
Professor Serge Demidenko
- Professor
- School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Biography
Professor Serge Demidenko enjoys an extensive career that encompasses working for industry and academia combined with services to professional institutions. He re-joined Ƶ University (2024) from Massey University (Professor, later - Emeritus Professor). His previous positions included Dean of School (2018-2023) at Ƶ University; Head (earlier – Associate Head) of School (2014-2018) at Massey University; VP (Academic) and Head of two Ƶ 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
- 2014 - N M Duong, M T Chew, S Demidenko, Q H Pham, D K Pham, M P-L Ooi and Y C Kuang: Vision Inspection System for Pharmaceuticals – Sensors Application Symposium – SAS’2014, Queenstown, New Zealand, February 18-20, 2014, p. 201-206
- 2014 - A Rajan, Y C Kuang, M P-L Ooi and S DEMIDENKO: Standard Uncertainty Estimation on Polynomial Regression Models - Sensors Application Symposium – SAS’2014, Queenstown, New Zealand, February 18-20, 2014, p. 206-212
- 2014 - R Akmeliawati, D Bailey, S Bilal, S Demidenko, N Gamage, S Khan, Y C Kuang, M Ooi and G Sen Gupta: Assistive Technology for Relieving Communication Lumber between Hearing/Speech Impaired and Hearing People – The Journal of Engineering, Issue 6, , p. 312-323.
- 2013 - M P-L OOI, S H KUAN, Y C KUANG, H CHENG, E K-J SIM, S N DEMIDENKO and C W K CHAN: Identifying Systematic Failures on Semiconductor Wafers using ADCAS - IEEE Design & Test, Volume 30, Issue 5, , p. 44-53
- 2013 - M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG, H K SOK, S N DEMIDENKO and C CHAN: Defect Cluster Recognition System for Fabricated Semiconductor Wafers – Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 26, Issue 3, March , p. 1029–1043
- 2013 - H K SOK, M S CHOWDHURY, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG and S DEMIDENKO: Using the ADTree for Feature Reduction through Knowledge Discovery - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’13, Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 6-9, 2013, p. 1040-1044
- 2012 - Z S CHOW, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG and S N DEMIDENKO: Low-Cost Automatic Visual Inspection System for Media in Hard Disk Drive Mass Production - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’12, Graz, Austria, May 13-16, , p. 234-239
- 2012 - A ROWE, G SEN GUPTA and S DEMIDENKO: Instrumentation and Control of a High Power BLDC Motor for Small Vehicle Applications - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’12, Graz, Austria, May 13-16, 2012, p. 559-564
- 2012 - Z S CHOW, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG and S N DEMIDENKO: Automated Visual Inspection System for Mass Production of Hard Disk Drive Media - Procedia Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 41, , p. 450-457
- 2012 - T C ONG, M T TEE, Y C KUANG, M P-L OOI and S DEMIDENKO: Periodic Piecewise Linear Excitation for ADC Testing - IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’12, Graz, Austria, May 13-16, 2012, p.2285-2290
- 2011 - M S ONG Y C KUANG, M P-L OOI, S DEMIDENKO and P S LIAM: Optimal Dual-Tone Frequency Selection for ADC Sine-Wave Tests – IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, v. 60, No 5, , p. 1533–1545.
- 2011 - K-X TEE, M-T Chew and S DEMIDENKO: An Intelligent Warehouse Stock Management and Tracking System based on Silicon Identification Technology and 1-Wire Network Communication - Proceedings: 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 17-19, 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand, p. 110-115.
Achievements & Accolades
Project: “Blockchain-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: “Analytical Evaluation of Uncertainty Propagation for Probabilistic Design Optimization” – Ƶ University Internal Grant Scheme, (SDG 09) (SDG12) – Principal Investigator and Team Leader (2022-2023).
Project: “Real-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
- Member (2022-present) – European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Fellow (1994-present) - The Institution of Engineering & Technology
- International Professional Registration Advisor (1992-present) – IET
- Professional Review Interview Assessor (2009-present) - IET - 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 - Fellow (2021–present) - Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
- Member-Academician (2023-present) - International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
- Affiliate (2014-present), Engineers Australia (EA)
- Member (2004-present), Nomination Panel (Advanced Technology: Electronics) - Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation
- Member (2023-present), Nomination Panel, VinFuture Prize, VinFuture Foundation
- Member (present), Editorial Boards of six professional journals