Short Bio

• Dr. Poon  is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Information Technologies at the University of Sydney.

• Before taking up this position, he was a lecturer in the Information Environments Program in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at University of Queensland. He has taught Java Programming, Software Project Management, Advanced Topic on HCI and Studio subjects.

• He was a Research Engineer with Canon Information System Research Australia prior to taking up the faculty position.

• He was a System Analyst with the HongkongBank of Australia before he returned to pursuit postgraduate degree.

• He holds a B.Sc(Hons) from University of Manchester (UK), M.Sc. from  Deakin University (Australia) and a Ph.D from the University of Sydney (Australia). His Ph.D. research has contributed to the modelling of design process as co-evolution using modified genetic algorithms.

• His current interests include
• machine learning
• text mining
• gesture and speech interaction
• the application of evolutionary computing to learning
• recommender systems