Dr. Andy Chun was appointed the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in October 2009. As CIO, Dr. Chun is responsible for all aspects of the University’s ICT infrastructure, service and strategy to support teaching, learning, research, outreach and administrative operations. He oversees the University’s information management services from data collection, maintenance, management, distribution and analysis to support the University’s strategic directions and planning. Dr. Chun is the line manager for CityU's Computing Services Centre and the Enterprise Solutions Office.
Dr. Chun joined the University in 1994. Prior to his appointment as CIO, Dr. Chun was an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science where he also served as the Programme Leader for their B.Sc. Computer Science Programme and the Subject Group Leader for the Software Engineering Group.
Dr. Chun has over two decades of experience in higher education, IT research and development, and management. His work on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for enterprise optimization has been honored with numerous ICT awards, including five Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) Awards from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Asia-Pacific ICT Award (APICTA), and the IT Excellence Award from the Hong Kong Computer Society. In 2009, the Hong Kong Computer Society further honored Dr. Chun with two Outstanding IT Achiever Awards (OITAA) – for research and IT professional excellence.
Dr. Chun holds a B.Sc. from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Serving Committees
- Chairman of the Committee on Information Services and Technology (CIST)
- Chairman of the Project 4Y Steering Group - Re-engineering of Student Administration for the 4-Year Normative degree Structure (supported by UGC Restructuring and Collaboration Fund)
- Chairman of the Task Group for Corporate Identity
- Member of the 4-Year Curriculum Implementation Group (CIG)
- Member of the Budget Committee
- Member of the Campus Development Committee
- Member of the Campus Development Project Steering Group
- Member of the Committee on Statutes
- Member of the Committee on the 4-Year Degree
- Member of the General Education Committee
- Member of the Management Board
- Member of the Quality Audit Steering Group
- Member of the Senate
- Member of the Court
- In Attendance of the Academic Policy Committee
- In Attendance of the Campus Master Plan Development Sub-Committee
- In Attendance of the Campus Space and Accommodation Sub-Committee
