Newcastle University in Singapore

Staff Profile

Professor Cheng Chin

Professor of Intelligent Systems Modelling & Simulation

Background

Research

CV

Brief Bio

He is a Chair Professor of Intelligent Systems Modelling and Simulation at Newcastle University. He is a founding Director of Innovation (and Engagement), where he led numerous multi-disciplinary research initiatives with industries at Newcastle University in Singapore. He obtained 6 Economic Development Board (EDB)-Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP) and 2 Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) grants from the Singapore government in intelligent systems design, simulation, and predictive analytics.

He has achieved over 170 publications, 5 authored books (e.g., IET, CRC Press, and Springer), 2 edited books, 2 Singapore Patent applications, and 3 US Patents. He also published in various AI-related conferences such as EANN/EAAAI, IJCNN, AIAI, and DCASE. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of IMarEST, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Specialist Adult Educator (curriculum development). He served as a Lead Guest Editor for the Journal of Advanced Transportation (Special Issue on Intelligent Autonomous Transport Systems Design and Simulation) with Wiley. In 2023, he was awarded the Best Presentation at the 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications by IEEE. Before that, he was awarded the Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing for Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, Elsevier, and Best Paper Award in the 10th International Conference on Modelling, Identification, and Control, sponsored by IEEE. His research work was recognized for the Judges' Award in a global competition (DCASE2019) organized by IEEE AASP for the most innovative and original research, which was published in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing and IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence.

He served as the Keynote Speaker, General Chair, and Technical Review Committee Member in various international conferences related to intelligent systems. He participated in a Working Group on "IEEE Recommended Practice for Industrial Agents: Integration of Software Agents and Low-Level Automation Functions" organized by IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) in conjunction with the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) and the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC). As a result, the standard (IEEE 2660.1-2020) was published in Jan 2021. He is the Associate Editor of IEEE Access Journal, Applied Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Earthzine (marine power and battery systems), Frontiers in Future Transportation (Transportation Electrification), IEEE Transportation Electrification Community eNewsletter (marine/Shipboard/EV), and Electronics (Systems & Control Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems section).

Qualifications

  • NTU-Ph.D in Applied Control of ROV, Research Robotic Centre
  • University of Manchester (formerly UMIST)-M.Sc (Distinction) in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering with Emeritus Prof. Howard Harry Rosenbrock's Medal for top graduate, Control Systems Centre (EEE)
  • NTU-B. Eng (Hons) in Mechanical & Production Engineering (specialisation in Mechatronics Engineering) 
  • Ngee Ann Polytechnic-Diploma (Merit) in Mechanical Engineering (robotics)

Memberships 

  • Fellow of the Higher-Education Academy(FHEA) since 2013
  • FIMarEST since 2012
  • SMIEEE since 2009 
  • Chartered Engineer
  • Specialist Adult Educator (SAE) in curriculum development

Roles and Responsibilities

Applied AI Research, Innovative Teaching and Industry Engagement

 

 

Research

Research Profile

  1. Intelligent Systems Modelling & Simulation of complex systems for uncertain environments (marine systems, energy storage systems, and acoustics) involving Predictive Analytics (data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning).

Current Research Projects

  1. Predictive Analytics (predictive modelling and machine learning)
  2. Electro-Chemical Thermal System Modelling of Lithium Battery
  3. Electrical Systems and Vehicles Modelling
  4. Acoustic Modelling, Scene Classification and Event Detection

Research Collaborators/Institutes

  1. Temasek Polytechnic
  2. Ngee Ann Polytechnic
  3. Chongqing University
  4. AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeethaml Chennai Campus
  5. SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  6. University of Texas at Austin
  7. Sharif University of Technology

