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==Industry, public sector and universities==
==Industry, public sector and universities==
From 2002 to 2004, Toh was the Director of Research,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trw-adds-boeing-to-team-in-pursuit-of-warfighter-information-network-tactical-contract-76214797.html|title=TRW Adds Boeing to Team in Pursuit of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Contract|access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160120/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trw-adds-boeing-to-team-in-pursuit-of-warfighter-information-network-tactical-contract-76214797.html|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Communication Systems, at TRW Systems Corporation (now Northrop Grumman Inc) in [[Carson, California]]. After his PhD in 1996, he joined Hughes Research Laboratories in [[Malibu, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=583988&dl=ACM&coll=DL|title=Wireless: the revolution in personal telecommunications}}</ref> At Hughes, he co-led the [[DARPA]] TTO DAMAN (Deployable and Adaptive Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) Program. Earlier on, he worked as an engineer at [[Advanced Logic Research]] Computers, [[Archive Corporation]], and served on the technology advisory board of Convergence Corporation (acquired by [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=502888 |title=Amazon.com Acquires Convergence Corporation}}</ref>).
From 2002 to 2004, Toh was the Director of Research,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trw-adds-boeing-to-team-in-pursuit-of-warfighter-information-network-tactical-contract-76214797.html|title=TRW Adds Boeing to Team in Pursuit of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Contract|access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160120/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trw-adds-boeing-to-team-in-pursuit-of-warfighter-information-network-tactical-contract-76214797.html|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Communication Systems, at TRW Systems Corporation (now Northrop Grumman Inc) in [[Carson, California]]. After his PhD in 1996, he joined Hughes Research Laboratories in [[Malibu, California]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/583982.583988|title=Wireless|date=1 July 1997|journal=ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review|via=dl.acm.org}}</ref> At Hughes, he co-led the [[DARPA]] TTO DAMAN (Deployable and Adaptive Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) Program. Earlier on, he worked as an engineer at [[Advanced Logic Research]] Computers, [[Archive Corporation]], and served on the technology advisory board of Convergence Corporation (acquired by [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=502888|title=Amazon.com Acquires Convergence Corporation}}</ref>).


Since 2011, he has been appointed the Tsing Hua Honor Chair Professor of Computer Science (Taiwan).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ethw.org/Chai_K._Toh|title=Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Chai K. Toh}}</ref> He has also been an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Guest Editorial Special Section on On-the-Road Mobile Networks|doi=10.1109/TITS.2007.907049|year=2007|last1=Toh|first1=C. K.|journal=IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems|volume=8|issue=3|pages=378}}</ref> China (2004–2009), Honorary Professor at the University of Essex,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/staff/profile.aspx?ID=3372|title=Honorary Professor, University of Essex|access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220150930/https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/staff/profile.aspx?ID=3372|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/news_and_seminars/newsEvent.aspx?e_id=5511|title=Professor CK Toh awarded Honorary Professor of University of Essex|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155352/https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/news_and_seminars/newsEvent.aspx?e_id=5511|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> UK (2013–2015), Honorary Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, FRANCE (2013), and Advisory Professor of Computer Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grc.upv.es/cktoh/ |title=Web site at Technical University Valencia, SPAIN}}</ref> at Technical University of Valencia, SPAIN. Earlier on, he was a tenured Chair Professor at the University of London (2004–2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.vde.com/Conferences_en/PIMRC+2005/Tutorials/T10.htm|title=Advanced Topics on Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks}}</ref> and on the faculty at University of California, Irvine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0241006|title=Principal Investigator, CK Toh, U C Irvine 2003}}</ref> and at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Since 2011, he has been appointed the Tsing Hua Honor Chair Professor of Computer Science (Taiwan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ethw.org/Chai_K._Toh|title=Chai K. Toh - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|website=ethw.org}}</ref> He has also been an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Guest Editorial Special Section on On-the-Road Mobile Networks|doi=10.1109/TITS.2007.907049|year=2007|last1=Toh|first1=C. K.|journal=IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems|volume=8|issue=3|pages=378}}</ref> China (2004–2009), Honorary Professor at the University of Essex,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/staff/profile.aspx?ID=3372|title=Honorary Professor, University of Essex|access-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220150930/https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/staff/profile.aspx?ID=3372|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/news_and_seminars/newsEvent.aspx?e_id=5511|title=Professor CK Toh awarded Honorary Professor of University of Essex|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155352/https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/news_and_seminars/newsEvent.aspx?e_id=5511|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> UK (2013–2015), Honorary Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, FRANCE (2013), and Advisory Professor of Computer Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grc.upv.es/cktoh/ |title=Web site at Technical University Valencia, SPAIN}}</ref> at Technical University of Valencia, SPAIN. Earlier on, he was a tenured Chair Professor at the University of London (2004–2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.vde.com/Conferences_en/PIMRC+2005/Tutorials/T10.htm|title=Advanced Topics on Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks}}</ref> and on the faculty at University of California, Irvine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0241006|title=NSF Award Search: Award#0241006 - Wireless Technology: Issues on QoS Stability, Sensitivity, Flow & Congestion Control in Wireless Broadband Networks|website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref> and at Georgia Institute of Technology.


