Biography

CHEONG Kang Hao joins SUTD as a Faculty in the Science, Mathematics and Technology Cluster. Kang Hao graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in applied mathematics and the University Scholars Programme. He went on to do a doctorate in the subject of computational electron optics at the same university. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in education from the National Institute of Education (Singapore). Kang Hao has broad interests in mathematical and computational approaches to understanding social dynamics, physical and biological systems. He specializes in the scientific study of the game-theoretic Parrondo’s paradox across computing, physical and life sciences. He also enjoys working on healthcare/medical data analytics projects and in applied research work with the industry. Before joining SUTD, he was with the Ministry of Education as a mathematics teacher, head of department and policy officer (2007 to 2015) and the Singapore Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor in the Engineering Cluster (2016 to 2018). His group website can be found at: kanghaocheong.com

Education

• PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NUS
• BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics & University Scholars Programme, NUS
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Teaching of Mathematics), NIE/NTU

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Engineering Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology
  Teaching/supervision of undergraduates from Digipen, SIT-dP Systems Engineering, SIT Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering, UoG Computing Science/Mechanical Engineering
• Head of Mathematics Department, Tanglin Secondary School
  Lead the Mathematics Department and the Mathematics Programme in the school
• Senior Head, Academic Research Section, MOE Higher Education Division
  Program Manager for the MOE Academic Research Fund (AcRF), oversee AcRF policies and post-graduate manpower planning in the Autonomous Universities
• Year Head & Mathematics Teacher, NUS High School of Math & Science
  In charge of affective character education of the students

Research Interest:

Main research topic is in simulation, modelling and scientific computing:

1. Scientific study of the Parrondo effect & its real-world implications (physical and biological problems),
2. Computational electron optics/ Spectrometer design,
3. Application of advanced analytics and operational research models and methodologies for the improvement of health services and healthcare operations.

Selected Publication

• Zong Xuan Tan, Kang Hao Cheong. (2017). “Nomadic-colonial life strategies enable paradoxical survival and growth despite habitat destruction”. eLife, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21673
• Jin Ming Koh, Neng-gang Xie, Kang Hao Cheong (2018). “Nomadic-colonial switching with stochastic noise: Subsidence-recovery cycles and long-term growth”. Nonlinear Dynamics, 1-11, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-018-4436-2
• Kang Hao Cheong, Jin Ming Koh, Michael C. Jones. (2018). “Multicellular survival as a consequence of Parrondo’s paradox”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 115, E5258-E5259, http://www.pnas.org/content/115/23/E5258
• Kang Hao Cheong, Zong Xuan Tan, Yan Hao Ling. (2017). “A time-based switching scheme for nomadic-colonial alternation under noisy conditions”, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 60, 107-114
• Kang Hao Cheong, David B. Saakian, Rubina Zadourian. (2017). “Allison mixture and the two-envelope problem”, Physical Review E, 96, 062303
• Herng Yi Cheng and Kang Hao Cheong. (2012). “Designing crease patterns for polyhedra by composing right frusta”. Computer-Aided Design, 44(4), 331-342
• Khursheed, K. H. Cheong and H. Q. Hoang. (2010). “Design of a parallel mass spectrometer for focused ion beam columns”. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 28(6), C6F10-C6F14

Awards

• SIT Annual Teaching Excellence Award, 2018
• Caring Teacher Award, NIE, 2012
• Agilent Technologies Teacher Award, Intel International Science & Engineering Fair panel, California, 2011
• MOE Future Leaders Programme, 2010 – 2015
• NUS University Scholar, 2007
• BP Science Colours Award, 2004
• Live Wire Award, Community Development Council (CDC) Central Singapore, 2003