• PhD, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1987. Thesis: “An Intelligent Cell Memory System for Real-Time Engineering Applications".
  
  
• BSc (Hon), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1983

Professional Qualification

• Chartered Engineer (CEng), 1990
  
  
• Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK (MIEE), 1990
  
  
• Fellow oh Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, HK (FHKIE), 2007
  
  
• Professional member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), USA, 1990
  
  
• Member of the Information Technology Joint Council (ITJC), HKSAR, China, 1996

Awards and Patents

• “Wisers Knowledge Management and Content Service System” - China Computer Foundation Innovation Award 2005, December 20 2005, China. (National Science Award Association certificate no. 0131)
  
  
• WiseNews – World Summit Awards 2003, United Nation, best practice product in e-content and creativity of Asia.
  
  
• Patent Application: “Digital Image Processing System and Method for Processing Digital Images” with
  
  
• Chinese patent application
  Application number: 200310117256.2
  Application date: 9 Dec 2003
  Granted: February 14, 2007
  
  
• US patent application
  Application number: 10/913, 895
  Application date: 6 Aug 2004
  
  
• Hong Kong patent application
  Application number:05106304.3
  Application date:  25 July, 2005

Working Experience

• 4-9.8.05, 16-18.8.05, 24-30.7.06
  Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
  
  
• 9.2008-8.2010
  Member of the School Management Committee, Tang Siu Kin Victoria Secondary School, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
  
  
• 5.2008-4.2011
  Adjunct Professor, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory on High Reliability Software Technology, Peking University
  
  
• 11.2004 – 7.2006
  Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
  
  
• 5.2004-4.2009
  Adjunct Professor, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
  
  
• 11.2004 – present
  Honorary Consultant for programmes in Computer Science & Information Technology, School of Continuing Studies, CUHK
  
  
• 8.2004 – present
  Member of the School Management Committee, Lam Tai Fai College, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
  
  
• 8.2002 - present:
  Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  
  
• 1.2003 – present
  Advisor, IT Knowledge Base (iTKB), Hong Kong (a professional IT and management training company)
  
  
• 8.2002 – 7.2004
  Member of the Board of Advisors, Hong Kong Computer Institute, Hong Kong, (2003/04, Chairman)
  
  
• 1.2002 - 7.2006:
  Director, Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  
  
• 1.2002 - present:
  Managing Director, Intelligent Networking Laboratory (INL) Ltd., Hong Kong.
  
  
• 10.2000 - 9.2001:
  Visiting Scholar of National Laboratory on Machine Perception, Peking University.
  
  
• 8.98 – 6.2003:
  Director, Wisers Information Ltd., Hong Kong.
  
  
• 6.98 - 5.2001:
  Associate Director, Centre for Innovation Technology (CINTEC), The Chinese University, Hong Kong.
  
  
• 7.97 - 7.2002:
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  
  
• 5.93 - 6.97:
  Project Coordinator, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  
  
• 10.91 - 4.93:
  Project leader, European Computer-Industry Research Centre (ECRC), Munich, Germany.
  
  
• 8.89 - 10.91:
  Post-doctoral Researcher, ECRC, Munich, Germany
  
  
• 1.89 - 8.89:
  Software Engineer III, R&D section of Unisys (Livingston), Scotland.
  
  
• 9.86 - 12.88:
  Research Associate 1A, Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  
  
• 10.83 - 9.86:
  Ph.D. student, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Edinburgh University, Scotland.