Huo Chong Ling

Ling Huo Chong received his B.Eng. (Hons), M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Multimedia University, Malaysia. Before joining RMIT University Vietnam, he was an Associate Professor in Curtin University Malaysia from May 2015 until Jan 2023. Dr. Ling is thus appointed as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia from Jan 2023 until Dec 2023. From 2001 until 2015, Dr. Ling was affiliated with Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia. His research interests include digital watermarking, steganography, access control system, image processing and cyber security.

Awards & recognition:
- May 2014: Gold medal (Multimedia category) – Project title: “Unified Hotel Access Control System” – 25th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2014), Malaysia
- November 2013: Bronze award – Project title: “Graphical Password Vault” - International Conference and Exposition on Invention of Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA 2013), Malaysia
- May 2013: Silver medal (Multimedia category) – Project title: “Centralized Access Control and Entertainment System with NFC Smartphone” – ITEX 2013, Malaysia
- May 2007: Silver medal (Multimedia category) - Project title: “Enhanced Capacity Secure Steganographic Systems based on LSB Insertion Technique” - ITEX 2007, Malaysia

Industry experience:
- Leader of Cyber Security Keylabs Working Group, Centre of Excellence, Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), Malaysia (Nov 2021 – Dec 2022)
- Technical member of Identification Cards and Related Devices (TC/G/9) of Industry Standards Committee for IT, Telecommunication and Multimedia (ISCG), Malaysia (2007 – 2015)
- Alternate technical member of Working Group on Cryptography and Security Mechanisms (WG/G/5-2), ISCG, Malaysia (2010 – 2015)
- Consultant for Resilient Digital Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia on the design and development of NFC smartphone access control system (1 Jul 2013 – 30 Oct 2013)