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 2009

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Cultural Competency Instruction in a 3D Virtual World, Robin Steed

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Reputation in Electronic Markets: An Experimental Study, Nelson Stewart

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Empowerment and Leadership Development in an Online Story-Based Learning Community, Brenda Jane Stutsky

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Dissertation: Parallel Mining of Association Rules Using a Lattice Based Approach, Wessel Morant Thomas

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Dissertation: A Model for the Evaluation of IS/IT Investments, Paul M. Tuten

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Tailoring Software Inspections for Aspect-Oriented Programs, Charlette Ward Watkins

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Dissertation: An Online Community for Computer Technology Support and Training for College Office Support Staff, Mava F. Wilson

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Dissertation: An Investigation of the Contributions of Gender, Shopping Orientation, Online Experience, and Website's Interactive Features to Consumers' Intentions to Engage in Apparel E-commerce Shopping, Amanda Wynn

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Novel Approach to Iris Localization and Code Matching for Iris Recognition, Steven Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

Dissertation: A Selective-Phrase-Based Preprocessor for Improved Spam Filtering, Ajay Arora

Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation of the Contribution of Computer Self-Efficacy, Computer Anxiety, and Instructors' Experience with the Use of Technology to Their Intention to Use Emerging Educational Technology in Traditional Classrooms, Diane M. Ball

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of the Contributions of Attitude, Computer Security Policy Awareness, and Computer Self-Efficacy to the Employees' Computer Abuse Intention in Business Environments, Sandra Jetton Blanke

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Dissertation: An Event Monitor and Response Framework Based on the WSLogA Architecture, Todd Christopher Brett

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: New Methodology for Measuring Information, Knowledge, and Understanding versus Complexity in Hierarchical Decision Support Models, Scott Alan Carpenter

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: XML Process Modeling for Disruptive Change Planning: A Case Study of Newspaper Circulation Processes, Bill Dafnis

Dissertation: The Impact of ERP Investments on Organizational Performance, Nooredin Etezady

Dissertation: Course Management Software: Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to Study Use by Post-Secondary Faculty, Alicen Beth Flosi

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Dissertation: Reducing Cognitive Load Using Hypervariate Display, William Garrabrants

Dissertation: A Comparison of Simulations and Traditional Laboratory Exercises for Student Learning in Secondary Electronics Instruction, Mark W. Hardy

Dissertation: Enterprise Management Software Approaches for Economical Selective Outsourcing by Managed Service Providers, Adam D. HerrNeckar

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Role of Security Clearance, Users' Involvement, and Computer Self-Efficacy in the Efficiency of Requirements-Gathering Process: An Information-Systems Case Study in the U.S. Military, Okey Azu Igbonagwam

Dissertation: Algorithms for Adaptive Palette Construction using the Graphics Processing Unit, Victor Johnson

Dissertation: Comparison of Social Presence in Voice-based and Text-based Asynchronous computer Conferencing, Karen D. King

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Online Technologies to Deliver Management Courses to Cruise Ship Personnel at Sea, Maureen Lloyd-James

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Dissertation: Use and Analysis of Expected Similarity of Semantic Web Ontological Annotations, Joe Lynn Look

Dissertation: Computer Assisted Instruction for Teaching Vocabulary to a Child with Autism, Diana Luckevich

Dissertation: Utilization of Semantic Linking and Visualization Techniques to Facilitate Knowledge Creation from Textual Software Artifacts, Michael Makovoz

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Dissertation: Smart Classroom Technology: Instructional Effectiveness and Faculty and Student Satisfaction, Jon Preston McKamey

Dissertation: Monitoring QoS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Randy L. Melton

Dissertation: Use of Abstract Categories in Data Clustering Algorithms, George Robert Mikulski

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Dissertation: Application of Computer Simulation Modeling to Evaluate Business Continuity Plans, Jose Francisco Molina Garcia Plaza

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Dissertation: Assessing Quality Indicators in Asynchronous Undergraduate Distance Education Courses, Donna J. Myers

Dissertation: An Instructional Technology Guide for Technical Trainers, David T. Mylott

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Assessment of Attitude toward Computers, Motivation, Perceived Satisfaction from the e-learning System, and Previous Academic Performance and their Contribution to Persistence of College Student Athletes Enrolled in e-Learning Courses, Anthony Jeffrey Nichols

Dissertation: Comparison of Data Mining Techniques used to Predict Student Retention, Kathleen Pittman

