Dr Chia Wai Chong

Dr Chia Wai Chong

Dr Chia Wai Chong

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Programme Leader of Bachelor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Honours
Department of Engineering
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SDGs Focus
Good Health and Well Being
Quality Education
Sustainable Cities and Communities

Biography

Dr Chia Wai Chong has been a full-time lecturer with Sunway University since January 2012. The strong research culture at Sunway University has encouraged him to be actively involved in several projects and supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His main research is focussed on visual processing for wireless sensor networks, embedded systems and mobile applications. After joining Sunway University, he proposed two projects that were funded by the MOSTI eScience grant and the Sunway internal grant respectively. The funding has been used to purchase necessary equipment as well as to support the study of one PhD student and one Master’s degree student at Sunway University. Besides working as a primary investigator for the two projects, Dr Chia has also established research collaborations with other researchers and served as a research collaborator in several projects. He has also published several conference and journal papers in the past few years.    

 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK (2013)
  • MSc in Electronics Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK (2008)
  • BEng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nottingham Trent University, UK (2006)

Research Interests

  • Image processing
  • Embedded systems
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Mobile applications

Notable Publications

  1. Ang, L. M., Seng, K. P., Chew, L. W., Yeong, L. S., & Chia, W. C. (2013). Wireless multimedia sensor networks on reconfigurable hardware: Information reduction techniques. Berlin: Springer.
  2. Chia, W. C., & Salimi, N. (2013). A smart parking and reservation system for QR-code-based car park. Paper presented at the International Conference on E-Business Technology and Strategy, Macao, China.
  3. Chia, W. C., Yeong, L. S., Ch'ng, S. I., & Kam, Y. L. (2015). The effect of using super-resolution to improve feature extraction and registration of low resolution images in sensor networks. Paper presented at the International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, Fukuoka, Japan.
  4. Chia, W. C., Yeong, L. S., Ch'ng, S. I., Seng, K. P., & Ang, L. M. (2014). The effect of rainfall on feature points extraction and image stitching. Paper presented at the International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Sapporo, Japan.
  5. Chia, W. C., Yeong, L. S., Lee, J. X., & Ch'ng, S. I. (2016). Trip planning route optimization with operating hour and duration of stay constraints. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computer Science and Education, Nagoya, Japan.
  6. Chia, W. C., Yeong, L. S., Lee, Y., & Ch'ng, S. I. (2015). Hybrid learning for teaching computer fundamentals to 700 first year undergraduate students in 7-weeks. Paper presented at the IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management, and e-Services, Melaka, Malaysia.
  7. Ebrahim, M., & Chia, W. C. (2013). Secure-force: A low-complexity cryptographic algorithm for wireless sensor network. Paper presented at the International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering, Penang, Malaysia.
  8. Ebrahim, M., & Chia, W. C. (2014). A comprehensive review of distributed coding algorithms for visual sensor network (VSN). International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS), 6(2).
  9. Ebrahim, M., & Chia, W. C. (2014). Multi-view image compression for visual sensor network based on block-based compressive sensing and multi-stage joint decoding. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computational Science & Technology, Sabah, Malaysia.
  10. Ebrahim, M., & Chia, W. C. (2016). Multiview image block compressive sensing with joint multiphase decoding for visual sensor network. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 12(2), article no. 30. doe: 10.1145/2818712
  11. Hwan, J. J. Y., Chia, W. C., Yeong, L. S., & Ch'ng, S. I. (2016). Online and offline electronic questiona and answer system: Quick question. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computer Science and Education, Nagoya, Japan.
  12. Lim, C. K. A., & Chia, W. C. (2015). Analysis of single-electrode EEG rhythms using MATLAB to elicit correlation with cognitive stress. International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, 7(2), 149-155. doe: 10.7763/IJCTE.2015.V7.947
  13. Lim, C. K. A., Chia, W. C., & Chin, S. W. (2014). A mobile driver safety system: Analysis of single-channel EEG on drowsiness detection. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computational Science and Technology, Sabah, Malaysia.
  14. Mohamudally, F., Ch'ng, S. I., Yeong, L. S., & Chia, W. C. (2015). Estimating free space in elevator’s confined environment. Paper presented at the TENCON IEEE Region 10 Conference, Macau, China.
  15. Mohamudally, F., Yeong, L. S., Ch'ng, S. I., & Chia, W. C. (2015). A hybrid object and pixel-based human obstacle detection and depth prediction. Paper presented at the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Jeju, Korea.
  16. Quang, N. H. M., Chia, W. C., Seng, K. P., & Ang, L. M. (2013). Strip-based multi-view image compression for visual sensor networks. Journal of Multimedia Processing and Technologies, 3(3), 136-147.
  17. Quang, N. H. M., Chia, W. C., Seng, K. P., & Yeong, L. S. (2013). Multi-view image compression for visual sensor networks. Paper presented at the World Congress on Computer and Information Technology, Sousse, Tunisia.                                                                                                                                               
  18. Zungeru, A. M., Seng, K. P., Ang, K. M., & Chia, W. C. (2013). Energy efficiency performance improvements for ant-based routing algorithm in wireless sensor networks. Journals of Sensors, 2013, article id. 759654. doi: 10.1155/2013/759654