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Dr KC Chan

Dr KC Chan
Name KC Chan
Position Senior Lecturer (Information Systems)
Section School of Business
Office A543
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4829
Extension 4829
Email
Qualifications BAppSc Toronto , MAppSc Toronto , PhD UNSW
Languages Chinese (accredited translator)
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80y33/dr-kc-chan
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Biography

KC Chan received his BASc in Engineering Science and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, and his PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He was previously a tenured Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Chan also had extensive industry experience as founder and CTO in growing multiple technology companies from startups to public companies. After ten years in the ICT industry and a two-year career break, Dr. Chan returned to academia in 2010. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at USQ, an Honourary Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales. In his academic career, Dr. Chan has published over 100 refereed papers. His current research interests are in FinTech and Cyber Security, in particular the applications of AI/ML and data science in these areas.

Research Career


  • Information Systems ( 080600 )
  • Information Systems ( 460900 )
  • Data Mining And Knowledge Discovery ( 460502 )
  • Data Engineering And Data Science ( 460501 )
  • Data Management And Data Science ( 460500 )

Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation
AI and Machine Learning Applications
Blockchain Technology
Financial Technology


Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
Member of the Australian Computer Society

Teaching


CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy
CIS8500 Applied Research for Information System Professionals
CIS8501 Advanced Information Systems Project
CIS8708 Digital Forensics
CIS8711 Cloud Security


20 Years

Supervision


  • Information Systems ( 460900 )
  • Data Mining And Knowledge Discovery ( 460502 )
  • Data Engineering And Data Science ( 460501 )
  • Data Management And Data Science ( 460500 )