Are you interested in working with me?

I am looking for dedicated postgraduate students and RAs with good motivation and self-initiation.  Make an appointment to see me, or drop me an email.

 

My on-going projects pretty much summarize my current research interests.

 

·         Soft Global Constraints in Weighted Constraint Satisfaction: Properties, Algorithms, and Applications, Principal investigator (with Y.C. Law), RGC General Research Fund from the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), 2011-2013, HK$1,302,807

·         Constraint Satisfaction with Cost Conditioning Reduced Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams (CC-ROBDD): Definitions, Properties, and Algorithms, Principal investigator (with Y.C. Law and Peter Stuckey---University of Melbourne), RGC Earmarked Grant from the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), 2008-2011, HK$491,906

·         Set Variables in Constraint Satisfaction Revisited, Principal investigator with Y.C. Law and Peter Stuckey---University of Melbourne), RGC Earmarked Grant from the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), 2007-2009, HK$609,391

·         A Compiler for High Performance Computing on Array Technologies, Co-Investigator (with Philip Leong), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (Tier 3), 2007-2008, HK$805,943

·         Project-based Learning with Learning Villages among schools in the Mainland, Hong Kong and the USA, Co-Principal Investigator (with F.L. Lee), Quality Education Fund (Hong Kong), 2006-2007, HK$701,800

·         Breaking Symmetries of Indistinguishable Values in Constraint Satisfaction.  Principal Investigator.  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2006 – 2008, HK$692,480.00.

·         Study for Optimization of Operation during the Salinity Period.  Principal Investigator.  The Macao Water Supply Co. Ltd. Research Contract, 2004 – 2006, HK$191,100.00

·         Utilizing Useful Redundancy Information to Increase Search Efficiency in Constraint Satisfaction.  Principal Investigator (with Peter Stuckey---University of Melbourne).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2004 – 2006, HK$339,414.00

·         From Flatland to Spaceland: the Higher Dimensional Space Odyssey.  Co-Principal Investigator (with Wang Lu---Capital Normal University, Jing-Zhong Zhang---Capital Normal University, F.L. Lee), Key Technology Education Project grant, Beijing City Natural Science Foundation and Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2004 – 2006, RMB$200,000.00

·         Efficient Local Search Methods for Soft Constraint Satisfaction Problems.  Principal Investigator (with Philip Codognet---University of Paris 6).   Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2002 – 2005, HK$413,404.00

·         Adaptive Strategies for Soft Bid-Determination in Agent Based Continuous Double Auctions.  Co-Investigator (with Ho-Fung Leung).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2002 – 2004, HK$599,404.00

·         Virtual Interactive Student-Oriented Learning Environment (VISOLE)---Extending the Frontier of WEB-Based Learning.  Co-Investigator (with F.L. Lee, Y. Leung, and K.C. Chau).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2002 – 2005, HK$793,605.00

·         Summative Evaluation of the Web-based PBL Package---Tong Pak Fu and Chou Heung: The Probabilistic Fantasy.  Co-Principal Investigator (F.L. Lee and T.S. Lau).  CUHK Teaching Development Grant, 2001 – 2002, HK$250,000.00

·         Reducing Search Space in Local Search for Constraint Satisfaction.  Principal Investigator (with H.F. Leung and Peter Stuckey---University of Melbourne).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2001 – 2004, HK$387,248.00

·         Integration of Constraint Satisfaction Techniques and Mixed Integer Programming.  Co-Investigator (with H.F. Leung).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2001 – 2004, HK$387,248.00

·         Collaborating Redundant Models in Constraint Satisfaction.  Principal Investigator (with H.F. Leung and Peter Stuckey---University of Melbourne).  Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant, 2000 – 2003, HK$437,817.00