Professor Serge Demidenko

Professor Serge Demidenko

Professor Serge Demidenko

  • Professor
Department of Smart Computing and Cyber Resilience
  • School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Professor Serge Demidenko enjoys an extensive career that encompasses working for industry and academia combined with services to professional institutions. He re-joined ΊμΠΣΚΣΖ΅ University (2024) from Massey University (Professor, later - Emeritus Professor). His previous positions included Dean of School (2018-2023) at ΊμΠΣΚΣΖ΅ University; Head (earlier – Associate Head) of School (2014-2018) at Massey University; VP (Academic) and Head of two ΊμΠΣΚΣΖ΅ at RMIT Vietnam, Head of School at Monash University Malaysia, among others. During his career in the industry, he progressed from an Electronic Design Engineer to Head of the Joint R&D Test Lab at a large computer consortium (1987-1992)

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD (Candidate of Sciences) in Cybernetics & Information Theory, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of BSSR, Belarus (1984)
  • BEng (USSR 5-year High Engineering Diploma) in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering), Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radio Electronics (1977)
  • Docent in Informatics, Control & Computer Engineering – post-doctoral academic qualification, State Higher Attestation Committee under the Council of Ministers of Belarus (1997)
  • Certificate in Teaching: Higher Education, Singapore Polytechnic & Sheffield University, UK (1994)
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK Engineering Council (1991)

Research Interests

  • Electronic Design and Testing
  • Digital Signal Processing and Generation
  • Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Computer System Engineering
  • Fault Tolerance

Teaching Areas

  • Electronics - Digital and Analog
  • Digital Logic
  • Computer Organization
  • Research Methods in Science and Technology
  • Physical Principles for Engineering & Technology
  • Project Supervision - Individual, Group, Capstone, Research

Courses Taught

  • Physical Principles for Engineering & Technology
  • Design of Computer & Communication Systems.
  • Advanced Micro- Technologies
  • Computer Systems Engineering
  • Analogue Electronics
  • Digital Electronics
  • Digital Logic
  • Engineering Design with Constraints.
  • Embedded Systems Design
  • Electronic Testing, Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Capstone Project
  • Individual Research Project.
  • Project Preparation, Planning and Problem Solving
  • Research Methods in Engineering and Technology.

Notable Publications

  1. 2023 - Abeysekera, S. K., Robinson, A., Ooi, M. P.-L., Kuang, Y. C., Manley-Harris, M., Holmes, W., Hirst, E., Nowak, J., Caddie, M., Steinhorn, G., Demidenko, S. (2023). Sparse Reproducible Machine Learning for Near Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging: Estimating the Tetrahydrocannabinolic Acid Concentration in Cannabis Sativa L. - Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 192, 116137, 13 pp. 
  2. 2023 - Holmes, W., Ooi, M., Kuang, Y. C., Demidenko, S., Simpkin, R., Abeysekera, S. K., (2023). On Machine Learning Methods to Estimate Cannabidiolic Acid Content of Cannabis Sativa L. from Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging. IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6 pp. 
  3. 2023 - Ooi, M. P.-L., Rajan, A., Kuang, Y. C, Demidenko, S. (2023). Analytical Evaluation of Uncertainty Propagation for Probabilistic Design Optimisation – IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK
  4. 2022 - Pajooh, H. H., Demidenko, S., Aslam, S., Harris, M. (2022). Blockchain and 6G-Enabled IoT. Inventions, Vol. 7 (4), 109, 18 pp.
  5. 2022 - Pajooh, H. H., Rashid, M. A., Alam, F., Demidenko, S. (2022). Experimental Performance Analysis of a Scalable Distributed Hyperledger Fabric for a Large-Scale IoT Testbed. Sensors, Vol. 22(13), 4868, 27 pp. 
  6. 2022 - 4.    Xu, J., Demidenko, S., Chew, M. T. (2022). Mixed-Signal Test System for Education in Instrumentation and Measurement Technology. IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Chemnitz, Germany, 6 pp. 
  7. 2022 - Faulkner, N., Konings, D., Alam, F., Legg, M., Demidenko, S. (2022). Machine Learning Techniques for Device-Free Localization Using Low-Resolution Thermopiles. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 9(19), pp.18681-18694. 
  8. 2022 - Tran, T. H., Demidenko, S., Chew, M. T. (2022). Interactive System for Maintenance of Automatic Test Equipment on the IC Production Floor - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 829, Springer, pp. 871-877. 
  9. 2022 - Iakovidis, D., Ooi, M., Kuang, Y. C., Demidenko, S., Shestakov, A. et al (2022). Roadmap on Signal Processing for Next Generation Measurement Systems. Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 33, 0120002, IOP, 49 pp. 
  10. 2022 - Ooi, M. P.-L., Robinson, A., Manley-Harris, M., Hill, S., Raymond, L., Kuang, Y. C., Steinhorn, G., Caddie, M., Nowak, J., Holmes, W., Demidenko, S. (2022): Robust Statistical Analysis to Predict and Estimate the Concentration of the Cannabidiolic Acid in Cannabis Sativa L.: A Comparative Study. Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 189, 115744, 8 pp. 
  11. 2018 - A RAJAN, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi, S DEMIDENKO and T Egbelakin: Application of Moment-based Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation to Reliability Analysis of Structural Systems - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2018, Huston, TX, USA, May 2018, p. 2009-2014
  12. 2018 - R ZHANG, A RAJAN, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi and S DEMIDENKO: Towards Implementing Uncertainty Propagation in Probabilistic Floating-Point Computation Error Bounding - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC 2018, Huston, TX, USA, May 2018, p. 748-753

Achievements & Accolades

Project: β€œBlockchain-Enabled AI Architecture for Trustworthy Digital Health” – Global South AI for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network, (SDG 03) (SDG 05) – Initiator, Activities Committee and Malaysia Team Member (2023-present).

Project: β€œAnalytical Evaluation of Uncertainty Propagation for Probabilistic Design Optimization” – ΊμΠΣΚΣΖ΅ University Internal Grant Scheme, (SDG 09) (SDG12) – Principal Investigator and Team Leader (2022-2023).

Project: β€œReal-Time Analysis for Flow Rate Estimation in a Medical Aerosol Application and Smart Inhaler Development” – Massey University Research Fund (SDG 03) – Co-investigator (2023-2024)  
 

Professional Associations

  1. Member (2022-present) – European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  2. Fellow (1994-present) - The Institution of Engineering & Technology
    -    International Professional Registration Advisor (1992-present) – IET
    -    Professional Review Interview Assessor (2009-present) - IET
  3. Fellow (2004 - present) - The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
    -    Member-at-Large (2022-present) - IEEE Awards Board
    -    Chair (2024-2025) - IEEE Technical Field Award Council
    -    Member (2023-present) - IEEE Fellow Committee
    -    Member (2019-present) Conferences Quality – IEEE Conferences Committee
  4. Fellow (2021–present) - Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
  5. Member-Academician (2023-present) - International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
  6. Affiliate (2014-present), Engineers Australia (EA)
  7. Member (2004-present), Nomination Panel (Advanced Technology: Electronics) - Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation
  8. Member (2023-present), Nomination Panel, VinFuture Prize, VinFuture Foundation
  9. Member (present), Editorial Boards of six professional journals
1st Malaysian Representative Elected to the European Academy of Sciences & Arts