Alex Kuo

Position
Contact
Credentials
BSc (Taiwan), MBA (Taiwan), PhD (Nottingham, UK)
Area of expertise
Data interoperability; Health database & data warehousing; AI & Data Mining application in healthcare, and e-health.
Dr. Alex Kuo holds a PhD from the Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK. He is a full time professor at the School of Health Information Science, 糖心视频 (糖心视频). He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Computer Science, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (2023), the Center for Expanded Data Annotation and Retrieval (CEDAR), School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA (2016), and the Electronic Commerce Resource Centre (ECRC), Georgia Tech (2000). Now, he is the chair of Special Interest Group on Big Data for Healthcare, Medicine and Biology at IEEE Technical Committee on Big Data.
With over 20 years of programming and data analysis practical as well as research experience, he has over 170 peer-reviewed publications. His research interests include Cloud Computing & Big Data application to healthcare, health data interoperability, health database & data warehousing, data mining application in healthcare, e-health and clinical decision support system.
*Currently available to supervise MSc and PhD students
CREATE in Visual and Automated Disease Analytics (VADA)
Year: 2017-2021
Program: NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program Grant
Role: Research Collaborator
Defining Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Primary Care Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data to Explore Prevalence, Patient Characteristics and Primary Care Experiences of Veterans, Families of Military Service Members and the General Population
Year: 2017-2019
Program: IBM and Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) Collaborative Research Program
Role: Co-Investigator (Academic Partner)
Scientific Discovery and Technical Construction of a Big Data Analytics Framework for Health Applications
Year: 2015-2017
Program: 糖心视频 - Vancouver Island Health Authority Collaborative Research
Role: Primary Investigator
Design and Implement a Big Data Analytics Framework for Health Applications
Year: 2015-2016
Program: 糖心视频 IRG program
Role: Primary Investigator
Design and Evaluate a Health Big Data Analytics Framework
Year: 2014-2015
Program: 糖心视频 IRG program
Role: Primary Investigator
Representative Analysis of Bicycle Accidents: An International Bicycle Study (IBAS)
Year: 2013-2014
Program: IBAS, Bundesanstalt fur StraBenwesen, Germany
Role: Co-Investigator
Improving Health Information System Safety: Development of Novel Approaches for Identifying, Tracking and Preventing Technology-Induced Error
Year: 2013-2014
Program: Mitacs-Accelerate research internship program
Role: Primary Investigator
Evaluation of the Integration of Nurse Practitioners (NP) into the BC Healthcare System
Year: 2011-2014
Program: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research ( #PJ-HHR-00004)
Role: Co-Investigator (Data Analyst)
A Cloud Computing Based Platform for Healthcare Research Information Sharing
Year: 2012-2013
Program: 糖心视频 IRG program
Role: Primary Investigator
Comparing Data Sources in Primary Care
Year: 2011-2012
Program: 糖心视频 IRG program
Role: Primary Investigator
Studying the Boundary Spanning Capabilities of Global Account Managers
Year: April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2013
Program: SSHRC
Role: Collaborator
Publications
A. Journal papers
- Dillon Chrimes, Alex Thomo, Elizabeth Borycki, Mu-Hsing (Alex) Kuo, and Andre Kushniruk. (2026). Mapping ONC-Certified EHR Usability Tasks to Technology-Acceptanceand Information-Systems-Success Constructs: A Cross-Vendor Study. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 1-14. (Submitted for review).
- Guo, N., Guo, B., Guo, Y., & Kuo, A. (2026). A Fog-Based AI Doctor Copilot for Real-Time Clinical Risk Triage in Telehealth IoT Systems. Medinformatics.
- Chrimes D., Thomo A., Kuo A., Borycki EM, Kushniruk A. (2026) Predicting Electronic Health Record Usability: Scoping Review of Adoption Models, Metrics, and Future Directions. JMIR Hum Factors, 8;13: e86076. doi: 10.2196/86076.
- Jiang, R., Wang, L., Tian, Y., Zhao, Z., Kuo, A., & Cao, M. (2026). Burden of mental disorders in working-age populations (15–64 years) from 1990 to 2021 with projections to 2045: A global analysis of India, China and the United States. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.
- Tan, J. W., & Kuo, M. H. (2025). Exploring the effects of data-driven hospital resources on operational performance: A systematic literature review. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 329, 113–117.
- Bambi, J., Santoso, Y., Sadri, H., Moselle, K., Rudnick, A., Robertson, S., Chang, E., Kuo, A., Howie, J., Dong, G. Y., Olobatuyi, K., Hajiabadi, M., & Richardson, A. (2024). A methodological approach to extracting patterns of service utilization from a cross-continuum high dimensional healthcare dataset to support care delivery optimization for patients with complex problems. BioMedInformatics, 4(2), 946–965.
