Dr. Joseph Fong


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Qualifications & Experience

Year TitleSubject Name of Institution
1975B.S.Computer EngineeringState University of New York at Buffalo
1976M.S.Computer SystemsState University of New York at Stony Brook
1985M.B.A.Telecommunication ManagementGolden Gate University, San Francisco, USA
1993Ph.DComputing and Information SystemsUniversity of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

Previous Experience (Teaching/Professional)

Year Institution Position Subject area/level of teaching
1990-presentCity University of Hong KongAssociate Professor
  • Teach Database, Data Engineering, Distributed Database Systems, and Data Warehousing and Data Mining to Bachelor of Science(Hons) and Master of Science students.
  • Course leader of a M.Sc. in Software Engineering/Information System Management by Staffordshire University (in cooperation with City University of Hong Kong).
  • Act as a Computer Resource Officer in the Department of Computer Science. Supervise student final year project and M.Sc dissertation.
  • Major accomplishment: Acted as a course planning committee and obtained approval of offering a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from CNAA.
  • Published many research papers in the area of database. Successfully organized ten International Hong Kong Computer Society Database Workshops as Workshop chairman.
1988-90Hong Kong PolytechnicLecturer
  • Teach Database, Fourth Generation Language, Expert System, and Management Information Systems to Bachelor of Arts students in computing Studies and Master of Science students in Information Systems.
  • Supervise Bachelor of Arts final year student projects in Expert Systems. Major accomplishment: Acted as a Master of Science course planning committee member to consult with CNAA for the approval of the course.
  • 1987-88 Cullinet Hong Kong, Limited Customer Support Consultant Presented and trained customers on the use of IDMS/R database, ADS/Online fourth generation language, and other software tools.
  • Supported Cullinet products at the customer's sites. Major accomplishment: Established Cullinet's first technical support office in Hong Kong.
1980-87Bank of AmericaSenior Technical Consultant
  • Designed, coded and tested an International Banking Systems Loan Application on IBM 3081, written in IMSADF and Cobol.
  • Defined functional specifications with users.
  • Developed IMSADF transactions, batch post and batch reports. Major accomplishment: Installed runbook for production use.
  • Implemented IMSADF transactions on time in a tight schedule. Assisted others to promote team work.
1978-80National Cash Register Corporation, Wichita, KSSenior Programmer/ Analyst
  • Developed physical and logical I/O operations of Interactive Multiprogramming Operating Systems (IMOS V) on NCR 8270, written in 605 Assembly. Major accomplishment: In charge of all system commands for the operating systems developments.
1974-78Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MASoftware Engineer
  • Managed a RSX-11M operating systems as a system manager on PDP 11.
  • Supervised operators for daily operation. Major accomplishment: Designed and installed a Charging Systems on PDP 11, written in Macro 11 and Fortran.
Part Time:
8/1987-10/1987Northbeach Community College, San Francisco, CAComputer Instructor
  • Taught DOS, WordStar, Lotus 123 on IBM PC

 


Present Teaching Activities

  • Database Systems
  • Distributed Database Systems
  • Data Warehousing and Data Mining
  • Data and Knowledge Reengineering
  • XML

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