Current Graduate Students


Name Degree Topic Office Time Notes
Yan Zhang PhD Granular Computing CW 308.04 Jan 2012- -
Nouman Azam PhD Game-theoretic Rough Sets CW 308.04 May 2010- -
Mehdi Sadeqi PhD Machine Learning CL 122 Sept 2009- Co-supervision with Dr. Zilles
Sojung Kim MSc Mobile Computing CW 308.04 Sept 2011 -
Ying Zhou MSc Rough Computing CW 308.04 May 2012 -
Yu Song MSc Financial Data Mining and Analysis CW 308.11 Sept 2006 Part time

Previous Graduate Students


Name Thesis Degree Time Whereabout
Joseph Herbert Investigating Machine Learning Decision Problems with Game Theory PhD Sept 2006-Dec 2010 Regina
Abdulaziz Aljuaied A Web-based Research Support System Enhanced With Wiki Technology MSc Proj Sept 2009 - Aug 2012 Saudi Arabia
Dong Won Kim A Web-based Learning Support System for Inquiry-based Learning using Treasure Hunt MSc Sept 2006 - Dec 2009 Ontario
Songlun Zhao Intrusion Detection Using the Support Vector Machine Enhanced with a Feature-Weight Kernel MSc Jan 2004 - Aug 2007 Regina
Joseph Herbert A New Approach to Competitive Learning in Self-Organizing Maps MSc Sept 2003 - Mar 2006 PhD candidate of UoR
Ming Zhang A Study on XML Querying and Mining MSc Sept 2002 - Dec 2004 PhD candidate of UoC

2008 Summer with Dong Won, Chakra a nd Joe

2008 Summer with Dong Won, Chakra and Joe

Supervisory Committee of the Following Students

  • Li He (PhD, Oct 2008)
  • Fuzhan Nasiri (PhD, Jan 2007)
  • Bin Lou (PhD, Dec 2006)
  • Liang Xu (PhD, Nov 2005)
  • Hua Li (PhD, May 2003)

  • Xuefei Zhang (MSc Proj, March 2013)
  • Rong Fu (MSc, Sept 2012)
  • Hadeel Amer (MSc Proj, March 2011)
  • Yang Zhou (MASc, Dec 2010)
  • Chun Xiao Chen(MSc Proj, Aug 2010)
  • Yang He(MSc, Aug 2010)
  • Mawuena Glymin(MSc, Dec 2009)
  • Bing Zhou (MSc, April 2008)
  • Chang Feng (MSc, Jan 2008)
  • Mohammad Rahman (MSc, Aug 2006)
  • Leanne Spracklin (MSc, Aug 2006)
  • James Heather (MSc, Dec 2005)
  • Yao Peng (MSc, Jan 2005)
  • Jidong Liu (MSc, December 2004)
  • Keqing Song (MSc, September 2003)
  • Hanh Hong Nguyen (MSc, January 2003)
  • Chong Li (MSc, July 2002)

    External Dissertation/Thesis Examiner for

  • Mingli Song (PhD, 2012), University of Alberta, Canada.
  • (PhD, 2009), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
  • (PhD, 2003), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

  • Tokuyo Mizuhara (MSc, Sept 2009), Saint Mary's University, Canada.
  • Wei Yuan (MSc, Sept 2008), Lakehead University, Canada.

  • Ming Hua Lin (MSc, Feb 2011), U of R, Canada.
  • Ting Zhang (MSc, July 2010), U of R, Canada.
  • Mahinsasa Tennakoon (MASc, July 2009), U of R, Canada.
  • Tao Wei (MASc, Sept 2007), U of R, Canada.
  • Diego Carrera (MASc, Dec 2006), U of R, Canada.
  • Yimei Zhang (MASc, Oct 2005), U of R, Canada.

    Publications with Graduate Students

    1. N. Azam, J. T. Yao, Analyzing Uncertainties of Probabilistic Rough Set Regions with Game-theoretic Rough Sets, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2013 (in press)
    2. N. Azam, J. T. Yao, Game-theoretic Rough Sets for Feature Selection, in Skowron and Suraj (Eds.), Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems - Professor Zdzislaw Pawlak in Memoriam (Volume 2), Intelligent Systems Reference Library, Vol. 43, pp.61-78, 2012.

