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Jon Quah

Jon Quah

30+ Years' Experience in Research and Tertiary Education (local and Overseas)

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SingaporeMember since December 1, 2025
Software EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceNeural NetworksData AnalyticsPythonC++JavaData Structures and AlgorithmsCloud ComputingVirtualizationObject-oriented Analysis and DesignSoftware Quality AssuranceOperating SystemsDatabase Management SystemsExcel ModellingBusiness Data VisualizationUnified Modelling Language (UML)PL/SQLCurriculum DevelopmentProject ManagementResearchTeachingCommunicationFinancial Market ModelingFraud DetectionSoftware Reliability PredictionExpert SystemsNatural Language ProcessingComputer SecurityIdentity Management
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About

30+ years' experience in research and tertiary education (local and overseas). Strong interests in teaching. Good Students' Teaching Evaluations.

Areas of interest: Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytic, Programming.

Objective: Using my 30-year experience as researcher and educator to nurture the next generation.

Experience

Adjunct Lecturer - Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Singapore

(2020-08)

Part-time lecturer in Software Engineering, Python, Data Structures and algorithms, Introduction to Databases.

Adjunct Lecturer - Singapore Management University - Singapore

(2024-01 - 2024-06)

Part-time lecturer in Excel Modelling.

Adjunct Lecturer - Nanyang Polytechnic - Singapore

(2021-04 - 2022-08)

Part-time lecturer in Software Engineering, Python.

Adjunct Lecturer - Singapore Institute of Technology - Singapore

(2020-09 - 2020-12)

Part-time lecturer in Software Engineering / Agile Development.

Associate Lecturer - Singapore University of Social Sciences - Singapore

(2020-07 - 2023-11)

Part-time lecturer in Data Analytics and Business Data Visualization, Database Management Systems

Lecturer - Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Canada

(2012-08 - 2020-05)

Created several Cloud related courses: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Identity Management. I taught Computer Science subjects: C++, Java, Software Quality Assurance, Object-oriented Analysis and Design, Excel for Business Analytics, Operating Systems, Computer Fundamentals.

Sessional Lecturer - University of the Fraser Valley - Canada

(2013-01 - 2016-07)

I taught Computer Science subjects: Project Management, Data Structure, C++ Programming.

  • Managed to guide a blind student through the Data Structure course.

Sessional Lecturer - University of British Columbia - Canada

(2018-01 - 2020-05)

I taught Computer Science subjects: C++ Programming.

Lecturer / Assistant Professor / Teaching Fellow - Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Singapore

(1997-09 - 2011-12)

I have taught core subjects such as Software Engineering and C++. Class size of C++ lecture: 1300 students / year. Teaching appraisals reached a high of 4.7/5.0. I started a part-time MSc program, taught Software Engineering with Unified Modelling Language (UML). Total research grants ~SGD 0.5 million.

Areas of research: financial market modeling (prescriptive analytics), software reliability, IoT and proximity systems. Publication index (>100 referred publications, total citations: 1779, i-10 index: 19).

Education

PhD - Computer Science – AI - National University of Singapore (NUS), School of Computing (SOC) (1997-05)

PGDipthe - Post-graduate Diploma of Teaching in Higher Education - Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – National Institute of Education (2001-06)

MSc - Computer and Information Science - National University of Singapore (NUS), School of Computing (SOC) (1991-06)

BSc (Hons) - Computer and Information Science - National University of Singapore (NUS), School of Computing (SOC) (1998-06)

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