This book gives a unique account of the emerging field of Web engineering by presenting 25 thoroughly reviewed papers drawn from two recent workshops on the topic together with introductory and motivating surveys and a list of Web engineering resources in chapters on - Web engineering: introduction and perspectives - Web-based system development: process and methodology - Managing information on the Web - Development tools, skills, and case studies - Performance, testing, and Web metrices - Web maintenance and reuse The book will appeal equally to researchers, students, professionals and practitioners in industry interested in developing, maintaining, and using advanced Web-based systems and applications.
San Murugesan is a Principal Consulatant at BRITE Professional Services; an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Sydney (Australia); a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium's Business-IT Strategies advisory service; and an independent business, IT, and education consultant. Dr. Murugesan has vast experience in academia and industry, and his expertise and interests include green computing, Web 2.0 and 3.0, cloud computing, mobile computing, Web engineering, e-business, and information systems. He has published extensively, guest edited journal special issues, and edited books. He is a sought after speaker and has been offering training and executive education programs. He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), and a distinguished visitor and tutorial speaker of the IEEE Computer Society. Dr Murugesan currently serves as an Editor of IEEE IT Professional magazine and Associate Editor for five international journals - Journal of Web Engineering, International Journal of E-Business Research, International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics, International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), and International Journal of E-Adoption. Dr. Murugesan served in various senior positions at Southern Cross University (Australia) and the University of Western Sydney, and the Indian Space Research Organization (Bangalore, India). He also served as Senior Research Fellow of the US National Research Council at the NASA Ames Research Center.
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