Contact
Email : ktseow@rit.kaist.ac.kr
Greetings
Hello! Welcome to my ”’academic”’ website. I was formerly on the academic staff of the School of Computer Engineering (SCE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Feb, 2003, Feb, 2014). I am currently running an internet startup based in Singapore, and doing research in ”real-time hierarchical system modeling and control”. I continue to be active in the many professional activities of the IEEE, besides research collaboration at KAIST.
Education
PhD, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, March 1998
Research Statement
I work on intelligent agents and multiagent systems, supervisory control of logical and real-time discrete-event systems and temporal logic, with emphasis on their mutual connections and applications in automation. Examples of systems of interest include: distributed embedded systems; datacenter networking; AI robotics; computer security; intelligent transportation and automated manufacturing. These are man-made service systems a lot of which have evolved into systems of a cyber-physical nature, with discrete state or event-driven dynamics that entail command, control and coordination, as well as communication and intelligent information processing. The building of such systems can potentially benefit in terms of optimal operational correctness and/or practical efficiency from DES and/or agent-based approaches.
I use formal languages and automata, temporal logic, formal methods, artificial intelligence (AI), optimization techniques and discrete mathematics in my research, and apply concepts of agents, control, coordination and organization to develop solution methods for various problems in discrete-event and distributed service systems.
Research Interest
* Intelligent agents and multiagent systems: Theory and foundation of cooperation
* Discrete-event systems: Control theory and specification framework
* Engineering applications of intelligent agents and discrete-event control
Research Areas
* Cyber-physical systems
* Real-time systems
* Supervisory control
* Multiagent coordination
* AI robotics
* Artificial intelligence
* Intelligent transportation systems
* Manufacturing automaton & logistics
Current Ph.D. Student
* Quang Ha NGO, NTU
Graduated Research Students
* Amrith DHANANJAYAN, NTU Ph.D. (CE), 2013
* Da SONG, NTU M.Sc. (DMT), 2013
* Manh Tung PHAM, NTU Ph.D. (CE), 2011
* Chaw Lin CHAW, NTU M.Sc. (DMT), 2010
* Bao Chau LE DINH, NTU M.Eng. (CE), 2008
Selected and Recent Publications
Books, Articles
Teaching Statement
I want to maintain high quality teaching and effective mentoring of students. I derive satisfaction from being able to communicate difficult ideas and concepts in simple uncluttered ways, usually through examples, and using power point animation to visually roll out the explanation gradually. My style is often to make students think through, systematically, the important approaches to problems.
Courses Taught
* Real-Time Systems
* Discrete Mathematics
* Digital Systems Design
* Computer Organization & Architecture
* Digital Circuits & Systems
* Instrumentation & Data Acquisition
* Basic Electronics
* Control & Instrumentation
* Operating Systems
Professional Services
Journal Editorial Board
* Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, January 2013 – Present
* Associate Editor, Conference Editorial Board, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, January 2014 – Present
* Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, July 2009 – December 2013
* Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans, December 2010 – December 2012
Technical Committee
* Founding Member, Technical Committee on Automation in Logistics, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, USA, November, 2013 – Present
Technical Program Committee (2013-2014)
* 12th IFAC International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, cole Normale Sup©rieure de Cachan, France (14~16 May 2014)
* 11th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Shenyang, China (27~30 June 2014)
* IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Shenzhen, China, (12~14 December 2013)
* 12th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (6~10 May 2013)
Research Paper Reviewer (Since 2002)
* IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering; IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation; IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems; IEEE Intelligent Systems; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering; IEEE Transactions on Multimedia; IEEE Transactions on Robotics; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C; IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation; IEEE Intelligent Systems; ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction; Computational Intelligence; Information Sciences; International Journal of Control; Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems; Journal of Computer Science and Technology; Journal of Systems and Software; Multiagent and Grid Systems: An International Journal
* And many international conferences, symposiums and workshops on DES and agents research, and related areas
Research Honors
* Member of the Conference Editorial Board, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2014
* Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, 2013
* Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans, 2010
* Best Automation Paper Award Nominee (1 of Top 7 Selected), IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, 2010
* Senior Member, IEEE, 2010
* Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2009
* NTU Research Outcome Award & Recognition (ROAR) Award, 2006
* Member, Sigma Xi, 2005
* Visiting Scientist, NTT Communication Science Labs, Kyoto, Japan, 2003
* Fellow, Systems Control Group, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997
Teaching, Research Supervision and Undergraduate Mentoring & Tutoring Honors
* Nomination for NTU Nanyang Excellence in Teaching Award, 2009
* AAMAS Student Scholarship Award for NTU-SCE Doctoral Candidate Manh Tung PHAM, 2009
* Nomination for NTU Nanyang Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
* AAAI Student Scholarship Award for NTU-SCE Doctoral Candidate Manh Tung PHAM, 2008
* Industrial Attachment (IA) Book Prize (First Prize) for NTU-SCE-IA Undergraduate Tutee Lu HE, 2008/2009
* Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal & Singapore InfoComm Dev. Authority Gold Medal for NTU-SCE Undergraduate Mentee Zin Yan CHUA, July 2008
* Defence Science & Technology Agency Gold Medal for NTU-SCE Undergraduate Mentee Irene CHRISTIANTI, July 2008
* JAL Foundation Scholarships for NTU-SCE Undergraduate Mentee, King Sen CHAN, July 2006
* Inaugural (2002) DSO Best Intern Award Nomination for NUS-ECE Undergraduate Intern Yuan Chia KWEK, 2002