- Bambi, J., Olobatuyi, K., Santoso, Y., Sadri, H., Moselle, K., Rudnick, A., Dong, G., Chang, E., & Kuo, A. (2024). Use of patterns of service utilization and hierarchical survival analysis in planning and providing care for overdose patients and predicting the time-to-second overdose. Knowledge, 4(3), 444–461.
- Bambi, J., Santoso, Y., Sadri, H., Moselle, K., Howie, J., Robertson, S., Rudnick, A., Chang, E., Elliott, L., & Kuo, A. (2024). Approaches to generating patterns of service utilization for patients with complex conditions: Graph community detection vs natural language processing clustering. BioMedInformatics, 4(3), 1884–1900.
- Bambi, J., Santoso, Y., Moselle, K., Robertson, S., Rudnick, A., Chang, E., & Kuo, A. (2024). Analyzing patterns of service utilization using graph topology to understand the dynamic of the engagement of patients with complex problems with health services. BioMedInformatics, 4(2), 1071–1084.
- Bambi, J., Dong, G. Y., Santoso, Y., Moselle, K., Dugas, S., Olobatuyi, K., Rudnick, A., Chang, E., & Kuo, A. (2024). Patterns of service utilization across the full continuum of care: Using patient journeys to assess disparities in access to health services. Knowledge, 4(2), 252–264.
- Cheng, N., & Kuo, A. (2020). Using long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks to predict emergency department wait time. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 272, 199–202.
- Liu, S., Chen, B., & Kuo, A. (2019). Monitoring physical activity levels using Twitter data: Infodemiology study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(6), e12394.
- Kuo, A., Chrimes, D., Qin, P., & Zamani, H. (2019). A Hadoop/MapReduce-based platform for supporting health big data analytics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 257, 229–235.
- Leung, L. W. S., Roudsari, A., Kuo, A., & Courtney, K. L. (2019). System dynamics in remote monitoring service for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 257, 277–282.
- Wang, S.-L., Chiang, I.-E., Kuo, A., & Lin, H.-I. (2019). Design and usability evaluation of mobile cloud healthcare system for diabetes prevention. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 257, 455–459.
- Chrimes, D., Kuo, M. H., Moa, B., & Kushniruk, A. W. (2018). Interactive big data analytics platform for healthcare and clinical service. SM Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics, 3(2), 1–16.
- Chrimes, D., Zamani, H., Moa, B., & Kuo, A. (2018). Importance of simulations of Hadoop/MapReduce-based platform to support its usability of big data analytics in healthcare. Athens Journal of Technology and Engineering, 5(3), 197–222.
- Chrimes, D., Moa, B., Zamani, H., & Kuo, M. H. (2018). Interactive big data analytics platform for healthcare and clinical services. Academic Journal of Engineering Sciences, 1(1).
- Chrimes, D., Moa, B., Kuo, M. H., & Hu, W. (2017). Towards a realtime big data analytics platform for health applications. International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, 4(2), 61–80.
- Chrimes, D., Moa, B., Kuo, M. H., & Kushniruk, A. (2017). Operational efficiencies and simulated performance of big data analytics platform over billions of patient records of a hospital system. Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, 2(1), 23–41.
- Kuo, J., & Kuo, M.-H. (2017). Integration of health information systems using HL7: A case study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 234, 188–194.
- Zarei, R., & Kuo, M.-H. (2017). Design and development of a web-based self-monitoring system to support wellness coaching. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 234, 401–406.
- Hart, R., & Kuo, M.-H. (2017). Better data quality for better healthcare research results: A case study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 234, 161–166.
- Kuo, M.-H., Wang, S.-L., & Chen, W.-T. (2016). Using information and mobile technology improved elderly home care services. Journal of Health Policy and Technology, 5, 131–142.
- Li, S., Kuo, M.-H., & Ryan, D. (2016). A web-based database for nurse led outreach teams (NLOT). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 228, 237–241.
- Wang, S.-L., Chen, Y. L., Kuo, A. M.-H., Chen, H.-M., & Shiu, Y. S. (2016). Design and evaluation of a cloud-based mobile health information recommendation system on wireless sensor networks. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 49, 221–235.
- Wang, S. L., Kuo, M. H., Chen, H. M., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2015). A study of cloud computing-based context-aware healthcare app. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 764–765, 801–805.
- Kuo, M.-H. (2015). Implementation of a cloud-based blood pressure data management system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 210, 882–886.
- Manhas, M., & Kuo, M.-H. (2015). Information technologies to improve public health: A systematic review. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 208, 258–283.
- Wang, S.-L., Kuo, M.-H., Shiu, Y.-S., & Huang, H.-M. (2015). A recommendation-based mobile web application for health information service. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 208, 337–341.
- Pinheiro, F., Kuo, M.-H., Thomo, A., & Barnet, J. (2015). Mining association rules in the BCCA liver cancer data set. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 208, 308–313.
- Kuo, M.-H., Sangster-Gormley, E., Zou, J., Borycki, E., Schreiber, R., & Feddema, A. (2014). Discovering health knowledge in the BC nurse practitioners encounter codes database. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 1080–1084.