In 2014, Toh was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology), a newly created position, of [[Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore]] (IDA) in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emtechasia.com/2015|title=EMTechAsia - Influential thinkers and innovators, 2015|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imda.gov.sg/news-and-events/Media-Room/archived/ida/Media-Releases/2014/ida-appoints-new-assistant-chief-executive-engineering-and-technology | title=IDA Appoints New Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology) | accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref> He left IDA in 2016 to join [[Singapore Power]] (SP Group) as CTO and vice-president. Toh left SP Group in the same year.
In 2014, Toh was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology), a newly created position, of [[Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore]] (IDA) in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emtechasia.com/2015|title=EMTechAsia - Influential thinkers and innovators, 2015|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imda.gov.sg/news-and-events/Media-Room/archived/ida/Media-Releases/2014/ida-appoints-new-assistant-chief-executive-engineering-and-technology | title=IDA Appoints New Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology) | accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref> He left IDA in 2016 to join [[Singapore Power]] (SP Group) as CTO and vice-president. Toh left SP Group in the same year.


==Inventions and awards==
==Inventions and awards==
Toh was as an IEEE Expert Lecturer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/downloads/ring/ring-2003-01.pdf|title=The Ring, Page 6}}</ref> of the IEEE Communications Society from 2002 to 2003. He is also listed among the top 20 authors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esi-topics.com/wireless/authors/b1a.html|title=Essential Science Indicators, Wireless Mobile Networks, Top 20}}</ref> in Wireless/Mobile Networks in the world by THOMSON Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for technical papers published from 1995 to 2005. His GoogleScholar.com and Harzing.com Publish or Perish total citation exceeds 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YTwSsH4AAAAJ |title=GoogleScholar - Chai K Toh}}</ref>
Toh was as an IEEE Expert Lecturer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/downloads/ring/ring-2003-01.pdf|title=The Ring, Page 6}}</ref> of the IEEE Communications Society from 2002 to 2003. He is also listed among the top 20 authors<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/essential-science-indicators/|title=Emerging science trends - Essential Science Indicators}}</ref> in Wireless/Mobile Networks in the world by THOMSON Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for technical papers published from 1995 to 2005. His GoogleScholar.com and Harzing.com Publish or Perish total citation exceeds 20,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YTwSsH4AAAAJ|title=Chai K Toh FREng (CTO/VP/Professor) - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>


