John Puifai Sum

1. John Puifai Sum BEng, MPhil, PhD Assistant Professor, Institute of E-CommerceCollege of Social Science and ManagementNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung 40227, Taiwan

2. 1992 BEng, Electronic Engineering HK Polytechnic University 1995 MPhil, Computer Science & Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong Thesis Title: Soft Self Organizing Map Committee: Prof. LW Chan (CSE CUHK), Prof. Irwin King (CSE CUHK), Prof. E. Oja (CIS HUT Finland), Prof. Lei Xu (CSE CUHK), 1998 PhD, Computer Science & Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Thesis Title: Extended Kalman Filter Based Pruning Algorithms And Several Aspects Of Neural Network Learning Committee: Prof. CH Cheng (SEEM CUHK), Prof. WK Kan (CSE CUHK), Prof. P. Tam (EIE PolyU HK), Prof. KH Wong (CSE CUHK), Prof. G. Young (CSE CUHK) 98/Sep~00/Mar Postdoc Teaching Fellow, Hong Kong Baptist University 00/Mar~00/Aug Lecturer, Open University of Hong Kong 00/Sep~04/Aug Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 04/Oct~05/Jan Senior Research Assistant (Visiting Scholar), City University of Hong Kong, 05/Feb~07/Jul Assistant Professor, Chung Shan Medical University 07/Aug~ Assistant Professor, National Chung Hsing University Education/Working John Sum, IEC NCHU

3. TEACHING

4. Philosophy • As a teacher, I believe. • Teaching is a process of knowledge transfer. • Teachers are knowledge maker and we make knowledge makers as well. John Sum, IEC NCHU

5. Courses Taught (NCHU) • EC Websites Development – Lectures, Assignments, Group Projects (Midterm Progress Report, Final Report & Presentation), Midterm Exam, Final Exam. • Data Communication & Networking – Lectures, Readings, Group Project (Report & Presentation) • Website Design – Lectures, Lab Exercises, Group Project (Report & Presentation) • EC Project Management – Lectures, Readings, Group Project (Report & Presentation) • Data Mining – Lectures, Readings, Group Project (Report & Presentation) • Neural Networks with Applications – Lectures, Class Exercises, Readings & Discussion, Group Project (Report & Presentation) John Sum, IEC NCHU

6. Examination Paper John Sum, IEC NCHU

7. Tutorials for Management Research Projects John Sum, IEC NCHU

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9. RESEARCH

10. Philosophy • As a researcher, I believe. • Research is my life-long mission. • Researchers are responsible to generate and disseminate new knowledge to the world. • I research there I am. John Sum, IEC NCHU

11. Research Interests • Neural Networks • Fault Tolerant Neural Networks • Training and pruning algorithms for FNN & RNN • Dynamic Properties of Neural Networks • Statistical Learning • Social Networking : Gnutella & Small World Hopfield Network • Combinatorial Auction & E-marketplace • Parallel & Distributed Computing • RFID & Sensor Networks • Mobile Agent Based Routing & Network Management • Distributed System Development • Pricing Web Services John Sum, IEC NCHU

12. OVER 100 PUBLICATIONS

13. Publications John Sum, IEC NCHU

14. Publications John Sum, IEC NCHU

15. Recent Journal Publications (2005-) • John Sum, Fault tolerant learning for neural networks: Survey, framework and future work, International Journal of Advanced Information Technologies, June Issue 2009 • John Sum, Jie Wu and Kevin Ho, On Unbounded Zero-One Knapsack with Discrete-Sized Objects, International Journal of Computers & Applications, 2009. • John Sum, Chi-sing Leung and Kevin Ho, On objective function, regularizer and prediction error of a learning algorithm for dealing with multiplicative weight noise, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol.20(1), 124-138, 2009. • Chi-sing Leung and John Sum, A fault tolerant regularizer for RBF networks, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 19 (3), pp.493-507, 2008. • John Sum and Chi-sing Leung, Prediction error of a fault tolerant neural network, Neurocomputing, Vol. 72 (1-3), 653-658, December, 2008. • John Sum, Jie Wu, Chi-sing Leung and Kevin Ho, Analysis on a simulated model for Gnutella topology: Connectedness and extension, International Journal of Computers & Applications, Vol.30(3), December 2008. • Chi-sing Leung, John Sum and Herbert Chan, Improved transmission of vector quantized data over noisy channels, Neural Computing & Applications, Vol.17(1), pp.1-9, 2008. John Sum, IEC NCHU

