AUT - Dave Parry

Dr Dave Parry

Senior Lecturer and Director AURA Lab

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 xtn 8918

Email: dave.parry@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:

School of Computing and Mathematical sciences

Room WT408

AUT Tower

Wakefield Street

Auckland

New Zealand

Postal Address:

School of Computing and Mathematical sciences

Private bag 92006

Auckland 1142

New Zealand

Address for blogs:
  http://auralab.blogspot.com/


Links to relevant web pages:
Aura Lab

Qualifications:

BSc. (Hons), Physics, Imperial College, London University, 1984
MSc., Medical Electronics and Physics, St Bartholomew’s Medical College, London University, 1986
MSc., Computer Science, University of Otago, 2000
PhD, Computer and Information Sciences (Title: “Fuzzy ontology and Intelligent systems for discovery of useful medical information ”), Auckland University of Technology, 2006

Memberships and Affiliations:

Member IEEE, ACM and UKCHIP

Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Informatics

Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics.

Editorial Board Member International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

Editorial Board Member for the Open Medical Informatics Journal

Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics.

Editor-in–Chief, Health Care Informatics Review Online

Chair of Scientific Programme Committee, Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) Conference 2009-11 and 2013

Reviewer for Medinfo 2010-13, FUZZ-IEEE and ACM Computing Reviews

Reviewer for IEEE Networks and IEEE Communications Magazines

Advisory Board Member of the RFID in HealthCare consortium

Leader of the HINZ Academic Group

 

Biography:

Originally from Wales, I've lived in New Zealand for the last 16 years. I started work as a Medical Physicist and moved across to software development for healthcare and non-healthcare applications. I worked at the Department of Information Science, University  of Otago 1997-2000 on the world's first online teaching course in health informatics. From 2000 I've worked at AUT initially as a software developer and researcher in online learning and subsequently as  an academic. in 2006 I spent three Months in Bhutan, working on a charity-funded project at the JDW national referral hospital.

I also worked at the University of Portsmouth UK on their Telecare knowledge network project in 2006/7. I worked at UNSW in the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research on sabbatical in 2010.

Back in New Zealand I became director of the AUT RFID applications laboratory (AURA), and a senior research lecturer above the bar. I won a Faculty teaching excellence, and a Faculty research excellence award in 2012,  and I was a finalist in the AUT Teaching excellence awards.

I am currently leading the HINZ primer series - delivering workshops on health informatics to clinical staff around the country, funded by the National Health IT Board 

 

Teaching Areas:

• Ubiquitous computing
• Information Science
• Health Informatics
• Autoidentification and RFID

Research areas:

My main research interests include; Health Informatics and ehealth, RFID and applications, Fuzzy Ontologies and the Semantic Web and ubiquitous computing and the developing world.

See  recently supervised dissertations and theses:

Formulating design requirements for a clinical handover system. A usability approach

 Kaufmann, David 2012

Identifying an effective framework for usability evaluation of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning System in Educational settings

Eileen Huang 2010

 

Deriving activity from RFID detection records in an assisted living context	Zheng, Michael	2008
Map compression for a RFID-based two-dimensional indoor navigation system	Tsai, Tsung-Chun	2008
How will RFID influence the retail environment in New Zealand?: an investigation of the views of the retail sector	Feng, Xiangnan	2009
An investigation of algorithms to clean RFID data for activity monitoring of the elderly	Bai, Matthew	2009

Research Summary:

I am the founding director of the AUT RFID laboratory (AURA). One  project is running on the use of RFID devices to track activity in operating theatres – in conjunction with the University  of Auckland. There is another project on the use of RFID to support the visually impaired. Other projects include methods to clean RFID data  and compress data to allow distributed storage of data such as maps on tags.

 In the Health Informatics area I am working on the use of Smart cards and memory sticks for storing data and assisting with national clinical collaborations. I was involved in the development of the Health Information security framework. I am very interested in clinical error prevention and the use of sensors for unobtrusive analysis of activity.