    3. Y. Zhang and J.T. Yao, Rule Measures Tradeoff Using Game-theoretic Rough Sets, F.M. Zanzotto et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Brian Informatics (BI'12), Macau, China, Dec 4-7, 2012, LNCS 7670, pp.348-359.
    4. N. Azam, J. T. Yao, Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis with Game-Theoretic Rough Sets, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Rough Set and Knowledge Technology, RSKT 2012, Chengdu, China, August 17-20, 2012, LNCS 7414, pp.399-408.
    5. N. Azam, J. T. Yao, Classifying Attributes with Game-theoretic Rough Sets, in Watada, Watanabe, Phillips-Wren, Howlett and Jain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies (IDT'12), Gifu, Japan, May 23-25, 2012, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 15, pp.175-184
    6. N. Azam, J.T. Yao, Comparison of Term Frequency and Document Frequency Based Feature Selection Metrics in Text Categorization, Expert Systems With Applications, 39(5):4760-4768, 2012.

    7. N. Azam, J.T. Yao, Incorporating Game Theory in Feature Selection for Text Categorization, RSFDGrC 2011, Moscow, Russia, June 25-27, 2011, LNCS(LNAI) 6743, pp215-222.
    8. J.P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Game-theoretic Rough Sets, Fundamenta Informaticae, 108(3-4):267-286, 2011.

    9. D.W. Kim, J.T. Yao, A Treasure Hunt Model for Inquiry-based Learning in the Development of a Web-based Learning Support System, Journal of Universal Computer Science, 16(14):1853-1881, 2010.
    10. D.W. Kim, J.T. Yao, A Web-Based Learning Sup port System for Inquiry-Based Learning, J.T. Yao (ed.), Web-Based Support Systems, Springer-Verlag London, 2010, pp125-143.

    11. J. P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, A Granular Computing Framework for Self-Organizing Maps, Neurocomputing, 72(13-15):2865-2872, 2009.
    12. J.P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Learning Optimal Parameters in Decision-Theoretic Rough Sets, Proceedings of Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'09), Gold Coast, Australia, July 14-16, 2009, LNAI 5589, pp610-617. (Best student paper award)
    13. J.T. Yao, J.P. Herbert, Financial Time-series Analysis with Rough Sets, Applied Soft Computing, 9(3):1000-1007, 2009.
    14. J. P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Criteria for Choosing a Rough Set Model, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 57(6):908-918, 2009.

    15. J. P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Game-Theoretic Risk Analysis in Decision-Theoretic Rough Sets, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'08), May 17-19, 2008, Chengdu, China, LNAI 5009, pp132-139.
    16. J.T. Yao, J.P. Herbert, A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Rough Set Analysis, 2008 International Forum on Knowledge Technology (IFKT'08), Chongqing, Journal of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp291-298, 2008.

    17. J. P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Maps for Web Mining, Profeedings of 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, Sillicon Valley, CA, USA, Nov 2-5, 2007, pp299-302.
    18. J. P. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Rough Set Model Selection for Practical Decision Making, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'07), Aug 24-27, 2007, Hainan, China, III, pp203-207.
    19. J.T. Yao, J.P. Herbert, Web-based Support Systems with Rough Set Analysis, Proceedings of International Conference on Rough Sets and Emerging Intelligent System Paradigms (RSEISP'07), June 28 -30, 2007, Warsaw, Poland, LNAI 4585, pp 360-370.
    20. J.T. Yao, D. W. Kim, J. P. Herbert, Supporting Online Learning with Games, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6570, Data Mining, Intrusion Detection, Information Assurance, And Data Networks Security, April 9-13 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA, edited by Belur V. Dasarathy, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2007), 65700G-(1-11).
    21. J. Herbert, J.T. Yao, GTSOM: Game Theoretic Self-Organizing Maps, K. Chen and L.P. Wang (eds.), Trends in Neural Computation, Springer-Verlag, 2007, pp199-224.

