Information Technology Project
Resume:
BLOOMA MOHAN JOHN PhD, MSc, B.Eng.
Lecturer, BITL,
Center of Commerce and Management
RMIT International University Vietnam
*** ****** *** **** ****., District 7,
HCMC, Vietnam.
Phone: +84-012********
Email :- ******.****@****.***.**
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
January 2007 April 2011: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Information Systems at
Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
July 2003 September 2004 : Master of Science in Information Studies at Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
: Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and
June 1997 - April 2001
Communication Engineering (First class with
distinction) at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College,
Bharathiyar University, India.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1. Lecturer, RMIT International University, Vietnam.
Duration: February 2011 to date.
2. Teaching Assistant, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Duration: January 2007 Dec 2010.
3. Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Government Engineering College,
Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Duration: February 2006 June 2006
4. Lecturer, Department of Computing, Middle East College of Information
Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Duration: August 2004 - December 2005
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5. Student Assistant, Asian Communication and Resource Center, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore
Duration: August 2003 - April 2004
6. Lecturer, eNet Electronics and Technologies, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Duration: May 2001 - July 2003
7. Research & Development Assistant, Hykon Power Electronics, Thrissur, Kerala,
India
Duration: Jun 2001 - Nov 2001.
RESEARCH:
PhD Thesis:
: Using Community Question-and-Answer Corpora for
Title
Question Answering
Date : January 2007 to April 2011
Organization : Nanyang Technological University
Abstract : The goal of the research was to propose an approach that
adapts and applies techniques from Question Answering research and related fields to
harness user-generated questions, answers and related metadata from Community
Question-and-Answer corpora. The research question that was addressed is: Given a
newly posed question not found in a CQA corpus, how can this corpus be harnessed
to return high-quality answers? Specifically, clustering techniques were investigated
to identify similar questions and a predictive framework was developed to identify
high-quality answers from a set of candidate answers.
PUBLICATIONS:
Journals:
1. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (Accepted for Publication).
Predictors of high-quality answers in community-driven question answering
services. Online Information Review.
2. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (January, 2011). What makes a high
quality user-generated answer? IEEE Internet Computing, 14(4), 1-8.
3. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2009). Question classification in
social media. International Journal of Information Studies, 1(2), 101-109.
Conferences:
1. Blooma, M. J. & Jayan, C. K., (July, 2011). Research trends in community
question answering. In Proceedings of Pacific Asia Conference on Information
Systems 2011, Brisbane, Australia.
2. Jayan, C. K., Ashly, M., & Blooma, M. J., (2011). IR2gT: A Report Generation
Tool for Institutional Repository. In Proceedings of 16th Annual conference on
Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Darmstadt, Germany.
3. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (April, 2011). Quadripartite graph-
based clustering of questions. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference
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on Information Technology: New Generations, Nevada, United States (Accepted
for publication). NY: IEEE Computer Society.
4. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (April, 2010). Selection of the best
answer in CQA services. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on
Information Technology: New Generations, Nevada, United States. NY: IEEE
Computer Society.
5. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2009). A trend analysis of the
question answering domain. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Information Technology: New Generations, Nevada, United States (pp. 1522-
1527). NY: IEEE Computer Society.
6. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2008). Mapping the question
answering domain. In Buchanan, G., Masoodian, M., & Cunningham, S.J. (Eds.),
Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information, ICADL 2008,
Bali, Indonesia. LNCS 5362 (pp. 396-397). Berlin: Springer.
7. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2008). Applying question
classification to Yahoo! Answers. In Proceedings of the 1st International
Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies,
Ostrava, Czech Republic (pp.229-234). NY: IEEE Computer Society.
8. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2008). A predictive framework for
retrieving the best answer. In Wainwright, R. L. & Haddad H. (Eds.), Proceedings
of the 2008 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Ceara, Brazil (pp. 1107-
1111). NY: ACM.
9. Blooma, M. J., Chua, A. Y. K., & Goh, D. H. (2007). Towards a hierarchical
framework for predicting the best answer in a question answering system. In Goh,
D. H., Cao, T. H., Solvberg, I. T., & Rasmussen, E. (Eds.), Asian Digital
Libraries. Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers, ICADL 2007,
Hanoi, Vietnam (pp. 497-498). Berlin: Springer.
