{"id":336,"date":"2019-02-27T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikanodemosites.com\/wems\/?post_type=cpt_team&#038;p=336"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T03:57:02","slug":"ng-chong","status":"publish","type":"cpt_team","link":"https:\/\/mikanodemosites.com\/wems\/team\/ng-chong\/","title":{"rendered":"Ng Chong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"336\" class=\"elementor elementor-336\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa6333c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa6333c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57ea799 sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"57ea799\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d68b301 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d68b301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-snippet mb64\">\n<p>In addition to fostering innovation and providing leadership, he brings his computing skills and knowledge to research initiatives within and beyond the data center\u2019s boundaries. He has played the role of Chief Technology Architect in the WEMS initiative (Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System), providing a cloud computing blueprint for secure information sharing across borders. His work in this area won the support of the LATF and participating African countries.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to focusing on the directorship and operations of the ICT infrastructure, he established the Media and Technology Laboratory at United Nations University to advance the vision and concepts of a global virtual university and develop cutting-edge learning technologies, including an award-winning video centered discussion tool.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining UNU, he was a lecturer at Florida State University. Previous to that, he held several ICT management, senior research, and consulting positions in the US and Latin America. He has a wealth of experience in open source software, cloud computing, networking, security, and application development spanning government and privately-funded projects.<\/p>\n<p>He has published journal and peer-reviewed conference articles and book chapters in the area of online learning, collaborative computing, and applied machine learning\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">cyber security<\/span>. He has served as co-chair and committee member at various international conferences.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chong received graduate degrees from the University of Tokyo in Engineering (Ph.D.) and the University of New Mexico in Computer Science (MS). 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