Toh also invented [[Associativity-Based Routing]] and Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc Mode).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/patents/US5987011|title=A Routing Method for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.nl/patents/US8068016|title=Method and system for disseminating witness information in multi-hop broadcast car networks}}</ref> His first successful implementation of [[Wi-Fi]] Ad-Hoc Mode was achieved in 1998 when he established a working wireless ad hoc network in Georgia, USA.<ref>{{citation|title=Chapter 7 - Implementation of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, in book "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols & Systems" by Toh}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Implementation and Evaluation of An Adaptive Routing Protocol for Infrastructureless Mobile Networks, Proceedings of IEEE ICCCN Conference, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Mobile Computing Magazine Interview Article on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Implementation, 1999.|url=http://init.unizar.es/images/MobiCompMag1999.pdf}}</ref> In 2009, he challenged the "always-on" [[Internet]] model, claiming that the resulting energy burden globally is not sustainable. Instead, he advocated re-designing existing Internet architecture, routers, switches, servers and data centers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/cktoh353/green-internet-dated-2009|title=WHITE PAPER - Towards A Greener And Energy-Efficient Internet}}</ref> In 2011, he invented a method to identify witnesses during car accidents using a distributed information dissemination and data fusion approach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.nl/patents/US8068016|title=Method and system for disseminating witness information in multi-hop broadcast car networks}}</ref> In 2009, he introduced "signs that talk", transforming traffic signs into wireless digital forms<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grc.upv.es/calafate/download/IET_author.pdf|title=Wireless Digital Traffic Signs of the Future, CK Toh, JC Cano, CJ Fernandez-Laguia, P Manzoni, C Calafate, IET Networks 8 (1)}}</ref>
Toh also invented [[Associativity-Based Routing]] and Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc Mode).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US5987011A/en|title=Routing method for Ad-Hoc mobile networks}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US8068016B2/en|title=Method and system for disseminating witness information in multi-hop broadcast network}}</ref> His first successful implementation of [[Wi-Fi]] Ad-Hoc Mode was achieved in 1998 when he established a working wireless ad hoc network in Georgia, USA.<ref>{{citation|title=Chapter 7 - Implementation of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, in book "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols & Systems" by Toh}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Implementation and Evaluation of An Adaptive Routing Protocol for Infrastructureless Mobile Networks, Proceedings of IEEE ICCCN Conference, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Mobile Computing Magazine Interview Article on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Implementation, 1999.|url=http://init.unizar.es/images/MobiCompMag1999.pdf}}</ref> In 2009, he challenged the "always-on" [[Internet]] model, claiming that the resulting energy burden globally is not sustainable. Instead, he advocated re-designing existing Internet architecture, routers, switches, servers and data centers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slideshare.net/cktoh353/green-internet-dated-2009|title=Green Internet - Dated 2009|date=2 November 2016}}</ref> In 2011, he invented a method to identify witnesses during car accidents using a distributed information dissemination and data fusion approach.<ref name="auto"/> In 2009, he introduced "signs that talk", transforming traffic signs into wireless digital forms<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grc.upv.es/calafate/download/IET_author.pdf|title=Wireless Digital Traffic Signs of the Future, CK Toh, JC Cano, CJ Fernandez-Laguia, P Manzoni, C Calafate, IET Networks 8 (1)}}</ref>


