Dr Simon Poon

BSc, Ph.D, MPH (Sydney), GradCert in MathSci, MEM (UTS), CPL (BAe)
Postgraduate Coursework Director, Senior Lecturer, School of Information Technologies

J12 - The School of Information Technologies
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 9351 4920
Fax +61 2 9351 3838

Website Biomedical engineering and technology

Knowledge Management Research Group

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Teaching and supervision

INFO1003 - Foundations of Information Technology
INFO5011 - IT Advanced Topic B
INFO5990 - Professional Practice in IT
INFO5992 - Understanding IT Innovations
INFO6010 - Advanced Topics in IT Project Management
INFO6012 - Information Technology Strategy and Value
ISYS3401 - Analytical Methods & Information Systems

Selected publications

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Edited Books

  • Gao, J., Kwan, P., Poon, J., Poon, S. (2009). Proceedings of the Workshop Advances and Issues in Biomedical Data Mining (AIBDM'09). Thailand: Printing House of Thammasat University - Rangsit Campus.

Book Chapters

  • Young, R., Poon, S., O' Connor, P. (2012). From projects to programs to execute strategy. In Henry Linger, Jill Owen (Eds.), The Project as a Social System: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Project Management, (pp. 131-150). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing.

Journals

  • Lau, K., Lai, K., Liu, C., Tam, J., To, M., Kwok, H., Lau, C., Ko, C., Leung, P., Fung, K., Poon, S., et al (2012). Synergistic interaction between Astragali Radix and Rehmanniae Radix in a Chinese herbal formula to promote diabetic wound healing. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 141(1), 250-256.
  • Cheung, D., Koon, C., Ng, C., Leung, P., Fung, K., Poon, S., Lau, C. (2012). The roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) and Pueraria lobata (Gegen) inhibit atherogenic events: A study of the combination effects of the 2-herb formula. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 143(3), 859-866.
  • Poon, S., Poon, J., McGrane, M., Zhou, X., Kwan, P., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Gao, J., Loy, C., Chan, K., Sze, D. (2011). A novel approach in discovering significant interactions from TCM patient prescription data. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, 5(4), 353-368.
  • Peters, G., Poon, S. (2011). Analyzing IT business values - A Dominance based Rough Sets Approach perspective. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(9), 11120-11128.
  • Pandey, G., Chawla, S., Poon, S., Arunasalam, B., Davis, J. (2009). Association Rules Network: Definition and Applications. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, 1(4), 260-279.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2009). Augmenting productivity analysis with data mining: An application on IT business value. Expert Systems with Applications, 36(2, Part 1), 2213-2224.
  • Choi, B., Poon, S., Davis, J. (2008). Effects of knowledge management strategy on organizational performance: A complementarity theory-based approach. OMEGA International Journal of Management Science, 36(2), 235-251.
  • Shu, W., Poon, S. (2005). Evaluation of Information Technology Productivity and Productive Efficiency in Australia. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 8, 215-218.

Edited Journals

  • Land, L., Poon, S. (2010). International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management. International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 6(4).

