I am a M.Phil. student working on applied cryptography, in particular, privacy-preserving machine learning and cryptocurrencies/blockchains, under the supervision of Prof. Sherman S.M. Chow. I’m also a resident tutor at CUHK’s Shaw College.

Education

• M.Phil. in Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018 - Present
• B.Sc. in Mathematic and Information Engineering, First-class Honours, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014 - 2018
  • Minor in Computer Science
  • ELITE Stream: Engineering Leadership, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Work experience

• Summer 2017: Research Assistant
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Project 1: Magma-DNN, a high-performance DNN library for heterogeneous hardwares
  • Supervisor: Prof. Stanimire Tomov and Prof. Kwai Wong
  • Project 2: Models for decodiing brain-wave to classify users’ intended computer cursor movement
  • Supervisors: Prof. Xiaopeng Zhao
• Summer 2016: Research Assistant
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • A machine learning library utilizing distributed computation
  • Supervisor: Prof. James Cheng

Publications

Optimizing Prediction Model for a Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface Platform Using Channel Selection, Classification, and Regression

Borhani, Soheil, Justin Kilmarx, David Saffo, Lucien Ng, Reza Abiri, and Xiaopeng Zhao. "Optimizing Prediction Model for a Noninvasive Brain – Computer Interface Platform Using Channel Selection, Classification, and Regression." IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 23, no. 6, 2019.

MagmaDNN: Accelerated Deep Learning Using MAGMA

Nichols, Daniel, Kwai Wong, Stan Tomov, Lucien Ng, Sihan Chen, and Alex Gessinger. "MagmaDNN: Accelerated deep learning using Magma." Proc. of the Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing on Rise of the Machines (learning) 2019.

Learning Model with Error – exposing the hidden model of BAYHENN

Harry W. H. Wong, Jack P. K. Ma, Donald P. H. Wong, Lucien K. L. Ng, Sherman S. M. Chow. "Learning Model with Error -- exposing the hidden model of BAYHENN." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence -- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI--PRICAI) 2020. To appear.

On the Memory Requirements of Block Interleaver for Batched Network Codes

Hoover H. F. Yin, Ka Hei Ng, Xishi Wang, Qi Cao, and Lucien K. L. Ng. "On the Memory Requirements of Block Interleaver for Batched Network Codes." IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory 2020, to appear.

Scholarships & Awards

• Bronze Award of the ASM Technology Award 2018
  • High-quality final year project in engineering
  • Fully-sponsored trip to Munich, Germany & a scholarship
• Wu Yee Sun College’s Master’s List 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18
  • Topmost student of each major program in college
• Faculty’s Dean’s List 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18
  • Top in the Faculty of Engineering
• ELITE Stream Student Scholarship 2017/18
  • Excellent performance on ELITE courses
• 1978 Mathematics Alumnus Li Sze-lim Scholarship 2017/18
  • Full sponsorship for oversea research
• Wu Yee Sun College’s Academic Excellence Scholarship 2016/17
  • Top 3 students of each faulty in the college
• CUHK Mathematic Scholarship 2014/15
  • Excellent performance on HKDSE

Teaching

IERG 5310 Security and Privacy in Cyber Systems

IERG 5590 Advanced Topics in Blockchain

Programming Skills

• Programming Languages
  • Python (Fluent)
  • C/C++ (Fluent)
  • Javascript, C#, Java, Go, R, Prolong, PHP, …
• Familiar Frameworks/Libraries
  • Pytorch (Deep Neural Network & High-Performance Computation)
  • Microsoft SEAL (Homomorphic Encryption)
  • Intel SGX (Trusted Execution Enviroment)
  • Intel TBB (Multicore Programming)
  • CUDA (GPU Programming)
  • Magma (High-performance Scientific Computation)
  • gRPC (Remote Procedure Calls)
  • ZeroMQ (Messaging Kernel)

Languages

• Chinese (Native)
• English (Fluent)