He is an elected Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/alphabetical/tfellows.html|title=IEEE - Fellows - Institution of Electronic & Electrical Engineers|publisher=IEEE|access-date=22 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923203648/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/alphabetical/tfellows.html#|archive-date=23 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a [[Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (FAAAS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|title=Fellows - American Association of Advancement of Science|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727124856/http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|archivedate=2014-07-27}}</ref> Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiet.org/membership/types/fiet/|title=Fellows - Institution of Electrical Engineers|publisher=IEE}}</ref> Fellow of HKIE [[Hong Kong Institution of Engineers]], Fellow of IITP ([[Institute of IT Professionals]] - formerly known as New Zealand Computer Society),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitp.org.nz/about/fellows|title=Fellows -Institute of IT Professionals (New Zealand Computer Society)|publisher=IITP|access-date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429015814/http://www.iitp.org.nz/about/fellows#|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society,<ref>{{citation|title=Cambridge University Commonwealth Society|url=http://cucs.soc.srcf.net/drupal/|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130043348/http://cucs.soc.srcf.net/drupal/|archive-date=30 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Life Fellow of the [[Cambridge Philosophical Society]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org|title=Fellows - Cambridge Philosophical Society|publisher=Cambridge Philosophical Society}}</ref> He is a [[Chartered Engineer (UK)]] and [[Chartered IT Professional]] (CITP).
He is an elected Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/alphabetical/tfellows.html|title=IEEE - Fellows - Institution of Electronic & Electrical Engineers|publisher=IEEE|access-date=22 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923203648/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/alphabetical/tfellows.html#|archive-date=23 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a [[Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (FAAAS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|title=Fellows - American Association of Advancement of Science|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727124856/http://membercentral.aaas.org/fellows|archivedate=2014-07-27}}</ref> Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiet.org/membership/types/fiet/|title=Fellows - Institution of Electrical Engineers|publisher=IEE}}</ref> Fellow of HKIE [[Hong Kong Institution of Engineers]], Fellow of IITP ([[Institute of IT Professionals]] - formerly known as New Zealand Computer Society),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitp.org.nz/about/fellows|title=Fellows -Institute of IT Professionals (New Zealand Computer Society)|publisher=IITP|access-date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429015814/http://www.iitp.org.nz/about/fellows#|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society,<ref>{{citation|title=Cambridge University Commonwealth Society|url=http://cucs.soc.srcf.net/drupal/|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130043348/http://cucs.soc.srcf.net/drupal/|archive-date=30 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Life Fellow of the [[Cambridge Philosophical Society]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org|title=Fellows - Cambridge Philosophical Society|publisher=Cambridge Philosophical Society}}</ref> He is a [[Chartered Engineer (UK)]] and [[Chartered IT Professional]] (CITP).


In 2005, IEEE awarded him the IEEE Institution Kiyo Tomiyasu Technical Field Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/tomiyasu_recipients.html|title=IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Recipients}}</ref> with the citation – "for pioneering contributions to communication protocols in ad hoc mobile wireless networks". He has undertaken research in [[wireless ad hoc networks]] since 1993 (while at Cambridge University) and had written two sole-authored pioneering books: "Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hMfAQAAIAAJ&q|title=Book - Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks, 1997, Klueer Academic Publishers|isbn=9780792398226|last1=Toh|first1=C. K.|year=1997}}</ref> (Kluwer, 1997) and "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks"<ref>{{cite book|title=Book - Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems, 2001, Prentice Hall Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fUchlgTXDQC|isbn=9780132442046|last1=Toh|first1=Chai K.|date=2001-12-03}}</ref> (Prentice Hall Best Seller, 2001). In 2009, IET awarded him the [[John Ambrose Fleming]] Medal ([[IET Achievement Medals]]) in London.<ref name="theiet.org">{{cite web|url=http://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/awards/medals/index.cfm|title=IET Achievement Medals}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-topics/consumer-electronics/member-recognitions575|title=Members' Recognitions}}</ref> In 2019, he was elected to The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2019/september/academy-welcomes-leading-uk-and-international-engi|title=Academy welcomes leading UK and international engineers as new Fellows, 2019}}</ref>
In 2005, IEEE awarded him the IEEE Institution Kiyo Tomiyasu Technical Field Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/tomiyasu-recipients.html|title=IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Recipients|website=www.ieee.org}}</ref> with the citation – "for pioneering contributions to communication protocols in ad hoc mobile wireless networks". He has undertaken research in [[wireless ad hoc networks]] since 1993 (while at Cambridge University) and had written two sole-authored pioneering books: "Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hMfAQAAIAAJ&q|title=Book - Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks, 1997, Klueer Academic Publishers|isbn=9780792398226|last1=Toh|first1=C. K.|year=1997}}</ref> (Kluwer, 1997) and "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks"<ref>{{cite book|title=Book - Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems, 2001, Prentice Hall Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fUchlgTXDQC|isbn=9780132442046|last1=Toh|first1=Chai K.|date=2001-12-03}}</ref> (Prentice Hall Best Seller, 2001). In 2009, IET awarded him the [[John Ambrose Fleming]] Medal ([[IET Achievement Medals]]) in London.<ref name="theiet.org">{{Cite web|url=http://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/awards/medals/index.cfm|title=IET Achievement Medals}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute|title=Full Page Reload|website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News}}</ref> In 2019, he was elected to The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2019/september/academy-welcomes-leading-uk-and-international-engi|title=Academy welcomes leading UK and international engineers as new Fellows - Royal Academy of Engineering}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 03:34, 24 May 2020

