Speakers of PCDS 2025 (Alphabetize by Last Name)

Dr. Chiang Liang Kok Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education, Singapore

Chiang Liang Kok graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the prestigious Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2010. His exceptional performance and potential were swiftly recognized as he was awarded the highly coveted Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) Integrated Circuit Design PhD Scholarship to pursue his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at NTU. In 2014, Chiang Liang emerged triumphant, earning his PhD Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
Chiang Liang joined the Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education in 2020 as a lecturer and program coordinator for the Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BEEE). His influence extends far beyond the classroom, as evidenced by his exclusive invitation to the Channel News Asia (CNA) Money Mind programme in May 2021, where he shared his expertise on blockchain technology and sustainable energy solutions. In November 2021, Chiang Liang's scholarly contributions were once again celebrated with the Best Paper award at the 4th International Conference on Environmental Science and Applications (ICESA 2021). As a respected leader in the engineering community, Chiang Liang plays an active role in shaping the future of the industry, serving as chairman for the STEM Industrial Advisory Board Committee and a committee member for the PEI Exam Board Council. His expertise is sought after on the international stage, with invitations as keynote speaker and plenary speaker for GMASC 2023, MSM 2024, CCCN 2024 and ACEE 2024. He is also the local and technical co-chair for CCCN 2024, ACEE 2024 and PCDS 2024. Furthermore, he is in the technical program committee for ICET 2024, ITET 2024 and ICICDT 2024. He is also the chairperson and moderator for track 1 session in WES 2023 and session chair for AGBRP 2024. He also serves as the publicity chair for MCSoC 2024. Chiang Liang's dedication to scholarly excellence is evident in his role as guest editor and reviewer for esteemed journals such as MDPI Electronics Journal, IEEE Access, and Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing. In early 2024, Chiang Liang's secured a S$20k external funding grant through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cushman & Wakefield. With over 50 publications in Q2 ranking journals, top conferences, and several book chapters, Chiang Liang's scholarly impact continues to reverberate across the global engineering landscape, driving innovation and shaping the future of the industry. His dedication to mentoring future engineers is evident in his supervision of Final Year Project (FYP) students, guiding them in research endeavours spanning machine learning, biomedical devices, limb lengthening implants, and power management units for portable devices.

Prof. Shuhao Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Shuhao Zhang is a professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the College of Computing and Data Science NTU. He did a postdoc with Prof.Volker Markl from 2020 to 2021 at TU Berlin. He obtained his PhD and Bachelor’s degrees from NUS and NTU, respectively. His research emphasizes the design of parallel databases and LLM inference frameworks, with a special interest in their interactions with stream processing techniques.

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