Barranco-Mendoza, AlmaChief Information Officer, Information Technology; Assistant Professor, Computing and Information Systems and Biotechnology Departments; Co-Director, Gender Studies Institute.Department: Information Technology; FNAS; Computing Science; Information Systems; Biotechnology Email: Alma@twu.ca Phone1: (604) 513-2090 Link: http://www.csc.twu.ca/barranco/ Area of Expertise: Software Engineering, Mobile and Web Technologies, Intelligence Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, Knowledge Representation, Risk Assessment and Decision Support Systems (Type 2 Diabetes, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lung and Oral Cancer), Intelligent E-Learning Systems for Learners with Disabilities (Autism, Dyslexia) Research: Multi-axial Data Analysis and Knowledge Representation, Intelligent Medical Risk Assessment Systems (Type II Diabetes, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Lung and Oral Cancer), Intelligent E-Learning Systems for Learners with Disabilities (Autism and Dyslexia), Use of Mobile and Web Technologies in Rural and Remote Health for Disease Prevention and Management, Bioinformatics Analysis of Disease in Targeted Populations (Aboriginals, People with ASD), Gender, Social, and Ethical Issues in Technology and Medicine. Spoken Languages: English, Spanish Education: Ph.D., Computing Science/Bioinformatics (Simon Fraser University) M.Sc., Applications of Modelling in the Natural and Social Sciences (Trent University, ON, Canada) B.Sc. Hons., Mathematics and Computer Science (Trent University) About myselfI have been teaching in the Computing Science and Biotechnology programs at TWU since 2004 and have been serving as Chief Information Officer in TWU's Information Technology division since January 2009. I am also one of the founding scholars and co-director of the Gender Studies Institute. My primary research interests are in Medical Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence. I am particularly interested on Knowledge Representation for Decision Support, E-Learning, and Risk Assessment Intelligent Systems and their application to problems that deal with complex, multi-disciplinary data such as Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Cancer, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. As an extension from this research, I am also interested in studying the ethical, social, and gender issues that arise from research in Science, Medicine, and High Technology. As well as the use of web and mobile technologies for medical knowledge translation and e-learning to support learners with special needs.
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