Dr. Andy CHUN, Hon Wai (陳漢偉)

Dr. Chun joined the University in 1994 and was appointed the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2009. As CIO, Dr. Chun is responsible for all aspects of the University's ICT infrastructure, services, systems, enterprise applications and strategies to support teaching, learning, research, outreach and administrative operations. Dr. Chun is the line manager for the Computing Services Centre (CSC) and the Enterprise Solutions Office (ESU).

Dr. Chun was named one of the 2012 Computerworld Honors Laureate. The Honors program, founded in 1988, recognizes organizations and individuals who have used information technology to promote and advance public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better.

In 2012, Dr. Chun was one of 5 recipients of the 12th annual "CIO Award" from the CIO Asia magazine. Each year, the CIO 100 Index highlights top 100 regional enterprises and organizations that have excelled through creative and innovative IT projects. The top 5 most outstanding projects receive the "CIO Award." According to CIO Asia, CityU "made exemplary use of technology to derive strategic value and maximum returns for their businesses... a role model for our IT community through its effective use of ICT to generate a competitive advantage."

In 2011, Dr. Chun was selected as one of the "2010 Top 5 CIOs" in Greater China, in the annual "Top China CIO Awards," organized by leading IT professional associations in the mainland of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and co-sponsored by International Data Corporation (IDC) and the CEO & CIO China magazine. The award recognizes CIOs who were able to optimize business and bring about transformational changes to meet changing social needs.

In 2010, Dr. Chun was listed as one of the global "Top 50 CIOs and IT Leaders in the Social Media" by HorizonWatch: "Practicing CIOs, CTOs, and IT Leaders who have embraced the social media with passion." Dr. Chun was also selected as one of 15 CIOs in Asia who are considered as leading IT innovators by the MIS Asia magazine: "These are the leaders who have brought about a magical change in their organization and their chosen field and who have been recognized by the industry for their transformational efforts."

Prior to his appointment as CIO, Dr. Chun was an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science where he also served as the Programme Leader for their B.Sc. Computer Science Programme and the Subject Group Leader for the Software Engineering Group. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering.

Dr. Chun has over two decades of experience in higher education, IT research and development, and management. His research work on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for enterprise optimization has been honored with numerous ICT awards, including six Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) Awards from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Asia-Pacific ICT Award (APICTA), and the IT Excellence Award from the Hong Kong Computer Society. In 2009, the Hong Kong Computer Society further honored Dr. Chun with two Outstanding IT Achiever Awards (OITAA) - one for research excellence and another for IT professional excellence.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Chun, H.W., "Optimizing Limousine Service with AI," AI Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 2011, pp.27-41.
• Chun, H.W., "An AI Framework for the Automatic Assessment of e-Government Forms," AI Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2008, pp.41-51.
• Chun, H.W. and Rebecca Y.M. Wong, "Improving Quality of Crane-Lorry Assignments with Constraint Programming,"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews, and Reviews, Vol. 37, No. 2, March 2007, pp. 268-277.
• Chun, H.W. and Rebecca Y.M. Wong, "CLSS: An Intelligent Crane Lorry Scheduling System," In Applied Intelligence, March-April 2004, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp.179-194.
• Chun, H.W. and Rebecca Y.M. Wong, "Optimizing Agent-based Meeting Scheduling Through Preference Estimation," In Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 16, Issue 7-8, October-December 2003, pp.727-743.
• Chun, H.W. and Rebecca Y.M. Wong, "N* - An Agent-based Negotiation Algorithm for Dynamic Scheduling and Rescheduling," In Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2003, pp.1-22.
• Chun, H.W., Steve Chan, Francis Tsang and Dennis Yeung, "Stand Allocation System (SAS) - A Constraint-Based System Developed with Software Components," AI Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, Winter 2000, pp.63-74.
• Chun, H.W. and Raymond W.T. Mak, "Intelligent Resource Simulation for an Airport Check-in Counter Allocation System," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews, Vol. 29, No. 3, August 1999, pp. 325-335.

Awards

• 2012 "Computerworld Honors Laureate" Computerworld Honors Program. The Honors program, founded in 1988, recognizes organizations and individuals who have used information technology to promote and advance public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better.
• 2012 "CIO Award" CIO Asia. Dr. Chun was one of 5 recipients of this award, recognizing the top 5 organizations in Asia for "exemplary use of technology to derive strategic value and maximum returns for their businesses... a role model for our IT community through its effective use of ICT to generate a competitive advantage."
• 2010 "China Top 50 CIO Award" CEO & CIO China and IDG Group. Dr. Chun was named one of the top 50 CIO in greater China for 2010. The theme was "New IT Milestone: From Business Optimization to Social Change" recognizing CIOs who were able to optimize business to meet social change. [news]
• 2010 "China Top 5 CIO Award" CEO & CIO China and IDG Group. In addition, Dr. Chun was also named one of the top 5 CIO in greater China for 2010. [news]
• 2010 "Asia's Magicians of Innovation" MIS Asia magazine. Dr. Chun was highlighted in the magazine's special edition that included "IT leaders who have brought about a magical change in their organization and their chosen field and who have been recognized by the industry for their transformational efforts." [news]
• 2010 "Top 50 CIO and IT Leaders in the Social Media" HorizonWatching. Dr. Chun was included as one of the "practicing CIOs, CTOs, and IT Leaders who have embraced the social media with passion." [news]
• 2010 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Awarded for a fleet management system designed and created by Dr. Chun for Swire Travel. [paper]
• 2009 "Outstanding IT Achiever Awards 2008 (IT Professional Competency)" Hong Kong Computer Society. [news]
• 2009 "Outstanding IT Achiever Awards 2008 (IT Research)" Hong Kong Computer Society. This is an inaugural award from the HK Computer Society to recognize individual achievements and contributions to IT. Dr. Chun is one of 8 persons who received awards, and the only person who received two. [news]
• 2008 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Awarded for a knowledge management and data mining system created for the Hong Kong Immigration Department. [news]
• 2007 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Awarded for a volunteer scheduling system created for the Hong Kong Equestrian Events (part of the Beijing Olympics). [news]
• 2006 "Project of the Year Award" ZDNet Asia Magazine. Awarded for an engineering works scheduling system created for the Hong Kong MTR subway system. [news]
• 2005 "Asia Pacific Information Communications Technology Awards (Best Industrial Application Award)" APICTA. Representing Hong Kong, the MTR engineering works scheduling system won in the Asia-Pacific competition. [news]
• 2005 "MTR Grand Prize" MTRCL. Awarded for an engineering works scheduling system created for the Hong Kong MTR subway system.
• 2005 "IT Excellence Award (IT Applications)" Hong Kong Computer Society. The MTR engineering works scheduling system was also recognized by the HK Computer Society as one of the best IT applications of the year. [news]
• 2005 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. The MTR engineering works scheduling system also received recognition for its AI technology innovation. [paper]
• 2000 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Awarded for a nurse rostering system created for the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. [paper]
• 1999 "Innovative Applications of AI Award" Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Awarded for an airport standing allocation system created for the Hong Kong Airport Authority. [news]
• 1998 "EDN Asia Innovator Award" EDN Asia Magazine. Award recognizes technology innovators in this region.
• 1998 "Excellence in Applied Research Award" City University of Hong Kong. Awarded for success in applying AI to solve mission critical scheduling problems in Hong Kong.