16. Recent Journal Publications (2005-) • Kevin Ho, Jie Wu & John Sum, On session lifetime distribution of Gnutella, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, Vol.23, No.1, pp.1-15, 2008. • John Sum, Jie Wu, Kevin Ho, Analysis on a Localized Pruning Method for Connected Dominating Sets, Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Vol.23(4), 1073-1086, July 2007. • John Sum, Jie Wu and Chi-sing Leung, On profit density based greedy algorithm for a resource allocation problem in web services, International Journal of Computers & Applications, Vol.29, Issue 2, 2007. • John Sum and Kevin Ho, On-line estimation of the final prediction error via recursive least square method, Neurocomputing, Vol. 69, 2420-2424, 2006. • Wenyu Qu, Hong Shen and John Sum, New analysis on mobile agents based network routing, Applied Soft Computing, Volume 6(1), Pages 108-118, Nov 2005. • Wenyu Qu, Hong Shen and John Sum, Stochastic analysis on mobile agent-based e-shopping, International Journal of Electronic Business, Vol.3, 339-355, 2005. John Sum, IEC NCHU

17. Citations John Sum, IEC NCHU

18. SERVICES

19. Community Services • As an academician, I believe that. • Serving the society is a way to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of knowledge. • Most importance, we help amongst each other to elongate the sustainability of our academic world. John Sum, IEC NCHU

20. Academic Visit (2007-) • School of Computer Science, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China (Oct 2008) • School of Business Administration, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China (Oct 2008) • Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (July 2008) • Faculty of Economics, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (April 2008) • Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand (April 2008) • Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China (Nov 2007) John Sum, IEC NCHU

21. Invited Seminars (2006 -) • Fault Tolerant Learning. School of Computer Science, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China (08 FALL) • Computational Intelligence. School of Business Administration, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China (08 FALL) • How to Publish: A personal experience. School of Business Administration, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China (08 FALL) • Fault Tolerant Learning: Survey & Framework. Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology. (08 SPRING) • On a multiple nodes fault tolerant training for RBF. Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, (07 SPRING) • Pricing Web Services. Department of Computer Science and Information Management, Providence University, (06 SPRING) John Sum, IEC NCHU

22. Conference Organization • Competition Chair, International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (ICONIP), December 2009, Bangkok, Thailand. • Organization Committee, Workshop on Supply Chain Management & Information Systems (SCMIS), July 2009, NCHU Taichung. • Organization Committee, International Conference in Business and Ethic, April 2009, Taichung Taiwan. • Organization Committee, Conference on Contemporary EC Applications and Practices, November 2008, NCHU Taichung. • Organization Committee, Symposium on Cross Strait Marketing & Trade Integration, October 2008, Xinjiang China. John Sum, IEC NCHU

23. Conference PC • International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (ICONIP), Auckland, New Zealand, November 2008. • IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2008. • Workshop on Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Networks (WASN) 2006 – 2009. • International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching and Learning, Hong Kong, 2006-2009. • IEEE International Region 10 Conference (TENCON) Hong Kong, November 14-17, 2006. • IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Technology on Ubiquitous Computing (MTUC), Taichung, Taiwan June 2006. • International Conference on Grid & Pervasive Computing (GPC), Taichung, Taiwan, May 2006. John Sum, IEC NCHU

24. Editorial • Editorial Broad • Associate Editor, International Journal of Computers and Applications (EI) • Reviewers • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (SCI) • International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networks (EI) • International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation • International Journal of Neural Systems (SCI) • International Journal of System Science (SCI) • Journal of Information Science & Engineering (SCI) • Pattern Recognition (SCI) • Neurocomputing (SCI) • Neural Computing & Applications (SCI) • Neural Networks (SCI) John Sum, IEC NCHU

25. CAREER PLAN

26. In The Future • Teaching • Develop new Courses in Statistical Learning • Seek for overseas academic exchange opportunities • Master/PhD students supervision • Research • Application of NN in management science • Fault tolerant learning • Social Networking • Seek for external funding for research • Services • Conference Organizations • Editorial Broad and Reviewers • Executive Committee of Academic Societies • University services John Sum, IEC NCHU

27. I Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . • A good teacher. • A good researcher. • A good academician. • An associate professor in NCHU. • A full professor in NCHU. • An IEEE FELLOW. Still being one of your colleagues ! John Sum, IEC NCHU

28. Thank You ! pfsum@nchu.edu.tw Rm 821, New Building John Sum, IEC NCHU