Toh Chai Keong
FREng
Toh at IET Awards Ceremony in London.
Born
Singapore
Alma materCambridge University, UK
Manchester University, UK
Known forComputer networks, mobile computing, ITS, data analytics, IoT and Smart Cities
AwardsIEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award (2005)
IET Achievement Medals (2009)
IEEE Fellow (2009)
AAAS Fellow (2009)
IET Fellow (2004)
BCS Fellow (2003)
FREng (2019)
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
University of London, UK
ThesisProtocol Aspects of Mobile Radio Networks (1996)
Academic advisorsAndy Harter – examiner
David Wheeler – mentor
Jean Bacon – mentor
WebsiteOfficial website

Toh Chai Keong FREng is a Singaporean computer scientist, engineer, professor, and chief technology officer. He has performed research on wireless ad hoc networks, mobile computing, Internet Protocols, and multimedia for over two decades.

Early life

Born in Singapore, Toh received his university education in the United Kingdom. He subsequently moved to live and work in the United State]. He studied at King's College, Cambridge under a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Cambridge, UK in 1996 and his undergraduate EE degrees at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology in 1991.

Industry, public sector and universities

From 2002 to 2004, Toh was the Director of Research,[1] Communication Systems, at TRW Systems Corporation (now Northrop Grumman Inc) in Carson, California. After his PhD in 1996, he joined Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.[2] At Hughes, he co-led the DARPA TTO DAMAN (Deployable and Adaptive Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) Program. Earlier on, he worked as an engineer at Advanced Logic Research Computers, Archive Corporation, and served on the technology advisory board of Convergence Corporation (acquired by Amazon[3]).

Since 2011, he has been appointed the Tsing Hua Honor Chair Professor of Computer Science (Taiwan).[4] He has also been an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong,[5] China (2004–2009), Honorary Professor at the University of Essex,[6][7] UK (2013–2015), Honorary Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, FRANCE (2013), and Advisory Professor of Computer Science[8] at Technical University of Valencia, SPAIN. Earlier on, he was a tenured Chair Professor at the University of London (2004–2006)[9] and on the faculty at University of California, Irvine[10] and at Georgia Institute of Technology.

In 2014, Toh was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology), a newly created position, of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in 2014.[11][12] He left IDA in 2016 to join Singapore Power (SP Group) as CTO and vice-president. Toh left SP Group in the same year.

Inventions and awards

Toh was as an IEEE Expert Lecturer[13] of the IEEE Communications Society from 2002 to 2003. He is also listed among the top 20 authors[14] in Wireless/Mobile Networks in the world by THOMSON Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for technical papers published from 1995 to 2005. His GoogleScholar.com and Harzing.com Publish or Perish total citation exceeds 20,000.[15]

Toh also invented Associativity-Based Routing and Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc Mode).[16][17] His first successful implementation of Wi-Fi Ad-Hoc Mode was achieved in 1998 when he established a working wireless ad hoc network in Georgia, USA.[18][19][20] In 2009, he challenged the "always-on" Internet model, claiming that the resulting energy burden globally is not sustainable. Instead, he advocated re-designing existing Internet architecture, routers, switches, servers and data centers.[21] In 2011, he invented a method to identify witnesses during car accidents using a distributed information dissemination and data fusion approach.[17] In 2009, he introduced "signs that talk", transforming traffic signs into wireless digital forms[22]

He is an elected Fellow of the IEEE (FIEEE),[23] a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS),[24] Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers),[25] Fellow of HKIE Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Fellow of IITP (Institute of IT Professionals - formerly known as New Zealand Computer Society),[26] Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society,[27] and Life Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, UK.[28] He is a Chartered Engineer (UK) and Chartered IT Professional (CITP).