Dissertation: An Investigation of Technology Use and Learning Styles as Predictors of Undergraduate Information Technology Management Students' Academic Achievement at Ryerson University, Franklyn I. Prescod

Dissertation: An Investigation of a Knowledge Management Solution for Reference Services, Lynette Lawrence Ralph

Dissertation: An Examination of Factors Associated with Students' Ethical Decision Making in Post-Secondary E-Learning Programs, Michelle M. Ramim

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Integrating Trust and Computer Self-Efficacy into the Technology Acceptance Model: Their Impact on Customers' Use of Banking Information Systems in Jamaica, Michael Hubert Reid

Dissertation: Critical Success Factors for Service-Oriented Small Businesses In the E-Commerce Environment, Robert A. Robertson

Dissertation: A Study of a Modified Auditory Component Using a Drag and Drop Multimodal Feedback Toolkit for Older Deaf Computer Users, Gregory J. Safko

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Dissertation: Improving Knowledge Management Programs Using Marginal Utility in a Metric Space Generated by Conceptual Graphs, Jeffrey A. Schiffel

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Dissertation: Web 2.0 Tools Improve Teaching and Collaboration in High School English Language Classes, Mahmud Shihab

Dissertation: Investigation of Intention to Use e-Commerce in the Arab Countries: A Comparison of Self-Efficacy, Usefulness, Culture, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Humaira N. Siddiqui

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Investigation into the Impact of Information Technology Bank Examiners' Community Knowledge Sharing Sessions on their Individual Performance, Terence Ivor Smith

Dissertation: Examining the Validity of Testing in an Online Learning Environment, Jessica E. Street

Dissertation: Tutorial Support for Developing Recognition of Tonality Among Middle School Students in a Small Parochial School, Larry D. Wooster

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

Dissertation: Training a Globally-Dispersed Trainer Population Through Desktop Video-Conferencing, Erasmus Addae

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Dissertation: An Analysis of IT/IS Offshore Outsourcing: Educator Perspectives, Martin H. Bagaya

Dissertation: Author-Statement Citation Analysis Applied as a Recommender System to Support Non-Domain-Expert Academic Research, Rick Blazek

Dissertation: The Efficacy of a Web Site Evaluation Checklist as a Pedagogical Approach for Teaching Students to Critically Evaluate Internet Content, Dawn M. Bronstein

Dissertation: Examining Statistical Process Control as a Method of Temporal Data Mining, Herbert Earle Mathias Brown

Dissertation: Preliminary Examination for Empirical Knowledge(PEEK) A Fast Heuristic to Estimate the Inherent Degree of Clustering in Data Sets, J. William Cupp

Dissertation: Adaptation of Business Processes in SMEs: An Interpretive Study, Donna M. Ehrlich

Dissertation: Using Computing Technology in an Interdisciplinary Theater Curriculum for Urban High School Seniors, Katherine Flori

Dissertation: Perceptions of Online Risks, Isaac J. Gabriel

Dissertation: M*Ctree: A Multi-Resolution Indexing Structure for XML Data, Eranna K. Guruvadoo

Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation of The Effects of Discounting on Privacy Related Decisions, Jacob Hornsby

Dissertation: A Study of Attrition and the Use of Student Learning Communities in the Computer Science Introductory Programming Sequence, Trudy Howles

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Dissertation: Performance Measurement for the e-Government Initiatives: A Comparative Study, Willy C. Isaac

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Dissertation: Electronic Performance Support for E-Learning Analysis and Design, Thomas W. Jury

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Dissertation: Measuring the Effect of E-Learning on Job Performance, Heidi Kramer

Dissertation: Using Web-based CALL to Improve English Language Mastery at the Republic of China Air Force Academy, Tien-chen Lee

Dissertation: Student Adoption of a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning(CSCL) Mathematical Problem Solving Environment: The Case of The Math Forum's Virtual Math Teams (VMT) Chat Service, Ilene R. Litz

Dissertation: Assessing Individual Contribution in Online Collaborative Activities, Jason Lively

Dissertation: A Systems Analysis of Information Technology and the Use of WLANs Implemented by an FBI Field Office for Crisis Response Incidents: The Columbia Field Office Case Study, Michael J. Neubauer

Dissertation: An Investigation of the Attitudes Cost and Benefits of Telework for Information Systems Employees, Bernard J. Noble

