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Academic

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Dr. Yiu Ka-Fai, Cedric
MSc., DPhil.

Position

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Room

HJ635, Stanley Ho Building

Email

macyiu@polyu.edu.hk

Telephone

2766 6923

Fax

2362 9045

 

Qualification / Professional Membership:

  • MSc. (Dist.), University of London
  • DPhil., University of Oxford

Selected publications:

1.       K.F.C. Yiu, S.Y. Low, K.Y. Chan and S. Nordholm. A multi-filter system for speech enhancement under low signal-to-noise ratios. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 5(3):671-682, Sept. 2009.

2.       K.F.C. Yiu, C.H. Yu, H. Tang, H.Y. He, S.C. Tsang, and K.Y. Tam. Assembly of super-paramagnetic nanoparticles under unidirectional external magnetic flux: Experiment and model establishments. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112:7599–7604, 2008.

3.       K.L. Mak, J.G. Peng, Z.B. Xu and K.F.C. Yiu.   A new stability criterion for discrete-time neural networks: nonlinear spectral radius, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 31:424-436, 2007.

4.       C.K.S. Leung, W.H. Yung, C.K.F. Yiu, S.W. Lam, D.Y.L. Leung, R.K.K. Tse, C.C.Y. Tham, W.M. Chan and D.S.C. Lam.   A novel approach for anterior chamber angle analysis - Anterior Chamber Angle Detection with Edge Measurement and Identification Algorithm (ACADEMIA), Archives of Ophthalmology, 124:1395-1401, 2006.

5.       K.L. Mak, J.G. Peng, Z.B. Xu and K.F.C. Yiu. A novel neural network for associative memory via dynamical systems, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 6 (3): 573-590, 2006

6.       K.F.C. Yiu, N. Grbic, S. Nordholm, K.L. Teo. A hybrid method for the design of oversampled uniform DFT filter banks, Signal Processing, 86 (7): 1355-1364, 2006.

7.       Hollier RH, Mak KL, Yiu KFC. Optimal inventory control of lumpy demand items using (s, S) policies with a maximum issue quantity restriction and opportunistic replenishments.   International Journal of Production Research, 43 (23): 4929-4944, 2005.

8.       K.L. Mak, K.K. Lai, W.C. Ng and K.F.C. Yiu. Analysis of optimal opportunistic replenishment policies for inventory systems by using a (s, S) model with a maximum issue quantity restriction, European Journal of Operational Research, 166 (2): 385-405, 2005.

9.       K.F.C Yiu, Y. Liu and K.L. Teo. A hybrid descent method for global optimization. Journal of Global Optimization, 28(2), p.229-238, 2004. (PolyU. AMA Best Paper Award 2008/2009)

10.     K.F.C. Yiu. Optimal portfolios under a value-at-risk constraint, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 28(7), p.1317-1334, 2004.

11.     K.F.C. Yiu, X.Q. Yang, S. Nordholm and K.L. Teo. Near-field broadband beamformer design via multidimensional semi-infinite linear programming techniques, IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, 11(6), p.725-732, 2003.

12.     W.T. Tiow, K.F.C. Yiu and M. Zangeneh. Application of simulated annealing to inverse design of transonic turbomachinery cascades, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part A, Journal of Power and Energy, 216(A1), p.59-73, 2002. (Winner of the Donald Julius Groen Prize)

13.     K.F.C. Yiu, S. Wang, K.L. Teo and A.C. Tsoi. Nonlinear system modelling via knot-optimizing B-spline networks, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 12(5), p. 1013-1022, 2001.

14.     K.F.C. Yiu and M. Zangeneh. A 3D Automatic Optimization Method for Turbomachinery Blade Design, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 16(6), p. 1174-1181, 2000.

15.     K.F.C. Yiu and M. Zangeneh. On the simultaneous design of blade and duct geometry of marine ducted propulsors, Journal of Ship Research, 42(4), p.274-296, 1998.

16.     K.F.C. Yiu, K.Y. Tam and S.C. Tsang. Crystal indexing method using a simulated annealing algorithm with particular applications in nanocrystal research, Journal of Computational Chemistry, 18(2), p. 290-299, 1997.

17.     K. Yip, K.Y. Tam and K.F.C.Yiu. An efficient method of calculating diffusion coefficients via eigenfunction expansion, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Science, 37(2), p. 367-371, 1997.

18.     K.F.C. Yiu , D.M. Greaves , S. Cruz , A. Saalehi and A.G.L. Borthwick. Quadtree grid generation : information handling, boundary fitting and CFD applications, Computers and Fluids, 25(8), p.759-769, 1996.

19.     Y.M. Lo, K.F.C. Yiu, S.L. Wong. On the potential of molecular computing, correspondence to Science, 268, p.481-482, 1995.

20.     K.F.C. Yiu and M.B. Giles. Simultaneous viscous-inviscid coupling via transpiration, Journal of Computational Physics, 120, p.157-170, 1995.

21.     K.F.C. Yiu. On the optimal control method for airfoil and cascade analysis, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 16(6), p. 1367-1386, 1995.

22.     K.F.C. Yiu and K.M. Morton. Transonic airfoil and cascade design via transpiration, Inverse Problems in Engineering, 3, p.45-65, 1995.