Industry Collaborators

  1. Nvidia AI Technology Centre
  2. Seagate 
  3. SembCorp Marine
  4. GlobalFoundries
  5. Xylem

Research Books

  1. CS Chin, Intelligent Virtual System for Underwater Vehicle Piloting using Unity, CRC Press, ISBN 9780367653941, 2020.
  2. CS Chin, M.W.S. Lau. Benchmark Models of Control System Design for Remotely Operated Vehicles, Springer, ISBN 978-981-15-6511-3, 2020.
  3. CS Chin. Intelligent Thermal Energy System: An Overview, Nova Science Publishers Inc., ISBN: 978-1-53616-827-3, Apr 2020.
  4. CS Chin, R. Cui, Intelligent Marine Robotics Modelling, Simulation and Applications, MDPI, ISBN: 978-3-03928-133-6, Apr 2020.
  5. CS Chin. Embedded Mechatronics System Design for Uncertain Environments: Linux-based, MATLAB xPC Target, PIC, Arduino and Raspberry Pi Approaches, IET Press, ISBN: 978-1-78561-322-7, 2018. 
  6. CS Chin. Computer-Aided Control Systems Design: Practical Applications Using MATLAB® and Simulink®, Boca Raton, Florida, USA: CRC Press, ISBN 9781138073494, March 29, 2017.  
  7. C. Ananth, HS. Min, CS. Chin, P. Avirajamanjula, A Brief Outline Of Technical Challenges In Wireless Technology, Rakuten Kobo Inc. Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN: 978-81-910-748-7-1, 2017.

Research Recognitions

  1. 2023: Best Presentation in Session 2: Intelligent Information Management System and Data Analysis of 2023 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA 2023), IEEE.
  2. 2022: Presented Outstanding Contribution to 2022 International Conference on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Statistics.
  3. 2022: Awarded China Scholarship Council (202105290005) for Intelligent Systems Design in Singapore (period Oct 2022-Oct 2023).
  4. 2022: Exceptional Contribution to the Quality of Computers and Electrical Engineering as a Guest Editor of the special section on Emerging Trends and Challenges of Machine Learning in Human-Computer Interaction, Elsevier.
  5. 2020: DCASE2020 Challenge Task 4, 6th in Teams ranking for Sound Event Detection and Separation in Domestic Environments, in IEEE AASP Challenge on DCASE 2020.
  6. 2019: DCASE2019 Challenge Task 4, 8th in Teams ranking for Sound Event Detection and Separation in Domestic Environments, in IEEE AASP Challenge on DCASE 2019.
  7. 2019: DCASE2019 Judges' Award for Sound Event Detection in Domestic Environments in IEEE AASP Challenge on DCASE 2019 entitled: Non-Negative Matrix Factorization-Convolution Neural Network (NMF-CNN) for Sound Event Detection.
  8. 2019: Best Application Paper Award in the 11th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Springer.
  9. 2018: Best Paper Award in the 10th International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, IEEE.
  10. 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contributions in Reviewing for Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier.
  11. 2014: Awarded Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition as Session Chair in 2014 IEEE Region 10 Technical Symposium, KL,Malaysia.
  12. 2013 : Recognised in Celebrating Success in the University Event by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Professor Chris Brink: The research engagement activities and research leadership involving UK (SMD Ltd) and Singapore's research partner (SMI and TP) to develop a new high performance lithium-ion battery power system for deep sea operations.  
  13. 2006: Awarded Technological Achievement by Seagate’s CEO-Mr Bill Watkin.
  14. 2005: Quality Excellence Award for Customer Satisfaction in Seagate for Outstanding Achievements and Team Participation towards Mechanical System Robustness by Vice President of Quality and Reliability, Mr. Ralph R. McLaughlin.
  15. 2001: Emeritus Professor Howard Rosenbrock’s Medal for the Top Graduate of M.Sc. course from Control System Centre, The University of Manchester (formerly UMIST). Dissertation supervised by late Prof. Neil Munro.

