using Approximate Occurrences"

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Marsha Berry, Margaret Hamilton, Naomi Herzog, Lin Padgham, Ron van Schyndel "Enhancing Learning Through Mobile Computing", in Elspeth McKay (ed) "Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction" Bookchapter IV, p 57-74, 2007.

Jiankun Hu, Peter Bertok, Margaret Hamilton, Graeme White, Anita Duff, Quintin Cutts "Wireless Interactive Teaching by Using Keypad-based ARS" Bookchapter in "Audience Response Systems in Higher Education: Applications and Cases" by David A. Banks. Information Science Publishing, ISBN 159140948-9.

Journal Publications

Marsha Berry and Margaret Hamilton "Changing Urban Spaces: Mobile Phones on Trains", Mobilities, Volume 5, Issue 1 February 2010 , pages 111 - 129.

Marsha Berry, Margaret Hamilton and Dean Keep "Transmesh: A Locative Media System", Leonardo Transactions, Research Announcements, September 29, 2009. http://www.leonardo-transactions.com/announcements/

Margaret Hamilton and Joan Richardson "An Academic Approach to Learning and Assessment Design", Journal of Learning Design, 2007, ISSN : 1832-8342, Vol 2, No1, p37-51.

Burton, Peter G.; von Nagy-Felsobuki, Ellak I. ; Doherty, Gregory ; Hamilton, Margaret J. "The Vibration Spectrum of Triatomic Hydrogen(1+) A PNO-CI ab initio potential energy surface and its analytical representation. " Department of Mathematics, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. Mol. Phys. (1985) 55(3), 527-48.

Doherty, Gregory, Hamilton, Margaret J., Burton, Peter G., von Nagy-Felsobuki, Ellak I. "Vibration Spectrum of Triatomic Hydrogen Ion (H3+): A Model Hamiltonian. " Department of Mathematics, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. Chem. Phys. (1984) 83(1-2), 83-8.

Burton, P.G., von Nagy-Felsobuki, E.I., Hamilton, M.J., Doherty, G. "Theoretical Confirmation of the H3+ Vibrational Fundamental from First Principles and Prediction of the Low Lying Vibrationally Excited Energies for H3+ and D3+ " 13th Australian Spectroscopy Conference(1982)

Hamilton, M.J."A Finite Element Approach to Molecular Vibration" Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society 30(1): 159-160 1984.

Conference Publications

Shuhaida Shuhidan, Margaret Hamilton, Daryl D'Souza "A Study of Novice Programmer Responses in Summative Assessment" Australasian Computing Education Conference, ACE2009, Wellington NZ, January, 2009, CRPIT, Volume 95, (in press).

Paul McIntosh, Margaret Hamilton and Ron van Schyndel "X3D-UML: 3D UML State Machine Diagrams" Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. Toulouse, France, Springer-Verlag, 2008.

Simon, Angela Carbone, Michael de Raadt, Raymond Lister, Margaret Hamilton, Judy Sheard, "Classifying Computing Education Papers: Process and Results", ICER'08, September 6-7, 2008, Sydney, Australia. Copyright 2008 ACM 978-1-60558-216-0/08/09 p.161-171

Simon, Angela Carbone, Margaret Hamilton, Judy Sheard, Michael de Raadt, Raymond Lister, Errol Thompson, "Eight years of computing education papers at NACCQ", 21st Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ 2008), Auckland, New Zealand. Samuel Mann and Mike Lopez (Eds).p101-108, http://naccq08.unitec.ac.nz/proceedings/index.html.

Margaret Hamilton and Marsha Berry "Mobile Computing, Programming, Games and Online Communities: Changes to the Communicative Ecology of Design Students Through Mobile Computing: Part 2", Computing Education 2007, CRPIT Vol 66, 55-61.

Daryl D'Souza, Margaret Hamilton, Michael Harris "Software Development Marketplaces - Implications for Plagiarism", Computing Education 2007, CRPIT Vol 66, 27-33.

Doherty, Gregory, Hamilton, Margaret J., Burton, Peter G., von Nagy-Felsobuki, Ellak I. "A Numerical Variational Method For Calculating Accurate Vibrational Energy Separations of Small Molecules and Their Ions. " Department of Mathematics, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. Aust. J. Phys. (1986) 39(5), 749-60.

Marsha Berry and Margaret Hamilton "Generational Computing Tastes: Tablet PCs in the Communicative Ecology of Multimedia Design Students" In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 , (pp. 2537-2544). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Margaret Hamilton and Sheila Howell "Technology Options for Assessment Purposes and Quality Graduate Outcomes" Ed-Media, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunciations, p904-911, June 2006.

Marsha Berry and Margaret Hamilton "Mobile Computing, Visual Diaries, Learning and Communication: Changes to the Communicative Ecology of Design Students Through Mobile Computing" , Computing Education 2006, CRPIT Vol 52, 35-44.

