CCE Theses and Dissertations

 
This repository hosts dissertations and M.S. theses completed at the school, across Ph.D. programs in computer science, information systems, information assurance, and computing technology in education, as well as the occasional M.S. thesis from computer science and management information systems.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Dissertation: The Effects of Coursecasting in International Freshman Students' Perceptions of Marginality and Isolation, Anxiety, and English Language Oral Proficiency and Comprehension, Alberto Fernandez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Automatic Affective Video Indexing: Identification of Slapstick Comedy Using Low-level Video Characteristics, Jean Helen French

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Dissertation: Wiki Behavior in the Workplace: Emotional Aspects of Content Development, Deborah A. Gears

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of New Information Technology on Bureaucratic Organizational Culture, Mark Allen Givens

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Investigation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supporting Technologies, Ian Greaves

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: New Record Ordering Heuristics for Multivariate Microaggregation, William Heaton

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Influence of Narrative in Fostering Affective Development of Medical Professionalism in an Online Class, Peter Holub

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of Teacher-Student Collaboration on Course Design with Technology at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan, Yachen Kao

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Controlling with Model Trees, Robert Alan Kemerling

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Dissertation: Computer Music Composition using Crowdsourcing and Genetic Algorithms, Jessica Faith Keup

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Scalable Methodology for Performance-based Selection of Security Services for Distributed Systems, Petr Kraus

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Information Quality in Citizens' Trust in E-government Systems, Ally Lee

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Principal as Technology Integration Leader, Dietrick Lewis

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Knowledge Sharing and Encouragement by Others in Predicting Computer Self-Efficacy and Use of Information Systems in the Workplace, Bernard Thomas Lichvar

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Dissertation: The Relationship Between Personality Type and Software Usability Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) and the Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI), William H. Lindsey

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Problem-Solving Instruction on the Programming Self-Efficacy and Achievement of Introductory Computer Science Students, Elizabeth Maddrey

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Heuristic for the Constrained One-Sided Two-Layered Crossing Reduction Problem for Dynamic Graph Layout, Dung Hoang Mai

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Assessment of Instant Messaging Interruptions on Knowledge Workers' Task Performance in E-learning-based Training, Gary Mansi

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Dissertation: Interoperability Gap Challenges for Learning Object Repositories & Learning Management Systems, Robert T. Mason

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Ethnographic Investigation of the Assimilation of New Organizational Members into an Information Security Culture, Barry Ben McIntosh

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Investigating the Use and Effectiveness of Principles Learned in an Online Faculty-training Program, Wayne David Mier

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Dissertation: Automated Support for Model Selection Using Analytic Hierarchy Process, Mario Sarkis Missakian

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Dissertation: The Impact of the User Interface on Simulation Usability and Solution Quality, Bruce Ray Montgomery

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Prudent Access Control Behavioral Intention Model for the Healthcare Domain, Constance Cecilia Mussa

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Nurses' Acceptance of RFID Technology in a Mandatory-Use Environment, Adam Norten

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Near Real-time Risk Assessment Using Hidden Markov Models, Charles Pak

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teaching Digital Citizenship in a Global Academy, Marxan Elizabeth Pescetta

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Aspect Mining Using Model-Based Clustering, Renata Rand McFadden

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Model for Field Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) within the Domain of Microclimate Habitat Monitoring, Mark A. Sanborn

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Investigation of the Economic Value of Information Security Management System Standards, Babak Shoraka

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Cognitive Study of the Use of the Internet by Minority Small Business Owners for Information Research and the Design and Development of a Small Business Information Portal, Sherry Leanne Strum

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Construction and Analysis of Vector Space Models for Use in Aspect Mining, William Tribbey

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Dissertation: A Domain Aware Genetic Algorithm for the p-Median Problem, Dennis Vickers

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Developing and Evaluating an Open Source Network Laboratory and Curriculum, Dongqing Yuan

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Use of Dynamic Pool Size to Regulate Selection Pressure in Cooperative Coevolutionary Algorithms, Mary Stankovich Angeles

