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Wai Yin Mok1
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Department of Economics and Information Systems
College of Business Administration
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Office: (256) 824-6980, Fax: (256) 824-6328, Dept: (256) 824-6590
Email: mokw at uah dot edu
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, December 1996
M.S. in Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 1992
B.S. in Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 1990
Professional Positions
Senior Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, May 2009 – July 2009
Senior Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, July 2008
Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, July 2007 – December 2007
Tenure granted, UAH, August 2006
Associate Professor of Information Systems, UAH, since August 2004
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, UAH, August 2001 – August 2004
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Utah State University, August 1999 – August 2001
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Akron, August 1996 – August 1999
Assistant Lecturer of Computer Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic, October 1992 – July 1993
Software Engineer, Hong Kong Motorola, July 1992 – October 1992
Certifications
Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate, since November 18, 2005
Honors and Awards
23rd (2006) Edition of Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ
59th (2005) Edition of Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ
2003 Richard A. Witmondt Faculty Fellowship, College of Administrative Science, UAH
2002 Richard A. Witmondt Faculty Fellowship, College of Administrative Science, UAH
2001 – 2002 College of Administrative Science Outstanding Research Award, UAH
Member of Phi Kappa Phi, since April 17, 2001
Research Supports
Research Mini-Grant, UAH, $9998, 1/1/2004 – 12/31/2004
Mini-grant, College of Business Administration, UAH, $5000, Summer 2002
New Faculty Research Grant, Utah State University, $15000, August 2000 – August 2001
Faculty Startup Fund, University of Akron, $10000, August 1996 – August 1999
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Hong Kong Citizen and US Naturalized Citizen
Selected Refereed Journal Articles
Wai Yin Mok, Joseph Fong and David W. Embley. Extracting a Largest Redundancy-Free XML Storage
Structure from an Acyclic Hypergraph in Polynomial Time. conditionally accepted to be published in
Information Systems.
Wai Yin Mok. Characterizing the MVDs that Hold in a Connected Subtree of a Join Tree: A Correction.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 20(3): 425-426 (2008)
Wai Yin Mok. Designing Nesting Structures of User-Defined Types in Object-Relational Databases.
Information and Software Technology 49(9-10): 1017-1029 (2007) [download]
Wai Yin Mok. On Utilizing Variables for Specifying FDs in Data-Centric XML Documents. Data &
Knowledge Engineering 60(3): 494–510 (2007) [download]
Wai Yin Mok, Prashant Palvia and David Paper. On the Computability of Agent-based Workflows.
Decision Support Systems 42(3): 1239-1253 (2006) [download]
Wai Yin Mok and David W. Embley. Generating Compact Redundancy-Free XML Documents from
Conceptual-Model Hypergraphs. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 18(8): 10821096 (2006) [download]
David Paper, Wai Yin Mok and James Roger. Building Automation into Existing Business Processes.