Books and Monographs (Authored or Co-authored):
1. Blooma, M. J., (April, 2011). Using Community Question-and-Answer Corpora
for Question Answering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2. Blooma, M. J., (Sept, 2004). Assessing Information Needs and Information
Seeking Behaviour of Communication Professionals, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore.
Work In Progress:
1. Blooma, M. J., & Jayan, C. K., (Submitted for review). Context aware clustering
of similar questions, IEEE Internet Computing, 2012.
2. Blooma, M. J., & Jayan, C. K., (Submitted for review). Identifying similar
questions in CQA. In Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Information
Systems, Sydney.
3. Blooma, M. J. (Proposal Accepted for Book Chapter). Predictors of high-quality
answers in CQA. Distributed Innovations for Business, Engineering and Science,
IGI Global.
GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS:
1. Google Summer of code 2008 supported by Google and DSpace, March Sept
2008
2. PhD Scholarship supported by Nanyang Technological University, January 2007
Dec 2010.
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3. PhD Research project supported by Nanyang Technological University, Academic
Research Fund (AcRF), Research Grant RG 58/09.
REVIEWER:
1. International Journal of Social & Organizational Dynamics in Information
Technology
2. Journal of Information Science
3. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HCISS 2012
4. International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2011
5. International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG
2010
6. International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG
2009
7. IEEE International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and
Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008
8. International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2007
MEMBERSHIPS:
1. Member of Association of Information Systems
2. Treasurer of Vietnam Chapter of Association of Information Systems
PROJECTS:
Google Summer of code 2008 project:
: An Add-On (Client) to facilitate the existing DSpace Batch
Title
Import Procedure
Date : May 2008 to September 2008
Environment : DSpace digital repository
Organization : DSpace
Abstract : DSpace supports batch content acquisition through the
ItemImport procedure. This procedure requires digital resources to be represented in a
Submission Information Package (SIP). The lead time required for preparing this
format can be facilitated by encoding document metadata and digital resource location
in a spreadsheet. This add-on would facilitate content acquisition in DSpace
installations in both windows and LINUX environments.
Wiki Page : Google Summer of Code 2008 Batch Import
The Straits Times Digital Life: DL Interview on the success of this project published
on 24th December 2008.
The Hindu: The success of this project followed up in India s leading national daily.
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Master of Science Dissertation:
: Information needs and seeking behaviour of
Title
communication professionals
Date : Oct 2003 to June 2004
Environment : All data analysis was performed using statistical package
SPSS for windows, version 12.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL).
University : Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Abstract : The information needs and seeking patterns of communication
professionals were investigated in this research, to help improve the current
information systems and resources for catering to the ever-changing needs of its users.
Engineering Final Year Project:
: Switching Appliances Using Internet
Title
Date : Oct 2000 to Mar 2001
Environment : Java v2.0, JSP, C, HTML.
University : Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Bharathiyar
University, India.
Abstract : This is a comprehensive user-friendly application on the
Internet equipped with the Control of Domestic appliances. In this operating model
the user is enabled to control Appliances from a remote system through a host server
that is currently implemented over a network. This is a highly compatible model
catering to the needs of the wide variety of users on the Web and incorporates the
upcoming m-commerce technology.
REFEREES:
1. Dr. Alton Chua, 2. Dr. Dion Goh,
Associate Professor Associate Professor
Director, MSc (Information Systems), Associate Chair (Graduate Studies),
Division of Information Studies, Division of Information Studies,
WKW SCI, WKW SCI,
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Technological University,
31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718 31 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637718
Email: *********@***.***.** Email: *******@***.***.**
3. Dr Mathews Nkhoma
Academic Services Manager, BITL
RMIT International University Vietnam
702 Nguyen Van Linh Blvd., District 7,
HCMC
Tel: (84-8) 3 776 1300 Ext 1316
Email: *******.******@****.***.**
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PERSONAL DETAILS:
:12th June 1979
Date of Birth
Nationality : Indian
Passport Number : E0295860
Singapore Residential Status : Singapore Permanent Resident (S7985611H)
Marital Status : Married
Children : Maria, Joel and John
Husband : Jayan Kurian
Permanent Address : Blooma Mohan John,
4/348, Silver Estate,
Chelakotukara,
Thrissur, Kerala,
India - 680005
I hereby declare that the above, furnished facts are true to the best of my knowledge.
Blooma Mohan John
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