Dr Lily Sun

Email:
lily.sun@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 8604
Job title:
Associate Professor of Computer Science

Responsibilities:

Undergraduate Programme Director

Office

Room 148

Building location

Polly Vacher

Areas of interest

Complex systems design
Requirements engineering
Ontology modelling
Information architecture
Knowledge representation and user profiling for personalisation
Enterprise analytics
Business intelligence with data analytics for decision support.

Background

Dr Sun, with a background in computer science, earned a PhD in requirements engineering for strategic decision simulation. She has many years of experience working as a senior software engineer and a systems analyst, in research projects and commercial development. She is also actively involved in knowledge transfer through which she is able to provide consultancy services based on her expertise and the research outcomes.

Websites/blogs

Find Dr Sun on Google Scholar.

Publications

Lu, X. , Zhang, R. , Wu, W. , Shang, X. , Sun, L. , Zhu, X. (2020) Is the internet different from traditional mass media in promoting patient compliance with mature treatments?. Telemedicine and e-Health , 26 (1). pp 0. ISSN: 1556-3669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2018.0292

Liu, K. , Zhang, R. , Yin, L. , Sun, L. , Pan, X. , Hou, L. , Shang, X. , Yang, X. (2018) Medical service unity: an effective approach for medical care in rural areas in China. Rural and Remote Health , 18 (3). pp 0. ISSN: 1445-6354 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.22605/RRH4483

Baranauskas, M. , Liu, K. , Sun, L. , de Almeida Neris, V. , Bonacin, R. , Nakata, K. (2016) Socially aware organisations and technologies. Impact and challenges. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology , 477. Springer ISBN: 9783319421025
Baranauskas, M. , Liu, K. , Sun, L. , Neris, V. , Bonacin, R. , Nakata, K. , eds. (2016) Socially aware organisations and technologies: impact and challenges. Springer ISBN: 9783319421018
Sun, L. , Liu, K. , Jambari, D. , Michell, V. (2016) Evaluating business value of IT towards optimisation of the application portfolio. Enterprise Information Systems , 10 (4). pp. 378-399. ISSN: 1751-7575 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17517575.2014.939106

Tan, C. , Sun, L. , Liu, K. (2015) Big data architecture for pervasive healthcare: a literature review. ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers. ECIS ISBN: 9783000502842

Fontenele, M. , Sampaio, R. , da Silva, A. , Fernandes, J. , Sun, L. (2014) Performing knowledge requirements analysis for public organisations in a Virtual Learning Environment: a social network analysis approach. Journal of Information Technology & Software Engineering , 4 (2). ISSN: 2165-7866 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7866.1000134
Chung, S. , Robertson, S. , Minnaar, A. , Cook, M. , Sun, L. (2014) Developing a knowledge management system using an ontological approach in global organisation. pp. 340-347. (Service Science and Knowledge Innovation Liu, K., Gulliver, S.R., Li, W., Yu, C. (Eds.))
Gao, H. , Wang, S. , Sun, L. , Nian, F. (2014) Hierarchical clustering based web service discovery. pp. 281-291. (Service Science and Knowledge Innovation Liu, K., Gulliver, S.R., Li, W., Yu, C. (Eds.))
Huang, G. , Huang, L. , Chen, X. , Sun, L. (2014) Rationality of service composition of Workflow Net in a service oriented architecture. pp. 155-165. (in Service Science and Knowledge Innovation)
Sun, L. , Yamin, M. , Mushi, C. , Liu, K. , Alsaigh, M. , Chen, F. (2014) Information analytics for healthcare service discovery. Journal of Healthcare Engineering , 5 (4). pp. 457-478. ISSN: 2040-2295 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.5.4.457

Perez, J. , Soto, I. , Cubillos, F. , Sun, L. , Liu, K. (2013) Real-time identification and modelling in pervasive mining.
Fernandez, A. , Soto, I. , Sun, L. , Liu, K. (2013) Modelling QoS of a pervasive MVNO/M2M using semi-group theory. pp. 131-135.
Iturralde, D. , Soto, I. , Becerra, N. , Sun, L. , Liu, K. (2013) A new algorithm for tracking people in a pervasive mining environment. pp. 244-253.
Tan, C. , Liu, K. , Sun, L. (2013) A design of evaluation method for SaaS in cloud computing. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management , 6 (1). pp. 50-72. ISSN: 2013-8423 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.661

Molina, S. , Soto, I. , Sun, L. , Liu, K. (2012) Pervasive environment for gases detection and collapses in underground mines. Material Research and Applications. Advanced Materials Research , 875-877. Trans Tech Publications , Durnten-Zurich, Switzerland. pp. 2056-2061. | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.2056

