Dr Maria Kutar

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

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• E: m.kutar@salford.ac.uk
• Twitter: @mariakutar
• SEEK: Research profile

Previously a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire, Maria joined the University of Salford in 2004. She is Director of postgraduate taught courses in International Operations & Information Management. Maria was Chair of the University Research Ethics Panel 2009 – 2011, and has contributed significantly to the academic review and development of both undergraduate and postgraduate provision in Salford Business School.

In 2012 Maria received the Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, jointly with Dr Marie Griffiths, in recognition of their innovative teaching using Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) techniques.

Current Teaching:

• Operations and Information Management (level 7)
• Information Security (level 6)
• Creating Emerging Technologies (level 4)

Research interests include the effectiveness of representations used in system development, temporal aspects of interactive systems, psychology of programming, and law / ethics in IT. Maria is Chair of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group ,(PPIG) and a previous member of the British Computer Society Ethics Expert Panel.

Current PhD Students:

Antonio M. M. C. Espingardeiro: A Roboethics Framework For Human Robotics Coexistence

Talal Alazemi: Interface Design for Library Information Systems

Jiten Makan: The relationship between trust and usability in ecommerce

Matthew Trump: Organisational culture and attitudes to information security

PhD Students (Completed)

Azham Hussein (2012): Metric Based Evaluation of Mobile Devices: Mobile Goal Question Metric (mGQM)

Janice Whatley (2009) Supporting student team project work: the Guardian Agent system

Yun Chen (2007): Modelling and Matching: A Methodology for Complex ePlanning System Development

Maria Kutar holds an LLB Hons (Law), MSc Computer Science and a PhD in Specification of Temporal Properties of Interactive Systems. She also holds a PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, with ILT accreditation.

For further information about my publications please see my SEEK Research Profile: http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/profiles/MKUTAR.jsp