Dr. LOO Wai-sing, Alfred

Publications

Journal Articles

Loo, A., Chung, CW. and Lam, A. “Smart phones and multi-servers”, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology, 2012 (to appear).

Loo, A. “Internet Surfing for Kindergarten Children: A Feasibility Study”, Gifted Education International, Vol. 28, No 2, 2011 (to appear).

Loo, A. "Security Threats of Smart Phones and Bluetooth", Communications of the ACM, volume 52, number 3, 2009.

Loo, A. "The Myths and Truths of Wireless Security: An End-User Perspective", Communications of the ACM, volume 51, number 2, p. 66-71, 2008.

Loo, A. and Chung, CW. "Model for Information Literacy Course Development: A Liberal Arts University Perspective", Library Review, v55, number 4, p.249-258, 2006.

Loo, A. "Distributed Multiple Selection Algorithm for Peer-to-peer Systems", Journal of Systems and Software, v78, issue 3, p.234-248, 2005.

Loo, A. and Choi, C. "Network/Multiplayer Games and Security” [Editorial], Journal of Electronic Library, 2004.

Loo, A. "Sensitivity Analysis of Database Operations: A Case Study of Parallel Sorting/Partition Algorithm", International Journal of Computers and Applications, Vol. 26, number 4, p.199-206, 2004.

Loo, A. and Choi, C. "Infrastructure for Games on Wireless Internet", Journal of Electronic Library, v22, number 1, p.576-586, 2004.

Loo, A. "The Future of Peer-to-peer Computing", Communications of the ACM, volume 46, number 9, p.57-61, 2003.

Loo, A., Lu, M. and Bloor, C. "Internet Surfing for the Blind: A Prototype", Journal of Electronic Library, volume 21, number 6, p.575-586, 2003.

Loo, A. and Choi, C. "The Impact of Computer Games" [Editorial], Journal of Electronic Library, vol. 20, n2, 2002.

Loo, A. and Choi, C. “Peer to Peer Selection Algorithm for Internet”, Internet Research, volume 12, number 1, 2002.

Loo, A., Choi, C. and Bloor, C. "Low cost parallel computation with servlets", Journal of Library Computing, volume 19, number 3/4, 2001.

Loo, A., Choi, C. and Bloor, C. "Parallel Computing using Web Servers and Servlets", Journal of Internet Research, p.160-169, 2000. 

Loo, A. and Bloor, C. "Parallel Computing with Java and Intranet / Internet”, Journal of Microcomputer Applications, Volume 18, Number 3,  1999.

Lo, J., Loo, A. and Davidson, K. "Using a Scottish Multimedia Statistics Courseware in a Hong Kong Tertiary Institution: An Experiment", The Journal of Computer Information Systems, p. 35-39, 1999.

Loo, A. (Ed.). Distributed Computing Innovations for Business, Engineering and Science, IGI Global, USA. (to appear)

Loo, A. Peer-to-peer Computing: Building Supercomputers with Web Technologies, Springer-Verlag London Limited, UK, 2007.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 倉頡輸入法(Second Edition), 樂知電腦, 2005.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC步步通(Vol.5), 樂知電腦,1999.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC步步通(Vol.4), 樂知電腦,1999.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC步步通(Vol.3), 樂知電腦,1999

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 倉頡輸入法(First Edition), 樂知電腦,1999

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC步步通(Vol.2), 樂知電腦, 1998

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC步步通(Vol.1), 樂知電腦, 1998

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 網頁編寫HTML & FrontPages98, 樂知電腦, 1998

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中文Windows 98簡捷入門, 樂知電腦, 1998.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中英文Office 97課程, 樂知電腦, 1997.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中英文Excel 5.0-7.0 進階, 樂知電腦, 1997.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中英文 CorelDraw 6.0 - 7.0課程, 樂知電腦, 1997.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. English MS Excel 5.0-7.0, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd., 1997

Loo, A. and Lo, D. DacEasy課程2.0版及95版, 樂知電腦.1997

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中英文Word 6.0-7.0, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd., 1996.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 中文Word 6.0-7.0課程進階, 樂知電腦.1996

Loo, A. and Lo, D. PC裝嵌維修, 樂知電腦.1996

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Internet, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd., 1996

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Pascal, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd, 1996. 

