About Prof Tang
TANG Tong Boon (陈仲文), PhD, CEng, FIET
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Electronic Eng. Dept.
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610
Perak, Malaysia
Tel : +60-5-368 7801
Email: tongboon.tang@utp.edu.my
ORCID: 0000-0002-5721-6828
SCOPUS: 7401988807
SPECIALTY
Neurotechnology (device, measurement and data fusion)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2024 - present Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia Dean, Faculty of Engineering
2022 - present Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia Professor
2019 - 2022 National Taiwan Normal University Visiting Professor
2018 - 2024 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia Director, Institute of Health & Analytics
2013 HITACHI Central Research Laboratory, Japan Visiting Researcher
2012 - 2022 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia Associate Professor
2001- 2012 The University of Edinburgh, UK Research Fellow
1999 - 2001 Lucent Technologies, Singapore ASIC Engineer
EDUCATION
2006 The University of Edinburgh, UK Ph.D
Thesis: Ameliorating integrated sensor drift and imperfections: a "neural" approach
1999 The University of Edinburgh, UK B.Eng. (Hons)
Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Communications)
TEACHING
Analogue Electronics, Microelectronic Circuits, Analogue Integrated Circuit Design, functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), medical imaging
PUBLICATION
1 book
8 book chapters
73 articles in ISI-indexed journals
93 articles in international/local conferences
1 policy paper
AWARDS
2023 Elected as Fellow of the IET, UK
2023 Publication Excellence Award, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
2022 Academic of the Year Award by UTP
2021 Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) award by Academy of Sciences Malaysia
2020 IET Mountbatten Medal, UK
2018 Best Paper Award at IECBES, Kuching, Malaysia
2011 Wellcome Trust VIP Award, UK
2010 Royal Academy of Engineering Travel Grant, UK
2008 IET Nanobiotechnology Premium Award, UK
2006 Lab on Chip Award, Montreux, Switzerland
2003 European Neural Network Society Travel Grant
2002 Best Paper Award at ICMBE, Singapore
1997 Horsburgh Prize, Edinburgh
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Member of The Talent Committee, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, 2022 - 2024.
Secretary, Malaysia National Centre of Excellence (HICoE) Council, 2019 - 2021.
Governing Board Member, INCF (Karolinska Institute), 2018 - 2019
Chair, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (Malaysia), 2020 -2021.
Chair, ICIAS 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
IEEE Senior Member (Membership no: 41474281).
CEng, IET (Registration no: 692640).
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics (JMIHI).
Guest Associate Editor, Journal of Electronic Imaging,.
Graduate Engineer (Electronics), BEM (Registration no: 80703A).
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (93567)