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Computer Assisted Psychomotor Training in a Specialized Population, Gail Black

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Dissertation: An Investigation of Factors that Affect HIPAA Security Compliance in Academic Medical Centers, James William Brady

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Dissertation: A Species-Conserving Genetic Algorithm for Multimodal Optimization, Michael Scott Brown

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Investigation of Multiple Integration Techniques for Information Systems: A Model for Integrating Data Warehousing, ERP, and SOA in Practice, Jessie Burns

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Factors Affecting Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce Success: An Empirical Investigation, Chun-I Philip Chen

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Evolutionary Method for Complementary Cell Suppression, Eric Ditrich

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Online Learning Communities: Enhancing the Acquisition of Information Skills by Undergraduate Students of the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina, Noraida Dominguez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Quantitative Assessment of the Modularization of Security Design Patterns with Aspects, Crystal Edge

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Design and Development of an Identity Management System: The Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical Case Study, Mohamed A. Elhindi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of a Virtual Private Network Implementation to Support a Teleworking Initiative: The Marcus Food Company Inc. Case Study, Jason Ferguson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Digital Game-Based Learning to Support Vocabulary Instruction for Developmental Reading Students, Patricia Ann Frederick

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Design and Development of CollaborAT: A Groupware Solution for IEP Teams Supporting School-Age Students Who Use Assistive Technology, Lori Ann Geist

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Dissertation: Ascertaining the Relationship between Security Awareness and the Security Behavior of Individuals, Gordon J. Grant

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Analysis of the Influence of Media Characteristics on Online Donor Behavior, Janine M. Jacques

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Comparing the Cultural Dimensions and Learners' Perceived Effectiveness of Online Learning Systems (OLS) among American and Malaysian Learners, Seng C. Keng

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Dissertation: Judges' Awareness, Understanding, and Application of Digital Evidence, Gary Craig Kessler

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Predicting Machining Rate in Non-Traditional Machining using Decision Tree Inductive Learning, Ramesh Konda

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Quality Market: Design and Field Study of Prediction Market for Software Quality Control, Janaki Krishnamurthy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Peer selection Algorithm in Stochastic Content Delivery Networks to Reduce File Download Time, Michael Richard Lehrfeld

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Dissertation: An Analysis of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Implementation within an Independent Public Library System: A Case Study of the North Canton, Ohio Public Library, Keith P. Lyons

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Latent Semantic Analysis as a Method of Content-Based Image Retrieval in Medical Applications, Gennadiy Makovoz

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Investigation of Information Systems Success in Terms of Net Benefits: A Study on the Success of Implementing a Building Automation System, Michael Charles McCabe

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Training and Optimizing Distributed Neural Networks Using a Genetic Algorithm, Shannon Dale McMurtrey

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Dissertation: Quantum Algorithm Animator, Lori Eileen Nicholson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Predicting "Essential" Genes in Microbial Genomes: A Machine Learning Approach to Knowledge Discovery in Microbial Genomic Data, Krishnaveni Palaniappan

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Dissertation: Developing a Framework for Evaluation of Corporate Non-Transactional Business-to-Consumer Web Sites: A Descriptive Study, Karen Denise Pate

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Range Limited UAV Trajectory using Terrain Masking under Radar Detection Risk, Michael Joseph Pelosi

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Dissertation: Early Detection of Online Auction Opportunistic Sellers Through the Use of Negative-Positive Feedback, Gregory J. Reinert

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Dissertation: Assistive Technology Attrition: Identifying Why Teachers Abandon Assistive Technologies, Michael Edward Sharpe

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Investigating Wikis as Agents for Virtual Team Activity Awareness, David Mark Shulman

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Dissertation: Physician Information Seeking Behaviors: Are Physicians Successful Searchers?, Janice Swiatek-Kelley

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Dissertation: Trust and Trustworthiness: A Framework for Successful Design of Telemedicine, James Robert Templeton

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Determining the Value of Handwritten Comments within Work Orders, Daniel Thombs

