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Professor Er
Meng Hwa currently holds the positions of Vice-President (International
Affairs) and Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at
Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
After completing
a Bachelor of
Engineering (Electrical) degree with first class honours from National
University of Singapore in 1981, he went on to pursue PhD studies in
Electrical and Computer Engineering under a University of Newcastle's
postgraduate research scholarship in 1982. His research thesis was
entitled Optimum Antenna Array Processors with Linear and Quadratic
Constraints and he graduated in 1986. One of his key results was
patented by the University of Newcastle and the Commonwealth Government
of Australia.
He joined the Nanyang
Technological Institute, the predecessor of NTU, in 1985 as a lecturer
and has risen to hold several key management and leadership positions at
the University. He was founding Director of the Centre for Signal
Processing from 1995 to 1997, Dean of the School of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering from 1996 to 2005, Dean of College of Engineering
from 2001 to 2004, Deputy President 2 from 1998 to 2006, Acting Provost
from 2006 to 2007, Associate Provost and Acting Dean (Graduate Studies)
from 2007 to 2008 and Senior Associate Provost from 2008 to 2011.
Professor Er’s career has
been underpinned by a very strong research track record. His research
interests include array signal processing, satellite communications,
computer vision and optimization techniques. He has secured and
completed a total of 24 research projects with a cumulative grant of
about $21 million. He has published over 260 papers in international
journals and conference proceedings and holds five patents.
In addition, he has been
involved in editing technical journals and had been Chairs of several
international conferences including the 15th World Conference
on Cooperative Education (WACE) which was held in Singapore in June
2007. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, a
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
USA, a registered Professional Engineer in Singapore and a ASEAN
Chartered Professional Engineer. He serves as: a Member of the Board of
Governor of S.Rajaratnam School of
International Studies (RSIS) and a Council Member of National Institute
of Education; a Member of the Board of Directors on several Singaporean
companies including ST Electronics Ltd, ST Electronics (Satellite
Systems) Pte Ltd and Singapore Sports School and Chairman of NIE Internationals Pte
Ltd.
Professor
Er Meng Hwa’s achievements have been recognised by the award of several
major prizes and honours – the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)
Prestigious Engineering Award in 2001; a Public Administration Medal
(Silver) and Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the President of the
Republic of Singapore in 1998 and 2006 respectively; and National
Serviceman of the Year Award by 1PDF COMD in 1999. He is the first
Singaporean and the first academic in Asia to be conferred an Honorary
Fellowship by the London-based Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
in 2005 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to engineering
research, education and public service. More recently, he has been
conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering
Organisation (AFEO) in December 2006 in recognition of his outstanding
contributions to engineering profession in Singapore and the region, and
elected as a Fellow by the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology
in 2009.
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PERSONAL DATA
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Work Address :
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Nanyang Technological University
President's Office
50 Nanyang Avenue
Administration Building,
Level 5
Singapore 639798
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Phone : +65 6790 5926
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Fax : +65 6795 1567
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Email :
emher@ntu.edu.sg
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Date & Place of Birth :
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1 February 1956, Singapore
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Family :
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Married with 2 children
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Academic Qualification
BEng(Hons) Cl 1 - National University of Singapore -
1981
PhD - University of Newcastle (N.S.W.) – 1986
Professional qualifications / Memberships
Fellow of
Academy of Engineering, Singapore (2012 – present)
Fellow of ASEAN Academy of
Engineering and Technology (2009 - Present)
Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering
Organisations (2006 - Present)
Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electrical
Engineers (IEE) (2005 – Present)
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1993 – Present)
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)
(2002 – Present)
Professional Engineer (1995 – Present)
ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE) (2008 -
Present)
Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society
Member, IEEE Communication Society
Member, IEEE Computer Society
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POSITION HELD
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1 Apr 1981 - 31 Mar 1982
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Production Engineer, Hewlett Packard S’pore
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15 Jun 1985 - 31 Dec 1988
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Lecturer, NTI
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1 Jan 1989 - 31 Dec 1992
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Senior Lecturer, NTU
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11 Mar 1989 - 10 Mar 1991
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Assistant to the President, NTI
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1 Apr 1991 - 31 May 1996
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Vice-Dean, School of EEE, NTI/NTU
(concurrent appointment)
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23 Apr 1991 - 7 May 1991
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Acting Dean, School of EEE, NTI
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1 Jan 1993 - 30 Apr 1997
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Associate Professor, NTU
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15 Nov 1995 - 30 Jun 1997
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Director, Centre for Signal Processing, NTU
(concurrent appointment)
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1 Jun 1996 - 31 May 2005