Conferences

  • Poon, J., Yin, D., Poon, S., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Sze, D. (2012). Co-evolution of symptom-herb relationship. 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE-WCCI 2012), Piscataway: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Chen, H., Poon, J., Poon, S., Chan, K., Wong, K., Sze, D. (2012). Evaluation of Herbal Chromatographic Fingerprint Identification Systems. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), Piscataway: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Poon, S., Luo, Z., Zhang, R. (2012). The Impact of Feature Representation to the Biclustering of Symptoms-Herbs in TCM. 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2011, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag.
  • Rahadhan, P., Poon, S., Land, L. (2012). Understanding unintended consequences for EMR: A literature review. The 20th Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2012), Amsterdam: IOS Press.
  • Poon, S., Young, R., Irandoost, S., Land, L. (2011). Re-Assessing the Importance of Necessary or Sufficient Conditions of Critical Success Factors in IT Project Success: A Fuzzy Set-Theoretic Approach. The 19th European Conference on Information Systems - "ICT and Sustainable Service Development" ECIS 2011, Finland: ECIS 2011.
  • McGrane, M., Poon, S., Poon, J., Chan, K., Loy, C., Zhou, X., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Kwan, P., Sze, D., et al (2010). Analysis of Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects of TCM: Cases on Diabetes and Insomnia. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops BIBMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Poon, S., Poon, J., Peters, G., Gupta, N., Land, L. (2010). Complementary organizational mechanisms: a case study on information technology business value. 18th European Conference on Information Systems, South Africa: University of Pretoria.
  • McGrane, M., Poon, S. (2010). Interaction as an Interestingness Measure. 10th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops ICDMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Zhou, X., Poon, J., Kwan, P., Zhang, R., Wang, Y., Poon, S., Liu, B., Sze, D. (2010). Novel-Two-Stage Analytic Approach in Extraction of Strong Herb-Herb Interactions in TCM Clinical Treatment of Insomnia. 2nd International Conference on Medical Biometrics (ICMB 2010), Germany: Springer.
  • Poon, J., Poon, S., Yin, D., Chan, K., Loy, C., Zhou, X., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Kwan, P., Sze, D., et al (2010). Studying Herb-Herb Interaction for Insomnia through the theory of Complementarities. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops BIBMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Peters, G., Poon, S., Hunter, M. (2009). Analysing Questionnaires on IT Project Status - Complexity Reduction by the Application of Rough Concepts. 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2009), Online - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Monash University.
  • Poon, S., Fan, G., Poon, J., Young, R. (2008). Analysis of structural change point in multivariate regression models: An application on IT productivity impact. 8th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Land, L., Pang, V., Cheng, A., Chik, C., Poon, S., Poon, J., Attar, S. (2008). Explaining sustainability in healthcare - A preliminary study of an aged care organisation in Australia. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2008), Hong Kong: Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong.
  • Poon, S., Choi, B., Davis, J. (2007). Analyzing and Testing Knowledge Management Complementarity Structures. Eleventh Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACS 2007), Auckland, New Zealand: School of Business, The University of Auckland.
  • Poon, S., Eugster, M., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2007). Different Perspectives on IT Business Value: An Integrative Approach. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2007), Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
  • Land, L., Poon, S., Poon, J. (2007). Guidelines and an Example of Applying ELeRS - A Framework for Scoping E-Learning Research in Healthcare. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2007), Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Peters, G. (2006). Convergence or coalescence? Information Technology and the Reshaping of Industry Boundaries. 14th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2006, Sweden: Goteborg University.
  • Lum, B., Choi, B., Poon, S. (2006). Developing a Navigation Evaluation Framework for Business Web Sites: Based On Wayfinding Theory. 11th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI 2006), Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2005). Understanding Information Technology Complementarities Using an Augmented Endogenous Growth Framework. 26th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2005), Atlanta, Georgia: Association for Information Systems (AIS).
  • Hu, N., Poon, S., Zhong, J., Wan, Y. (2004). Job Satisfaction Of Information Technology Professionals. Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2004), Online: Hoboken.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2004). The Economic Contribution Of Software: An Alternative Perspective On The Productivity Paradox. 25th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2004), Online: Association for Information Systems (AIS).
  • Wan, Y., Poon, S., Hu, N. (2004). Tracking The Mindset Of Open Source Participation: A Research In Progress. Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2004), Online: Hoboken.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2003). Estimating the impact of information technology investments on Australian productivity. 14th Australian Conference on Information Systems, CD: Edith Cowan Univesity, We-B centre.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2002). Analysing Information Technology Productivity Paradox in the Australian Context. Thirteenth Australiasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, Australia: School of Information Systems, Victoria University.

2012

  • Poon, J., Yin, D., Poon, S., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Sze, D. (2012). Co-evolution of symptom-herb relationship. 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE-WCCI 2012), Piscataway: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Chen, H., Poon, J., Poon, S., Chan, K., Wong, K., Sze, D. (2012). Evaluation of Herbal Chromatographic Fingerprint Identification Systems. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), Piscataway: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Young, R., Poon, S., O' Connor, P. (2012). From projects to programs to execute strategy. In Henry Linger, Jill Owen (Eds.), The Project as a Social System: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Project Management, (pp. 131-150). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing.
  • Lau, K., Lai, K., Liu, C., Tam, J., To, M., Kwok, H., Lau, C., Ko, C., Leung, P., Fung, K., Poon, S., et al (2012). Synergistic interaction between Astragali Radix and Rehmanniae Radix in a Chinese herbal formula to promote diabetic wound healing. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 141(1), 250-256.
  • Poon, S., Luo, Z., Zhang, R. (2012). The Impact of Feature Representation to the Biclustering of Symptoms-Herbs in TCM. 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2011, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag.
  • Cheung, D., Koon, C., Ng, C., Leung, P., Fung, K., Poon, S., Lau, C. (2012). The roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) and Pueraria lobata (Gegen) inhibit atherogenic events: A study of the combination effects of the 2-herb formula. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 143(3), 859-866.
  • Rahadhan, P., Poon, S., Land, L. (2012). Understanding unintended consequences for EMR: A literature review. The 20th Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2012), Amsterdam: IOS Press.

2011

  • Poon, S., Poon, J., McGrane, M., Zhou, X., Kwan, P., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Gao, J., Loy, C., Chan, K., Sze, D. (2011). A novel approach in discovering significant interactions from TCM patient prescription data. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, 5(4), 353-368.
  • Peters, G., Poon, S. (2011). Analyzing IT business values - A Dominance based Rough Sets Approach perspective. Expert Systems with Applications, 38(9), 11120-11128.
  • Poon, S., Young, R., Irandoost, S., Land, L. (2011). Re-Assessing the Importance of Necessary or Sufficient Conditions of Critical Success Factors in IT Project Success: A Fuzzy Set-Theoretic Approach. The 19th European Conference on Information Systems - "ICT and Sustainable Service Development" ECIS 2011, Finland: ECIS 2011.

