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STAFF — Adwoa Donyina  Hons. BSc. (University of Toronto 2007), MSc Distinction (University of Leicester 2008), PhD (University of Leicester 2011)

PhD Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant
G1 Computer Science Building
Department of Computer Science,
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH.

T: +44 (0)116 252 3904
F: +44 (0)116 252 3915
E: adwoa.donyina (at) utoronto.ca

About Me

I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.
I presented my work to Her Majesty the Queen on 4 December 2008 Press Release ,Video footage and Photos

Education

I received an Honours BSc degree in Computer Science: Software Engineering [Specialist], at the University of Toronto in 2007. In recognition of my outstanding academic achievement and excellence, I was inducted into the Golden Key International Honours Society . Then, in 2008, I was awarded MSc (Distinction) in Advanced Software Engineering at the Department of Computer Science, University of Leicester, U.K. I recently passed my PhD defense on July 22nd 2011.

Work

I was appointed to the Department of Computer Science , University of Leicester as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in September 2008.

Publications

  • Adwoa Donyina. Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Dynamic Human-Resource Allocation (StADy). University of Leicester, Computer Science Department. Thesis Oct 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9915
  • Adwoa Donyina and Reiko Heckel. Modelling Flexible Human Resource Allocation by Stochastic Graph Transformation. Post-Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Graph Transformation - Doctoral Symposium (ICGT-DS 2010) ECEASST Journal (1863-2122), Volume 38/2011.
  • Adwoa Donyina and Reiko Heckel. Flexible Behaviour of Human Actors in Distributed Workflows. In proceedings of the 17th Conference on "Communication in Distributed Systems 2011" (KiVS'11) in Kiel, Germany (March, 8-11, 2011). As a special issue of the ECEASST Journal (ISSN 1863-2122), Volume 37/2011, pages 134-145. Workshop WiVS ``Flexible Workflows in Distributed Systems" Workshops der wissenschaftlichen Konferenz Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen 2011 (WowKiVS 2011) http://vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/events/wivs/slides/AdwoaWiVs-v4.pdf
  • Adwoa Donyina. Stochastic Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Resource Allocation. Fifth International Conference on Graph Transformation Doctoral Symposium (ICGT-DS 2010) University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 27 September - 2 October, 2010. Graph Transformations Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2010, Volume 6372/2010, pages 388-390.
  • Adwoa Donyina and Reiko Heckel. Formal Visual Modeling of Human Agents in Service Oriented Systems. In 2009 Fourth South-East European Workshop on Formal Methods (SEEFM'09), pages 25-32, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 2009. IEEE Computer Society.
  • Microsoft Academic Research: Author Profile

Conferences/Workshops


Research Interest

All aspects of Software Engineering in particular:
  • Graph Transformations
  • Software-Oriented Architectures
  • Domain Specific Languages
  • Agent-Based Systems
  • Business process modeling in particular BPEL4People, WS-HumanTask and BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation)

Teaching 2010/2011

Office Hours (Weeks 5-10 only)

  • Day: Monday
  • Time: 13:00-14:00
  • Location: CW Cityside Lab (CW301 Help desk)
  • Day: Wednesday
  • Time: 11:00-12:00
  • Location: CW Cityside Lab (CW301 Help desk)

Teaching 2009/2010


Teaching 2008/2009


Volunteer

PhD Student Representative (2008-2010) for the Department of Computer Science , University of Leicester.
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