- Borycki, E. M., Sangster-Gormley, E., Schreiber, R., Thompson, J., Griffith, J., Feddima, A., & Kuo, A. (2014). How are electronic medical records used by nurse practitioners? Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 196–200.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Kuo, M.-H., Parapini, E., Wang, S.-L., & Ho, K. (2014). Requirements for prototyping an educational electronic health record: Experiences and future directions. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 833–837.
- Borycki, E., Griffith, J., Reid, P., Kuo, M.-H., & Kushniruk, A. (2014). Do electronic health records help undergraduate students develop health informatics competencies? Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 838–842.
- Kushniruk, A. W., Kaipio, J., Nieminen, M., Hyppönen, H., Lääveri, T., Nohr, C., Kanstrup, A. M., Christiansen, M. B., Kuo, M.-H., & Borycki, E. (2014). Human factors in the large: Experiences from Denmark, Finland and Canada in moving towards regional and national evaluations of health information system usability. IMIA Yearbook, 9(1), 67–81.
- Kuo, M.-H., Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., Huang, Y.-M., & Hung, B. (2014). A cloud computing-based platform for sleep behavior and chronic diseases collaborative research. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 201, 63–70.
- Kushniruk, A. W., Kuo, M.-H., Parapini, E., & Borycki, E. M. (2014). A virtual platform for electronic health record (EHR) education for nursing students: Moving from in-house solutions to the cloud. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 201, 48–54.
- Kuo, M.-H., Sahama, T., Kushniruk, A. W., Borycki, E. M., & Grunwell, D. (2014). Health big data analytics: Current perspectives, challenges and potential solutions. International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, 1(2), 114–126.
- Monkman, H., Borycki, E. M., Kushniruk, A. W., & Kuo, M.-H. (2013). Exploring the contextual and human factors of electronic medication reconciliation research: A scoping review. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 194, 166–172.
- Kuo, M.-H., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2013). Cloud computing for health information management. HealthManagement, 13(20), 34–39.
- Sangster-Gormley, E., Kuo, M.-H., Borycki, E. M., & Schreiber, R. (2013). Use of knowledge discovery techniques to understand nurse practitioner practice patterns and their integration into a healthcare system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 183, 111–115.
- Lindsay, J., McLean, J. A., Bain, A., Ying, T., & Kuo, M. H. (2013). Moving mobile: Using an open-sourced framework to enable a web-based health application on touch devices. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 183, 238–243.
- St‑Maurice, J., Kuo, M.-H., & Gooch, P. (2013). A proof of concept for assessing emergency room use with primary care data and natural language processing. Methods of Information in Medicine, 52(1), 33–42.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Armstrong, B., & Kuo, M. H. (2012). Advances in health informatics education: Educating students at the intersection of health care and information technology. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 172, 91–99.
- Hung, C.-M., Kuo, M. H., Shue, M.-F., Lin, W.-B., Hsia, S.-Y., Ho, C.-L., & Shen, Y.-H. (2012). Preparation, performance, and cytotoxicity evaluation of nanoarchitectures CuO/CeO₂ composite catalysts for the catalytic decomposition of ammonia. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 16(1), 58–62.
- Kuo, M.-H., Hung, C.-M., Barnett, J., & Pinheiro, F. (2012). Assessing the feasibility of data mining techniques for early liver cancer detection. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 180, 584–588.
- St‑Maurice, J., & Kuo, M. H. (2012). Analyzing primary care data to characterize inappropriate emergency room use. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 180, 990–994.
- Kuo, M. H. (2011). Opportunities and challenges of cloud computing to improve health care services. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(3), e67.
- Kuo, M. H., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2011). A comparison of national health data interoperability approaches in Taiwan, Denmark and Canada. ElectronicHealthcare, 10(2), 14–25.
- Kuo, M. H., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2011). Can cloud computing benefit health services? A SWOT analysis. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 169, 379–383.
- Kuo, M. H., Borycki, E., Lee, T.-H., & Kushniruk, A. (2011). A healthcare Lean Six Sigma system (HLS3) for healthcare quality improvement. Quality Management in Health Care, 20(1), 4–14.
- Lee, T.-S., Kuo, M.-H., Borycki, E., & Guo, Y. (2011). Critical success factors for implementing healthcare e-learning. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 164, 64–68.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., & Kuo, M.-H. (2010). Advances in electronic health records in Denmark: From national strategy to effective healthcare system implementation. Acta Informatica Medica, 18(2), 96–99.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Kuo, M.-H., & Kuwata, S. (2010). Integrating technology-centric and user-centric system testing methods: Ensuring healthcare system usability and safety. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 101–107.
- Kuo, M. H., Kushniruk, A. W., & Borycki, E. M. (2010). Design and implementation of a health data interoperability mediator. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 155, 181–186.
- Kuo, M. H., Kushniruk, A. W., Borycki, E. M., & Greig, D. (2009). Application of the Apriori algorithm for adverse drug reaction detection. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 148, 95–101.
