Brief C.V. of Prof Teh Hoon Heng

Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 10, Jan 1934

Place of Birth: Penang, Malaysia

Present Citizenship: Canada

Education:

High School: Chong Ling High School, Penang

University : Nantah University (B.Sc in Math, 1960)

Queen’s University,Belfast UK (M.Sc in Math 1961)

Queen’s University,Belfast UK (Ph.D. in Math 1962)

Academic Appointments:
    1. Queen’s University, Belfast UK (1962-1963 Assistant Lecturer)
    2. Nanyang University (1963-1964, Associate Professor)
    3. Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (1964-1965, Senior

      4. Research Fellow)

    4. Nanyang University (1966-1980, Professor)

      5. Acting Head of Department of Mathematics (1966-1967)

      Head of Department of Mathematics(1967-1969)

      Director of Institute of Mathematics (1969-1972)

      Dean of College of Graduate Studies(1972-1975)

      Dean of Faculty of Science (1975-1979)

    5. National University of Singapore (1980-1990 Professor)

Head of Department of Mathematics (1980-1982)

Research Advisor of Institute of Systems Science(1987-1990)
    1. Institute of Systems Science (1990-1995, Visiting Research

Advisor )

Overseas Visiting Appointments:

  1. Hong Kong University (1972, 3 months as Visiting Professor)
  2. Monash University (1977, 3 months as Visiting Professor)
  3. Reading University (1980, 3 months as Visiting Professor)

Academic Research:

My resaech interest in mathematics includes: Combinatorial Mathematics ,

Universal Algebra and Fuzzy Logic . My research interest in Computer Science includes: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Translation, Neural Networks and Multimedea Applications to Education.

I have so far published a total of more than 80 research papers in various areas of Mathematics and Computer Science mostly jointly with my research students. My most important publication is a series of Technical Reports related to

The Japan Real World Computing Project (also called The Japan Sixth Generation Computer Project) from 1993-1995. My main contribution is in the design of a new mathematical model for human thinking process. The model is called Neural-Logic Networks and is based on a combination of the theory of neural networks, fuzzy logic and universal algebra.

 

Interest In Education

I have always been very interested in school level education and have conducted many math-teaching workshops in both Singapore and Malaysia. I have also been invited as keynote speakers at various international conferenceas on mathematical education. Recently I have helped to create a series of 7 CD-Rom software for the teaching of mathematics and creative thinking skills.

The first 4 CD-Roms are called CoCo Math Projects designed for Primary level children . The next three are designed for Secondary students and they are called

The Doawn of Creative Thinking (one in English, one in Chinese) and The Joy of Creative Mathematics ( in English).

My Current Research Projects in Education

  1. Global Gifted Education
  2. Teaching School Mathematicis By Best Use of Frontier IT Tools

Other Useful Information

  1. President of Southeast Asian Mathematical Scociety (1972-1974)
  2. Editor-In-Chief of International Journal on Graphs and Combinatoris (1982-1990 , published by Springer Velag, Japan)
  3. Singapore Research Team Leader of Japan Sixth Generation Computer Project (also called Japan Real World Computing Project) (1993-1995)

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