Professor Ching Pak-chung, BBS
Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President
Director of CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute
Director of Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering
Professor of Electronic Engineering
Education & CUHK Employment
- Education
- BEng (1st Class Hons) 1977, PhD 1981, University of Liverpool, UK
- CUHK Employment
- 2013-present
- Director, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute
- 2006-present
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President
- 2004-08
- Head, Shaw College
- 2004-present
- Director, Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering
- 1999-present
- Professor of Electronic Engineering
- 1998-2003
- Dean, Faculty of Engineering
- 1995-98
- Chairman, Dept of Electronic Engineering
Research Interest
- Adaptive digital signal processing, time delay estimation and target localization, blind signal estimation and separation, automatic speech recognition, speaker identification/verification and speech synthesis, and advanced signal processing techniques for wireless communications
Honours & Awards
- Awards
- IEEE Third Millennium Award, 2000
- Bronze Bauhinia Star, HKSAR Government, 2010
- HKIE Hall of Fame 2010
- Fellowships
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- The Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK
- The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, HK
- Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
Other Professional Activities
- Professional Associations
- Chartered Electrical Engineer, UK
- Editorships
- Honorary Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Data Acquisition and Processing, 2001-present
- Editor-in-chief, HKIE Transactions, 2002-04
- Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2001-03
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 1997-2000
- Invited Lectureships
- Guest Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Southeast University, Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Science
Community Services
- Chairman, Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification, 2009-present
- Member, Steering Committee on Innovation and Technology, 2010-present
- Member, Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies Limited (LSCM), 2006-present
- Member, Board of Directors of Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (NAMI), 2010-present
- Member, Board of Directors of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI), 2012-present
- Member, The Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, 2012-2013
- Member, RGC Engineering Panel, 2005-10
- Member, Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency Governing Council, 2005-09
- Member, Copyright Tribunal, 2003-09
- Member, Electrical Safety Advisory Committee, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, 2002-08
- Member, Consumer Council, 2001-06
- Chairman, Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Accreditation Services, 2000-05
- Member, Innovation and Technology Fund Electronics Projects Vetting Committee, Innovation and Technology Commission, 2000-04