Dr Chong Chin Yoon

Dr Chong Chin Yoon

  • Senior Lecturer
Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics
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Biography

Dr Chong Chin Yoon has held the position of mathematics lecturer at Sunway University since 2007, he has been awarded and received accolades in acknowledgment of his outstanding teaching performance, as attested by student evaluations of the courses he has instructed at Sunway University. 

With expertise in the fields of Mathematics and Statistics, he boasts over three decades of teaching experience and has delivered presentations at various local and international conferences. Notably, he received invitations to serve as a guest lecturer for a short summer course at the Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing. Additionally, he participated in the Lancaster University Educational Development Programme hosted at Lancaster University. Dr Chong served as an instructor for various local seminars and workshops, focusing on imparting practical knowledge on utilizing Texas Instruments' Grapher Voyage 200. Furthermore, he was invited to lead a workshop on "Understanding Statistics" at Broad World Precision Industry (M) Sdn Bhd.

In his leisure time, Dr Chong indulges in his other passions, music, and hiking. He has demonstrated his musical talent by participating in national song composition competitions. Moreover, he has conquered several of Malaysia's formidable peaks, including Gunung Tahan (the highest mountain in West Malaysia) and Mount Kinabalu (the highest mountain in Boneo), showcasing his adventurous spirit and love for the great outdoors.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences, Sunway University, Malaysia (2023)
  • Master of Applied Statistics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2004)
  • BSc (Hons) Mathematics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (1990)

Research Interests

  • Fibonacci numbers

Notable Publications

  1. Chong, C. Y. (1990). Regular polygons. Discovering Mathematics, 12(1), 11-21. Retrieved from http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/matheduc/en/?q=an%3A1991c.01042
  2. Chong, C. Y., Ang, S. L., & Ho, C. K. (2014). Summation of the product of certain functions and generalized Fibonacci numbers. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1635, 80-85. doi:10.1063/1.4903566
  3. Chong, C. Y., Cheah, C. L., & Ho, C. K. (2014). Some identities of generalized Fibonacci sequence. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1605, 661-665. doi:10.1063/1.4887668
  4. Chong, C. Y., & Ho, C. K. (2014). On the sum of generalized Fibonacci sequence. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1602, 1033-1038. doi:10.1063/1.4882611
  5. Chong, C. Y., & Ho, C. K. (2015). Some properties of generalized Fibonacci sequence. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1691, 040004. doi:10.1063/1.4937054
  6. Chong, C. Y., & Ho, C. K. (2016, August). Some extensions of the Binet formula. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Quantitative Sciences and Its Applications, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur.
  7. Chong, C. Y., & Sumitha, G. (2011, November). Establishing the link between student learning styles in schools and academic achievement in degree programs. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL 2011), Penang, Malaysia.
  8. Chong, C. Y., & Sumitha, G. (2011). The function of spreadsheet in smoothening deepness and steepness of the cyclical component of a time series model. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Operation Research and Statistics. doi:10.5176/978-981-08-8227-3_ors139
  9. Ho, C. K., & Chong, C. Y. (2014). Odd and even sums of generalized Fibonacci numbers by matrix methods. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1602, 1026-1032. doi:10.1063/1.4882610
  10. Ho, C. K., Sia, J. Y., & Chong, C. Y. (2014). On k-Lucas sequences. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1635, 425-429. doi:10.1063/1.4903617
  11. Ho, C. K., Woon, H. S., & Chong, C. Y. (2014). Generating matrix and sums of Fibonacci and Pell Sequences. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1605, 678-683. doi:10.1063/1.4887671