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Dean, EEE, NTU (concurrent appointment)
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1 May 1997 - present
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Professor, NTU
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16 May 1998 - 31 Mar 2006
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Deputy President, NTU (concurrent appointment)
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1 Jul 2001 - 31 July 2004
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Dean, College of Engineering, NTU
(concurrent appointment)
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1 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2007
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Acting Provost, NTU
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1 Apr 2007 - 31 Mar 2008
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Associate Provost, NTU
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1 Sep 2007 - 31 Mar 2008
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Acting Dean, Graduate Studies Office, NTU
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1 Apr 2008 - 30 Jun 2011
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Senior Associate Provost, NTU
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1 Jul 2011 - present
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Vice President (International Affairs), NTU
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JOURNAL ASSOCIATE EDITORSHIP
- Associate Editor,
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (1997 - 1998)
- Editorial Board
Member, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (2005 – 2008)
- Chairman, Editorial
Committee, IES Journal (1988 - 1995)
- Chairman, Editorial
Committee, EEE Journal (1989 - 1992)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS / WORKSHOPS
- Tutorial on
Advances in Array Signal Processing, ISSPA’87, Brisbane, Australia
- Guest Speaker,
Third International Space Symposium, Nov 1996, Singapore
- Invited talk on
“Engineering Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and
Opportunities”, IEE Distinguished Lecture, IEE Singapore Branch, Jan
2006, Singapore
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS ACTIVITIES
- Conference
Co-Chair, International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology
Conference 2009, Singapore
- Chairman, World
Association for Cooperative Education Conference 2007 (in partnership
with IEEE Singapore Section), Singapore
- General Conference
Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2004
(ICIP’04), Singapore
- Publicity Chairman,
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 1991, Singapore
- National Advisory
Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced
Technologies 2005 (ICMAT 2005), Singapore
- National Advisory
Committee Member, International Union of Materials Research Societies –
9th International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2005),
Singapore
- International
Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Neural Information
Processing (ICONIP’02), Singapore
- International
Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and
knowledge Discovery 2002 (FSKD’02), Singapore
- International
Advisory Board Member, Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution
and Learning 2002 (SEAL’02), Singapore
- International
Technical Committee Member, 2nd International Workshop on Intellignet
Systems Design and Applications, 2002, Atlanta, USA
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The First International Conference on
Information, Communications and Signal Processing 1997 (ICICS’97),
Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Fifth International Conference on
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision 1998 (ICARCV’98), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Second International Conference on
Information, Communications and Signal Processing 1999 (ICICS’99),
Singapore
- Advisory, 8th
International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices & Systems 1999
(ISIC’99), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, International Power Engineering Conference
1999 (IPEC’99), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Sixth International Conference on
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision 2000 (ICARCV’00), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Third International Conference on
Information, Communications and Signal Processing 2001 (ICICS’01),
Singapore
- Advisory, 9th
International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices & Systems 2001
(ISIC’01), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, International Power Engineering Conference
2001 (IPEC’01), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Seventh International Conference on
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision 2002 (ICARCV’02), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Forth International Conference on
Information, Communications and Signal Processing 2003 (ICICS’03),
Singapore
- Advisory, 10th
International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices & Systems 2004
(ISIC’04), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, International Power Engineering Conference
2003 (IPEC’03), Singapore
- International
Advisory Committee Member, The Eighth International Conference on
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision 2004 (ICARCV’04), Kunming,
China
- International
Advisory Committee Member, International Power Engineering Conference
2005 (IPEC’05), Singapore
- Honorary Chairman,
The Fifth International Conference on Information, Communications and
Signal Processing 2005 (ICICS’05), Bangkok, Thailand
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
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1973 - 1974
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Ban See Soon Kongsi Pre-University Scholarship
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1977 - 1979
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Ban See Soon Kongsi University Scholarship
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1980 - 1981
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Tan Kah Kee University Scholarship
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1982 - 1985
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University of Newcastle Postgraduate Research
Scholarship
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1984
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Fellowship to attend NATO Advanced Study Institute
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1990
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Best Paper Award, Institution of Engineers, Singapore
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1990
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SAF Good Service Award
