M. L. Dennis Wong
BEng(Hons) PhD (Liverpool) FIET CEng FIEAust CPEng SMIEEE
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.
About
M. L. D. Wong received his BEng(Hons) in Electronics and Communication Engineering and PhD in Signal Processing from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. In 2004, Dr. Wong joined the School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus as a Lecturer. Subsequently, he was appointed a Senior Lecturer in 2007 at the same institution. From 2011 to mid 2012, he was an Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China. In June 2012, Dr. Wong was appointed as an Associate Professor and Acting Dean for Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science at Swinburne Sarawak. Subsequently, he was appointed as the full Dean in August 2013. From October 2016 to August 2023, Professor Wong was the Deputy Provost for Heriot-Watt University Malaysia. Currently, Professor Dennis Wong is the Provost and Group Chief Executive Officer (ASEAN) for Newcastle University, UK overseeing the University's campuses in Singapore and Malaysia.
Professor Wong is also a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council UK; a Fellow of the IET; a Fellow and Chartered Professional Engineer with IEAust and a Senior Member of the IEEE. In 2014, he was electecd as the inaugural treasurer of the IEEE CIS Malaysia Chapter and subsequently the vice-chair in 2015. In 2016, he was elected as the inaugural chair for IEEE Sarawak Subsection.
His research interests include statistical signal processing and pattern classification, machine condition monitoring, and VLSI for digital signal processing.
