
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
- 2011 - M P-L OOI, E K J SIM, Y C KUANG, S DEMIDENKO, L KLEEMAN and C CHAN: Getting More from the Semiconductor Test: Data Mining with Defect Cluster Extraction - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, v. 60, No. 10, , p. 3300 - 3317.
- 2011 - T GUAN, Y C KUANG, M P-L OOI, X G CHEAH, Y S TAN and S DEMIDENKO: Data-driven Condition-based Maintenance of Test Handlers in Semiconductor Manufacturing - Proceedings: 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 17-19, 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand, p. 189-194.
- 2011 - M T CHEW, S DEMIDENKO, G S GUPTA and L HUANG: Mobile Robots in the Engineering Education Setting – ICARA , Wellington New Zealand, December 2011, p. 1-6
- 2011 - H CHENG, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG, E SIM, B CHEAH and S DEMIDENKO: Automatic Yield Management System for Semiconductor Production Test - Proceedings: 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 17-19, 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand, p. 254-258.
- 2011 - H CHENG, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG, S DEMIDENKO and B CHEAH: Outlier Distribution Detection Approach to Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Process Monitoring - 3rd Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design – ASQED’, July 19-20, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, p. 62-67.
- 2011 - N GAMAGE, Y C KUANG, R AKMELIAWATI and S DEMIDENKO: Gaussian Process Dynamical Models for Hand Gesture Interpretation in Sign Language - Pattern Recognition Letters, v. 32, is. 15, , p. 2009-2014
- 2011 - S KHAN, D BAILEY, G SEN GUPTA and S DEMIDENKO: Adaptive Classifier for Robust Detection of Signing Articulators based on Skin Color - Proceedings: 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 17-19, 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand p. 259-262.
- 2011 - S Demidenko, A Z Mohtar, K H Lee: Microcontroller Testing using on-Load-Board DAC - Proceedings: IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’11, Hangzhou, China, May 10-12, 2011, p. 12-15
- 2010 - M S ONG, Y C KUANG, M P-L OOI, S DEMIDENKO, K T SOO and H DAVID: Optimal Frequency Selection Algorithm for ADC Frequency Domain Dynamic Tests – Proceedings: IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’10, Austin, TX, USA, May 3-6, 2010, p. 42-47.
- 2010 - A PRICE, R RIMINGTON, M T CHEW and S DEMIDENKO: Project-Based Learning in Robotics and Electronics in the Undergraduate Engineering Program Setting - Proceedings: 5th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 13-15, 2010, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, p.188-193.
- 2010 - A PRICE, M T CHEW, R RIMINGTON and S DEMIDENKO: Meeting Engineering Learning Objectives through Team based Creative Robot Construction - Proceedings: IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference – I2MTC’10, Austin, TX, USA, May 3-6, 2010, p. 835-840.
- 2010 - W J CHENG, M P-L OOI, Y C KUANG, C CHAN and S DEMIDENKO: Performance Analysis of Defect Classification Algorithms for Fabricated Semiconductor Wafers - Proceedings: 5th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications DELTA’, January 13-15, 2010, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, p. 360-366
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