Annals of Cases on Information Technology 6:177–194 (2004)
David Paper, Kenneth B. Tingey and Wai Yin Mok. The Relation Between BPR and ERP-Systems: A
Failed Project. Annals of Cases on Information Technology 5:45–62 (2003)
Wai Yin Mok. A Comparative Study of Various Nested Normal Forms. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge
and Data Engineering 14(2): 369-385 (2002) [download]
Wai Yin Mok and David P. Paper. Using Harel's Statecharts to Model Business Workflows. Journal of
Database Management 13(3): 17-34 (2002) [download]
Wai Yin Mok and David W. Embley. Using NNF to Transform Conceptual Data Models to Object-Oriented
Database Designs. Data & Knowledge Engineering 24(3): 313-336 (1998) [download]
Wai Yin Mok. On Keys and Normal Forms. Information Processing Letters 62(5): 255-258 (1997)
[download]
Wai Yin Mok and David W. Embley. On Improving Dependency Implication Algorithms. Information
Processing Letters 64(3): 135-141 (1997) [download]
Wai Yin Mok, Yiu-Kai Ng and David W. Embley. A Normal Form for Precisely Characterizing Redundancy
in Nested Relations. ACM Transactions on Database Systems 21(1): 77-106 (1996) [download]
Selected Book Chapters
Wai Yin Mok and David P. Paper. Revisiting Workflow Modeling with statecharts. In Advanced Topics in
Database Research – Vol. 3, Idea Group Publishing, ISBN: 1591402557, 2004. Originally published as
Using Harel's Statecharts to model Business Workflows. Journal of Database Management 13(3): 17-34
(2002)
Selected Refereed Conference Publications
Wai Yin Mok, and Joseph Fong. Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Service, XML and Higher
Education. ICHL 2008, 13-15 August 2008, Hong Kong
Wai Yin Mok. XTFDs: FDs for XML Documents. AMCIS 2005: 3054-3058 [download]
David W. Embley and Wai Yin Mok. Producing XML Documents with Guaranteed “Good” Properties. SCI
2003: 195–198 [download]
David W. Embley and Wai Yin Mok. Developing XML Documents with Guaranteed “Good” Properties. ER
2001: 426-441 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2224) [download]
Wai Yin Mok and David P. Paper. On Transformations from UML Models to Object-Relational Databases.
HICSS 2001 [download]
Wai Yin Mok. A Design Strategy of Object-Relational Databases. IRMA 2000: 900–901
Wai Yin Mok and David W. Embley. An approach to efficient data clustering based on a new definition for
nested normal form. COMAD 1997, (Printed as the book: Management of Data, D.J. Ram (editor), Narosa
Publishing House, New Delhi, pages 125–143.)
Wai Yin Mok and David W. Embley. Transforming Conceptual Models to Object-Oriented Database
Designs: Practicalities, Properties, and Peculiarities. ER 1996: 309-324 (Lecture Notes in Computer
Science #1157) [download]
Wai Yin Mok, David W. Embley and Yiu-Kai Ng. Theoretical and practical implications of a new definition
for nested normal form. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Systems and
Management of Data, pages 55–75, Madras, India, 26–28 October 1994
Wai Yin Mok, Yiu-Kai Ng and David W. Embley. An improved nested normal form for use in objectoriented software systems. In Proceedings of the Second International Computer Science Conference:
Data and Knowledge Engineering: Theory and Applications, pages 446–452, Hong Kong, 13–16
December 1992
Courses Taught
E-commerce (Microsoft FrontPage, Business Models)
Web-Programming (HTML, Cascading Style Sheet, JavaScript, ColdFusion)
Business Programming (Microsoft VB .Net)
Databases (Oracle SQL)
Advanced Databases (Oracle PL/SQL)
Business Applications (Microsoft Office)
XML Document Design (XML, XSTL, XPATH)
Professional Activities
Editorial Review Board Member for J. Database Manag. (April 20, 2000 – September 1, 2008)
Editorial Review Board Member for Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging
Transdiscipline (since October 2003)
Program Committee Member for ICHL 2009
Program Committee Member for SDKB 2008
Track Chair of “Object Oriented Technologies Track” for IRMA 2006, Washington, D.C.
Program Committee Member for ER 2006
Program Committee Member for IRMA 2005
Track Chair for GITM 2004, San Diego, CA
Program Committee Member for ER 2003
Program Committee Member for IRMA 2001
Referee for ACM Transactions on Internet Technology
Referee for ACM Transactions on Database Systems
Referee for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Referee for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Referee for Data & Knowledge Engineering
Referee for The Computer Journal
Referee for Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations
External Reviewer for ICIS 2001
External Reviewer for AMCIS 2001
External Reviewer for WebDB 2001
Publicity Chair for SSDBM 99
Book Reviewer for McGraw-Hill
Book Reviewer for Idea Group Publishing
External Reviewer for ACM SIGMOD 2000
External Reviewer for ER 1996