- Borycki, E. M., Kushniruk, A. W., Klay, L., & Kuo, M. H. (2009). A framework for diagnosing and identifying where technology-induced errors come from. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 148, 181–187.
- Kuo, M. H., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2009). An RDF-based mediator for health data interoperability. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 150, 399–403.
- Kuo, M. H., Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., & Lee, T. S. (2009). Integrating A3 reports and the House of Quality: Improving workflow in the recovery room using information technology. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 150, 416–420.
- Lee, T. S., & Kuo, M. H. (2009). Toyota A3 report: A tool for process improvement in healthcare. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 143, 235–240.
- Kuo, M. H., & Lee, T. S. (2009). Application of House of Quality to health care management. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 143, 371–375.
- Kuo, M. H., Chen, L.-C., & Liang, C.-W. (2009). Building and evaluating a location-based service recommendation system with a preference adjustment mechanism. Expert Systems with Applications, 36, 3543–3554.
- Kuo, M. H., Chen, L. G., Chang, C. H., & Yung, C. W. (2008). A study of optimal decision for dynamic information security joint framework. Journal of Information, Technology and Society, 8(2), 21–41.
- Kuo, M. H. (2007). An intelligent agent-based collaborative information security framework. Expert Systems with Applications, 32(2), 585–598.
- Kuo, M. H., & Sei, D. H. (2005). A veiled date-attachment e-cash scheme. Journal of e-Business, 6(1), 4–15.
- Kuo, M. H., Zhuang, J. X., & Cai, W. D. (2005). Building learning agent on e-learning system by web mining. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing, 21, 88–92.
- Wu, H. J., Kuo, M. H., & Yang, C. Y. (2005). Application of data mining in enterprise supply chain management. Information Management and Engineering, 6(1), 27–42.
- Kuo, M. H. (2004). A robust IT architecture for enterprises in the electronic commerce environment. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing, 20, 136–139.
- Kuo, M. H., & Tsai, D. N. (2004). An XML-based data gateway for building the data warehouse. Journal of Information Management, 11(4), 105–129.
- Kuo, M. H., & Cheng, L. H. (2004). Application of ARIS to harbor security check information system development. Journal of Information, Technology and Society, 14(1), 111–132.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chang, S. Y. (2004). Combination of agent techniques and XML standard to support government electronic procurement: Using electronic catalogue and quotation system as an example. Journal of National Defense Information Management, 25(1), 89–100.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chung, W. Z. (2004). Application of XML and Petri net to the military material supply and demand workflow management. Journal of National Defense Information Management, 25(2), 61–82.
- Kuo, M. H. (2001). An agent-based dynamic information security decision model for information warfare. Journal of National Defense Information Management, 22(2), 15–30.
- Kuo, M. H. (2001). Automatic extraction of quadric surfaces from wire-frame models. Computers & Graphics, 25, 109–119.
- Kuo, M. H. (1998). Reconstruction of quadric surface model from three-view engineering drawings. Computer-Aided Design, 30(7), 517–527.
- Kuo, M. H. (1998). A systematic approach towards reconstructing 3D curved models from multiple 2D views. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 265–279.
B. Conference papers
- Guo, Y., Guo, N., Kuo, M.-H., & Guo, B. (2025). Energy-efficient telehealth IoT: Enhancing real-time care with fog–cloud integration. Proceedings of the IEEE 11th International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC 2025) (pp. 1588–1592). Chengdu, China.
- Guo, Y., Ganti, S., Kuo, M.-H., Guo, N., & Guo, B. (2025). Optimizing telehealth with fog–cloud IoT: Innovations in data integration and energy efficiency. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET 2025). Paris, France.
- Kuo, H.-J., Roudsari, A., Chiu, H.-W., & Kuo, A. (2025). The silent failures of scoring CDSS: Challenge in detecting malfunctions. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics (ICMHI 2025). Kyoto, Japan.
- Wang, S.-L., Chiang, I.-E., Kuo, A., & Lin, J.-Y. (2022). Design and usability evaluation of a mobile emotion healthcare system applying sentiment analysis. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2022) (pp. 2804–2810). Osaka, Japan.
- Shennat, M., Wadge, B., & Kuo, A. (2022). The dimensional analysis of data flow programs that include multidimensional and user-defined functions. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2022) (pp. 2771–2779). Osaka, Japan.
- Hart, R., & Kuo, M.-H. (2016). Meeting health care research needs in a Kimball integrated data warehouse. Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA 2016). Montreal, Canada.
- Chrimes, D., Moa, B., Zamani, H., & Kuo, M.-H. (2016). Interactive healthcare big data analytics platform under simulated performance. Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing (DataCom 2016). Auckland, New Zealand.
- Kuo, M.-H., Chrimes, D., Moa, B., & Hu, W. (2015). Design and construction of a big data analytics framework for health applications. Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing (DataCom 2015) (pp. 632–636). Chengdu, China.
