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Associate Professor

Dan CHIA

Associate Professor
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Computer Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science, University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science , Singapore
Cluster:
Infocomm Technology
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Biography

Dan has been serving as an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology. Prior to his academic career, he gained 17 years of industry experience working at several automotive companies, including Delphi, Siemens VDO, and Continental, from 2001 to 2017. With a portfolio of over 10 patents, his most recent position at Continental was as the Director of ITS Lab and Head of Advanced Development in Asia, focusing on infotainment and connectivity products. His primary area of interest lies in applied research involving artificial intelligence and deterministic methods for ensuring safety operations in Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport Systems. Dan is also actively involved in contributing to industry standards and social innovation. He leverages his experience and expertise to engage with social enterprises to create community awareness and drive social benefits.

SIT Appointments

  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Computer Engineering
    – Present
  • Associate Professor
    – Present
  • Deputy Centre Director, Community Leadership and Social Innovation Centre (CLASIC)
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  • Assistant Director, Community Leadership and Social Innovation Centre (CLASIC)
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  • Senior Lecturer
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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science
    University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science , Singapore
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) (Hons)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Diploma in Electronics Computer and Communication
    Singapore Polytechnic , Singapore

Achievements

  • SIT Teaching Excellence Award for FY2023
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  • SIT Teaching Excellence Award for FY2022
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  • SIT Teaching Excellence Award for FY2019
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  • University of Glasgow Scholarship and SIT Sponsorship for PhD
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  • Continental AG/2016 : International “Automotive Gold Award” - Park&Go app business case
  • Continental AG/2016 : Learning Ambassador Award – contributions towards learning through knowledge sharing
  • Singapore Business Review/2016: International Business Award – Park&Go app
  • Continental AG/2015 : International “Automotive Sliver Award” – Park&Go app
  • Continental AG/2013 : Patent Award on “Car Infotainment System with a Disk Drive having an Improved Thermal efficiency”
  • Continental AG/2013 : Patent Award on “Intelligent Video Navigation for Automobiles”
  • Continental AG/2013 : Patent Award on “Intelligent Improving Utilization Of Intelligent Tuner Reception Profiles By Correlation Of User Information And Levels”
  • Continental AG/2012 : Continental Singapore Brand Ambassador Award
  • Continental AG/2012 : Patent Award on “Improving Efficiency & Optimization of RF Tuner Reception through Inter-Car correlation.
  • Continental AG/2011 : Patent Award on “Increasing Efficiency of a Radio Receiver with an Adaptive tuner.”
  • Continental AG/2011 : Patent Award on “Automatic sound Adaption for an Automobile”
  • Continental AG/2011 : Patent Award on “Adaptable Voltage Level Detection with Resistive Ladder”
  • Continental AG/2010 : Patent Award on “Protection against load dump on multiple automotive interfaces”.
  • Continental AG/2010 : Patent Award on “Intelligent Tuner”.
  • Siemens VDO/2006 : Patent Award on “Booster circuit”.
  • Siemens VDO/2005 : Best Employee Award.

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Technical Committee on Transportation Standards Committee (TPSC)
    – Present
  • Academic Advisory Council - Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE)
    – Present
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
    – Present
  • IEEE Senior Member
    – Present
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Society & Intelligent Transport Systems Society
    – Present

Corporate Experience

  • Continental Automotive Singapore - Project Director of ITS Lab ( with I2R and TUM Create)
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  • Continental Automotive Singapore - Head of Innovation & System integration
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  • Continental AG Regensburg - Assistant to the member of Executive Board of Continental
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  • Continental Automotive Singapore - Electrical Discipline Manager
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  • Siemens VDO - Principal Engineer (Senior Expert)
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  • Delphi - Engineer at SDEC
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Research Interests

  • Computer-vision and analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • Real-time embedded systems
  • intelligent Transport Systems
  • Automotive System and architectures
  • AI for Autonomous Vehicle
  • Risk assessment and safety for Autonomous Systems

Current Projects

  • Real-time Risk Assessment Assistance for Cooperative Mode (RaRaC) Using V2X for Vehicles and Pedestrian in Urban Conditions
    – Present
  • Functional Risk for AV using AI Hybrid Deterministic Method
    – Present
  • Autonomous Vehicle and Smart Lamp Post
    – Present
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Journal Papers

  • W. M. D. Chia, S. L. Keoh, A. L. Michala and C. Goh, "Infrastructure-based pedestrian risk tagging methodology to support AV risk assessment," in IEEE Access, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188306

  • W. M. D. Chia, S. L. Keoh, C. Goh and C. Johnson, "Risk Assessment Methodologies for Autonomous Driving: A Survey," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1-17,2022, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2022.3163747

     

Conferences

  • Lee, C. C., Mokhtar, I. A., Chia, W. M. D. (2024). Examining the reflection entries of undergraduate social innovation projects (pp.36-42). Proceedings of the 2024 IARSLCE Asia-Pacific Conference X International Conference on Service-Learning, 3-6 Dec, Hong Kong. 

  • Z. M. Lee, L. X. Tan, C. T. Choo, and W. M. D. Chia, "Real-Time Risk Tag Forecasting for Safer Intelligent Transportation," in 2024 IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring), 24-27 June 2024 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/VTC2024-Spring62846.2024.10683525.

  • Mokhtar, I.A., Chia, W.M.D., Tay, N.H.S., Devilly, O.Z., & Ibrahim, Y. (2022). Integrating Community Leadership and Social Innovation in the University Curriculum: A CLASIC Approach In O. Noroozi & I. Sahin (Eds.), Studies on Education, Science, and Technology 2022 (pp. 207-222). ISTES Organization.

  • W. M. D. Chia, S. L. Keoh, A. L. Michala, and C. Goh, "Real-time Recursive Risk Assessment Framework for Autonomous Vehicle Operations," in 2021 IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Spring), 25-28 April 2021 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/VTC2021-Spring51267.2021.9448759

  •  Y. Wang, D. W. M. Chia, and Y. Ha, "Vulnerability of Deep Learning Model based Anomaly Detection in Vehicle Network," in 2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 9-12 Aug. 2020 2020, pp. 293-296, doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS48704.2020.9184472.

  • A. I. Niculescu et al., "Designing IDA - An Intelligent Driver Assistant for Smart City Parking in Singapore," in Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015, Cham, J. Abascal, S. Barbosa, M. Fetter, T. Gross, P. Palanque, and M. Winckler, Eds., 2015// 2015: Springer International Publishing, pp. 510-513.

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Teaching Modules

Computer Engineering, BEng (Hons)

  • TLM2003 - Instrumentation and Displays
  • TLM3009 - Automotive Electronics
  • CEG3001 - Capstone Project

Past

  • ICT1001 - Introduction to ICT (3066)
  • TLM1007 - Digital Systems (5236)
  • TLM1004 - Introduction to Programming (5221)
  • TLM3001 - Group Design Project (5311)
  • TLM3008 - Infotainment Technologies (5346)
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