Ng Chi-Kong (伍志剛)

	Senior Instructor BSc, MSc, MPhil (Hong Kong Baptist University) PhD (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
	Office:	Room 704, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building
	Phone:	(852) 2609-8241
	E-mail:	ckng@se.cuhk.edu.hk
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NG, Chi-Kong (Kevin) obtained his B. Sc. (Honors), M. Sc. (Distinction), and M. Phil. degrees from the Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his Ph. D. degree in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management in 2003 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and is currently a senior instructor there. His Ph. D. Dissertation (supervised by Prof. Duan LI), entitled "High Performance Continuous/Discrete Global Optimization Methods," has been awarded the CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Awards 2003 by CUHK and the Outstanding Ph. D. Thesis Award 2003 by the Faculty of Engineering, CUHK.

Kevin's research interests include theoretical, computational, and practical aspects of global optimization, nonlinear integer programming, discrete-time optimal control, inventory control and supply chain management. He has published articles in Journal of Global Optimization, Computational Optimization and Applications, etc. He is a member of IEEE, INFORMS, POP, and SIAM.

Research Interests

Theoretical, computational and practical aspects of
- global optimization
- nonlinear integer programming
- discrete-time optimal control
- inventory control and supply chain management

Selected Publications

Chi-Kong Ng, Li-Zhi Liao and Duan Li, "A Globally Convergent and Efficient Method for Unconstrained Discrete-Time Optimal Control," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 3-4, pp. 401-421, 2002.

Chi-Kong Ng, "High Performance Continuous/Discrete Global Optimization Methods," Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.

Lian-Sheng Zhang, Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Wei-Wen Tian, "A New Filled Function Method for Global Optimization," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 17-43, 2004.

Chi-Kong Ng, Lian-Sheng Zhang, Duan Li and Wei-Wen Tian, "Discrete Filled Function Method for Discrete Global Optimization," Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 87-115, 2005.

Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Filled Function Approaches to Nonlinear Integer Programming: A Survey," In S. H. Hou, X. M. Yang, G. Y. Chen and J. Xu, (Editors), Frontiers in Optimization and Control, Kluwer Academic Publishers, accepted for publication, 2005.

Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Discrete Global Descent Method for Discrete Global Optimization and Nonlinear Integer Programming," Journal of Global Optimization, accepted for publication, 2006. (See http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~nlip)

Chi-Kong Ng, Duan Li and Lian-Sheng Zhang, "Global Descent Method for Global Optimization," submitted for publication, 2005.