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1990
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Texas Instruments TMS320 Design Championship,
Champion
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1991
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Texas Instruments Design Championship, Champion
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1994
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SAF Reserve Service Medal
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1994
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Outstanding Contributions to the MINDEF-NTU Joint
R&D Co-Operation Programme
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1995
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Texas Instruments Design Championship, 1st Runner Up
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1996
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NTU 10-year Long Service Award
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1997
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National Servicemen of the Year - Letter of
Commendation
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1998
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The Public Administration Medal (Silver)
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1998
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NTU 15-year Long Service Award
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1999
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1 PDF COMD National Servicemen of the Year Award
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2001
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IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award
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2003
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NTU 20-year Long Service Award
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2005
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Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electrical
Engineers (IEE)
(in recognition of outstanding contributions to
engineering research, education, public and social service)
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2006
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The Public Administration Medal (Gold)
(in recognition of his
significant contribution to the growth and international standing of the
Nanyang Technological University)
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2006
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Honorary
Fellow, ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations
(in recognition of outstanding contributions to
engineering profession in Singapore and the region)
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2008
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NTU 25-year Long Service Award
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2009
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Fellow, ASEAN
Academy of Engineering and Technology
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2012
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Fellow,
Academy of Engineering, Singapore
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PUBLIC SERVICE
- Member, IES
Electronics and Computer Engineering Technical Committee (1988 - 1995)
- Chairman, Planning
and Project Committee, Jurong Town Council (1989 - 1996)
- Counsellor, Jurong
Town Council (1989 - 1996)
- Member, Temasek
Polytechnic's Advisory Committee for the School of Engineering (1993 -
1997)
- Member, Juying
Secondary School Advisory Committee (1995 - 1997)
- Chairman, Joint
University-Polytechnic Study Team on Merit of Polytechnic Route to
Universities (1997 - 1999)
- Member, National
Science Talent Search Committee (1996 - 1999)
- Chairman of
Professional Examination Committee, Professional Engineers Board (1997 -
2001)
- Member, Board of
Governors, National IT Skills Certification Programme (1998 - 2001)
- Member, Singapore
National Digital TV Committee, TCS (1999 - 2000)
- Chairman, National
Technology Award Selection Committee (1999 - 2000)
- Member, The Working
Committee for the Review of University Governance and Funding
[UGF](1998)
- Member, Medical
Education Review Working Committee (2001 – 2002)
- Member, National
Science Award Selection Committee (2002)
- Council Member,
Institution of Engineers, Singapore (2002 – 2003)
- Member, Local
Advisory Committee, Data Storage Institute (2002 - 2003)
- Member, IES-IEEE
Joint Medal of Excellence Award Selection Committee (2002 - 2003)
- Member, Youth
Expedition Project Advisory and Resource Panel (2002 - 2004)
- Member, National
Grid Committee (2002 - 2005)
- Member, Engineering
Accreditation Board (2002 – 2006)
- Member, University
Admission Committee, Ministry of Education (2003)
- Member, National
Technology Award Selection Committee (2003-2006)
- Member, IT Leader
Awards Selection Committee, Singapore Computer Society (2004 – 2006)
- Member, MOE
Steering Committee to Study on the Operational Aspect of NIE’s Autonomy
(2005 - 2006)
- Member, Institute
of Defence and Strategic Studies Board of Governors (2006)
- Member,
Singapore-MIT Alliance Board of Governors (2006 - 2007)
- Member, Academic
Research Council (2006 - 2007)
- Deputy Chairman,
Singapore Youth Awards Advisory Committee (1999 - 2011)
- Member, Singapore
Polytechnic Board of Governors (2000 - 2012)
- Chairman, School of
EEE Advisory Committee, Singapore Polytechnic (2000 – 2012)
- Member,
Professional Engineers Board (2003 – 2012)
- Member, The
Enterprise Challenge [TEC] (2004 – 2010)
- Member, National
Institute of Education Council (2005 - present)
- Member, Committee
on Foreign Talent and Relations, Ministry of Education (2005 - 2011)
- Member, S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies Board of Governors (2007 -
present)
- Member, GO EAST
Committee, Business China (2009 - present)
- Member, Traditional
Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board (2010 - 2012)
- Member, Singapore
Institute of Management International Academic Panel (2010 - present)
- Member, SIM
University External Academic Audit Panel (2010)
- Member, SIM
Academic Quality Panel (2010 - present)
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SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
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Counsellor, Hall of
Residence 2 (1986-1993)
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Member, NTU Council
(1989-1991, 1997 - 1999)
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Chairman, Healthy
Lifestyle Committee (1991 - 1999)
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Member, Academic
Committee (1989 - 1991, 1996 – 2003, 2005 - 2008)
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Head Counsellor,
Hall of Residence 11 (1994 - 2002)
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Member, Board of
