Dr. Rodina Ahmad BSc (Comp. Science), MSc (Comp. Science), Phd (Info. Sys.)

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Work Information

Main responsibilities

Lecturing, teaching, supervising and researching in the area of requirements engineering, information systems management, support tool for software engineering, mobile applications development

Supportive activities

Supervising undergraduate, master and doctorate students in their projects. At present, I have 7 Doctorate Students:

1. Maged Abdullah Mahdi Yahya ( Software Cost/Effort Estimation Model)

2. Fahad Hamed ( CMMI )

3. Abbas Moshref Razavi ( ERP Resistance Framework)

4. Amir Seyed Danesh ( Release Planning )

5. Nur Hakimah Husin ( Project Management Education )

6. Rafia Naz Memon (Requirements Engineering Education)

7. Amjed Tahir (Software Quality)

Supervising more than 12 master students in their research projects. Their project includes:

1. E-learning projects

2. A software support tool development for Requirements Engineering (Inspection, Quality Checker, visualization tool for prioritization)

3. Evaluation of Software Process Improvement projects, methods and tools

Managing undergraduate student projects in software engineering department.

1. English learning packages, Crime prevention system, Sudoku , thinking map support tool

2. Software Support tools for software engineering processes

Department or workgroup

Under Software Engineering department.
Member of Software Innovation Center.
IEEE Member

Contact Information

E-mail address

rodina@um.edu.my

Office phone

03-79676368

Current Research Areas

Software Requirements Engineering
Enterprise analysis and modeling
Mobile Requirements Engineering tools
Requirements analysis, prioritization and visualization
Software Quality and Process Improvement

Publication

M. Kamsah, R. Ahmad, “Women IT Personnel in Malaysia- A Case Study in the Public Sector”, Proceedings of the 5^th. IFIP International Conference on Women, Work and Computerization, Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST, Manchester, UK, July 2-5, 1994, pg. 751-761.

M. Kamsah, R. Ahmad, “Developing IT Skilled Personnel in Malaysia”, SouthEast Asian Computer Confederation Conference Proceedings, Karachi, Pakistan, Nov 27-30, 1994, pg. 301-310.

R. Ahmad, S. Abdul Kareem, “Review of OODBS Features”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, 1994, p. 78-94.

M. Kamsah, R. Ahmad, “Iconic Authoring Tool (ICAT) “, Malaysian Science and Technology Congress 1995 Proceedings, Perdana Siswa, Universiti Malaya.

M. Kamsah, R. Ahmad, “ BPR – Use of Tools and Technologies in Modelling Business Processes”, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jld. 8, Bil 1, Jun 1996.

Abdulsalam F. A. Nwesri, R. Ahmad, “Distributed Software Inspection Tools’ Requirements Reviewed” Proceedings of Computer and Communication Engineering Technical Conference of the World Engineering Congress, July 19-21, 1999, Kuala Lumpur.

Abdusalam F. A. Nwesri, R. Ahmad, “ An Asynchronous Software Inspection Model”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, Vol 13, Number 1, June 2000,pg. 17-26.

R. Ahmad, Z. Abu Bakar,” A Study of Information Skills Requirements in Malaysia”, Proceedings of the 6^th.International Conference on Information Systems, July 23-26, 2000, Orlando, Florida.

M. Kamsah, S. Mokhtar, R. Ahmad, M. Yaacob, “ Developing the concept of e-University for Malaysian Public Universities”, International Conference of E-Learning, May 26-27, 2000, Kuala Lumpur.

Abdullah, A. A. Ghani R. Ahmad, “Alat Demetrik: Alat Perisian Metrik Untuk Rekabentuk Berstruktur “, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2000.

R. Ahmad, Z. Abu Bakar, “Information Systems Skills Requirements In Malaysia”, Malaysian journal of Computer Science., Vol 13 Num 2, Disember 2000, pg. 64-69.

M. Yaacob, R. Ahmad, N. Mohd Yassin, “ Prospects of Higher Education in the Information Age”, Persidangan Taiwan-South-east Asia University Presidents Summit, 20-24 November, 2000.

R. Ahmad, J. Sithambaran, “ A Tool for Software Project Documentation”, Proceedings of the Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology (BICET) , Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 9-11 October, 2001, p. 279-291.

R. Ahmad, M. Yusoff, “A Viable Systems Approach for Information Determination within SISP” Proceedings of the International Conference of Information and Communication Technology Management, 23 May, 2005, Melaka.

R. Ahmad, M. Yusoff, 2006. “A Viable System Approach to Tackle Complex Enterprise Situation for SISP”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, vol.19 num 1:87-103.

R. Ahmad, (2006), Review and Guide to Embrace Object-Orientation in Software Development. In A. Yusof (ed.), Selected Readings In Software Engineering, UM Publication, pp. 39-52, 2006.

R. Ahmad, “Persediaan Graduan Bagi Menyahut Cabaran Pasaran Kerja secara global : Satu Perspektif”, Kursus Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan, Kampus Kota, Kuala Lumber, 6-14 September 2006.

F. Ahmad, R. Ahmad, “ Utilising Lexical Approach in English Teaching Courseware”, The 19th Malaysian Educational Technology Convention , 9-11 September 2006, Awana Porto Malai, Langkawi.

N. Khamis, S. Idris and R. Ahmad, Applying GQM Towards Development of Criterion Referenced Assessment Model for Object-oriented programming Course, Proceedings of World Academy of Science and Technology, Vol 26, 26 December 2007, ISSN 1307-6884, pp. 152-156.

