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WORK HISTORY

2007 to present – DSpace Pty. Ltd. (An EMS Technologies Inc. Company), Engineer

  • General skills:
    • Developed excellent programming skills in MATLAB
    • Have strong skills in the C programming language, including real time environments, and multi threaded programming
    • Knowledgeable in the x86 architecture, including programming experience using Intel SSE intrinsics for hardware accelerated SIMD operation
  • Specific topics:
    • Satellite CDMA
    • Multi User Detection techniques
    • GMR2+, a derivative of the GSM standard

2002 to 2006 – The University Of Adelaide, Lecturer

  • First tutored level 2 classes while still in final year of undergraduate study
  • Subsequently appointed Teaching Assistant, and finally Lecturer
  • Subjects involved in (as tutor unless indicated):
    • Level 1 : Electrical Engineering I
    • Level 2 : Electromagnetic Engineering
    • Level 2 : Practical Electronic Design
    • Level 2 : Signals and Systems II (Lecturer)
    • Level 2 : Dynamics and Control II
    • Level 3 : Communication Signals and Systems (Lecturer)
    • Level 3 : Control III
    • Level 3 : Dynamics and Control II
    • Level 4 : Communication Theory
    • Level 4 : Signal Processing IV

2003 to 2006 – St Ann’s College Inc., System Administrator

  • Responsible for the administration of a network with approximately 200 machines
  • Knowledgeable in major operating systems like Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS 9 / OS X and Linux
  • Advice the principal directly on IT policies and development
  • Represent the College in IT arrangements with other colleges and the University Of Adelaide
  • Design and maintain the College’s internal and external websites

2003 to 2005 – St Ann’s College Inc., Residential tutor

  • Provide pastoral care to nearly 200 students of mixed ethnic backgrounds in the College
  • Perform the administrative role of the Principal’s Office after business hours
  • Trained in team management, conflict resolution, communication skills, equal opportunity, first aid, fire safety among others

2002 – The Institute of Telecommunications Research, Engineer

  • Developed simulation software for space time codes of custom satellite modems
  • Assisted in designing hardware filter banks of satellite modems

2001 – Gateway Inc., Computer Integrated Manufacture*

  • Responsible to maintain the computers systems monitoring the assembly line and identifying bottlenecks
  • Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to odd factory working shift times, mixing day and night shifts to meet production demands

*The factory has since been shut.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

  • Tim Giles, Ismail Shakeel, Mark Rice, Voon Wong, Analysis of a MUD-based Situation Awareness Messaging System without a Feedback Channel, Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2008), May 2008, Marina Bay, Singapore
  • Voon Siong Wong, Langford B. White, Doug Gray, Hankel Norm Approximations Using The Divided Difference Operator, Information, Decision and Control Conference (IDC 2007), February 2007, Adelaide, Australia
  • Voon Siong Wong, Langford B. White, Doug Gray, Stable Whitening Matched Filters Based on Nehari’s Approximation, The Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications (ISSPA 2005), August 2005, Sydney, Australia

COURSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • Information, Decision and Control Conference (IDC 2007), February 2007, Adelaide, Australia
  • The Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications (ISSPA 2005), August 2005, Sydney, Australia
  • Wireless Winter School, July 2005, Canberra, Australia
  • The International Symposium on DSP and Communication Systems (DSPCS 2003), December 2003, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing (WITSP 2003), December 2003, Gold Coast, Australia

EDUCATION

2003 to 2006 – The University Of Adelaide, Postgraduate Research (never completed)

  • Research in the design of stable multi-dimensional multirate receiver filters for wireless communication systems, using Hankel norm approximations
  • Fusion of Control Theory, Signal Processing and Communication Theory
  • Funded by the Adelaide Scholarship International (Postgraduate), with additional contributions by the CRC for Sensor Signal and Information Processing (CSSIP)

1999 to 2002 – The University Of Adelaide, Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering) 1st Class Honours

  • Awarded Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering) with First Class Honors among the top two students in 2002
  • Funded by Adelaide Scholarship International (Undergraduate)
  • Appointed the Mace bearer for Engineering School Graduation Ceremony, 2002
  • Awarded the University Medal for outstanding academic merit throughout the entire undergraduate studies, 2002
  • Awarded the Dean’s Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement for every year of study, 1999 – 2002
  • Miscellaneous other minor awards including:
    • The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) Student Achievement Award for best performance in the final year project, 2002
    • Second price in the Institution of Electrical Engineers 2002 Student Papers Evening
    • The Sir William Goodman Scholarship for best overall Electrical Engineering Level 3 undergraduate, 2001
    • The South Australian Employers’ Chamber Prize In Electronic Engineering for best overall result in selected Level 3 courses, 2001
    • IEE Prize for best overall Electrical Engineering Level 1 undergraduate, 1999

1998 – Curriculum Council of Western Australia, WACE

  • Scored a TES of 465.7 of 510, and a TER ranking of 99.85
  • Awarded a Special Certificate of Distinction for Physics (highest of anyone sitting the exam that year)

CURRENT AND PAST AFFILIATIONS

Last updated: 13 January 2008

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