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  • Title: Doctor
  • Position: Lecturer - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance
  • Qualifications: Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, Master of IT Management, PhD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Business Information Systems
  • Social Media and Social Networking
  • Online Learning
  • Project Management

Profile

Babak received his Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Master in Information Technology Management, both in Iran. Before joining academia, he mainly worked as a business analyst and IT project manager. He received a UIPA scholarship from The University of New South Wales in 2006 and completed his PhD in Information Systems in 2009. Babak has published in various refereed international journals and conferences and has taught in areas of Information Systems and Accounting & Information Systems at The University of New South Wales, The University of Sydney, Macquarie University, and University of Tehran.

Professional Certifications:

  • SAP University Alliances Program, Train the Trainer with SAP University Alliance, Asia Pacific

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy: Information Systems (The University of New South Wales (UNSW))
  • Master of IT Management: (University of Tehran (UT))
  • Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering (Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST))

Research grants

  • Department of Accounting & Corporate Governance Teaching Index (2013), $5,000: Mobile Learning and Teaching: Opportunities and Challenges for Students and Academics
  • Department of Accounting & Corporate Governance Teaching Index (2013), $5,000: Reflecting On Using SAP in business programs
  • Macquarie University New Staff Grant* (2011-2012), $18000: A Critical Success Factors Model for Communicating with Social Networking Sites Users: A Business Perspective
  • Macquarie University, Faculty of Business and Economics LEAD grant (2010), $4000: merging Web 2.0 Learning Technologies for Universities: a Benchmarking Study

Publications

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  • Attracting and Retaining Customers on Facebook Business Pages: A Content Analysis of an Online Discussion Forum, International Journal of Technology Marketing (forthcoming).
  • Determinants of intention to use search engine advertising: A conceptual model, International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems. Vol. 9, No. 3 (forthcoming).
  • A Systematic Review on Information Technology Personnel's Turnover, Journal of Lecture Notes on Software Engineering (forthcoming).
  • Do Non-Task Interactions Matter? The Relationship between Non-Task Sociability of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Learning Outcomes (2012). British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(3), 385-397.
  • Pattern of Non-task Interactions in Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Courses (2012), Interactive Learning Environments, 1-17.
  • Web 2.0 and Learning Technologies, a Benchmarking Study (2011). Asian Social Science Journal, 7(11), 5-12.
  • Enhancing Non-Task Sociability of Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (2011), Environments. Computers & Education, 57(4), 2535-2547.
  • Underlying Factors of Sense of Community in Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments (2010). Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 6(3), 585-596.
  • Students' Communicative Behaviour Adaptability In CSCL Environments (2010). Education and Information Technologies. DOI 10.1007/s10639-009-9116-x
  • Graph theory application and web page ranking for website link structure improvement (2009). Behaviour & InformationTechnology,  28(1), 63-72.
  • A Research Theme for Investigating the Effectiveness of Collaborative e-Learning in Higher Education (2009). The International Journal of Learning, 16(3), 373-384.
  • Operationalizing Off-task Sociability of Asynchronous Computer SupportedCollaborative Learning (2008). Communications of the IBIMA, 1, 152-158.
  • Website Structure Improvement: Quadratic Assignment Problem Approach and Ant Colony Meta-Heuristic Technique. Applied Mathematics and Computation. May 2007.
  • Website structure analysis based on modeling visitors' behavior: a case study (2007). Human sciences modarres journal, 11, 1-15.
  • A Web Designer Agent, Based on Usage Mining Online Behavior of Visitors.Transactions on Engineering, Computing AND Technology, Vol.6 June 2005. ISSN 1305-5313.
  • Investigating cost management in Information Technology Projects (2004). Journal of Financial Research, University of Tehran Press , ISSN: 1024-8153 pp: 105-116.

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  • Babak Abedin, Alireza Ghannadan (2003). E-business Essentials (Translation to Farsi (Persian)). RASA Publication, ISBN: 964-317-519-7

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  • A Systematic Review on Information Technology Personnel's Turnover (2012), International Conference on Software and Computing Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Sense of Community and Learning Outcomes in CSCL Environments (2012), BAI 2012 International Conference on Business and Information, Japan, 03-05 July
  • Investigating the Trend of Non-Task Social Interactions in Online Collaborative Learning Environments (2011). The 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS). Hawaii, United States, 4-7 January
  • A Fuzzy Approach for Website Page Categorization (2010). The 14th IBIMA conference on Global Business Transformation through Innovation and Knowledge Management. Istanbul, Turkey 23-24 June. pp: 579-593
  • Non-Instructional Activities in Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, AIM2008, pre-ICIS (International Conference on Information Systems). December 2008, Paris, France
  • Operationalizing Off-task Sociability of Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008 International Business Information Management Conference, 30 June - 2 July, Kuala Lumpur
  • Investigating Non-Pedagogical Sociability of Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Doctoral Consortium, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4 December 2007
  • A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Participation in Online Collaborative Learning. International Business Information Management Conference (8th IBIMA).June, 2007.Dublin, Ireland.
  • Assessing Effectiveness of The Web-Based Collaborative Learning: Students' Perspective. International Conference & Workshop on e-Learning strategies: Edutainment. March 2007. Thailand.
  • A Framework for E-business Web Designing Based on Web Usage Mining: A Case Study. 5th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Information Science, Communications and Applications (ISCA 2005), Mexico. ISBN: 960-8457-22-X pp: 45-50.
  • A Web Designer Agent, Based on Mining Online Behavior of Visitors. 4th World Enformatika Conference WEC'05 , Turkey 2005. ISBN: 975-98458-5-7. pp:41-45.
  • Website performance analysis: a case study. 4th International Industrial Engineering Conference, Tehran-Iran
  • The impacts of Customer relationship management on attaining TQM goals. 1st international conference on total quality management and world trade- Tehran-Iran.
  • Identifying CSFs in establishing a public portal in Developing countries, case of Iran. The 1st international conference on informational and communication technology management. Tehran. Iran
  • Babak Sohrabi, Babak Abedin(2004). Identifying CSFs in establishing a public portal in Developing countries, case of Iran. The 1st international conference on informational and communication technology management. Tehran. Iran

Professional Membership

  • Member of: Australian Computer Society, Sydney Australia
  • Editorial Board Member of: International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, Bucks United Kingdom

Community engagement

Member of Review Committee for:

  • 7th IBIMA Conference: Information and Information Systems in the Digital Age, Italy, 2006
  • 8th IBIMA Conference on Information Management in the Networked Economy. Dublin, Ireland. 2007
  • 2012 International Conference on Business and Information, Japan, 03-05 July

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Dr. Abedin supervises PhD, Master, and Honors students in the following areas:

  • Accounting & Information Systems
  • Information Technology for Management
  • E-Commerce
  • IT Project Management
  • Social Media and Knowledge Management

Teaching

  • Business Information Systems
  • Accounting & Information Systems
  • Information Technology for Management
  • E-Commerce
  • Business and marketing implications and applications of social media
  • Mobile computing and cloud computing
  • Accounting information systems
  • Electronic and social commerce

Teaching Awards

  • Faculty of Business and Economics Award for Learning & Teaching 2010: Enhancement of student experience & significant contribution to the information systems units