Professor Roderick S.
C. Wong
PhD (Alberta), FRS (Canada)
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City University of Hong Kong |
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83 Tat Chee Avenue |
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Kowloon |
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Hong Kong |
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(852) 2788 - 7721 |
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(852) 2788 - 8462 |
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rscwong@cityu.edu.hk |
Prof Roderick S C Wong was born
in Shanghai, China. He obtained his BA degree in Mathematics from San Diego
State College in 1965 and his PhD from the University of Alberta in 1969. He
started his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics
at the University of Manitoba, where he stayed for almost 25 years. In 1973, he
was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1979 to Full Professor. In 1986, he
was appointed Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics, a post he held
until he left the University of Manitoba in 1994.
Prof Wong joined City University of Hong Kong in early 1994 to take up the post
of Professor of Mathematics. He was concurrently appointed Head of the then
newly formed Department of Mathematics. In 1995, he led the efforts for the
establishment of the Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences and was
appointed Director of the Centre. From 1995 to 1997, he was the Associate Dean
of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. From 1998 to 2004, he was the Dean of
the Faculty. From October 2004 to March 2006, he was Dean of Research and
Graduate Studies. In April 2006, he was appointed Vice-President
(Research) / Dean of Graduate Studies.
Prof Wong was the
Vice-President of the Canadian Applied Mathematics Society in 1988 and the
President in 1989 and 1990. During 1988-1991, he served on the Grants Selection
Committee for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Natural Science and Engineering
Research Council of Canada. From 1991-1993, he was a Vice-President of the
Canadian Mathematical Society, and from 1996-1998, he was the President of the
Hong Kong Mathematical Society.
Prof Wong was the
Co-Editor-in-Chief of “Methods and Applications of Analysis” from
1993-1999. He is presently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of “Analysis and
Applications” and “Acta Mathematica Scientia”. He also serves on the
Editorial Board of “Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics ” ,
“Comptes rendus mathématiques/ Mathematical Reports”, “Experimental
Mathematics”, “Advances in Mathematics (China)”, “Chinese Annals of
Mathematics” and “Studies in Applied Mathematics”,
“Journal of Approximation Theory” ,
“Asymptotic Analysis”, “Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London (Series A), and as the Series Editor of
“Books in Analysis” published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.
The honours bestowed on Prof Wong include the Killam Research Fellowship (1982-1984), given by the Canada Council, and the Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research (1984) from the University of Manitoba. Prof Wong is holding the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada, an honour he obtained in 1993 through election. In 2001, he was elected to the Academy of Sciences of Turin (Italy) as a foreign member. In 2004, he was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government. In 2007, he was elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences. In 2008, he was also awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa by Ovidius University, Constantza, Romania.
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Asymptotic analysis,
perturbation methods, special functions and orthogonal polynomials, integral
transforms, integral equations, ordinary differential equations.