Selection (1996 - 2003)
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Member, Library
Committee (1996 - 2004)
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Member, Selection
Committee on Admission to Innovation Centre (1996 - 2004)
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Member, Board of
Discipline (1997 - 2005)
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Member, NTU PS21
Committee (1999 - 2001)
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Member, Vision21
Committee (1999 - 2001)
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Chairman, School
Advisory Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman, School
Management Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman,
Curriculum Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman, Teaching
Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman, Research
Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman, SCEMP
Committee, EEE (1996 - 2005)
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Chairman, Centre
for Graphics & Imaging Technology (CGIT) Advisory Committee (1996 -
2005)
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Member, Network
Technology Research Centre (NTRC) Advisory Committee (1996 - 2005)
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Member, Information
Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS) Advisory Committee (1996-
2005)
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Member, SingTel/NTU
Joint Applied R&D Management Committee (1996 - 2004)
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Chairman, People
Sector Subcommittee, Vision 21 Working Committee (1999 – 2001)
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Chairman,
University Intellectual Capital Committee (1999 - 2004)
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Member, Robotics
Research Centre Advisory Committee (1999 – 2005)
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Chairman, ASP
Centre Management Board (2000 - 2003)
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Chairman, NTU
Millennium Celebration Working Committee (1999 - 2000)
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Member, NTU
Millennium Celebrations Steering Committee & Co-Chairman, Main Event
Sub-Committee (2000)
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Chairman, NTU 20th
Anniversary Celebration Working Committee (2000)
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Member, Management
Board of Temasek Laboratories at NTU (2003 – 2005)
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Chairman, 50th
Anniversary Anchor Event Steering Committee (2005)
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Chairman,
“Experience Nanyang” Admission Carnival Committee (2005)
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Chairman, Admission
Tea Parties Committee (2005)
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Member, Nanyang
Awards Selection Committee (2005)
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Member, NTU
Steering Committee on UAGF (2005 – 2006)
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Chairman, Freshmen
Welcome Ceremony Committee (2005 - 2007)
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Chairman, NTU International Academic
Advisory Panel (IAAP) 2007 Committee (2006)
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Member, MINDEF/NTU
Joint R&D Management Committee (1996 - 2008)
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Member, Alumni
Relation Council (1996 - 2011)
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Member, Academic
Board (1996 - 2011)
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Member, Board of
Graduate Studies (1996 - 2008)
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Chairman, Hall
Delegacy (2005 – 2011)
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Chairman, Board of
Discipline (2005 – 2011)
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Chairman,
Convocation Committee (2005 - 2011)
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Advisor, Funding
Working Group Working Committee (2005 – 2011)
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Member,
Administrative Committee (2005 – present)
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Chairman, Nanyang
Awards Selection Committee (2006 - 2011)
- Chairman,
University Scholars Award Selection Panel (2007-2009)
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Member, University
Cabinet (2008 - present)
- Co-Chairman,
Nanyang Alumni Awards Selection Committee (2008 - 2011)
- Chairman, Koh Boon
Hwee Scholars Award Selection Panel (2010 - 2011)
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Member,
University Cabinet (2008 – present)
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Chairman,
Whistle Blowing Committee (2011 – present)
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Member, President
Coordinating Group (2011 - present)
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CONSULTANCY
- Creative Technology
Ltd
- Philips Singapore
Pte Ltd
- Chartered
Electronics Industries
- Mass Rapid Transit
Corporation
- Thomson Consumer
Electronics
- Sytek Technical
Associates
- Ministry of Defence
- Singapore Telecoms
- Ngee Ann
Polytechnic
- Republic
Polytechnic
- Centre for
Continuing Education, NTU
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SERVICE AS REVIEWER
- National Science
Foundation
- Australian Research
Grants Scheme
- IEEE Transactions
on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
- IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing
- IEEE Transactions
on Circuits & Systems
- IEEE Journal of
Oceanic Engineering
- IEEE Transactions
on Antennas and Propagation
- IEE Proceedings-H,
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
- IEE Proceedings-F,
Radar and Signal Processing
- IEE Proceedings-G,
Circuits, Devices and Systems
- IEE Proceedings,
Vision, Image and Signal Processing
- Signal Processing
- IET Signal
Processing
- Journal of
Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
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SERVICE AS AN EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR PhD THESIS
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, University of Newcastle, Australia, 1990
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, Curtin University of Technology, 1995
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2005
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New
South Wales, 2005
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2005
- External examiner
for PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2007
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SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS
- Chapters in Books :
7
- Journal Papers :
105
- Conference Papers :
154
- Patents : 5
- TOTAL : 271
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