BEng (Peking), MSc , MPhil (Essex)
Hongbo Du holds a BSc from Beijing University of Science and Technology, and an MSc in Computer Studies and MPhil in Computing both from the University of Essex. At Buckingham, Hongbo is a lecturer in Computer Science. He has long experience in teaching various courses on the Computing programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Currently he is responsible for teaching Database and Data Mining courses, Human-Computer Interaction and Programming. He is also the programme director for the taught postgraduate programmes, including the MSc in Innovative Computing and Graduate Diploma in Computing. Hongbo has recently been involved, as the grant holder of a European Tempus project (JEP-41058-2006), in developing the MSc in Computer Graphics for the Media Industry at Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, a partner institution of Buckingham. Between 1998 and 2004, Hongbo was also a visiting lecturer at City University, London.
Mr Du’s primary area of research is database systems and data mining. He is interested broadly in data mining techniques and their applications in various problems. He is currently interested in the application of data mining techniques in image and biological data. He is also interested in human-computer interaction and visual languages, and supervising research students in these areas.
Tel: +44 (0)1280 828298 / 828322
hongbo.du@buckingham.ac.uk
Selected Publications
Du, H., “Data Mining Project: A Critical Element in Teaching, Learning and Assessment of a Data Mining Module”, in A. Fernandes, A.J.G. Gray & K. Belhajjame (eds), Advances in Databases – 28th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 28), Manchester, UK, July 12-14, 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7051 (Springer 2011), pp.221-235. ISBN: 978-3-642-24576-3,
Du, H., Data Mining Techniques and Applications, An Introduction (Andover: Cengage Learning, May 2010). ISBN: 978-1-84480-891-5. More about this book.
Rizvic, S., Chalmers, A., Czanner, S., Du, H., Ferko, A., Gutierrez, D., Hasic, J., Landor, G., Mehic, Z. & Novotny, M., “Computer Graphics for the Media Industry: Synthesis of Art and Science”, Proceeding of 1st International Conference on Future of Computer Graphics Education (Budmerice, Slovakia, April 2009).
Stumpf, F., Al-Jawad, N., Du, H. and Jassim, S., “Content-based Video Indexing and Searching with Wavelet Transformation”, SPIE Conference (2006).
Du, H., Jassim, S. & Obatusin, M. F., “Effects of Attribute Selection Measures and Sampling Policies on Functional Structures of Decision Trees”, Data Mining II, N. Ebecken and C.A. Brebbia (ed), WIT Press, 2000, pp391-400
Du, H. & Wery, L. “Micro: A Normalization Tool for Relational Database Designers”, Journal of Network and Computer Applications 22.4 (October 1999), pp.215-232.
Azmoodeh, M. & Du, H., “GQL, A Graphical Query Language for Semantic Databases”, 4th International Working Conference on Statistical and Scientific Database Management (SSDBM-1988), (Rome, Italy, June 1988), pp.259-277.
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