- Wang, S.-L., Kuo, M.-H., Chen, H.-M., Kushniruk, A., & Borycki, E. (2014). A study of cloud computing-based context-aware healthcare app. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (ICETI 2014). Taiwan.
- Sedghi, E., Roudsari, A. V., & Kuo, A. M.-H. (2013). Evaluate an immunization record model through Internet. Proceedings of the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2013). San Diego, CA, USA.
- Guo, Y., & Kuo, M.-H. (2012). Cloud computing for healthcare research information sharing. Proceedings of the IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2012). Taipei, Taiwan.
- Hung, C.-M., Lai, W.-L., & Kuo, M.-H. (2012). Copper-based rare earth composite metal materials: Selective catalytic oxidation catalyst for removal of ammonia from biomass gasification gas. Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Innovative Energy and Environmental Chemical Engineering (ASCON‑IEEChE) (pp. 412–420). Hualien, Taiwan.
- Hung, C.-M., Lai, W.-L., & Kuo, M.-H. (2012). Material characterization and electrochemical performance of copper-based rare earth composite oxide electrodes for ammonia electrocatalytic oxidation. Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Innovative Energy and Environmental Chemical Engineering (ASCON‑IEEChE) (pp. 392–397). Hualien, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., & Lai, F. (2012). A cloud computing-based platform for sharing healthcare research information. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012) (pp. 504–508). Denver, CO, USA.
- Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., Kuwata, S., Kuo, M.-H., & Kuziemsky, C. (2012). Using clinical simulations in requirements gathering for healthcare teams. Advances in Health Informatics Conference (AHIC 2012). Toronto, Canada.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Anderson, J., Kuwata, S., & Kuo, M.-H. (2012). A methodological approach to assessing technology-induced errors in healthcare integrating in-situ testing with computer simulations. Advances in Health Informatics Conference (AHIC 2012). Toronto, Canada.
- Kuo, M.-H. (2011). A healthcare cloud computing strategic planning model. Proceedings of the 3rd FTRA International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA 2011) (pp. 769–775). Jeju, Korea.
- Kuo, M.-H., Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Hsu, C.-Y., & Lai, C.-L. (2011). National strategies to health data interoperability. International Conference on Information Technology and Communications in Health. Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Kuo, M.-H., Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., & Lee, T.-H. (2010). Integrating Lean and Six Sigma methodologies for healthcare quality improvement. International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies (AIT 2010). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Lee, T.-H. (2010). Impact of electronic health record on chronic disease management. International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies (AIT 2010). Taiwan.
- Lee, T.-H., & Kuo, M.-H. (2010). The impact of e-learning on healthcare education. International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies (AIT 2010). Taiwan.
- Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., Kuo, M.-H., & Kuwata, S. (2010). Requirements for communication and exchange of health information: A socio-technical approach. International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies (AIT 2010). Taiwan.
- Borycki, E. M., Kushniruk, A. W., Carvalho, C. J., & Kuo, M. H. (2009). A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative methods used to identify technology-induced errors in CPOE. Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI 2009) (pp. 32–37). Hiroshima, Japan.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., & Kuo, M.-H. (2009). Emerging approaches to evaluation of e-health innovations: From portable usability testing to virtual usability laboratories. Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI 2009) (pp. 120–127). Hiroshima, Japan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Wang, Y.-C. (2007). Application of data mining to diabetes care management. International Conference on Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH 2007). Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Kuo, M.-H., Chen, L.-C., Chang, C.-H., & Liang, C.-W. (2007). An evaluation of the Bayesian decision procedure-based collaborative information security framework. Knowledge Sociality and Information Security (KC 2007) (pp. 241–251). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., Chen, L.-C., & Liang, C.-W. (2007). A study on a location-based service recommendation system with user preference learning mechanism. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM 2007). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., Chen, L.-C., & Liang, C.-W. (2007). A Bayesian forecasting-based location-based service recommendation mechanism. Digital Technology and Information Management Conference (pp. 1127–1141). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., Chen, L.-C., & Liang, C.-W. (2007). A study of battlefield information recommendation mechanism: A case study on the ROC military clinic recommendation. 15th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. I85–I97). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Chen, C.-L. (2006). An ETF trading decision support system using neural networks and technical indicators. IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2006) (pp. 19–24). Vancouver, Canada.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Chuang, C.-H. (2006). Building recommendation learning on e-learning systems by web mining. International Conference on Business and Information. Singapore.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Hsu, Y.-C. (2006). The study and implementation of data synchronization and syndication mechanism for digital data repository. International Conference on Business and Information. Singapore.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Jan, W.-H. (2006). An RDF-based XML/EDI metadata integration model. 4th International Conference on Supply Chain Management & Information Systems. Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., Hwang, N.-C., & Ui, J.-H. (2006). The study of efficient e-learning model for enterprise. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (ECDL 2006). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Shei, H.-M. (2006). A new agent-based negotiation model for electronic translation in e-marketplace. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (ECDL 2006). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Hsu, Y.-C. (2006). Translating OAI metadata into RSS format using XSLT. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (ECDL 2006). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Chuang, C.-H. (2006). A blog-embedded collaborative e-learning framework. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (ECDL 2006). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M.-H. (2005). An intelligent agent-based framework for collaborative information security. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 3809, 633–642.