 Research Grants

  1. Intelligent Systems Design 1 (Battery): 2013 to 2016- Co-PI for Research grant from Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) on High Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Power System for Long Endurance Deep Water Operation on ROV.  SMD & Temasek Poly-CERC. Co-PI. S$598,200.
  2. Intelligent Systems Design 2 (ROV Control Systems Design): 2013 to 2015 - PI- Research project on AUV Docking Hoop Control System/ROV. ST-Electronics (Large-scale Systems Group) funded by Defence Innovative Research Programme. Co-PI. S$124,525. 
  3. Intelligent Systems Design 3 (Non-Invasive Fouling Recognition System ): 2015 to 2017 . PI for Global Excellence Fund by Newcastle University with NTU, Prof. Maode Ma and POSH Ltd. PI. S$22,000.
  4. Predictive Analytics 1 (Noise Prediction of Large Acoustic Enclosure) : 2013 to 2017 - EDB-Industrial Ph.D. Programme (IPP) - Noise and Vibration Prediction. SembCorp Marine. PI.
  5. Predictive Analytics 2 (Noise Prediction of Small Acoustic Enclosure): 2013 to 2017 -EDB-Industrial Ph.D. Programme (IPP) - Correlation Study and Control of Mechanical Vibration and Psycho-Acoustic Parameters in Hard Disk Drive. Seagate. PI.
  6. Predictive Analytics 3 (Noise Prediction Software Tool): 2016 to 2019 - Co-PI on research grant from Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) on Intelligent Software Tool for independent Airborne and Structure-Borne Noise Modelling and Prediction in Crew Accommodation Quarter. SembCorp Marine & Ngee Ann Poly-Centre of Innovation-Marine & Offshore Technology (COI-MOT). Co-PI. S$346,600.
  7. Predictive Analytics 4 (Leak Localization Prediction in Water Distribution Network): Jul 2018 to Jul 2022: Awarded EDB-Industrial Ph.D. Programme (IPP) with Visenti (Xylem Inc.) and Newcastle University on Smart Multi-modality Sensor Fusion for High Precision Leakage Localization. PI.
  8. Predictive Analytics 5 (Small Leakage Prediction in Water Distribution Network): 2018 to 2022: Awarded EDB-Industrial Ph.D. Programme (IPP) with Visenti (Xylem Inc.) and Newcastle University on Intelligent Leakage Early Warning System under Weak Signal Detection. PI.
  9. Intelligent Systems Design 4 (Energy Storages in Hot and Humid Climates):  2020 to 2023: Involved in EMA [Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning) Joint Grant. Collaborator. S$1.5M.
  10. Intelligent Systems Design 5 (Machine Learning in Manufacturing): 2020 to 2024: Awarded EDB-IPP grant with Global Foundries. Co-PI.
  11. Predictive Analytics 6  (Machine Learning in Climate Change): 2022 to 2026: Awarded EDB-IPP grant with Nvidia AI Technology Centre. PI.

Research / Taught PG/ UG Supervisions (Main Supervisory Role)

  1. Successfully graduated 5 MSc (Int'l) in Marine Technology students (part-time)
  2. Successfully graduated 5 PhD candidates (full-time), Supervising 5 PhD candidates (full-time)
  3. Successfully graduated 4 MPhil candidates (part-time)
  4. Supervised 4 RE for SMI (full-time)
  5. Supervised 2 RA(full-time)
  6. Supervised over 200 final-year project undergraduate students since 2010.

Guest Editorial

  1. 2023: Guest Editor, Special issue of the IEEE TEC Newsletter on Advances in Charging Systems.
  2. 2022: Guest Associate Editor for Reviews in Urban Transportation Systems and Mobility, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
  3. 2021: Co-Guest Editor, Special issue of the IEEE TEC Newsletter on Digitization of Marine Transport, onboard DC Grid, and Short Endurance Vessel Design
  4. 2021: Guest Editor for Special Issue Artificial Intelligent and IoT based Grid Integration of Renewable Energy System and Electrical Vehicle Applications, Energies, MDPI.
  5. 2021: Guest Editor for  Marine Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC) eNewsletter.
  6. 2020: Guest Editor for Electronics on 10th Anniversary of Electronics: New Advances in Systems and Control Engineering, MDPI.
  7. 2020: Guest Editor for Electronics on State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence Technology, MDPI.
  8. 2020: Guest Editor of Computers and Electrical Engineering: Special Section on Emerging Trends and Challenges of Machine Learning in AI and Human-Computer Interaction, Elsevier.
  9. 2020: Guest Editor for Sensors on Intelligent Sound Measurement Sensor and System, MDPI.
  10. 2020: Guest Editor for Sensors on State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Singapore 2020-2021, MDPI.
  11. 2019: Session Co-Chair for Smart and Intelligent Controller Based Grid Integration of Renewable Energy System in IEEE TENCON 2019, October 17-20, 2019, Kochi, India.
  12. 2018: Lead Editor for Systems Design and Simulation, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Hindawi with John Wiley & Sons.
  13. 2019: Guest Editor on Special Issue on Intelligent Marine Robotics    Modelling, Simulation and Applications, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, MDPI
  14. 2019: Guest Editor on  Special issue on Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, AIMS Press
  15. 2018: Guest Editor on Special Issue on Applied Intelligent Robot for Uncertain Environment, Robotics, MDPI