In 2005, IEEE awarded him the IEEE Institution Kiyo Tomiyasu Technical Field Award,[29] with the citation – "for pioneering contributions to communication protocols in ad hoc mobile wireless networks". He has undertaken research in wireless ad hoc networks since 1993 (while at Cambridge University) and had written two sole-authored pioneering books: "Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks"[30] (Kluwer, 1997) and "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks"[31] (Prentice Hall Best Seller, 2001). In 2009, IET awarded him the John Ambrose Fleming Medal (IET Achievement Medals) in London.[32][33] In 2019, he was elected to The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.[34]

Bibliography

Books

  • Toh, Chai Keong (2001). Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems - Prentice Hall Best Seller 2002. Pearson Education. ISBN 9780132442046. - also published in Japan (Japanese translation) and India (paperback edition)
  • Toh, Chai Keong (1997). Wireless ATM and Ad Hoc Networks: Protocols and Architectures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0792398226.
  • Toh, Chai Keong (1996). Protocol Aspects of Mobile Radio Networks. University of Cambridge.

Noted papers/patents

Keynotes and media

References

  1. ^ "TRW Adds Boeing to Team in Pursuit of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Contract". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Wireless". ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review. 1 July 1997 – via dl.acm.org.
  3. ^ "Amazon.com Acquires Convergence Corporation".
  4. ^ "Chai K. Toh - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". ethw.org.
  5. ^ Toh, C. K. (2007). "Guest Editorial Special Section on On-the-Road Mobile Networks". IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 8 (3): 378. doi:10.1109/TITS.2007.907049.
  6. ^ "Honorary Professor, University of Essex". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Professor CK Toh awarded Honorary Professor of University of Essex". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Web site at Technical University Valencia, SPAIN".
  9. ^ "Advanced Topics on Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks".
  10. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#0241006 - Wireless Technology: Issues on QoS Stability, Sensitivity, Flow & Congestion Control in Wireless Broadband Networks". www.nsf.gov.
  11. ^ "EMTechAsia - Influential thinkers and innovators, 2015". Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. ^ "IDA Appoints New Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology)". Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  13. ^ "The Ring, Page 6" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Emerging science trends - Essential Science Indicators".
  15. ^ "Chai K Toh FREng (CTO/VP/Professor) - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
  16. ^ "Routing method for Ad-Hoc mobile networks".
  17. ^ a b "Method and system for disseminating witness information in multi-hop broadcast network".
  18. ^ Chapter 7 - Implementation of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, in book "Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols & Systems" by Toh
  19. ^ Implementation and Evaluation of An Adaptive Routing Protocol for Infrastructureless Mobile Networks, Proceedings of IEEE ICCCN Conference, 2000
  20. ^ Mobile Computing Magazine Interview Article on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Implementation, 1999. (PDF)
  21. ^ "Green Internet - Dated 2009". 2 November 2016.
  22. ^ "Wireless Digital Traffic Signs of the Future, CK Toh, JC Cano, CJ Fernandez-Laguia, P Manzoni, C Calafate, IET Networks 8 (1)" (PDF).
  23. ^ "IEEE - Fellows - Institution of Electronic & Electrical Engineers". IEEE. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  24. ^ "Fellows - American Association of Advancement of Science". Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
  25. ^ "Fellows - Institution of Electrical Engineers". IEE.
  26. ^ "Fellows -Institute of IT Professionals (New Zealand Computer Society)". IITP. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  27. ^ Cambridge University Commonwealth Society, archived from the original on 30 November 2016, retrieved 29 November 2016
  28. ^ "Fellows - Cambridge Philosophical Society". Cambridge Philosophical Society.
  29. ^ "IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Recipients". www.ieee.org.
  30. ^ Toh, C. K. (1997). Book - Wireless ATM & Ad Hoc Networks, 1997, Klueer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9780792398226.
  31. ^ Toh, Chai K. (3 December 2001). Book - Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems, 2001, Prentice Hall Publishers. ISBN 9780132442046.
  32. ^ "IET Achievement Medals".
  33. ^ "Full Page Reload". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News.
  34. ^ "Academy welcomes leading UK and international engineers as new Fellows - Royal Academy of Engineering".
Awards
Preceded by IET Ambrose Fleming Medal (IET Achievement Medals)
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
2005 		Succeeded by
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