Simon, Quintin Cutts, Sally Fincher, Patricia Haden, Anthony Robbins, Ken Sutton, Bob Baker, Ilona Box, Michael de Raadt, John Hamer, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond lister, Marian Petre, Denise Tolhurst and Jodi Tutty "The Ability to Articulate Strategy As a Predictor of Programming Skill" Computing Education 2006, CRPIT Vol 52, 181-188.

Simon, Sally Fincher, Anthony Robbins, Bob Baker, Ilona Box, Quintin Cutts, Michael de Raadt, Patricia Haden, John Hamer, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond Lister, Marian Petre, Denise Tolhurst and Jodi Tutty "Predictors of Success in a First Programming Course" Computing Education 2006, CRPIT Vol 52, 189-196.

Denise Tolhurst, Bob Baker, John Hamer, Ilona Box, Raymond Lister, Quintin Cutts, Marian Petre, Michael de Raadt, Anthony Robbins, Sally Fincher, Simon, Patricia Haden, Ken Sutton, Margaret Hamilton and Jodi Tutty "Do Map Drawing Styles of Novice Programmers Predict Success in Programming? A Multi-national, Multi-institutional Study" Computing Education 2006, CRPIT Vol 52, 213-222.

Michael de Raadt, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond Lister, Jodi Tutty et al. "Approaches to Learning in Computer Programming Students, and its Effect on Success", Higher Education in a Changing World, HERDSA 2005, 407-414.

Sally Fincher, Bob Baker, Ilona Box, Quintin Cutts, Michael de Raadt, Patricia Haden, John Hamer, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond Lister, and Marian Petre et al "Programmed to succeed?: A multi-national, multi-institutional study of introductory programming courses", Technical Report 1-05, Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK, April 2005

Paul McIntosh, Margaret Hamilton, Ron Van Schyndel "X3D-UML: Enabling Advanced UML Visualisation Through X3D" Web3D 2005 Symposium, 10th International Conference on 3D Web Technology, April 2005

Rob Barrow, Keith Frampton, Margaret Hamilton and Bruce Crossman "A Study of the In-Practice Application of a Commercial Software Architecture ", ASWEC 2005 Australian Software Engineering Conference, March 2005

Margaret Hamilton, Saied Tahaghoghi and Cecily Walker "Educating Students About Plagiarism Avoidance - A Computer Science Perspective", ICCE2004: International Conference on Computers in Education 2004, 1275-1284.

Paul Beckett, Allison Brown, Margaret Hamilton and Joan Richardson "A Case for Rearticulating Areas of Information Technology to Provide a Masters Programme in Information and Communication Technologies" ICCE2004: International Conference on Computers in Education 2004, 1225-1235

Rob Barrow, Keith Frampton, Margaret Hamilton and Bruce Crossman "How Do Experienced Architects Use Architecture Development Methods?", Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2004

Binh Vu Tran, James Harland, and Margaret Hamilton "Expectation Reasoning using Regret and Disappointment", Proceedings of the Sixthteenth European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Eds. Lopez de Mantaras, R.; Saitta, L., Valencia, Spain; IOS Press, 2004. 74-78.

Binh Vu Tran, James Harland, and Margaret Hamilton "Observation Expectation Reasoning in Agent Systems" Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Eds. Didier Dubois, Christopher Welty and Mary-Anne Williams. Whistler, Canada: AAAI Press, 2004. 246-54.

Margaret Hamilton and Liz Haywood "Learning about Software Development - Should Programming Always Come First ? " Australian Computer Science Communications, 26 (5), 131 Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, 30. Lister, R. and Young, A. Eds., In Proceedings Sixth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2004), Dunedin, New Zealand, Jan 2004

Vu Binh Tran, James Harland and Margaret Hamilton, "A Combined Logic of Expectation and Observation: A Generalisation of BDI Logics", , Proceedings of the AAMAS'03 Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies, Melbourne, July, 2003.

Vu Binh Tran, James Harland and Margaret Hamilton "Expectation: the Logic of Flexible Motivation", (poster) Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2003), Melbourne, July, 2003.

Margaret Hamilton, James Harland, Lin Padgham"Experiences in Teaching Computing Theory Via Aspects of Problem-Based Learning" Australian Computer Science Communications, 25(5), 207 Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Computing Education Conference, Volume 20, Adelaide, February, 2003.

Feng Wang, Michael J. Brunger, Dave A. Winkler, Margaret Hamilton, Bill Appelbe "An Electronic Structural Study for Norbornadiene, Norbornene and Norbornane", Bioinformatics Conference, Lorne, February, 2003.

Justin Zobel and Margaret Hamilton "Managing Student Plagiarism in Large Academic Departments" Australian Universities Review. (2002) 45(2), 23-30.