Editorial 

  1. Associate Editor  for  IEEE Transportation Electrification Community Newsletter
  2. Associate Editor for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Taylor Francis
  3. Associate Editor for IEEE Access
  4. Associate Editor of Frontiers in Future Transportation (Transportation Electrification)
  5. Associate Editor for IEEE Earthzine (marine power and battery systems) by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society.
  6. Topics Editor, Sensors, MDPI
  7. Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Inderscience
  8. Editorial Board Member of Electronics (Systems & Control Engineering), MDPI
  9. Editorial Board Member of Electronics (Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems), MDPI

Reviewers:

  1. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  2. IEEE Access
  3. Soft computing
  4. Applied Artificial Intelligence
  5. Computer and Electrical Engineering
  6. Neurocomputing
  7. Applied Thermal Engineering
  8. Journal of Energy Storage
  9. Applied Acoustics
  10. Sensors
  11. Electronics

Research-Informed Teaching Outcomes 

  1. 2012: A FYP project on Design of an attachable walking skid for a ROV (supervised by myself) was shortlisted (i.e. final 3) in 2012 SET Awards (Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year) under the Maritime Technology Category.   
  2. 2012: UG student obtained RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects) for Best Final Year Project (Design of an attachable walking skid for a ROV )in BEng with Honours in Marine Engineering. 
  3. 2012: UG student obtained RINA and Keppel Award for Best Final Year Project in BEng with Honours in Marine Engineering.
  4. 2013: UG student obtained RINA and Keppel Award for Best Final Year Project (Hull Inspection Robot) in BEng with Honours in Naval Architects.
  5. 2013: A FYP project on Hull Inspection Robot (by UG student ) was awarded with 2013 MTS ROV COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP of US$2,000
  6. 2013: Co-supervisor for project- Application of Ocean Energy in Marine Aquatic Floating Farm recognised as an outstanding engineering project in WES 2013 YOUNG ENGINEERS COMPETITON.
  7. 2014: Awarded Newcastle University PGR Innovation Fund Projects (worth S$8,000) for Digital and Experiential Learning Network that leads to PGR Retreat for all PGR students in Singapore. 
  8. 2014: UG student awarded RINA and Keppel book Prize for the Top Final-Year Project (Deep Sea Remote Vibration Monitoring) in BEng with Honours in Offshore Engineering.
  9. 2014: UG student awarded RINA and Keppel Book Prize for the Top Final-Year Project (Underwater Robotics Vehicle Simulation) in BEng with Honours in Naval Architects
  10. 2015: UG student awarded RINA and BAE Systems for the Top Final-Year Project (Engine Sound Signal Separation) in BEng with Honours in Marine Engineering
  11. 2016: Awarded Postgraduate Travel Grant for MPhil Student to attend conference.
  12. 2018: UG student awarded RINA and BAE Systems for the Top Final-Year Project (Enhancing the performance of PV Panel by a Cooling System) in BEng with Honours in Marine Engineering.

Research Publicity

  1. Powering undersea exploration with Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) and Newcastle University 
  2. New biofouling system aims to help to ship save on fuel and costs by Seatrade Maritime News
  3. R&D: Acoustic Annoyance Study of HDD for Laptop by Hard Disk Drives by Storage Newsletter.com.
  4. Water security matters in Singapore by Asia Research News.
  5. Go Green Singapore- Trillion Dollar Company Prevents Climate Disaster by Chosun Biz, South Korea.