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Knowledge of Online Security Risks on Consumer Decision Making in B2C E-Commerce, Ping An Wang

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of the Efficacy of Literacy-based Assistive Technology for Undergraduate Second Language Learners, Daniel Thomas Yakimchuk

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Collaborative Technologies in Remote Lab Delivery Systems for Topics in Automation, Joe Ed Ashby

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Feature Structure Approach for Disambiguating Preposition Senses, Venkatesh Baglodi

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Bridging the Proficiency Gap: A Study of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy of Nontraditional College Students in Accelerated Learning (AL) Programs, Dianne Marie Bell

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Dissertation: A Comparison of the Rule and Case-based Reasoning Approaches for the Automation of Help-desk Operations at the Tier-two Level, Michael Forrester Bryant

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Instructional Software to Improve Oral Performance of Taiwanese Speakers of English, Yentzu Chen

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Methodology for Design and Development of an Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Network at the Regis University School for Professional Studies, Samuel Steven Conn

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Dissertation: Design, Development, and Implementation of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN): The Hartford Job Corps Academy Case Study, Tracey Kershner Cooley

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Resolving Quasi-Synonym Relationships in Automatic Thesaurus Construction using Fuzzy Rough Sets and an Inverse Term Frequency Similarity Function, Julius Mack Davault III

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Human Analysis Element of Intrusion Detection: A Cognitive Task Model and Interface Design and Implications, Brenda Lee Ellis

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of Factors that Affect Instructors' Intention to Use E-Learning Systems in Two-Year College, Bilquis J. Ferdousi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Exploratory Study on the Factors Associated with Ethical Intention of Digital Piracy, Abbe Ellen Forman

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effect of ontology hierarchy on a concept vector machine's ability to classify web documents, Jeffrey A. Graham

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Dissertation: A Study of First- and Continuing-Generation College Students' Use of Internet Communication Technologies in Social Capital and Its Contribution to Their Persistence in College, Gail Dianne (Hodge) Hayes

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Dissertation: An Analysis of the Impact of Information Security Policies on Computer Security Breach Incidents in Law Firms, Faith M. Heikkila

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Dissertation: Responsibility Factors of Reducing Inefficiencies in Information System Processes and Their Role on Intention to Acquire Six Sigma Certification, Sara Hejazi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Model and Intelligent Software Agent for the Selection and Implementation of Open Source Software, Terry Carl House

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Dissertation: An Investigation of Training in Creative Problem Solving and its Relationship to Affective and Effective Idea Generation of Entrepreneurial Learners, Charles Edward Leach

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Data Mining for Induction of Adjacency Grammars and Application to Terrain Pattern Recognition, Brian David Leighty

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Maintaining a News Perspective Remotely through Online Information Retrieval: Task-based Web Experiences of Foreign News Correspondents, Kuanyuh Tony Lin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Aspect Mining Using Self-Organizing Maps With Method Level Dynamic Software Metrics as Input Vectors, Sayyed Garba Maisikeli

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Dissertation: Administrative Support for Online Teaching Faculty, John David Meyer

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: High-Performance Knowledge-Based Entity Extraction, Anthony M. Middleton

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring e-Government User Satisfaction, Marcel C. Obi

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Information Retrieval Strategies of Millennial Undergraduate Students in Web and Library Database Searches, Brandi Porter

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Impact of Information Technology (IT) Industry Certification on the Achievement of High School Students Enrolled in Technology Courses, Karl Walter Reimers

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Dissertation: Section 508 Adherence by Industry Professionals: Improving Universal Design through Training, Antonio Rincon

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Interactive Whiteboards in Third Grade Science Instruction, Grier Kivette Rivers

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Dissertation: A Model for Using Managed Services in Designing and Supporting a Wireless Local Area Network for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Joseph L. Roth

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Process-Oriented Ontology for Representing Software Engineering Project Knowledge, Steven Jay Sherman

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Dissertation: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach to Association Rule Mining: The QuICL Algorithms, David T. Smith