2010

  • McGrane, M., Poon, S., Poon, J., Chan, K., Loy, C., Zhou, X., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Kwan, P., Sze, D., et al (2010). Analysis of Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects of TCM: Cases on Diabetes and Insomnia. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops BIBMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Poon, S., Poon, J., Peters, G., Gupta, N., Land, L. (2010). Complementary organizational mechanisms: a case study on information technology business value. 18th European Conference on Information Systems, South Africa: University of Pretoria.
  • McGrane, M., Poon, S. (2010). Interaction as an Interestingness Measure. 10th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops ICDMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Land, L., Poon, S. (2010). International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management. International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 6(4).
  • Zhou, X., Poon, J., Kwan, P., Zhang, R., Wang, Y., Poon, S., Liu, B., Sze, D. (2010). Novel-Two-Stage Analytic Approach in Extraction of Strong Herb-Herb Interactions in TCM Clinical Treatment of Insomnia. 2nd International Conference on Medical Biometrics (ICMB 2010), Germany: Springer.
  • Poon, J., Poon, S., Yin, D., Chan, K., Loy, C., Zhou, X., Zhang, R., Liu, B., Kwan, P., Sze, D., et al (2010). Studying Herb-Herb Interaction for Insomnia through the theory of Complementarities. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops BIBMW 2010, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

2009

  • Peters, G., Poon, S., Hunter, M. (2009). Analysing Questionnaires on IT Project Status - Complexity Reduction by the Application of Rough Concepts. 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2009), Online - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Monash University.
  • Pandey, G., Chawla, S., Poon, S., Arunasalam, B., Davis, J. (2009). Association Rules Network: Definition and Applications. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, 1(4), 260-279.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2009). Augmenting productivity analysis with data mining: An application on IT business value. Expert Systems with Applications, 36(2, Part 1), 2213-2224.
  • Gao, J., Kwan, P., Poon, J., Poon, S. (2009). Proceedings of the Workshop Advances and Issues in Biomedical Data Mining (AIBDM'09). Thailand: Printing House of Thammasat University - Rangsit Campus.

2008

  • Poon, S., Fan, G., Poon, J., Young, R. (2008). Analysis of structural change point in multivariate regression models: An application on IT productivity impact. 8th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, NJ, USA: (IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  • Choi, B., Poon, S., Davis, J. (2008). Effects of knowledge management strategy on organizational performance: A complementarity theory-based approach. OMEGA International Journal of Management Science, 36(2), 235-251.
  • Land, L., Pang, V., Cheng, A., Chik, C., Poon, S., Poon, J., Attar, S. (2008). Explaining sustainability in healthcare - A preliminary study of an aged care organisation in Australia. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2008), Hong Kong: Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong.

2007

  • Poon, S., Choi, B., Davis, J. (2007). Analyzing and Testing Knowledge Management Complementarity Structures. Eleventh Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACS 2007), Auckland, New Zealand: School of Business, The University of Auckland.
  • Poon, S., Eugster, M., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2007). Different Perspectives on IT Business Value: An Integrative Approach. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2007), Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
  • Land, L., Poon, S., Poon, J. (2007). Guidelines and an Example of Applying ELeRS - A Framework for Scoping E-Learning Research in Healthcare. 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2007), Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.

2006

  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Peters, G. (2006). Convergence or coalescence? Information Technology and the Reshaping of Industry Boundaries. 14th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2006, Sweden: Goteborg University.
  • Lum, B., Choi, B., Poon, S. (2006). Developing a Navigation Evaluation Framework for Business Web Sites: Based On Wayfinding Theory. 11th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI 2006), Hong Kong: Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute.

2005

  • Shu, W., Poon, S. (2005). Evaluation of Information Technology Productivity and Productive Efficiency in Australia. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 8, 215-218.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J., Choi, B. (2005). Understanding Information Technology Complementarities Using an Augmented Endogenous Growth Framework. 26th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2005), Atlanta, Georgia: Association for Information Systems (AIS).

2004

  • Hu, N., Poon, S., Zhong, J., Wan, Y. (2004). Job Satisfaction Of Information Technology Professionals. Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2004), Online: Hoboken.
  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2004). The Economic Contribution Of Software: An Alternative Perspective On The Productivity Paradox. 25th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2004), Online: Association for Information Systems (AIS).
  • Wan, Y., Poon, S., Hu, N. (2004). Tracking The Mindset Of Open Source Participation: A Research In Progress. Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2004), Online: Hoboken.

2003

  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2003). Estimating the impact of information technology investments on Australian productivity. 14th Australian Conference on Information Systems, CD: Edith Cowan Univesity, We-B centre.

2002

  • Poon, S., Davis, J. (2002). Analysing Information Technology Productivity Paradox in the Australian Context. Thirteenth Australiasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, Australia: School of Information Systems, Victoria University.

International links

China

(Ministry of Science and Technology) Application of Informatics to TCM Information database 2012-2016 (with Jia, W., Poon, J. and Poso, A.)

China

(National Science Foundation) Identification of core Herbs in TCM prescription for Lung Cancer Treatment using Complex Data Analyses 2012-2015 (with Xu, L., Sze, D. and Poon, J.)

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