Research Innovations - U.S. Patents 

  1. B.Wee, Chin CS. A System and Device for Growing Mushrooms, Singapore Patent Application, 10202251636R, 5 Nov 2022.
  2. Joel Chiew, Chin CS et al. Phase Change Material Based Heat Sink with Volumetric Expansion Control, Singapore Provisional Patent Application No: 10201705900W on 19 July 2017.
  3. Chin CS et al. Electronic device torsion testing, U.S. Patent No.: 7,730,791.
  4. Chin CS et al.: Electronic device torsion testing, U.S. Patent No.: 7,454,980.
  5. Chin CS, Chee WO. Printed circuit cable assembly for top down installation, U.S. Patent 7,871,289.
  6. Chin CS et al: Electronic device torsion testing. Seagate Technology.Mar, 5 2009: US20090056470
  7. Chin CS, Chee WO: Printed circuit cable assembly for top down installation. Seagate Technology.Jan, 8 2009: US20090009912
  8. Chin CS et al.: Electronic device torsion testing. Seagate Technology.Mar, 20 2008: US20080066556
  9. Chin CS et al.: Jogging shock and vibration apparatus for one-inch drive used in consumer electronic, Trade Secret, STL 12576, 2004. 
  10. Chin CS et al.: All directional topple tester for one-inch drive used in consumer electronic, Trade Secret, STL 12648, 2004.

Keynote Speech

  • 2023: Keynote Speaker, 4th 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Automation and Applications (ICAA2023), Wuhan, Hubei, China, 23-25 Jun 2023.
  • 2022: Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS2022), Beijing, China, 30-31 Jul 2022.
  • 2022: Keynote Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Information Technology and Education Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 May 2022.
  • 2022: Publication Chair and Invited Speaker, 5th International Conference on Mechatronics Systems and Control Engineering, Chengdu, China, 18-22 Mar 2022.
  • 2021: Keynote Speech, 3rd International Conference on Computer Science, Communication and Network Security, Sanya, China, 22-23 Dec 2021.
  • 2021: Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Modeling, Big Data Analytics and Simulation, Shenzhen, China, 14-15 Nov 2021.
  • 2021: Keynote Speaker for 5th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics, 5-7 Aug 2021, Xi'an, China.
  • 2021: Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Technologies, Xi'an, China, 5-7 Aug 2021 .
  • 2021: Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering, Zhengzhou, China, 22-24 Jan 2021.
  • 2021: Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at International Workshop on Research and Development of Electrical Vehicle Technology, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai Campus.
  • 2019: Invited Speaker, International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Learning, Wuhan, China, 26-29 Apr 2019.
  • 2018: Keynote Speaker, World Conference on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, Spain, 26-27 Jul 2018.
  • 2018: Chief Guest and Plenary Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy control and Transmission Systems, Chennai, India, 22-23 Feb 2018.
  • 2017: Invited Guest Lecture on Simulation and Design of Lithium-Ion Battery Power System for Underwater Applications by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, NUS, Singapore, 10 Nov 2017.
  • 2017: Keynote Plenary Speaker on Intelligent Realization of Underwater Robotics Vehicle for Control in World Conference on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, Spain, 26-27 Jul 2018.

Conference Chair

  • 2023: Session Chair for Intelligent Information Management System and Data Analysis, 2023 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA 2023), Haikou, China, 23-25 Jun 2023.
  • 2022: Co-Chair and Organizer for Special Session on Intelligent Controller-Based Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and its Challenges, IEEE INDICON2022, Kochi, India, 24-26 Nov 2022.
  • 2022: Publication Chair, 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS2022), Beijing, China, 30-31 Jul 2022.
  • 2022: Publication Chair, 3rd International Conference on Computer Science and Communication Technology, Beijing, China, 30-31 Jul 2022.
  • 2022: Program Chair, International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications, Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 May 2022.
  • 2022: Publicity Chair, 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, Brisbane, Australia, 25-27 Mar 2022.
  • 2022: Publicity Chair, 6th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations, Brisbane, Australia, 25-27 Mar 2022.
  • 2020: Vice Chairman, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Singapore Section, 1 Jan–30 Dec 2020   
  • 2020: General Chair for 4th International Conference on Electrical, Automation and Mechanical Engineering (EAME2020), Jun 21-22, 2020, Beijing, China.
  • 2020: Program Chair for International Conference on Computer Science and Communication Technology [ICCSCT 2020], Hangzhou, China.
  • 2021: Program Co-Chair for 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education Technology (AIET 2021), 2-4 Jul 2021, Wuhan, China.
  • 2019: Vice Chairman, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Singapore Section, 1 Jan–30 Dec 2019.
  • 2019: Co-Special Session Chair, Smart and Intelligent Controller Based Grid Integration of Renewable Energy System in IEEE TENCON 2019, Kochi, India, 17-20 Oct, 2019.
  • 2019: General Chair, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Wuhan, China, 12-13 Jul 2019.
  • 2019: General Chair, 2nd International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hangzhou, China, 26-27 May 2019.
  • 2018: Session Chair, The International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Guiyang, China, 2-4 Jul 2018.
  • 2017: Tutorial Chair for IEEE/MTS OCEAN 2020, Singapore
  • 2016: Technical Session Chair in 7.1.3. Imaging and Vision 3 for OCEAN'16 MTS/IEEE Conference, Shanghai
  • 2015:Track Chair in Mechatronics for 10th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
  • 2014: Session Co-Chair for Session 7.1.2: Underwater Image and Vision in OCEANS’14 MTS/IEEE Conference, Taipei
  • 2014: Session Chair for Session EM3 (Biomedical Instrumentation) in IEEE TENSYMP, Kuala Lumpur,
  • 2014: Session Chair for MoP3: (Mechatronics) in 9th IEEE Industrial Electronics and Applications, Hangzhou, Jun 2014.