- Kuo, M.-H., & Chuang, C.-H. (2005). An e-learning system with recommendation functions using web mining technology. Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Object-Oriented Technology and Application (OOTA 2005) (pp. 7–12). Taiwan.
- Wu, N. S., & Kuo, M.-H. (2005). Application of semantic network to ROC military officers’ vacation arrangement. 13th National Symposium on Defense Management (pp. I107–I118). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chen, L. T. (2005). The study of multi–XML DTD integration. Symposium on Digital Life and Internet Technologies. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chen, L. T. (2005). An RDF-based approach to XML DTD integration. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Management (ICIM 2005). Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Lin, B. Y. (2005). XML-based relational database version management. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (ECDL 2005) (pp. 1421–1435). National Taipei University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Jan, W. H. (2005). An RDF-based XML metadata semantic integration. International Academic Conference on Information Technology and Implementation (pp. 509–528). Ming Chuan University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chung, W. Z. (2004). Application of XML and Petri net to supply chain workflow management. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (pp. 2202–2217). Taipei, Taiwan.
- Zuo, S. X., Chen, J. R., & Kuo, M. H. (2004). A study on mobile agent security mechanism. International Academic Conference on Information Technology and Implementation (pp. 109–119). Ming Chuan University, Taiwan.
- Zuo, S. X., Kuo, M. H., & Chen, J. R. (2004). The design of an agent-based distributed IDS architecture. Electronic Commerce and Digital Life Conference (pp. 193–209). Taipei, Taiwan.
- Zuo, S. X., Kuo, M. H., & Chen, J. R. (2004). Application of agent-based IDS to ROC military network security. Fundamental Academic Conference of Chinese Military Academy and Defense Science in Aviation Technology (pp. 198–207). Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., Chang, S. F., & Lui, J. L. (2004). Using web services to improve customer value in supply chain management. 6th Conference on Medium and Small Enterprise Management (pp. 46–57). National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., Chen, Z. C., & Whang, T. U. (2004). An efficient model for enterprise-driven e-learning. 6th Conference on Medium and Small Enterprise Management (pp. 38–49). National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., Dai, K. L., & Jen, Y. L. (2004). The study of critical success factors for enterprise ERP implementation. 3rd National Conference on Interdisciplinary Management Theory and Practice. Tunghai University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., Wong, W. I., & Chang, C. P. (2004). An IT-oriented CRM business model: Mobile communication service as an example. 3rd National Conference on Interdisciplinary Management Theory and Practice. Tunghai University, Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H. (2003). Agent-based dynamic information security model. IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems (KIMAS 2003) (pp. 19–24). Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Whang, M. C., & Kuo, M. H. (2003). Application of XML to schema mapping for heterogeneous databases. 11th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 32–44). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H. (2002). An XML-based agent system for government electronic procurement. Agent-Based Simulation 3 (ABS‑3) (pp. 168–173). Passau, Germany.
- Kuo, M. H. (2002). An agent-based dynamic information security model in information warfare. 7th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS 2002). Quebec, Canada.
- Kuo, M. H. (2002). Adopting XML standards to support government electronic procurement. 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (APIEMS 2002) (pp. 951–954). Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsai, N., & Kuo, M. H. (2002). A security mechanism for national defense information systems. ROC Military Communication School Academic Conference on Communication. Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Tsai, D. N. (2002). XML-based data gateway in a data warehouse. 10th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 523–537). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Yeh, Y. C. (2002). An agent-based software system for merchant brokering in government purchasing. 10th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 553–565). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Tsai, D. N. (2001). Application of data warehouse techniques to crime detection analysis. 5th National Crime Information Management Conference. Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H. (2000). Conversion of paper-based technical manuals to interactive electronic technical manuals. Conference on Visual Data Exploration and Analysis (SPIE 2000) (pp. 202–209). California, USA.
- Kuo, M. H., & Lin, M. J. (2000). Using software agents to retrieve information from the WWW. Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2000) (pp. 400–405). Orlando, FL, USA.
- Chung, W. C., & Kuo, M. H. (2000). Application of wavelet interpolation models to military DTM analysis. 8th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 569–575). Taiwan.
- Chu, Y. F., Kuang, O. Y., Kuo, M. H., & Chung, K. H. (1999). Application of unified modeling language to quality function deployment. International Symposium on Quality Function Deployment (ISQFD 1999) (pp. 240–247). Brazil.
- Kuo, M. H. (1999). The technical bridge between paper-based technical manuals and IETMs. NDILS Conference (p. 280). Taipei, Taiwan.
