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NG, Chi-Kong
Ph. D.	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
M. Phil.	Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
M. Sc. (Distinction)	Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
B. Sc. (Honors)	Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
MIEEE, MINFORMS, MPOP, MSIAM

Office Telephone:	(852) 3943 8305
Facsimile:	(852) 2603 5505
E-Mail Address:	ckng@se.cuhk.edu.hk
Office:	Room 704, William M. W. Mong Engineering Building
Mailing Address:	Room 609, William M. W. Mong Engineering Building, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Job History (Partial):

2006 - Present:	Senior Lecturer (CUHK)
2005 - 2006:	Assistant Professor (CUHK)
2003 - 2005:	Lecturer (CUHK)
2003 - 2003:	Postdoctoral Fellow (CUHK)

Recent Research Interests:
Theoretical, computational and practical aspects of

global optimization
nonlinear integer programming
discrete-time optimal control
inventory control and supply chain management

Teaching:

ENGG 1120: Linear Algebra for Engineers
ENGG 1410: Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers
SEEM 1100: Introduction to Data Science

ENGG 2020: Digital Logic and Systems
ENGG 2430: Engineering Mathematics III
ENGG 2450: Probability and Statistics for Engineers
ENGG 2760D: Probability for Engineers
ENGG 2780: Statistics for Engineers
ESTR 2005: Probability and Statistics for Engineers (ELITE)
SEEM 2420: Operations Research I
SEEM 2430: Applied Probability and Statistics

ESTR 3500: Operations Research II (ELITE)
SEEM 3410: System Simulation
SEEM 3440: Operations Research II
SEEM 3490: Information Systems Management
SEEM 3570: Stochastic Models

GECC 4130G: Chung Chi College Senior Seminar

MSc FinTech: Preparatory Training (Mathematics)

Academic Honors and Awards (Partial):

Dean's Exemplary Teaching Award 2019 (Faculty of Engineering, CUHK)
Dean's Exemplary Teaching Award 2018 (Faculty of Engineering, CUHK)
Dean's Exemplary Teaching Award 2014 (Faculty of Engineering, CUHK)
Exemplary Teaching Award 2005 (Faculty of Engineering, CUHK)

CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2003 (CUHK) - At most three recipients per year (129 eligible doctoral graduates in 2003)
Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award 2003 (Faculty of Engineering, CUHK) - One recipient per year

Outstanding Graduate Representative 2003 (CUHK) - One recipient each faculty per year
Chung Hwa Travel Service Scholarship 2003 (CUHK) - Two recipients per year
Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Postgraduate Scholarship 1997 (HKBU) - One recipient per year
Ankor Group Limited Postgraduate Scholarship 1995 (HKBU) - One recipient per year
Dean's Lists (HKBU)

Publications (Partial):

Tsan-Ming Choi, Jianjun Gao, James H. Lambert, Chi-Kong Ng, Jun Wang (Editors), Optimization and Control for Systems in the Big-Data Era: Theory and Applications, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 252, Springer, 2017.
Chi-Kong Ng and Duan Li, "Test Problem Generator for Unconstrained Global Optimization," Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 51, pp. 338-349, 2014.
[ Download the test problem generator / the set of 300 standard test problems HERE. ]
Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Global Descent Method for Global Optimization," SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 3161-3184, 2010.
Chi-Kong Ng and Duan Li, "One-Parameter Discrete Global Descent Method for Discrete Global Optimization and Nonlinear Integer Programming," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA2009, Harbin, China), pp. 367-377, 2009.
Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Discrete Global Descent Method for Discrete Global Optimization and Nonlinear Integer Programming," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 357-379, 2007.
Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Filled Function Approaches to Nonlinear Integer Programming: A Survey," In S.H. Hou, X.M. Yang, G.Y. Chen and J. Xu, Editors, Frontiers in Optimization and Control, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 125-148, 2007.
Chi-Kong Ng, Lian-Sheng Zhang, Duan Li and Wei-Wen Tian, "Discrete Filled Function Method for Discrete Global Optimization," Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 87-115, 2005.
Lian-Sheng Zhang, Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Wei-Wen Tian, "A New Filled Function Method for Global Optimization," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 17-43, 2004.
("Five Most Viewed Articles" of the Journal of Global Optimization in 2004.)
Chi-Kong Ng, "High Performance Continuous/Discrete Global Optimization Methods," Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.
(Received the "Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award 2003" from the Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.)
(Received the "CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Awards 2003" from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.)
Chi-Kong Ng, Li-Zhi Liao and Duan Li, "A Globally Convergent and Efficient Method for Unconstrained Discrete-Time Optimal Control," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 3-4, pp. 401-421, 2002.
Chi-Kong Ng and Duan Li, "A Sequential Constrained Minimization Method for Constrained Global Optimization," In Duan Li, Editor, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA 2001, Hong Kong), Vol. 3, pp. 990-997, 2001.