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Dr. Qing (Ching) Tan
Dr. Qing (Ching) Tan
Associate Professor
Contact information
Email: qingt@athabascau.ca
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Dr. Qing Tan is an associate professor. He earned his PhD in Cybernetics Engineering for Robotics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1993. The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute invited him as a foreign senior research fellow in 1994. He did his post-doctoral fellowship at University of Alberta. He joined Athabasca University in 2007 with extensive IT industrial experiences. Dr. Tan is teaching and developing undergraduate and graduate courses including Mobile Computing, Computer Networking, Cloud Computing, and Enterprise Modeling and supervising the students. His research interests include Cyber-Physical Systems, Telepresence Robotics, Internet of Things, AR/VR/MR, Big Data Analytics, Mobile Computing, Adaptive Learning Technology, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security and Data Privacy, and Location-based Technology. His research also involves using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain for application solutions, and studying on the social impact of advanced computing and information technologies.
Dr. Tan was one of the earlier researchers to introduce the location awareness of mobile devices into mobile learning applications. Dr. Tan developed the Location-Based Dynamic Grouping Algorithm for collaborative mobile learning, the 5R Adaptation Framework for location-based mobile learning system, and the Location-based Object Identification Algorithm for using AR in adaptive mobile learning. Dr. Tan is striving to solve the application issues. Recently, his research mainly focuses on the remote lab solution: Telepresence Robot Empowered Smart Lab (TRESL) to enable online students to conduct their lab works via the Internet, and Privacy Protection in the Big Data.
Dr. Tan received many research grants and published many papers on international journals and conferences. He has co-chaired or been Technical Program Committee members of many international conferences. He has delivered keynotes and invited speeches for many international conferences. He is also sitting as editorial board members and reviewers of many academic journals as well as an editor-in-chief.
Research interests
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Telepresence Robotics
- Cloud Computing
- AR/VR/MR
- Internet of Things
- Big Data Analytics
- Mobile Computing
Professional affiliations
- Senior Research Fellow, Computing and Information Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Japan 1994-1995
- Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada, 2007 – present