- Chen, L. H., Kuo, M. H., Chung, K. H., & Chiang, C. S. (1999). Using UML to construct the pre‑implementation model of product data management. 7th National Defense Management Symposium. Taiwan.
- Chen, L. H., Kuo, M. H., Chung, K. H., & Chiang, C. S. (1999). Application of object-oriented technologies to product data management in enterprises. Enterprise Innovation & Initiation Management Conference (pp. 357–372). Taiwan.
- Wu, C. Y., Kuo, M. H., & Yang, C. F. (1999). A study of establishing a software quality management system. 7th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 812–826). Taiwan.
- Lee, R., Kuo, M. H., & Yang, C. F. (1999). Developing the object-oriented command control system. 7th National Defense Management Symposium. Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Lee, M. H. (1999). An application of UML for the object-oriented command control system: Riot-squad example. ROC Military Academy 75th Anniversary Conference (pp. 293–301). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H., & Chen, M. C. (1998). Biomedical data interpolation for 3D visual models. 6th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics and Visualization (WSCG 1998) (pp. 208–214). Czech Republic.
- Chu, Y. F., Kuo, M. H., & Chung, K. H. (1998). A framework of fuzzy House of Quality quantifying in QFD. WISC 1998. Sydney, Australia.
- Kuo, M. H. (1998). Extraction of quadric surfaces from wire‑frame models. International Computer Symposium (ICS 1998) (pp. 61–68). Taiwan.
- Hu, —., & Kuo, M. H. (1998). A framework of military doctrine information management system (DIMS). 6th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 783–793). Taiwan.
- Kuo, M. H. (1997). An expert system for aerial photographic interpretation. 5th National Defense Management Symposium (pp. 799–808). Taiwan.
- Marston, R. E., & Kuo, M. H. (1995). Efficiently identifying the faces of a wire‑frame reconstructed from 3‑view engineering drawings. 4th Symposium on Document Analysis and Information Retrieval (SDAIR 1995) (pp. 249–259). Las Vegas, USA.
- Marston, R. E., & Kuo, M. H. (1995). Interpretation of 3‑view engineering drawings as central quadric surface mechanical parts. IEEE International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 1995) (pp. 343–346). Montreal, Canada.
- Marston, R. E., & Kuo, M. H. (1994). Reconstruction of 3D objects from three orthographic projections using a decision‑chaining method. IAPR Workshop on Machine Vision Applications (MVA 1994) (pp. 423–426). Japan.
- Chen, L. G., & Kuo, M. H. (1988). APIES: An aero photographic interpretation expert system. International Computer Symposium (ICS 1988). Taiwan.
C. Conference Posters
- Cherry, N., Cheng, N., Kuo, A. M.-H., & Ryan, D. (2020). Neural network machine learning to predict emergency department wait times. eHealth 2020 Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Cheng, N., & Kuo, M.-H. (2020). Using long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks to predict emergency department wait time. Medical Informatics Europe 2020 (MIE 2020). Geneva, Switzerland.
- Li, S. S. L., Kuo, M.-H., & Ryan, D. (2016). A web-based database for nurse-led outreach teams in Toronto. eHealth 2016 Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Keo, S., Kuo, M.-H., Ng, A., Huang, J., Yu, X., & Xu, B. (2015). Usability evaluation of the TPD data management system. Conference on Health Informatics (Victoria, BC, Canada, February 26–March 1, 2015).
- Wang, S.-L., Kuo, M.-H., Chen, H.-M., Kushniruk, A. W., Borycki, E. M., & Hsu, Y.-H. (2014). Usability evaluation of a cloud computing-based context-aware healthcare system. 25th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE 2014). Istanbul, Turkey.
- Borycki, E. M., Griffith, J., Reid, P., Kushniruk, A. W., & Kuo, M.-H. (2013). Introducing the electronic health record into undergraduate health informatics education: Effects on competency development. AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium. Washington, DC, USA.
- Borycki, E. M., Griffith, J., Reid, P., Kushniruk, A. W., & Kuo, M.-H. (2013). Do electronic health records help undergraduate health informatics students develop health informatics competencies? 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (MedInfo 2013). Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Hung, C.-M., Kuo, M.-H., Chen, S.-J., Lin, W.-B., & Lai, W.-L. (2013). Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with methane over CuO supported on Al₂O₃. Part I: Materials structural characterization. European Aerosol Conference (EAC 2013). Prague, Czech Republic.
- Hung, C.-M., Kuo, M.-H., Chen, S.-J., Lin, W.-B., & Lai, W.-L. (2013). Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with methane over CuO supported on Al₂O₃. Part II: Catalytic activity and mechanism study. European Aerosol Conference (EAC 2013). Prague, Czech Republic.
- Hung, C.-M., Kuo, M.-H., Chen, S.-J., Lin, W.-B., & Lai, W.-L. (2013). Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with methane over CuO supported on Al₂O₃. Part III: Reaction kinetic behavior study. European Aerosol Conference (EAC 2013). Prague, Czech Republic.