Conference Committee Member

  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 5th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Education (WAIE 2023), Tokyo, Japan, 28-30 Nov 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 7th International Conference on Advances in Image Processing, Beijing, China, 17-19 Nov 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 5th International Conference on Software Engineering and Development (ICSED 2023), Singapore, 20-22 Oct 2023.
  • 2023: Program Committee Member 3rd International Conference on Big Data, IOT & NLP (BINLP 2023),  Sydney, Australia, 21-22 Oct 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 7th International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and Transportation (ICITT 2023), Madrid, Spain, 18-20 Sep 2023.
  • 2023: Keynote Speaker of 2023 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things and Machine Learning, Singapore, 15-17 Sep 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic Systems (AIFZ 2023), Copenhagen, Denmark, 16-17 Sep 2023. 
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 9th International Conference on Circuits and Systems, Virtual Conference, 10 Sep 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for International Conference on Security & Applications (SECURA 2023), Virtual Conference, 12-13 Aug 2023.
  • 2023: Program Committee Member of International Conference on Education & Technology (EDUT 2023), Virtual Conference, 12-13 Aug 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for International Conference on Embedded Systems and VLSI (EMVL 2023), Virtual Conference, 12-13 Aug 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 11th International Conference of Networks and Communications (NC 2023), London, United Kingdom, 29-30 Jul 2023.  
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 6th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology (DSIT 2023), Shanghai, China, 28-30 Jul 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 4th International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics (NLPCL 2023), Toronto, Canada, 22-23 Jul 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 7th International Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (E&C 2023), Virtual Conference, 15-16 Jul 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 7th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEEN 2023), Virtual Conference, 15-16 Jul 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning, NLP and Data Mining (MLDA 2023), Virtual Conference, 15-16 Jul 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Applications (ICCIA 2023), Haikou, China, 23-25 Jun 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 4th 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Automation and Applications (ICAA2023), Wuhan, Hubei, China, 23-25 Jun 2023.
  • 2023: Program Committee Member of 9th International Conference on Data Mining (DaMi 2023) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 -25 Jun 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Vehicles (ICoIV 2023), Changsha, China, 26-28 May 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 2023 Asia Conference on Environmental Science, Green Energy and Applications (ESGEA 2023), Chongqing, China, 19-21 May 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 11th International Conference on Software Engineering & Trends (SE 2023, Vancouver, Canada, 27- 28 May 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member of 2023 3rd International Conference on Robotics and Control Engineering (RobCE 2023), Nanjing, China, 12-14 May 2023.
  • 2023: Review Committee for 38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing: MLA - Machine Learning and its Applications, Tallinn, Estonia, 27 Mar-2 Apr 2023.
  • 2023: Technical Committee Member for 4th 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Automation and Applications (ICAA2023), Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 Mar 2023.
  • 2022: Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Intelligent Innovations in Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India, 22- 24 Sep 2022.
  • 2022: Program Committee Member, 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Applications (ARIA 2022) to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 17-18 Sep 2022.
  • 2022: Program Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Technologies (AIAAT 2022), Qingdao, China, 12-14 Aug 2022.
  • 2022: Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Data Science and Information System (ICDSIS - 2022), Hassan, India, 29-30 Jul 2022.
  • 2022: International Technical Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Digital Image Processing (CGDIP 2022), Shanghai, China, 9 Jul 2022.
  • 2022: Technical Committee Member, 9th International Conference on Signal, Image Processing and Multimedia (SPM 2022), Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-26 Jun 2022.
  • 2022: Program Committee Member, 8th International Conference on Image and Signal Processing (ISPR 2022), Sydney, Australia, 18-19 Jun 2022.
  • 2022: Program Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Networks, Blockchain and Internet of Things (NBIoT 2022), Sydney, Australia, 18-19 Jun 2022.
  • 2022: Program Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on NLP & Information Retrieval (NLPI 2022), Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-24 Apr 2022.
  • 2021: Organizing Committee Member, Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (GSERITA-2021), Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 Sep 2021.
  • 2021: International Advisory Member, 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, India, 19-20 Mar 2021.
  • 2020: Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Application, Zhenjiang, China, 27-29 Nov 2020.
