Biography

Siva Dorairaj is a senior lecturer from Universiti Tenaga Nasional in Malaysia. He is on study leave since March 2009 to pursue PhD in Software Engineering with supervisors JamesNoble and PetraMalik. His research interests are Agile Software Engineering, Agile Project Management, Object-oriented Technique, and Teaching/Learning Computer Programming. He has 12 years of experience in corporate training (Microsoft Certified Trainer) involving .NET Technology (C#.NET, VB.NET, C++.NET Managed Extension, XML Web Services) and Java Technology.

Publications:

1) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik, "Understanding the Importance of Trust in Distributed Agile Projects: A Practical Perspective", The 11th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2010: In press.

2) Siva Dorairaj, James Noble, Petra Malik, "Exploring Distributed Agile Projects: A Grounded Theory Perspective", The 8th New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference, NZCSRSC 2010, New Zealand, 12-15 April 2010.

3) Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Shamini, Jaspaljeet Singh, Mohana Shanmugam, "Experimenting with Industry's Pair-Programming Model in Teaching & Learning Programming", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

4) Jaspaljeet Singh, Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Shamini, Mohana Shanmugam, "Designing Computer Games to Introduce Programming to Children", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

5) Saraswathy Shamini, Siva Dorairaj, Jaspaljeet Singh, Mohana Shanmugam, "Befriending Computer Programming - A Cognitive Approach Towards Learning C Programming", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

6) Mohana Shanmugam, Siva Dorairaj, Saraswathy Shamini, Jaspaljeet Singh, "Development of Education Portal using Microsoft Windows SharePoint - An Overview", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology & Multimedia, Malaysia, 18-19 Nov 2008.

7) Siva Dorairaj, Jaspaljeet Singh, "Programming Excellence through Academic Competition - Case Study iPC 2008 ", National Student Development Conference, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 22-23 October 2008.

8) Jaspaljeet Singh, Siva Dorairaj, Peter Woods, "Learning Computer Programming Using A Board Game - A Case Study on C-Jump", International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies (M2USIC 2007), Multimedia University (Malaysia), 19-20 Nov 2007.

9) Badmanathan Tanggawelu, Siva Dorairaj, "Network Losses in TNB Distribution System" , Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI), Fukuoka (Japan), 5-8 Nov 2002.

Awards:

1) PhD Scholarship from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia) effective March 2009.

2) Full scholarship to participate in the Tenth Commonwealth Study Conference (CSC 2007) in New Delhi, India.

3) Travel grant from TNB Research (Malaysia) to participate in the 14th Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry in Fukuoka (Japan).

4) Academic grant from Agile Alliance to participate in Agile 2009 conference in Chicago (USA)

5) Research grant from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia) for PhD research in USA, Aug 2009.

6) Faculty Strategic Research Grant from Faculty of Engineering (School of Engineering and Computer Science) in May 2010.

Teaching at Victoria University:

In 2009: ENGR301 - Project Management, SWEN201 - Algorithms and Data Structures, INFO102 - Business Application Programming

In 2010: SWEN221 - Software Development

Favourite Quotes:

"The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of the earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible." -- Amma, Satguru Mata Amrithanandamayi Devi.

"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." -- Mahatma Gandhi.

"Dreams are not what you have when you sleep, dreams are those that don't let you sleep." -- Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India.