Steven WONG
Profile
SIT Appointments
- University-Module Coordinator, Digital Competency Essentials– Present
- Professor– Present
- Director, Projects, Office of the Provost– Present
- Deputy Cluster Director, Infocomm Technology–
- Associate Professor–
- Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Information and Communication Technology (Information Security)–
- Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Information and Communication Technology (Software Engineering)–
- Assistant Professor–
Education
- PhD (Informatics)University of Edinburgh , United Kingdom
- BASc (1st Class Hons) Computer EngineeringNanyang Technological University , Singapore
- Diploma (with Merit) in Electronics, Computer & Communication EngineeringSingapore Polytechnic , Singapore
Achievements
- The Cybersecurity Awards (Leader)
- National Day Public Administration Medal (Bronze)
- Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching Award
- Most Popular Lecturer Award
- Certificate of Merit for paper, International Conference on Wireless Networks, World Congress on Engineering, U.K
- Most Popular 2nd Year Lecturer Award
- Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship Award
- Top 10 Most Popular Lecturer Award
- NTU Senior Tutorship Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies
- Compaq Gold Medal, 1st in General Proficiency throughout course of study at NTU
- Industrial Attachment Book Prize, For outstanding performance during industrial attachment at NTU
- NTU Alumni Prize, NTU For excellence in academic studies and extra-curriculum activities at NTU
- Cadence Prize, For outstanding achievements in academic studies at Singapore Polytechnic
Professional Memberships
- President, Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP)– Present
- Co-Chair, Working Group 3 (WG3) , Telecommunications Standards Advisory Committee (TSAC), Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA)– Present
- Co-Chair, Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST) Singapore– Present
- Chair, APAC Education Council, Cloud Security Alliance– Present
- Vice-chairman, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)– Present
Corporate Experience
- Director in two local companies and has provided consultancy services to clients locally as well as from India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, mainly in the area of embedded systems, system integration, software design, cyber security and IoT.
Research
Research Interests
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Cybersecurity and Network Systems
Steven’s applied research area is in cybersecurity and network systems, focusing on the infrastructures, communication protocols and applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Internet-of-Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Operational Technology (OT) (such as broadcast or building management systems). These networks are of various sizes, from localised body-area networks to networks that spans across large geographical spaces. They also cover domains such as medical technologies, minimally-invasive surgeries, ambient computing, intelligent transportation systems, water/energy networks, environmental, tectonic and volcanic monitoring. Being a well-recognised expert, Steven is cited regularly by the media and frequently invited to speak at conferences and workshops. Steven has also worked on several industry standards that are currently in-force and authored several dozen publications in reputable research journals and proceedings. He has also been granted 3 patents from his applied research work.