Between March and May 2006 I worked on a Charity project in Bhutan in collaboration with the Royal Government of Bhutan, University of Auckland, UNICEF and the funders the Magee Family. This project involves development of a web-based series of protocols and a perinatal database to improve maternity outcomes, and is continuing.

My PhD work was on the development and assessment of a fuzzy –ontology based system to support medical information retrieval. I have further developed this approach, looking at the application to context-aware information systems. I am working on crowdsourcing applications to develop this approach. This is currently being used  for the automated analysis of medical documents, and for activity analysis.

 

Current Research Projects:

• Free2move activity tracking system
• Pharmacy tracking and dispensing assurance via RFID
  
• Activity monitoring and analysis in the operating theatre with active and Passive RFID
• Fuzzy Ontology creation and use, in the medical domain
• Ubiquitous healthcare and sports
  
• Mobile and tablet-based computing in healthcare and education
  
• Consultancy in activity analysis via RFID.
  

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Publications:

Publications in the last 5 years

Journal Papers

1. D. Parry and P. Sampath, "Trajectory Analysis using Automatic Identification Systems in New Zealand Waters," International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, vol. 2, pp. 132-136, 2013.
   
2. Parry, D., & Tsai, T.-C. (2011). Crowdsourcing techniques to create a Fuzzy Subset of SNOMED CT for semantic tagging of medical Documents. Soft Computing.
3. J. I. Westbrook, M. I. Rob, A. Woods, and D. Parry, "Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience," BMJ Quality & Safety, June 20, 2011 .
4. D.T. Parry & A. Narayanan “RFID enabled smartcards as a context-aware personal health node” . Health Care and Informatics Review Online Vol14  2010
5. Houliston, B., Parry, D. T., Webster, C. S., & Merry, A. F. “Interference with the operation of medical devices resulting from the use of radio frequency identification technology”. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1297).
6. Parry, D.T., E.C. Parry, A. Chebi, P. Dorji, and P. Stone, “Open source software – a key  component of E-health in Developing nations.” International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics, 2008 3(3): p. 1-15.
7. J. Symonds and Parry. D., "Using RFID to track and trace high value products: the case of city healthcare," Journal of Cases on Information Technology, vol. 10, pp. 1-13, 2008.

Peer reviewed books, book chapters, books edited

1. Parry, D., Philpott, A., & Montefiore, A. (2013). WISP-Based Devices as Part of a Home Telecare Node. In P. Lopez, J. Hernandez-Castro, & T. Li (Eds.), Security and Trends in Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform Tags: Advancements in RFID(pp. 193-212). Hershey, PA
   
2. D.T. Parry and J. Symonds, “RFID and assisted living for the elderly,” Auto-Identification and Ubiquitous Computing Applications: RFID and Smart Technologies for Information Convergence., D. T. Parry, et al., eds., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 119-136
3. Parry, D., Evaluation of a tool to Enhance Searching for useful medical information on the internet, in Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics: Research and Practices, J. Tan, Editor. 2008, Information Science Publishing: Hershey. p. 330-343.
4. Parry, D., Coding and Messaging Systems for Women's Health Informatics in Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology, D.T. Parry and E.C. Parry, Editors. 2008, Medical Information Science Reference: Hershey. p. 38-52.
5. Parry, D., Computerised Decision Support for Women's Health Informatics in Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology, D.T. Parry and E.C. Parry, Editors. 2008, Medical Information Science Reference: Hershey. p. 302-314.
6. Petrova, K. and D. Parry, Mobile business trends in New Zealand, in Trends in Mobile Technology and Business in the Asia-Pacific Region (Asian Studies: Contemporary Issues and Trends), Y. Yoo, J.-N. Lee, and C. Rowley, Editors. 2008, Chandos Publishing: Oxford.
7. Parry, D. T., & Parry, E. C. (Eds.). (2008). Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1 ed.): Medical Information Science Reference.
8. D. Parry, "Fuzzy Ontologies for Information retrieval on the WWW," in Fuzzy Logic and the Semantic Web (Capturing Intelligence), E. Sanchez, Ed.: Elsevier 2006, pp. 21-48

Refereed conference proceedings

1. D. Parry, W. Yeung, and M. Orr, "Ontology-based approaches to Access Management in the health sector," in Health Informatics New Zealand, Rotorua, 2012.
   