    22. J. T. Yao, W. N. Liu, L. Fan, Y. Y. Yao and X. D. Yang, Supporting Sustainable Communities with Web-based Information Systems, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2006, pp84-94.
    23. J.T. Yao, S.L. Zhao, L. Fan, An Enhanced Support Vector Machine Model for Intrusion Detection, Proceedings of the International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT), Chongqing, China, July 24-26, 2006, LNAI 4062, pp538-543.
    24. J.T. Yao, W.N. Liu, The STP Model for Solving Imprecise Problems, Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Granular Computing (GrC'06), Atlanta, USA, May 10-12, 2006, pp.683-687
    25. J. T. Yao, W.N. Liu, Web-based Dynamic Delphi: a New Survey Instrument, Proceedings of SPIE No 6241, Data Mining, Intrusion Detection, Information Assurance, And Data Networks Security, April 17-18, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA, edited by Belur V. Dasarathy, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2006), pp.169-179.

    26. J.T. Yao, M. Zhang, Feature Selection with Adjustable Criteria, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing (RSFDGrC'05), Regina, Canada, Sept 1-3, 2005, LNAI 3641 pp.204-213.
    27. J. Herbert, J.T. Yao, A Game-Theoretic Approach to Competitive Learning in Self-Organizing Maps, First International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05), Changsha, China, August 27 - 29, LNCS 3610, 2005, pp129-138.
    28. J. Herbert, J.T. Yao, Time-Series Data Analysis with Rough Sets, 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance (CIEF), Salt Lake City, USA July 21-26, 2005, pp908-911.
    29. W.N. Liu, J.T. Yao, Y.Y. Yao, Constructive Fuzzy Sets with Similarity Semantics, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of NAFIPS, Ann Arbor, USA, June 22-25, 2005, pp591-596.
    30. J. T. Yao, S.L. Zhao, L.V. Saxton, A study on fuzzy intrusion detection, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5812, Data Mining, Intrusion Detection, Information Assurance, And Data Networks Security, 28 March - 1 April 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA, edited by Belur V. Dasarathy, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2005), pp23-30.

    31. J. T. Yao, M. Zhang, A Fast Tree Pattern Matching Algorithm for XML Query , Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, Beijing, China, Sept 20-24, 2004, pp235-241.
    32. W.N. Liu, J.T. Yao, L. Fan, Y.Y. Yao, X.D. Yang, Web-based Support Systems for Sustainable Communities, Proceedings of the Second Workshop Web-based Support Systems (WSS'04), Beijing, China, Sept 20, 2004, pp102-110.
    33. M. Zhang, J.T. Yao, A Rough Sets Based Approach to Feature Selection, Proceedings of The 23rd International Conference of NAFIPS, Banff, Canada, June 27-30, 2004, pp434-439.
    34. W.N. Liu, J. T. Yao, Y.Y.Yao, Rough Approximations under Lever Fuzzy Sets, Fourth International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC'04), Uppsala, Sweden, June 1-5, 2004, LNAI 3066, pp78-83.
    35. M. Zhang, J. T. Yao, XML Algebra for Data Mining, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #5433, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Theory, Tools, and Technology VI, 12-13 April 2004, Orlando, USA, edited by Belur V. Dasarathy, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp209-217.

    A Message to Prospective Students

    If you'd like to pursue a higher degree after your graduation and are interested in my research topics, please contact me. You can find application details here. Our basic requirements for adimission are:
  • A CS degree
  • Overall average above 70%, CS average above 75% (minimum admission standards for other systems),
    and
  • TOFEL above 80 (computer-based 237 or paper-based 580) or IELTS 6.5 for non-native speakers except for exempted universities.

    CS program requirements are here

    FGRS has a calculation on costs for graduate study in Regina. A recent posted figure for visa students was around $1400 per month. However, most of students I chated with spend much less than that. The Housing Registry of the University of Regina Students' Union lists some houses for rent in areas around UoR. You can also find a very informatic introduction to new students at Chinese Students & Scholars Association if you can read Chinese,

    Please note that I don't accept interns from overseas. For UoR students, we have an NSERC USAR program. You will be paid for over $5000 for summer research.

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