- Pinheiro, F., Kuo, M.-H., Thomo, A., & Barnett, J. (2013). Extracting association rules from liver cancer data using the FP-growth algorithm. 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS 2013). New Orleans, LA, USA.
- Pinheiro, F., & Kuo, M.-H. (2012). Applying data mining algorithms to early detection of liver cancer. 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS 2012). Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Borycki, E. M., Kushniruk, A. W., Armstrong, B., & Kuo, M.-H. (2011). Application of the electronic health record to health informatics education: Approaches, issues, and considerations for curriculum integration. Medical Informatics Europe (MIE 2011). Oslo, Norway.
- Hung, C.-M., & Kuo, M.-H. (2010). Study on the kinetics of treatment of ammonia in gaseous stream with prepared nanoscale copper–cerium bimetallic catalyst. 17th International Conference on Aerosol Science and Technology (ICAST 2010). Taipei, Taiwan.
D. Conference Abstracts
- Kushniruk, A. W., Borycki, E. M., Kuo, M.-H., & Ho, K. (2014). Requirement for design of an educational electronic health record. AMIA 2014 Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, United States.
- Lindsay, J., Hamou, A., Borrie, M., Gwadry-Sridhar, F., & Kuo, A. M.-H. (2014). An electronic system for managing a specialized geriatric research clinic. 34th Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Sangster-Gormley, E., Canitz, B., Borycki, E., Feddema, A., Griffith, J., Kuo, A., Schreiber, R., & Thompson, J. (2013). Evaluation of the integration of NPs into the BC healthcare system. CAAPN Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
E. Books & Book chapters
- Lau, F., Bartle-Clar, J. A., Bliss, G., Borycki, E. M., Courtney, K. L., Kuo, A. M.-H., Kushniruk, A., Monkman, H., & Roudsari, A. V. (2019). From research to practice: Improving usability, safety and patient outcomes with health information technology. IOS Press. (ISBN 978-1-61499-950-8)
- Kuo, A. M.-H., & Kushniruk, A. (2017). Programming & programming languages for HIT. In Healthcare information technology exam guide for CHTS and CAHIMS certifications (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill. (ISBN 978-1-25-983697-8)
- Kuo, A. M.-H. (2017). Chapter 7: Databases, data warehousing, clouds for storage & data mining for healthcare. In Healthcare information technology exam guide for CHTS and CAHIMS certifications (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill. (ISBN 978-1-25-983697-8)
- Lau, F., Bartle-Clar, J., Bliss, G., Borycki, E., Courtney, K., & Kuo, A. (2017). Building capacity for health informatics in the future. IOS Press. (ISBN 978-1-61499-741-2)
- Courtney, K. L., Kuo, A., & Shabestari, O. (2015). Driving quality in informatics: Fulfilling the promise. IOS Press. (ISBN 978-1-61499-487-9)
- Courtney, K. L., Shabestari, O., & Kuo, A. (2013). Enabling health and healthcare through ICT: Available, tailored and closer. IOS Press. (ISBN 978-1-61499-202-8)
- Kuo, A. M.-H. (2012). Chapter 34: Databases, data warehousing and data mining for healthcare. In Healthcare information technology essentials for the IT professional (pp. 801–832). McGraw-Hill. (ISBN 978-0-07-180280-2)
- Kuo, A. M.-H., & Kushniruk, A. (2012). Chapter 33: Programming and programming languages for healthcare IT. In Healthcare information technology essentials for the IT professional (pp. 781–800). McGraw-Hill. (ISBN 978-0-07-180280-2)
- Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., & Kuo, A. (2011). Integrating the electronic health record into education: Models, issues and considerations for health IT training. In G. Gargiulo (Ed.), Advanced biomedical engineering (Book 2). InTech. (ISBN 978-953-307-555-6)
- Kuo, M. H. (2011). e-Commerce: New thinking on digitalized economics and electronic enterprise. XBOOK Marketing Co., Ltd. (ISBN 978-957-442-991-2)
- Kuo, M. H. (2005). Electronic commerce: Principles, strategy and case studies (2nd ed.). XBOOK Marketing Co., Ltd. (ISBN 986-81158-7-6)
- Kuo, M. H. (2001). Introduction to electronic commerce. GOTOP Information Inc. (ISBN 957-566-917-7)
F. Other Publications and Technical Reports
- Sangster-Gormley, E., et al. (n.d.). An evaluation of the integration of nurse practitioners into the British Columbia healthcare system: Final report.
- Juhra, C., Wieskötter, B., Jung, S., Raschke, M. J., Borycki, E., Kushniruk, A., Kuo, A. M.-H., Griffith, J., Zou, J., & Fyfe, M. (2015). International bicycle accident study: Final report.
- Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E., Kuo, A., Monkman, H., Colquhoun, M., Watt, A., & Owen, M. (2014). Electronic MedRec implementation planning kit: Final report. ISMP/CPSI Canada.
