AUT - Krassie Petrova

Krassie Petrova

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems/Information Technology

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extn 5045

Email: Krassie.petrova@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
AUT Tower, Level 1,
2 – 14 Wakefield St,
Auckland 1010

Qualifications:

• 1971 MSc (Computer Science), Sofia University, Sofia
• 1978 PGradDipSysOrg, Technical University, Sofia
• 1998 GradDipTchg, AUT
• 2002 PGradDipCom, University of Auckland

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Associate Editor-in-Chief  of the Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technologies (BACIT), http://www.naccq.ac.nz/bacit/
• Member of NZCS (New Zealand Computer Society),  http://www.nzcs.org.nz/
• Member of Internet NZ, http://www.internetnz.net.nz/
• Member of the New Zealand Chapter of ACM, http://oldwww.acm.org/chapters/acm_nz/membership.php
• Member of APSCE (Asia Pacific Society for Computers in Education), http://apsce.net/
• Member of the Informing Science institute, http://informingscience.org/

Biography:

Krassie has over 10 years of international experience as a manager and consultant in information systems development and information management, and over 15 years of university teaching and curriculum development  in information systems, programming, data communication networks, and information technology.

Teaching Areas:

Krassie teaches undergraduate courses (Networking)  and postgraduate courses (Net-Centric Computing, Information Security). She supervises postgraduate student research work in mobile applications and services (including mobile Internet deployment, mobile payment systems, mobile gaming, mobile learning, location aware applications).

Research areas:

• Mobile applications and services modelling and adoption.
• Information security curriculum development .
• Flexible and hybrid models for communication and information technology supported learning.
• Academia and industry alignment in IT/IS.

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Current Research Projects:

• Mobile services and applications adoption
• Mobile learning technologies and pedagogies
• SMS based mobile banking and customer acceptance
• Enabling mobile services through mobile
• NGN Issues and Trends in the Transportation Stratum
• From eGovernment to mGovernment
• Supporting mobile workers with mobile technology
• Customer requirements and LBS
• Impacts of the mobile Internet

Research Summary:

Krassie has published and presented in New Zealand and internationally in the areas of eLearning, IS/IT and eBusiness education and curriculum development, IT/IS student skills and capabilities building, mobile applications and services  adoption, and mobile business models. She has conducted research and published on the adoption of eLearning and technology supported learning, mobile gaming, mobile learning, just in time learning, in ICT and information security curriculum development. She currently works on developing and validating a customer centric model of mobile applications and services adoption applying frameworks and constructs from adoption theories, service science, and design science.

Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Petrova, K. & Claxton, G. (2005). Building Student Skills and Capabilities in Information Technology and e-Business: A Moving Target. Journal of Information Systems Education, 16(1), pp. 27-41.
2. Petrova, K. & Sinclair, R. (2005). Business Undergraduates Learning Online: A One Semester Snapshot. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology, 1(4), pp. 69-88, December 2005. ISSN 1814-0556.
3. Sarkar, N. & Petrova, K. (2009). Miniproject-Based Learning as an Effective Tool for Teaching Computer Networks to Graduate Students. International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies Education, 5(1), 1-16
4. Petrova, K. (2007). Mobile learning as a mobile business application. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 4(1), 1-13.
5. Petrova, K. (2009, accepted). An Educational Experiment with Short Text Messaging: Analysis and Evaluation. International Journal on Mobile Learning and Organization.

Refereed Book Chapters (selected recent publications)

1. Fincher, S., Clear, T., Petrova, K. et al. (2004). Cooperative Education in Information Technology. In Coll, R. & Eames, C. (eds) , “International Handbook for Cooperative Education: An Internationals Perspective of the Theory, Research and Practice of Work-Integrated Learning", pp.111- 121. WACE: Hamilton, New Zealand .
2. Sarkar, N. I. & Petrova, K. (2006). WebLan Designer: a Web-Based Tool to enhance Teaching and Learning about Wired and Wireless LAN Design. In N. I Sarkar (Ed.), Tools for Teaching Computer Networking and Hardware Concepts, Idea Group Publising, pp. 21- 28.
3. Petrova, K. (2007). Understanding the success factors of mobile gaming. In D. Taniar (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Mobile Computing & Commerce, Vol. 1, IGI. Information Science Reference. New York, USA.
4. Petrova, K. (2007). Scenarios for SMS based mobile learning. In D. Taniar (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Mobile Computing & Commerce, Vol. 1, IGI. Information Science Reference. New York, USA.
5. Petrova, K. & Claxton, G. (2007).Curriculum change and alignment with industry: The student perspective. In G. Lowry & R. Turner (Eds.) Information Systems and Technology Education: From the University to the Workplace, pp. 128-158. IGI. Information Science Reference. Hershey, PA, USA.
6.  Petrova, K. & Parry, D. (2008). Mobile Computing Applications in New Zealand. In: Yoo, Y., Lee, J.-N, Rowley, C. (Eds.) Trends in Mobile Technology and Business in the Asia-Pacific Region, pp. 153-177. Chandos Publishing,  Oxford, UK.
7. Petrova, K. & Sinclair, R. (2008). E-Learning Value and Student Experiences: A Case Study. In  Francisco Jose Garcia Peñalvo (Ed.) Advances in E_Learning: Experiences and Methodologies [Chapter VII], pp 112-131, Information Science reference (an imprint of IGI Global), Hershey, PA, USA
8. Petrova, K. & Medlin, D. (2008). Informing Industry via Academic Research in ICT Skill and Capability Development. In L. Al-Hakim & M. Memmola (Eds.) Business Web Strategy: Design, Alignment, and Application [Chapter II], pp. 26-45, IGI Global, Hershey,  PA, USA.  I
9. Petrova, K. (2009). Mobile commerce applications and adoption. In D. Taniar (Ed.) “Mobile Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications”,  (6 Volumes), [Chapter 4.22], pp. TBA. Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), Hershey, PA, USA.
10. Petrova, K. (2009, accepted). Mobile Gaming: Perspectives and issues. In I. Lee (ed.) Encyclopaedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy

