Ting-Chuen Pong

Ting-Chuen Pong is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and one of its founding faculty members. His career at HKUST spans over three decades, during which he has held numerous leadership positions including Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean of Engineering, and Director of the Sino Software Research Institute. Currently, he serves as the Vice-President for Administration and Business at HKUST(GZ). Prior to joining HKUST in 1991, he was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Pong received his PhD in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984. His research interests encompass computer vision, multimedia computing, IT in Education, e-learning, and artificial intelligence. Pong's contributions to education and research have been recognized with awards including the Pattern Recognition Society Award in 1990 and the HKUST Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award in 2001. He has been instrumental in advancing e-learning initiatives, leading HKUST to become the first Asian university to join both Coursera and edX, and spearheading the Hong Kong Massive Open Online Courses (HKMOOC) platform project