Sun, L. , Mushi, C. , Alsoud, A. (2011) Conceptual modeling for requirements of government to citizen service provision. In: Pokorny, J. , Repa, V. , Richta, K. , Wojtkowski, W. , Linger, H. , Barry, C. , Lang, M. , (eds.) Information Systems Development: Business Systems and Services: Modeling and Development. Springer pp. 747-758. ISBN: 9781441996459 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_60
Liu, K. , Sun, L. , Jambari, D. , Michell, V. , Chong, S. (2011) A design of business-technology alignment consulting framework. In: Mouratidis, H. and Rolland, C. , (eds.) Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 23rd International Conference, CAiSE 2011, London, UK, June 20-24, 2011, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer (6741). pp. 422-435. ISBN: 9783642216398

Harris, J. and Sun, L. (2010) Whose group is it anyway? A method for defining the context of multi-organisation collaborations in local government domains. Proceedings of ICIME 2010, the International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation. Academic Publishing Limited
Alsaffar, E. , Sun, L. , Kabeil, M. (2010) Impact of e-procurement systems on UAE government services. Systemics and Informatics World Network (SIWN) , 8 pp. 102-107. ISSN: 2044-7272
Du, H. , Liu, K. , Zhang, Z. , Sun, L. (2010) Research methods for undergraduate, masters and doctoral students [in Chinese]. China Electronics Press , Beijing, China. ISBN: 9787121103520
Sun, . , Ousmanou, . , Cross, . (2010) An ontological modelling of user requirements for personalised information provision. Information Systems Frontiers , 12 (3). pp. 337-356. ISSN: 1572-9419 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9144-x
Sun, L. and Mushi, C. (2010) Case-based analysis in user requirements modelling for knowledge construction. Information and Software Technology , 52 (7). pp. 770-777. ISSN: 0950-5849 | doi: DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2010.03.010

Liu, K. , Du, H. , Sun, L. (2009) Semiotics in information systems development. In: Huang, W. and Wang, K. , (eds.) Information systems research: issues and latest developments. Tsinghua University Press , Tsinghua, China. ISBN: 9787302212386 (in Chinese)
Bonacin, . , Baranauskas, . , Liu, K. , Sun, . (2009) Norms-based simulation for personalised service provision. Semiotica , 2009 (175). pp. 403–428. ISSN: 1613-3692 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/semi.2009.055
Alsaffar, . , Sun, . , Kabeil, . (2009) Effective e-procurement systems to support UAE government service provision. International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications ISSN: 1751-1461
Cao, . and Sun, . (2009) Articulation of stakeholders requirements for complex e-government systems development. IEEE | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIME.2009.55
Alsaffar, . , Sun, . , Kabeil, . (2009) A design of e-procurement infrastructure model for public service sector. IEEE | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCSIT.2009.5234601
Alsaffar, . , Sun, . , Kabeil, . (2009) E-governments' role activation in arab countries. IEEE | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIME.2009.27
Abbo, . and Sun, . (2009) Security analysis of information systems.
Abbo, . and Sun, . (2009) The patterns for information system security [poster].
Sun, . and Mushi, . (2009) Modelling requirements of supplier selection for benchmarking service provision. In: Feng, . , Liu, . , Jiang, . , (eds.) Information Systems in the Changing Era: Theory and Practice. Aussino Acad Publ House , Marrickville. pp. 440-448. ISBN: 9780980605723
Ousmanou, . , Chen, . , Sun, . (2009) Health informatics: improving patient-centred healthcare pathway. In: Feng, . , Liu, . , Jiang, . , (eds.) Information systems in the changing era: theory and practice: proceedings of the 11th international conference on informatics and semiotics in organisations. Aussino Academic Publishing , Marrickville, N.S.W, Australia. pp. 263-269. ISBN: 9780980605723
Liu, K. , Sun, L. , Rong, W. (2009) Semiotic modelling for complex enterprise systems. In: Feng, X. , Liu, K. , Jiang, G. , (eds.) Information systems in the changing era: theory and practice. Aussino Academic Publishing House , Sydney, Australia. pp. 299-309. ISBN: 9780980605723 (Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organizations)
Harris, . , Sun, . , Adams, . (2009) Requirements analysis for an e-government system to support multi-organisational collaborative groups. In: Hahamis, . and Remenyi, . , (eds.) Proceedings: 9th European conference on e-government. Academic Conferences Ltd , Reading. pp. 337-344. ISBN: 9781906638337