2. Houliston, B., Parry, D. T., & Ticehurst, R. (2011, November 2011). Procedural Error Identification in Ward-based Drug Dispensing via RFID. presented at the meeting of the Health Informatics New Zealand, Auckland.
3. Kaufmann, D., Carter, P., Parry, D., Parry, E., Carlsen, V., Groom, K., & Cunningham, L. (2011). A Usability Perspective on Clinical Handover Improvement: CHIPS with Everything ? Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Health Informatics New Zealand Conference, Auckland New Zealand.
4. B. Houliston, D.T Parry, A.F. Merry “Towards Automated Detection of Anaesthetic Activity” MEDINFO 2010
5. Parry, D. T. & Tsai, T. C. (2010) Crowdsourcing techniques to create a fuzzy subset of SNOMED CT for semantic tagging of medical documents. FUZZ-IEEE 2010/ WCCI. Barcelona.
6. B. Houliston, D.T Parry et al., “TADAA: Enabling Continuous Improvement for Anaesthetists,” Proc. Health Informatics New Zealand, HINZ, 2009.
7. Parry, D., H. Jennings, J. Symonds, K. Ravi, and M. Wright, “Supporting the visually impaired using RFID technology”, in Health Informatics New Zealand Forum. 2008, HINZ: Rotorua.
8. Parry, D., B. Houliston, and J. Symonds, “RFID-Based Self-Description to Support Low-Cost Telecare and Assistance At Home”, in The 13th International Symposium for Health Information Management & Research (ISHIMR). 2008, Massey University: Auckland.
9. Houliston, B., A. Merry, and D. Parry,  “Sensors and Insensibility: Monitoring Anaesthetic Activity with RFID”, in Health Informatics New Zealand Forum. 2008, HINZ: Rotorua.
10. Iluyemi, C.J. Fitch, D.T. Parry, and J. S. Briggs, " Health Information System for Community Based Health Workers: A Case for Mobile and Wireless Technologies,," in IST-Africa, Maputo Mozambique, 2007.
11. Smith, G., D. Parry, D. Prytherch, S. Farrell, and N. Hirsch, (2008) Validation of a novel radar-based breathing rate measurement device using a human manikin. Resuscitation, 2008. 77(Supplement 1): p. S41-S42 (POSTER)
12. Smith, G., D. Parry, S. Farrell, L. Woodward, D. Prytherch, S. (2008)Harrison, and N. Hirsch, Validation of a novel radar-based breathing rate measurement device in human volunteers. Resuscitation, 2008. 77(Supplement 1): p. S14-S14.(POSTER)

 

Awards:

2005 ISAT Travel award ($4000)
2006 Gained Magee Family funding for Bhutan development project ($750,000)
2008 Member of the Ministry of Health expert Committee that created the Health Information Security Framework

2008 New Zealand invited representative for the APEC E-health International Seminar, Seoul, Korea
2008 Awarded Faculty contestable research grant ($20,000)
2009 – Awarded TEC Summer studentship ($5000) for development of INTEL WISP  devices for medical use. Member of the INTEL WISP academic challenge.
2010 Awarded BuildIT Career development travel award ($4000) and BuildIT consortium development award ($1200)
2011 Summer studentship award ($5000)

2012  Vodaphone special projects fund ($10,000), and AUTEL ($2000), shared with Ann Brown for the RFID-based community activity system free2move

2012 DCT Teaching Excellence  award and Research Excellence award.