N. Khamis, S. Idris and R. Ahmad, Applying GQM Towards Development of Criterion Referenced Assessment Model for Object-oriented programming Course, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 2(1), pp13-17. ISSN 1307-8046.

M.Yahya, R. Ahmad and S.P. Lee, The Effects of CMMI-Based Software Process Maturity on Software Development Effort, IEEE International Conference RIVF � Computing and Communication Technologies (RIVF�08) ., June 4-6^th.

R. Ahmad, M. Yusoff, “ A Critical Inquiry on Strategic Information systems Planning (SISP) Analysis Approaches” Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, vol 4, p. 19-37, ISSN 1823-0113, UKM 2007.

M. Zakeryfar, R. Ahmad, F.Nasaruddin, “ Architecture For a Web based Medical Image Systems Using ADD Method”, the Proceedings of 4^th. Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, University Technology Malaysia, 30^th. June- 3^rd. July, 2008.

M.H.N. Nasir, R. Ahmad and N. Hassan, 2008, Issues in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in Malaysia, WSEAS Transactions on Information Science & Applications, Vol. 5(6), pp1031-1038. ISSN: 1790-0832.

M.H.N. Nasir, R. Ahmad and N. Hassan, 2008. An Empirical Study of Barriers in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in Malaysia, Journal of Applied Sciences, ISSN 1812-5654

M.H.N. Nasir, R. Ahmad and N. Hassan. Resistance Factors in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in Malaysia, Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4(3), pp.211-219, 2008, ISSN 1549-3636.

Nasaruddin, F. H., Zakeryfar, M. & Ahmad, R. 2009, Development of an Online Image Repository system for Cardiac Modelling. WSEAS Transactions On Information Science & Applications, Issue 2, Vol 6, p. 211-220.

Amir Seyed Danesh and Rodina Ahmad . 2009. Study of Prioritization Techniques Using Students as Subjects, Proceedings of the International conference on Information Management and Engineering, 3-5 April 2009, Kuala Lumpur.

Mehrnaz Kazemi Bavani and Rodina Ahmad, 2009. Personas Based Support Tool for Requirements Elicitation , Proceedings of the 2^nd. International Conference on Computing & Informatics ’09 (ICOCI09), 24-25 June, Kuala Lumpur.

AliReza Shahrestani, Maryam Feily and Rodina Ahmad, 2009. Architecture For Applying Data Mining and Visualization On Network Flow For Botnet Traffic Detection, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Technology and Development (ICCTD 2009), 13-15 November, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Nor Hasrina Bakar and Rodina Ahmad, 2009. Adaptive Web-based Module for learning Unified Modelling Language (AWM UML), Proceedings of the e-Learning Asia Conference , 3-4 September, Seoul, Korea. (Best Paper Award)

Janagiammal Ramasamy and Rodina Ahmad, 2009. A Blog-based Discussion Tool for Software Project management Course, Proceedings of International conference Onn E-Learning(ICEL 2009), 1-2 December, Kuala Lumpur.

Maged A. Yahya, Rodina Ahmad, Sai Peck Lee. 2010. Impact of CMMI-Based Software Process Maturity on COCOMO II s Effort Estimation, International Arab Journal of Information Technology. (Indexed by ISI)

Maged A. Yahya, Rodina Ahmad & Lee Sai Peck. 2009. Effect Of CMMI-Based Software Process Maturity On Software Schedule Estimation. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 22(2), p. 121-137. (Indexed by ISI)

Books

Rodina Ahmad, Z. Abu Bakar, dan Z. Mohd Kasirun, Perkomputeran STPM, Penerbit Fajar Bakti, Shah Alam, 1997.

Rodina Ahmad, Z. Abu Bakar, dan Z. Mohd Kasirun, Pengaturcaraan Mudah Dengan C, Syam Printing, Kuala Lumpur, 2000

Rodina Ahmad, , Z. Mohd Kasirun and F. H. Nasaruddin, Pengaturcaraan C++, McGraw-Hill (M) Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, 2000

Rodina Ahmad, Z. Mohd Kasirun dan F. H. Nasaruddin, Pengaturcaraan C++, McGraw-Hill (M) Sdn. Bhd, Edisi Revisi Kuala Lumpur, 2001

Courses Taught:

WXGC6108 Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
WXGC6102 Object-Oriented Techniques
WKES 3202 Software Requirements Engineering
WKES2304 Object-Oriented Modeling
WKES1104 Software Engineering I

WXGC6102 Object-oriented Techniques

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The objectives of this course are to expose students to object-oriented analysis and modeling techniques, methods, languages and tools. It covers the purpose and advantages of modeling activities. It also uses Unified Modeling Language as main notation for modeling. The students are also exposed to object-oriented techniques and technologies

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WKES 3202 Software Requirements Engineering

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This course elaborates on the fundamental concepts of software requirements engineering, discusses the main processes within the requirements engineering phase and exposes students to various standards to document software requirements.

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WXGC6108 Requirements Elicitation and Analysis

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This course exposes students to research areas in requirements engineering such as requirements prioritization, requirements traceability and dependability, market-driven requirements engineering and requirements specification and modeling.

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WKES2304 Object-oriented Modeling

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WKES1104 Software Engineering I

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The objective of this course is to expose students to software engineering concepts, techniques, methods and tools. It is an introductory course for computer science students. The course intends to balance in terms of theoretical concepts and practical works given to students by giving them a group project. The students will be exposed to variety of fundamental concepts of structured software development and they will be practicing these concepts in a small project assigned to them.

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