Department of Information Systems | School Of Computing | National University of Singapore

Research
 Current Research Interests

My current research interests focus on the following four areas:

  • Social Computing
  • Online Decision Aid Design
  • Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Information Systems Development and Education
Primary Research Interests
My current primary research interests focus on the interaction between social computing, ubiquitous / pervasive computing and e-service economy in the era of Web 2.0 / 3.0. In particular, I am interested in understanding the adoption and usage of social computing at both the individual and organizational level.

Secondary Research Interests
I am also actively engaged in research activities in the areas of online decision aid design (with specific emphasis on product brokering Recommendation Agent or RA), human computer interaction as well as information systems development and education.

 Research Honours and Awards
International
  • ACM SIGMIS (Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems) 2009 Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Nominee
 Publications

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Tan, W. K., Nguyen, T. T. D., Oo Tha, K. K., Yu, X. "Designing Groupware that Fosters Social Capital Creation: Can Facebook Support Global Virtual Team?," in Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Francisco, California, August 6-9, 2009, Paper 525. [Abstract | Link]

  2. Tan, W. K., Tan, C. H., and Teo, H. H. "Would I Use My Personal Blog for Commercial Exchange?," in Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Verona, Italy, June 8-10, 2009, Paper 47. [Abstract | Link]

  3. Tan, W. K., and Teo, H. H. "Blogging to Express Self and Social Identities, Any One?," in Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Verona, Italy, June 8-10, 2009, Paper 79. [Abstract | Link]

  4. Tan, W. K., and Teo, H. H. "Training Students to be Innovative Information Systems Developers: Synergizing Project-based Learning with Problem-based Learning," in Proceedings of the 47th ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference (SIGMIS-CPR), Limerick, Ireland, May 28-30, 2009, pp. 19-32. [Abstract | Link] [2009 Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Nominee]

  5. Tan, W. K., Tan, C. H., and Teo, H. H. "Understanding the Exchange Intention of an Individual Blogger," in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 267, Information Technology in the Service Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the 21st Century, Barrett, M., Davidson, E., Middleton, C. and DeGross, J. (Eds), Springer, Boston, pp. 375-378. (IFIP Technical Committee 8 Working Group 8.2 International Working Conference, August 10-13, 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (IFIP WG8.2) [Abstract | Link]

  6. Tan, C. H., Tan, W. K., and Teo, H. H. "Training Students to be Agile Information Systems Developers: A Pedagogical Approach," in Proceedings of the 46th ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference (SIGMIS-CPR), Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, April 3-5, 2008, pp. 88-96. [Abstract | Link]
 Bibliography
 PhD Dissertation (Research in Progress)

The proposed title of my PhD dissertation is "An Integrative Framework to Examine the Theoretical and Practical Implications of Social Computing". My supervisor is Associate Professor Teo Hock Hai.

 Honours Dissertation

The title of my honours dissertation was "Designing Recommendation Agent to Assist Consumers in Deciding How, Why and Which to Buy". My supervisor was Associate Professor Teo Hock Hai. I am also grateful to Dr. Tan Chuan Hoo for his guidance.