  • 2020: Committee Member for International Conference and Exhibition on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, 8-9 Oct 2020, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 2020: Technical Program Committee for 3rd International Conference On Mechatronics, Automation And System Engineering, 17-18 Sep 2020, Osaka, Japan.
  • 2020: Technical Program Committee for 4th International Conference on Automation and Mechatronics Engineering (ICAME 2020), Lijiang, China, 29-31 Aug 2020.
  • 2020: Technical Program Committee for 3rd International Conference on Robotics Systems and Automation Engineering (RSAE 2020), Paris, France, 19-21 Aug 2020.
  • 2020: Committee Member for Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (CFAIS 2020), 17-19 Jul 2020, Seoul, South Korea.
  • 2020: International Editorial and Advisory Board for International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Systems ICIN4.0-SS 2020), Canakkale, Turkey, 24-26 Jul 2020.
  • 2020: Technical Program Committee for IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Application (ITIA2020), Zhenjiang, China.
  • 2019: Technical Program Committee for International Conference on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Ningbo, China, 21-23 Dec 2019.
  • 2019: Technical Committee Member for International Conference on Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems, November 19-22, 2019, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan.
  • 2019: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board in the Energy Storage Technologies Conference, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Singapore, 31 Oct - 4 Nov 2019.
  • 2019: Technical Committee Member, 5th International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI 2019), Singapore, 22-24 Nov 2019.
  • 2019: Invited Speaker to 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Canada, 7-11 Jul 2019.
  • 2019: Program Committee for International Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control, Tianjin, China, 13-15 Jul 2019.
  • 2019: Invited Speaker to International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Learning, China, 26-29 Apr 2019.
  • 2018: Committee Member, World Conference on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, Spain, 26-27 Jul 2018.
  • 2018: Program Committee Member of The International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control 2018, Guiyang, China, 2-4 Jul 2018.
  • 2018: International Advisory Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy control and Transmission Systems, Chennai, India, 22-23 Feb 2018.
  • 2018: Technical Program Committee Member for 4th Annual International Workshop on Materials Science and Engineering, 2018.
  • 2018: Technical Program Committee Member for 8th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks, 2018
  • 2018: Invited reviewer for UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) under University Grants Commission (UGC)-Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of INDIA call for joint research proposals.
  • 2018: Invited as an independent expert in the specific field of MG‐BG‐ 01‐2018: Unmanned and autonomous survey activities at sea,part of Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018‐2020.
  • 2018: Technical Programme Committee for International Conference on Manufacturing, Advance Computing, Renewable Energy and Communication (MARC-2018),HMRITM, New Delhi, 19-20 Jul 2018.
  • 2017: Elected Committee Member, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, IEEE Singapore Section.
  • 2017: Invited and participated in IEEE Senior Member Application Review Panel for Region10.
  • 2017: Technical Review Committee for IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy control and Transmission Systems.
  • 2017: Technical Review Committee for International Conference on Computational Sciences, Advanced Database and Computing
  • 2017: IEEE Technical Committee Member on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems
  • 2017: Invited External Reviewer for The Singapore Ministry of Education Translational R&D and Innovation Fund (TIF) funds R&D projects
  • 2017: Technical Program Committee for 5th International Conference on Mapping and Remote Sensing (ICMRS 2017)
  • 2017: Organizing Committee Member for World Conference on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, Spain, 26-27 Jul 2018.
  • 2017: International Advisory Committee Member for IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy, Control and Transmission Systems
  • 10 Nov 2017: Invited to Academic Talk on "Simulation and Design of Lithium-Ion Battery Power System for Underwater Applications" at Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore by IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Singapore Chapter.
  • 2017: Elected Treasurer, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, IEEE Singapore Section.
  • 2014: Panel Member for Senior Member of IEEE Application Review Panel in Region 10.
  • 2014: Program committee for Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Workshop on Building a better World through Analytics and Collaboration, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 Dec 2014.
  • 2014: Peer Reviewer for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Standard Grant and New Investigator Scheme
  • 2014: IET Volunteer Committee and IET Control & Automation Committee
  • 2013: Committee Member in SIGDSS Workshop "Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support" in Milan, Italy.
  • 2013: Technical Program Committee Member of IET Control and Automation Conference, Conference Aston Lakeside Centre, Birmingham.
  • 2013: Presented a topic- “Research Interests, Projects and Opportunities in Singapore” in NIReS (Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability).
  • 2010-2012: Elected member of The IET Control and Automation Executive Committee
  • 2010-2011: Elected as an Honorary Auditor for The IET Singapore Local Network.
  • 2012-2013: Committee Member for IET Singapore Local Network.

