Professor Serge Demidenko
- Professor
Biography
Professor Serge Demidenko enjoys an extensive career that encompasses working for industry and academia combined with services to professional institutions. He re-joined Sunway University (2024) from Massey University (Professor, later - Emeritus Professor). His previous positions included Dean of School (2018-2023) at Sunway University; Head (earlier – Associate Head) of School (2014-2018) at Massey University; VP (Academic) and Head of two Schools at RMIT Vietnam, Head of School at Monash University Malaysia, among others. During his career in the industry, he progressed from an Electronic Design Engineer to Head of the Joint R&D Test Lab at a large computer consortium (1987-1992)
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- PhD (Candidate of Sciences) in Cybernetics & Information Theory, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of BSSR, Belarus (1984)
- BEng (USSR 5-year High Engineering Diploma) in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering), Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radio Electronics (1977)
- Docent in Informatics, Control & Computer Engineering – post-doctoral academic qualification, State Higher Attestation Committee under the Council of Ministers of Belarus (1997)
- Certificate in Teaching: Higher Education, Singapore Polytechnic & Sheffield University, UK (1994)
- Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK Engineering Council (1991)
Research Interests
- Electronic Design and Testing
- Digital Signal Processing and Generation
- Instrumentation and Measurement
- Computer System Engineering
- Fault Tolerance
Teaching Areas
- Electronics - Digital and Analog
- Digital Logic
- Computer Organization
- Research Methods in Science and Technology
- Physical Principles for Engineering & Technology
- Project Supervision - Individual, Group, Capstone, Research
Courses Taught
- Physical Principles for Engineering & Technology
- Design of Computer & Communication Systems.
- Advanced Micro- Technologies
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Analogue Electronics
- Digital Electronics
- Digital Logic
- Engineering Design with Constraints.
- Embedded Systems Design
- Electronic Testing, Instrumentation and Measurement
- Capstone Project
- Individual Research Project.
- Project Preparation, Planning and Problem Solving
- Research Methods in Engineering and Technology.
Notable Publications
R ZHANG, A RAJAN, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi and S DEMIDENKO: Towards Implementing Uncertainty Propagation in Probabilistic Floating-Point Computation Error Bounding - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2018, Huston, TX, USA, May 2018, p. 748-753
V Q TRAN, M T CHEW, S DEMIDENKO, Y C KUANG and M P-L OOI: Simple Signature Verification Sub-System for Identity Recognition - IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications - VECIMS 2017, Annecy, France, June 2017, p. 94-98
S DEMIDENKO, M T CHEW, M P-L OOI and Y C KUANG: Family of Low-Cost Semiconductor Testers for Engineering Education – IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications - VECIMS 2017, Annecy, France, June 2017, p. 165-170
A RAJAN, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi and S DEMIDENKO: Moments and Maximum Entropy Method for Expanded Uncertainty Evaluation in Measurements - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2017, Turin, Italy, May 2017, 6 pp.
W K Tey, Y C Kuang, J J KHOO, M P-L OOI and S DEMIDENKO: Automatic Renal Interstitial Fibrosis Quantification System - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2017, Turin, Italy, May 2017, 6 pp.
H V Pham, S Demidenko, G Merola: Application of Statistical Approach to Test Data to Eliminate Re-Burn-In - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2017, Turin, Italy, May 2017, 6 pp.
A RAJAN, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi and S DEMIDENKO: Moment-based Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation for Reliability Analysis in Design Optimization - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 pp
W K Tey, M P-L OOI, Y C Kuang, J J KHOO and S DEMIDENKO: Automating Measurement of Renal Interstitial Fibrosis: Effect of Colour Spaces on Quantification - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 pp.
T P NGUYEN, M T CHEW and S Demidenko: Eye Tracking System to Detect Driver Drowsiness - 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications – ICARA’, Queenstown, New Zealand, Feb 17-19, 2015, S6C.5, 6 pp
S Abeysekera, N K-W Siew, M P-L Ooi, Y C Kuang, S S Hassan and S Demidenko: Digital Pathology: Identifying Spongiosis in Unstained Histopathology Specimen – IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2015, Pisa, Italy, p. 1970-1975
Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi, A RAJAN and S DEMIDENKO: Performance Comparison Between Expanded Uncertainty Evaluation Algorithms – IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2015, Pisa, Italy, p. 1729-1734
V D NGUYEN, M T CHEW and S Demidenko: Vietnamese Sign Language Reader using Intel Creative Senz3D - 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications – ICARA’, Queenstown, New Zealand, Feb 17-19, 2015, S1C.3, 6 pp.
Achievements & Accolades
Project: “Blockchain-Enabled AI Architecture for Trustworthy Digital Health” – Global South AI for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network, (SDG 03) (SDG 05) – Initiator, Activities Committee and Malaysia Team Member (2023-present).
Project: “Analytical Evaluation of Uncertainty Propagation for Probabilistic Design Optimization” – Sunway University Internal Grant Scheme, (SDG 09) (SDG12) – Principal Investigator and Team Leader (2022-2023).
Project: “Real-Time Analysis for Flow Rate Estimation in a Medical Aerosol Application and Smart Inhaler Development” – Massey University Research Fund (SDG 03) – Co-investigator (2023-2024)
Professional Associations
- Member (2022-present) – European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Fellow (1994-present) - The Institution of Engineering & Technology
- International Professional Registration Advisor (1992-present) – IET
- Professional Review Interview Assessor (2009-present) - IET - Fellow (2004 - present) - The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Member-at-Large (2022-present) - IEEE Awards Board
- Chair (2024-2025) - IEEE Technical Field Award Council
- Member (2023-present) - IEEE Fellow Committee
- Member (2019-present) Conferences Quality – IEEE Conferences Committee - Fellow (2021–present) - Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
- Member-Academician (2023-present) - International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
- Affiliate (2014-present), Engineers Australia (EA)
- Member (2004-present), Nomination Panel (Advanced Technology: Electronics) - Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation
- Member (2023-present), Nomination Panel, VinFuture Prize, VinFuture Foundation
- Member (present), Editorial Boards of six professional journals