Loo, A. and Lo, D. DacEasy 95電腦課程, Podar Computer Center, 1995.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Wordstar, Podar Computer Center, 1994. 

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Lotus 123, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd., 1993. 

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Windows, Able Computer Consultants Co. Ltd., 1993. 

Loo, A. and Lo, D. 兒童/少年電腦課程, 樂知電腦. 1989.

Loo, A. and Mead, K. Introduction to Systems Analysis, Graham Mead Associates, 1988.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Dbase III Programming, Podar Computer Center, 1988.

Loo, A. and Lo, D. Basic Programming, Podar Computer Center, 1986. 

Loo, A. and Lam, A., “Open Education with Special Web Browser”, Learning Society and Open Education, AIOU, 2011. (to apper)

Loo, A., “Illusions of Wireless Security”, Advances in Computers, Vol. 79, p119-167, Elsevier Inc., 2010.

Loo, A., Bloor, C. and Gray, D. "Complexity Analysis of Distributed Database Algorithm", Application of High Performance Computing in Engineering V, Computational Mechanics Publications, 1997.

Loo, A., Lam, A. and Fu, R. "Application of World Wide Web on Civic Education", Multimedia Technology and Applications, Springer, 1996.

Loo, A., et al."Efficiency Measurement of Distributed Statistical Sorting Algorithms", Applications of High Performance Computing in Engineering IV, Computational Mechanics Publications, 1995.

Loo, A., "人工智能與專家系統 ", 資訊科技新論, 商務印書館, 1994.

Loo, A., Lip, R. and Chung, C.W. "Performance Evaluation of Efficient Parallel Sorting Algorithms for Supercomputers", Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering III, Elsevier Applied Science and Computational Mechanics Publications, 1993.

Papers in Proceedings

“Extending the Capabilities of Mobile Phones with Multi-Servers”, Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science, Hong Kong, 2010.

"Infrastructure for Games on Wireless Internet”, Proceedings of Second international Conference on Application and Development of Computer Game, Hong Kong, p.122-125, 2003.

"Building Supercomputer with Peer-to-peer Technologies”, Proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China, p.37-41, 2002.

"Computer games with Virtual Supercomputers”, Proceedings of First International Conference on Application and Development of Computer Game, Hong Kong, 2001.

"Internet Surfing for Blind Students", Proceedings of Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Conference, Hong Kong, May 2001.

"Free upgrade of computer power with Java, Web-based Technology and Parallel Computing”, Proceedings of High Performance Computing 2000, Hawaii, January 2000 .

"Using Java and Intranet for Parallel Processing: Solving an Integration Problem”, Proceedings of PA Java 99, United Kingdom, April 1999.

"Experience with Multimedia Statistics Course", Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Engineering and Education, Hong Kong, July 1998.

"Complexity Analysis of Parallel Statistical Sorting Algorithm", Proceedings of Parallel Computing Workshop, Japan, November 1996.

"Strategic Information Systems Planning for Small Business", Proceedings of International Conference on Global Business in Transition, Prospects for Twenty First Century, Hong Kong, December 1995.

"Complexity of Concurrent Databases Operations", Proceedings of International Conference on Concurrent Engineering and Electronic Design Automation, United Kingdom, April 1994.

"A Survey of On-line Services and Their Applications", Conference Guide of Telecommunications in Education, Hong Kong, December 1994.

"Segmentation Problems for Distributed Information Systems", Proceedings of 4th Conference of the Operations Research Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, October 1994.

"Performance Measurement of Parallel Algorithms for Linear Programming Problems", First International Workshop on Parallel Processing, India, December 1994.

"Parallelizing Linear Programming Problems on Supercomputers", The Third Conference of the Operations Research Society Proceedings, Hong Kong, p124-129 May 1993.

"Parallel Statistical Sorting Algorithm", Proceedings of International Conference of Concurrent Engineering, United Kingdom, March, 1991.

"An Object-Oriented Expert System in Academic timetabling", Proceedings of NCIT'91, Malaysia, June, 1991.

"Distributed Statistical Sorting Algorithms", Proceedings of Sicon'91, Singapore, Sept. 1991.

"Parallel Statistical Search Algorithm for tightly coupled multiprocessors", Proceedings of 1991 SEARCC Conference, Indonesia, Dec., 1991.

