Biography

Dr. Simon Cheung King-Sing graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a BSc and a PhD, both in Computer Science. He continued his study but in Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong where he obtained a MPA with Distinction, and received Executive Education from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Oxford's Said Business School. A Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist and Chartered IT Professional, Dr. Cheung was admitted as a Fellow of the British Computer Society, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society.

Since joining in 2010, Dr. Cheung has been the Director of Information Technology at the Open University of Hong Kong, overseeing the IT services in support of teaching, learning, research and administration. He was the Director of IT Services, SPACE, the University of Hong Kong, and the Associate Head of Registry and IT Services, SCE, the Hong Kong Baptist University. Prior to these, he worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Council of Social Services. Working in the profession for many years, of which over 30 years with university IT services, Dr. Cheung has successfully led a number of key and large-scale university IT projects and systems, pertaining to enterprise system implementation, business process reengineering, analytics and management information reporting, campus IT infrastructure development, electronic library, learning space and learning commons, student advising, and e-learning and blended learning. He was also engaged in part-time teaching and course development with the Open University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Cheung is currently the Vice Chairman of the International Hybrid Learning Society, and the Vice President of the Hong Kong Society for Multimedia and Image Computing. He was the Deputy Chairman of the CPD Committee and Honorary Secretary of the IT Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was also an Honorary Consultant on e-Learning with Beijing Open University. Dr. Cheung has served as a Section Editor, Guest Editor or Editorial Board member of international journals, Guest Editor of book series, and Conference Chair, Technical or Programme Chair of international conferences. His publications include 1 research monograph, 27 edited books or volumes in book series, and 150+ journal articles, book chapters and conference papers in two broad areas, namely, software and system engineering, and technology in education. He has delivered 12 keynote speeches at international conferences in these areas.

Awards received by Dr. Cheung include the Outstanding Research Publication Award from the Open University of Hong Kong in 2016, the 1st Class Achievement in Computer Science and Information Technology award from the Shenzhen Science and Technology Association in 2016, the 1st Class Outstanding Chief Information Officer award from the Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council in 2015, an Honouree for IT Excellence, CIO Award from the CIO Asia in 2015, and a number of awards (best paper award, excellent paper award and best presentation award) from international conferences. Dr. Cheung is listed in the Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

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