My Brief CV

Ching is an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Hong Kong. Doing mathematical research is one of his hobbies and he enjoys listening to pop music. His favorite singers are Miyuki Nakajima and Teresa Teng. He was told that people can feel the meanings of their songs even though they don't understand their languages. His favorite bands are Anzen-chitai and Beyond . One can find different tastes of life from their songs.

1. He finished his high school study at St. Paul's College. He got his HKCEE and HKAL in 1986 and 1988 respectively. In his study at the college, he developed his interest in Mathematics. He was also encouraged to further his study in Mathematics.

1. He then obtained his B. Sc. and M. Phil. degrees in Mathematics and applied Mathematics from the University of Hong Kong in 1991 and 1994 respectively. His M. Phil. supervisor is Prof. Raymond H. CHAN .

1. In 1998 he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His Ph.D. supervisor is Prof. Xun Yu ZHOU .

1. He then obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice , a professional qualification from the University of Southampton in 2001. This is a very useful course for new teacher.

1. He has previously taught at the department of applied mathematics of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1995-97) and the department of mathematics of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1997-98).

1. He was a Statistician in the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government (1998-99), where he worked with the shipping and cargo statistics. He learned a lot in human resource management in this post.

1. He was a visiting post-doc fellow at the Judge Business School of the Cambridge University (1999-2000). He worked with Prof. Stefan SCHOLTES on traffic demand estimation problems.

1. Before joining his Alma Mater, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematical Studies of the University of Southampton (2000-2001), where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in operations research.