Francis Y. L. Chin

Professor
Francis Y. L. Chin

Professor Francis Yuk Lun Chin Chinese: 錢玉麟) is Professor of Computer Science and Taikoo Professor of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Chin has served as head of the Computer Science Department from its start until 1999 and is currently the Chair of the Department. He has also performed a number of important tasks for the Government of Hong Kong including undertaking a study into problems at Hong Kong International Airport.

Academic career

Chin graduated from the University of Toronto in 1972 and received a doctorate from Princeton University in 1976. Before his appointment in Hong Kong, he held a variety of teaching positions in a number of universities in the US and Canada.

Professor Chin was recruited to head the Computer Science Department at the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Journal of the Foundations of Computer Science and is also a member of the editorial boards of a number of other journals.

He has been named a fellow of the IEEE.[1]

Government Service

Professor Chin was the project leader for a study commissioned by a Select Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong into the cause of delays to the start of operation of the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chep La Kok. In 2001, he was seconded to act as the interim CEO of the Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company.

He has also served on a range of Hong Kong government committees including:

Research interests

Professor Chin's interests include Bioinformatics, Computer Vision, the Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Publications

References

  1. Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics (2001). IEEE membership directory. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 21 September 2011. CHIN, FRANCIS YUK LUN, Fellow, 1996

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