Zhongyu (Joan) Lu

Zhongyu (Joan) Lu is Professor in Informatics at the University of Huddersfield (UK). Her extensive research covers information access, retrieval and visualization, XML technology, object oriented technologies, agent technology, data management systems, security issues and Internet computing. She has been an invited speaker for industrial-oriented events and published 5 academic books and more than 160 papers. Professor Lu has acted as the founder and a program chair for the International XML Technology workshop and XMLTech (USA) for 11 years (2003-2011). She also serves as Chair of 5 separate international conferences, is a regular reviewer for several international journals, and a committee member for 16 international conferences. She specializes in XML technology and mobile computing with image retrieval through the latest wireless devices. Professor Lu serves as a member of the British Computer Society (BCS), BCS examiner of Advanced Database Management Systems, and fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). She is a founder and Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Information Retrieval Research.

Publications

Design, Performance, and Analysis of Innovative Information Retrieval
Design, Performance, and Analysis of Innovative Information Retrieval
Zhongyu (Joan) Lu. © 2013. 508 pages.
Daily procedures such as scientific experiments and business processes have the potential to create a huge amount of data every day, hour, or even second, and this may lead to a...
Model of E-Reading Process for E-School Book in Libya
Model of E-Reading Process for E-School Book in Libya
Azza Abubaker, Zhongyu (Joan) Lu. © 2011. 19 pages.
Defining the stages which the reader follows when reading e-resources is one of several factors which can provide significant insights into actual reading behaviours and...