With over $5 million in research and industry funding, more than 260 publications, and nearly 10,000 citations, UNE Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Raymond Chiong, is a force to be reckoned with.
His impressive reputation has been cemented for the second year running, with Research.com once again naming the School of Science and Technology professor in their 'World’s Best Scientists' list.
Earlier this year, Professor Chiong was also named in Stanford University’s World’s top 2% list for the fourth year in a row, which recognises the globe’s most cutting-edge researchers.
"I published my first paper in 2004 and have been working in the computer science field for over 20 years, so it makes me happy and proud to be recognised again," he says.
Professor Chiong has built an international reputation for his work using AI methods for computational modelling, as well as tackling industrial prediction and optimisation problems.
Since joining UNE in 2024, he's been involved in projects that aim to use AI to detect Alzheimer’s disease and other mental health-related issues.
He's also lending his expertise to a range of agricultural-related work, such as commodity price forecasting, and plant disease detection and risk management.
"AI can get things done much more quickly and accurately than we can," he explains. "It’s also able to generate new knowledge and discover things that we wouldn’t have previously been able to."
Professor Chiong is the Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Computers in Industry journal. He also serves as an Editor for Elsevier’s Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.
For those hoping to follow in his footsteps and pursue a career in AI, Professor Chiong thinks there's one key skill everyone should brush up on.
"I’d recommend anyone interested in the field of AI to start by developing some programming and coding skills. Without that, it will be difficult."
Congratulations, Professor Chiong!