"Application of Statistical Properties in Record Searching", Proceedings of 1990 Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pennsylvania, USA., May, 1990.

"Pivot Selection in Sorting Algorithms", Proceedings of ASME Conference, China, Oct. 1990.

"Statistical Sorting Algorithms", Proceedings of Signal and Systems, USA, Oct, 1990.                                                          

"Application of Key Distribution in Very Large Database", Proceedings of International ASME Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom, July, 1989.

"Knowledge-based Application System Generation of Business Information System", Proceeding of International Conference on Expert System, Nepal, 1988. (with M. Ho)

Articles in Newspapers and Magazines

Loo, A., “Structured Programming Techniques”, 現代電子, 1983.

Loo, A. and Lo. David, “BASIC 進階 (1)”, 香港電子, issue 31, 1983.

Loo, A. and Lo. David, “BASIC 進階 (2)”, 香港電子, issue 32, 1983.

Loo, A. and Lo. David, “BASIC 進階 (3)”, 香港電子, issue 33, 1983.

Loo, A., “電腦語言的演變(1-2)”, 文匯報, March 1987.

Loo, A., “兒童電腦教育”, 文匯報, May 1987.

Loo, A., “資訊科技入門(1-24)”, 文匯報, December 1988.

Loo, A., “電腦印字機(1-3)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “電腦印字機的選擇(1-4)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “噴墨印字機(1-2)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “電腦印字機的選擇(1-4)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “彩色印字機”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “電腦收銀機”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “人工智能的定義(1-3)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “人工智能的研究範圍(1-3)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “人類語言處理(1-2)”, 文匯報, November 1988.

Loo, A., “電腦語言(1-9)”, 文匯報, January 1989.

Loo, A., “系統生命週期”, 文匯報, January 1989.

Loo, A., “可行性研究”, 文匯報, January 1989.

Loo, A., “系統分析師(1-2)”, 文匯報, January 1989.

Loo, A., “可行性研究報告”, 文匯報, Februray 1989.

Loo, A., “系統過渡法(1-10)”, 文匯報, February 1989.

Loo, A., “電腦化的理由(1-9)”, 文匯報, February-March 1989.

Loo, A., “資料轉換(1-9)”, 文匯報, March 1989.

Loo, A., “如何選購電腦軟件”, 文匯報, March 1989.

Loo, A., “在家辨工”, 文匯報, March 1989.

Loo, A., “FAX咭新進展”, 文匯報, March 1989.

Loo, A., “整批處理法(1-28)”, 文匯報, March-April 1989.

Loo, A., “測試電腦系統(1-16)”, 文匯報, April 1989.

Loo, A., “國喬手冊”, 文匯報, May 1989.

Loo, A., “Apple II剩餘價值”, 文匯報, May 1989.

Loo, A., “套裝軟件(1-5)”, 文匯報, May 1989.

Loo, A., “如何選購套裝軟件(1-17)”, 文匯報, May-June 1989.

Loo, A., “電子信函(1-3)”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “展幕投影”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “調查方法(1-2)”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “調查方法 – 面談法 (1-5)”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “調查方法 – 現場觀察(1-2)”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “調查方法 – 抽樣”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “調查方法 – 問卷(1-3)”, 文匯報, June 1989.

Loo, A., “電腦資料保護法例(1-4)”, 文匯報, July 1989.

Loo, A., “速度之謎(1-8)”, 文匯報, July 1989.

Loo, A., “電腦系統的保安措施(1-20)”, 文匯報, July 1989.

Loo, A., “數字系統(1-20)”, 文匯報, July-August 1989.

Loo, A., “DBASE容量與速度”, 文匯報, August 1989.

Loo, A., “電腦排序法(1-26)”, 文匯報, August-September 1989.

Loo, A., “人機介面(1-3)”, 文匯報, September 1989.

Loo, A., “系統發展策略(1-6)”, 文匯報, September 1989.

Loo, A., “回應時間(1-23)”, 文匯報, October 1989.

Loo, A., “機械人─策劃法 (1-81)”, 文匯報, October - December 1989.

Educational Packages

Internet Browser for the Blind Funded by Quality Education Fund, HK$500,000

Multimedia Statistics Courseware  (English version, Chinese version) Funded by Quality Education Fund, HK$500,000

倉頡輸入法規 (適用於倚天) (with David Lo)