Dr Peter C Y Yau
- Assistant Professor in Computing Science (Singapore) (Singapore: Computing Science)
Biography
Dr Peter YAU is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow (UofG, Singapore campus). Peter received his DBA at the University of Newcastle, Australia; his dissertation is entitled "An Empirical Study of the Drivers and Impediments in the Adoption of Financial Technology"
Peter has international consulting experience with a track record in managing change in organizations and system development. He delivered ambitious results for financial institutions, public transport providers, Big 4 accounting firms, etc. He pioneered in building the first unmanned smart-tech laboratory in Hong Kong for teaching, learning and research purposes. Before joining the UofG, he worked as an adjunct faculty in various engineering institutes, and a global EMBA school. His recent commercial deployment is a Fintech project related to automation: "Finding Global Investment Opportunities by Using Big Data Analysis - A Social Sentiment Listening Approach with Machine Learning".
He is an Amazon AWS Educate Cloud ambassador and a program evaluator for the computing accreditation commission at ABET. Peter loves to travel: he carried his laptop to Amazon, Himalayas, and Safari.
Research interests
- Web Development
- Cloud Computing
- System Automation
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Enterprise Software & Development Methodology
- Financial Technology (Fintech)
- Algo-trade, Behavioural Finance & Sentiment Analysis
Teaching
- CSC3010 Information Retrieval
- CSC3002 Integrated Work Study Programme
- CSC3001 Capstone Project
- CSC2012 Professional Software Development 2
- CSC2002 Team Project
- CSC1106 Web Programming
- CSC1009 Object Oriented Programming
- MEC3361 Industrial Internet of Things and Data Analytics 2
Professional activities & recognition
Editorial boards
- 2022: Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
- 2022: Software Engineering
Selected international presentations
- 2022: Using STEAM to Motivate the Next Generation in the Learning Journey @ Asian Festival of Children's Content (Singapore)
- 2022: When Open Science meets Open Source @ FOSSASIA Summit (Singapore)
- 2022: T2 Deep Tech Training @ Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks (Hong Kong)
- 2021: Empower Educators with Oracle Academy Cloud Program (Online)
- 2018: Fintech Adoption and Its Application in Hong Kong @ SUNY Korea Seminar (South Korea)
Additional information
Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT)
Research Interests:
- Learning Factory Design and Implementation
- Pedagogy in Applied Learning
Projects (selected):
- Unmanned smart-tech learning factory in Hong Kong
- Multimedia live streaming and archive system for art teachings
- Mixed reality digital image teaching system for fashion items
- Relationship study between Applied Learning, Training Methodology and Continuous Education
- Accessibility for teaching and learning materials in web and mobile formats
Personal Websites