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Nanyang technological university |
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School of Computer Engineering |
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Yow Kin Choong Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University |
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Yow Kin Choong obtained his B.Eng (Elect) with 1st Class Honours from the National University of Singapore in 1993, and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK in 1998. He joined the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a faculty member in May 1998, where he is presently an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering. In 1999, he was appointed the Sub-Dean of Applied Science, and recently, in December 2006, he was appointed the Associate Dean of Admissions in NTU. Yow Kin Choong’s research interests include Computer Vision, Wireless Communications and Computational Intelligence. He has published over 65 top quality international journal and conference papers, and he has served as reviewer for a number of premier journals and conferences, including the IEEE Wireless Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Education. He has been invited to give presentations at various scientific meetings and workshops, such as the CNET Networks Event (2002) as well as the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Launch (2003). He is also a member of the IEEE, ACM, and the Singapore Computer Society (SCS). His pioneering work in Mobile and Interactive Learning won the HP Philanthropy grant in 2003 for applying Mobile Technologies in a Learning Environment. Only 7 awards were given to the 21 Asia Pacific Countries who were invited, and his project was the only one from Singapore to win it. Also, in 2003, he was one of the only 2 Singaporeans to be awarded participation to the ASEAN Technology Program on Multi Robot Cooperation Development held in KAIST, Korea. He was the winner of the NTU Excellence in Teaching Award 2005, and he won the Most Popular SCE Year 1 lecturer for 4 consecutive years 2004-2007. He has led numerous student teams to National and International victories such as the IEEE Computer Society International Design Competition (CSIDC) (2001), the Microsoft Imagine Cup (2002, 2003 and 2005), and the Wireless Challenge (2003). |
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School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Phone: +65 6790 5046 Fax: +65 6792 6559 E-mail: kcyow@ntu.edu.sg |