Lorna Uden

Professor emeritus Dr. Lorna Uden published over 200 papers in conferences, journals, chapters of books and workshops.  Her research interests include Learning Technology, Web Engineering and Technology, Human Computer Interaction, Groupware, Activity Theory, big data,  innovation , E-business, Knowledge management, E-government, Semantic web, Web services ,  big data, service innovation, social media, Service Science, Internet of Things  ( IOT) , intelligence science, intelligent transport systems   and Problem-Based Learning (PBL).  She co-authored the book, ‘Technology and Problem – Based Learning’, published by IGI publishers.  Professor Uden travels round the world to give workshops in problem Based learning and research seminars to help students to be smart.

Professor Uden is program committee member for many international conferences and workshops. She is on the editorial board of several international journals. She is founder and editor in chief of the International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET) and the International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT), published by Inderscience, UK.

Professor Uden is adjunct professor at VIT, India and also visiting professor to universities in Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Finland, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa and Taiwan. She has been keynote speaker at many international conferences. On the international front, she collaborates widely with colleagues worldwide in paper writing. She is the founder of the KMO and LTEC conferences. Professor Uden is also the conference chair of KMO2017 and LTEC 2017.

Professor Uden travels widely to give seminars on research methods, Problem Based learning,  big data,  e learning, Information system design,  Innovation, knowledge management, service science, IOT and many other subjects. She   is actively helping colleagues internationally to write papers as well as the external examiner to the university of West Indies and City University in Hong Kong. Professor Uden is on the panel of reviewers for research proposals for Hong Kong government.  She has being external PhD examiner for many universities throughout the world.