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Dissertation: Painting the Voice: Weblogs and Writing Instruction in the High School Classroom, Marilyn V. Olander

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Dissertation: Measuring Factors That Influence the Success of E-government Initiatives, Ronnie Park

Dissertation: An Investigation of Interactional Coherence in Asynchronous Learning Environments, Andrew Potter

Dissertation: Elementary Educator's Experiences with Learning Object Repository Interfaces: Layered and Non-Layered, Loreen Marie Powell

Dissertation: Dynamic Selection of Cryptographic Algorithms in Runtime Environment Using the Weighted Metric Method, Jalal Raissi

Dissertation: Using Simulators to Guide Practice and Reinforce Online Learning, Anthony P. Slabicki

Dissertation: Seniors Go Online, An Assessment of the Value of Usability: Is it Perceived Usefulness or Perceived Ease of use ?, Terry J. Smith

Dissertation: Perceptual Organization of eCommerce Risks Among Consumer: A Cross-Country Study, Monica C. Ugbaja

Dissertation: An Analysis of Spectral Selectivity on Edge Detection Algorithms for a Non-invasive Identification of Skin Cancer, Gerald R. Williams

Dissertation: Academic Integrity in the Internet Age, William H. Yates

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

Dissertation: Design, Development, and Implementation of a Public Key Crytosystem for Automated Teller Machines: The Toronto Dominion Bank Case Study, Tamer Aboualy

Dissertation: Evolutionary Algorithm for Generation of Air Pressure and Lip Pressure Parameters for Automated Performance of Brass Instruments, James A. Bilitski

Dissertation: Storage Reduction for Distributed disk-Based Backup in Storage Area Network, Tahsin Chou

Dissertation: An Investigation of a COBIT Systems Security IT Governance Initiative in Higher Education, Claude L. Council III

Dissertation: A Study of The Impact of Users' Involvement, Resistance and Computer Self-Efficacy on the Success of a Centralized Identification System Implementation, Theon L. Danet

Dissertation: Computer Use by Latino Migrant Families: Increasing K-2 Children's Reading Skills Through Parent Training, Margarita Elorriaga

Dissertation: An Adaptive Machine Learning Approach to Knowledge Discovery in Large Datasets, Kevin Ewert

Dissertation: An Examination of the Effect of Involvement Level of Web Site Users on the Perceived Credibility of Web Sites, Susan Shepherd Ferebee

Dissertation: Computer-based Reading Program with At-risk Pre-kindergarten Students, Elizabeth Gail Owens Flangan

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Dissertation: Information Policies and Practices of Knowledge Management(KM) as Related to the Development of the Global Aviation Information Network(GAIN)- An Applied Case Study and Taxonomy Development, Jeffrey S. Forrest

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Dissertation: A Faculty Development Handbook for Quality Online Instruction, Joan Carol Frese

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Dissertation: Using Neural Networks to Develop a New Model to Screen Applicants for Apartment Rentals, Michael T. Furick

Dissertation: A Model of Best Practices for Project Management Strategies in an Administrative Computing System Implementation in Higher Education, Marlene Groman

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Dissertation: Developing a Nisga'a Learning Objects Repository for Use in the Schools, Kim A. Hansen

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Dissertation: Standards Directory: An Engineering and Technology Standards Digital Library and Information Retrieval System for The Walt Disney Company, Shawn Harrs

Dissertation: Chiro-information © : Towards a Semantic Web Health Record and Ontology for Coordination of Patient Information Between Chiropractic and Allopathic Physicians, Elizabeth K. Hawthorne

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Dissertation: Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Management in American Zoos, Julia Innes

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Dissertation: An Investigation of the Effects of the Gerogis Framework for Integrating TECHnology(In Tech) Training Program on Teachers' Computer Self-Efficacy and Computer Utilization, Ian Johnson

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Dissertation: Privacy Policies: A Study of Their Use Among Online Canadian Pharmacies, Joanne Kuzma

Dissertation: Evaluating E-textbooks in a Business Curriculum, Donna N. Losciuto Lane

Dissertation: Applying Decision Theory to Quantify the Cost of Network Security Risk, Cathrine Linnes

Dissertation: A JAVA based API for the Implementation and Maintenance of Domain Specific Collaborative Virtual Environments, Mike B. Litman

Dissertation: Computers as Ubiquitous Tools for Teachers and Learners: A Case Study of the Maine Laptop Initiative, Jack Mara