Refereed Conference Proceedings (selected recent publications)

1. Sarkar, N. I. & Petrova, K. (2005). WebLan-Designer: A Web-bas
2. Petrova, K. & Qu, H. (2006). Mobile gaming: a reference model and critical success factors. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.) Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management: Proceedings of the 2006 Information Resources Management Association Conference, May 21-24, Washington DC, Vol.1, pp. 228-231
3. Petrova, K. & Medlin, D. (2006). Towards a general framework for the study of ICT skills supply and demand. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.) Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management: Proceedings of the 2006 Information Resources Management Association Conference, May 21-24, Washington DC, Vol. 1, pp. 255-258.
4. Petrova, K. & Qu, H. (2007). Playing mobile games: Consumer perceptions. In J. Filipe, D. A. Marca, B. Shishkov, & M. van Sinderen (Eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on e-Business (ICE-B), July 28-31, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 209-214.
5. Fielden, K. & Petrova, K. (2007). If only we had time. In S. Mann & N. Bridgeman (Eds.) Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications , July 8-11, Nelson, New Zealand, pp. 65-72. Hamilton:
6.     * Petrova, K. & Huang, R. (2007). Mobile internet deployment in New Zealand. In S. Krishnamurthy & P. Isaias (Eds) Proceedings of IADIS e-Commerce 2007 Conference, December 7-9, Algrave, Portugal, pp. 337-341. International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS)
7. Petrova, K. (2007). Students revising for a test using SMS. In A. Norman & J. Pearce  (Eds.), Proceedings of mLearn 2007 “Making the Connections”, pp 218-222. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne, October 16-19, Melbourn, Australia
8. Petrova, K. & Wang, B. (2008). Location based services: A roadmap for New Zealand ”.  In S. Man &  M. Lopez (Eds.) Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the NACQ.  pp, 93-100. 4-8 July, Auckland
9. Petrova, K. (2008). Mobile payment: Towards a customer-centric model.  In S. Hartmann et al. (Eds.): WISE 2008, LNCS 5176, pp. 12–23, 2008. eBAG@WISE 2008 , September, 2008, Auckland.
10. Connor, A., Buchan, J., & Petrova, K. (2009). Bridging the Research-Practice Gap in RE Through Effective Teaching. In Proceedings of ITNG 2009 (IEEE): 6th International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations, April 27-29, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
11. Petrova, K. & Li, C. (2009). Focus and Setting in Mobile Learning Research: A Review of the Literature,  in K. S. Soliman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Business Information Management Conference (IBIMA) on Innovation and Knowledge Management in Twin Track Economies, 4-6 January '09, Cairo, Egypt, pp.1456-1463.

Commercial Publications and Technical Reports

1. Pears, R., Gottgtroy, P., Petrova, K., & MacDonell, S. (2006, 16/08). RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT REPORT : Data Mining – Phase 1. AUT University,Auckland, & MediaLab, Lucent International, Lucent New Zealand, Telecom New Zealand, , Foundation for Research Science & Technology (FRST) (60 pages, Technical report, confidential).
2. Pang, S., Kasabov, N., Si_Eng Ling, S._E., & Petrova, K (2006, 16/08). RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT REPORT : Closed Loop Optimization – Phase 1. AUT University, Auckland & MediaLab, Lucent International, Lucent New Zealand, Telecom New Zealand, Foundation for Research Science & Technology (FRST) (34 pages, Technical report, confidential).

Awards:

• Highly Commended Paper (NACCQ Conference 2004)
• The AUT Chancellor’s Publication Grant Award (2005)
• The AUT Chancellor’s Publication Grant Award (2007)
• Best Collaborative Paper (NACCQ Conference 2007)