Teaching

Teaching Experience

  1. 2020- Specialist Adult Educator in curriculum development (second-highest recognition) under Singapore's SkillsFuture agenda, to raise the quality of Continuing Education and Training in Singapore. 
  2. 2019- Involved in Education Development Fund (EDF) under the category valuing diversity/being inclusive for a project to facilitate inclusive learning through group work for students in Electrical Power Engineering and Marine Technology programmes for the academic year 2019/2020.
  3. 2018- Involved and contributed to Teaching and Learning Grant for students learning and teaching of Multidisciplinary project and collaboration opportunity for students during Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP) at Newcastle UK, July 2018.
  4. 2013 -Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice (CASAP II) by Newcastle University (UK).
  5. 2009 - Certificate in Higher Education Teaching by Temasek Polytechnic.

Undergraduate

  1. MNO1103-Marine Mechanics 1A (100%, Module Leader)
  2. MNO1104-Marine Mechanics 1B (100%, Module Leader)
  3. MNO2110-Marine Electrical Engineering (100%, Module Leader)
  4. MNO3106-Dynamic Modelling and Simulation (100%, Module Leader)
  5. MNO3101-Integrated Work Study Programme
  6. MNO3114-Capstone Project and Report (100%, Module Leader)

Postgraduate

  1. MAR8203-Marine Systems Identification, Modeling and Control (100%)
  2. MAR8233 Advanced Marine Engineering (70%)

Other Subjects Taught

  1. Microcontroller Technology (PIC, Arduino, Raspberry PI, xPC Target for MATLAB/Simulink, Python)
  2. Intelligent Systems Design
  3. Engineering Computations
  4. Instrumentation and Computer Control (LabVIEW)
  5. Engineering Drawings (ProE)
  6. Programming (MATLAB, Python, R Programming)
  7. Mechatronic Systems Design
  8. Control Systems Design
  9. Machine Learning and Applications
  10. Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamic, Heat Transfer

External Courses Attended

  1. Apr 2015: Research Leadership Development Programme@Matfen Hall, 2-day course by SAgE, Newcastle University
  2. Nov 2015: Course Certificate with Distinction in Exploratory Data Analysis (4-week by Johns Hopkins University)
  3. Oct 2015: Course Certificate in An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (5-week by Rice University)
  4. Apr 2015 :Metocean Awareness Course by IMarEST and Society of Underwater Technology, Singapore
  5. Sept 2014: Course Certificate in Machine Learning (11-week by Stanford University)
  6. Sept 2005: Design for Six-Sigma Hardware Training by Seagate Technology International 
  7. Jan 2005: Certificate in Six Sigma Green Belt by Seagate Technology International

 

 

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