Impact of COVID on Engineering Education in Australia

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This whole year of 2020, until now, has been greatly affected and will continue to be affected due to COVID-19. Education system is not an exception either.  In this phase of "new normal", as we are trying to cope up in this pandemic, we have adapted new ways to get around many problems. Both the students and academics have faced many challenges as universities were forced to lockdown in Semester 1. Currently, in the second semester also restrictions are in place and we are not totally back to our previous normal teaching system.

In this event we have invited Emeritus Prof. Lance from Murdoch University, WA, who will tell us about the current IEEE R10 Educational activities.  We have also invited students from different universities in NSW who will share their own experience and stories amidst this COVID-19 pandemic. 


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  • Date: 24 Sep 2020
  • Time: 07:00 AM UTC to 09:00 AM UTC
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  • Sydney, New South Wales
  • Australia
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  •  Sdipta Chakraborty (sudipta.chakraborty@mq.edu.au)

    Tharushi Nathasha (tharushi@ieee.org)

  • Starts 01 September 2020 05:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 24 September 2020 06:00 AM UTC
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  Speakers

Emeritus Prof. Lance Chung Che Fung Emeritus Prof. Lance Chung Che Fung

Topic:

IEEE R10 Educational activities

Biography:

My PhD Degree was awarded by the University of Western Australia in 1994 with a thesis on the Applications of Artificial Intelligent Techniques to Electrical Power System Engineering under the supervision of the late Professor Kit Po Wong. I taught at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic (1982-1988), and at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University of Technology (1989-2003). I joined Murdoch University in 2003 and I was appointed as Emeritus Professor in 2015. In 2017, I was awarded an Honorary PhD Degree in Information Technology by Walailak University Thailand, in recognition of my contributions towards the development and advancement of their research and postgraduate programs.

I have held positions as Academic Program Chair, Associate Dean of Research, Postgraduate Research Director and Director of the Center for Enterprise Collaborative in Innovative Systems. I have supervised over 30 postgraduate and doctoral students and I have published over 330 academic articles in international journals and conference proceedings in the areas of Neural Networks, Intelligent Systems, Computational Intelligence, Cybernetics, Electrical Power Systems, Image Processing, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management, Education and Web Technology.

I have been a dedicated volunteer in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) for over two decades. I have served in many positions in the executive committees of Technical Society Chapters, WA Section, Australia Council and R10 Ex-Com. I have been a member of the Board of Governors in the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetic Society (2010-2015) served as Chair of the IEEE New Initiative Committee (NIC), Conference Quality Committee (CQC), IEEE Technical Program Integrity Committee (TPIC) and currently as IEEE R10 Chair of Educational Activities Committee (2019-2020)

I am honored being a Nominated Candidate for the IEEE 2021-2022 Asia-Pacific Region (R10) Director-Elect and I look forward to serve IEEE members and the community should I have the support of IEEE members in Region 10. Please see my webage at LanceFung.net do not hesitate to contact me at Lanceccfung@ieee.org should you have any feedback and queries on the election which will be held between Mid-August to end of September 2020.