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Dr Chau Yuen

Assistant Professor
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Email: yuenchau@sutd.edu.sg

Post-Doc positions in the areas of inteference alignment and network coding are available, please contact me for more information.

Bio:
Dr Chau Yuen received the B. Eng and PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He is the recipient of Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal, Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Book Prize, Institute of Engineering of Singapore (IES) Gold Medal, Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Gold Medal and twice the recipient of Hewlett Packard (HP) Prize.

Dr Yuen was a Post Doc Fellow in Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, Murray Hill during 2005. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2008. During the period of 2006 ‐ 2010, he worked at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R, Singapore) as a Senior Research Engineer, where he was involved in an industrial project on developing an 802.11n Wireless LAN system, and participated actively in 3Gpp Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE‐Advanced (LTE‐A) standardization. He joined the Singapore University of Technology and Design as an assistant professor from June 2010.

Dr Yuen serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He has published over 80 research papers at international journals or conferences. His present research interests include cooperative transmissions, interference alignment, network coding, green communications, cognitive radio network, and wireless networking.

Awards:

2008	A*Star: Scientist-Entrepreneur Award
2006	Institute for Infocomm Research, I²R: Achiever of the Year (Research Category) for significant scientific contributions to the research in MIMO systems.
2002	A*Star: National Science Scholarship - Local Graduate Scholarship.
2001	Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal
2001	Institute of Engineering of Singapore, IES Gold Medal
2000, 2001	Hewlett Packard, HP Book Prize
2000	Institution of Electrical Engineers, IEE Book Prize
2000	Merck Sharp and Dohme, MSD Gold Medal Award

Working Experience:

June 2010 - Now	Assistant Professor @ Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD), Singapore
2008 - 2010	Senior Research Engineer @ Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), Singapore
2008 - 2009	Visiting Asst Prof @ Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2006 - 2007	Research Engineer (equivalent to Assoc Scientist or Research Fellow) @ I²R, Singapore
2005	Post-Doc Fellow @ Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, USA
2000	Software Engineer @ Singapore Software Centre, Motorola, Singapore

Professional Activities:

Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT, since May’07).
   - Awarded "Top Associate Editor" on 2009, 2010.

Associate Editor for IEEE Technology News (since Dec’10).

Editorial Board for Intl. Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems (IJUWB, since Aug’08).

Grant Reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.

Technical Program Co-Chair for 'Multiple antenna systems and space time processing' track in VTC-Fall’09.

Publicity and Web Chair for ICCS 2010, APWCS 2011, ICCS 2011.

TPC Member for:
   - 2012 VTC-Spring, ICWCA, CMC, MUSIC.
   - 2011 ICC, VTC-Spring, ICCCN, Globecom – Multicell Coop Workshop, Globecom - SG-COMNETS Workshop, APWCS, VTC-Fall, WCNC.
   - 2010 WCNC, VTC-Fall, ChinaCom, WICON, WCNIS, APWCS, ICCS.
   - 2009 ICC, ChinaCom.
   - 2008 ICC, VTC-Spring, ICCS, ISWPC.
   - 2007 ICCCN, APWCS, CoNET.