Dr Christopher Cheong

Research

Research Interests

Given my computer science background, my general interests lie in the areas of artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, evolutionary computing and software engineering. More specifically, I am interested in applying these interests to the business domain.

I am particularly interested in intelligent agents and agent-oriented software engineering, in which my Ph.D. research was conducted. My Ph.D. research focuses on pragmatic design and implementation of flexible and robust interactions for intelligent agents.

I also have an interest in agent teamwork, which my honours research was based on. In the work, benchmark scenarios for collaborative agent development platforms were developed.

Research Grants

Research Supervision

PhD Supervision

Honours Supervision

Publications

Publications

Book Chapters

• Cheong, C. & Winikoff, W. (2009), 'Hermes: Designing Flexible and Robust Agent Interactions', in V. Dignum (ed.), Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models, IGI, p. 105-139.
• Cheong, C. & Winikoff, M. (2006), 'Improving flexibility and robustness in agent interactions: Extending Prometheus with Hermes', in Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV: Research Issues and Practical Applications (SELMAS 2005 post-proceedings), Springer, p. 189–206.

Refereed Journal Papers

• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2010), 'Modelling IS Student Retention in Taiwan: Extending Tinto and Bean's Model with Self-Efficacy', Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences (ITALICS), vol. 9, no. 2
• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2010), 'The combined effect of self-efficacy and academic integration on higher education students studying IT majors in Taiwan', Education and Information Technologies, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 333.
• Cheong, C. (2010), 'From Group-based Learning to Cooperative Learning: A Metacognitive Approach to Project-Based Group Supervision'. Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, vol. 13, p. 73-86.
• Leung, K., Cheong , F., Cheong , C., O'Farrell, S. & Tissington, R. (2010), 'A comparison of traditional and Simple Artificial Immune System (SAIS) techniques in consumer credit scoring', International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, vol. 1, no. 1/2, pp. 1-25.
• Leung, K., F. Cheong, C. Cheong, S. O’Farrell, and R. Tissington, 'Application of variable selection techniques to a modified SAIS for generating practical scorecards', International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 233-261.
• Leung, K., F. Cheong, and C. Cheong, 'Generating Compact Classifier Systems using a Simple Artificial Immune System'. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, vol. 37, no.5, pp. 1344-1356.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Cheong, C., Tandon, R. & Cheong , F. (2010), 'The Effects of Project-based Learning Environments on Social Networking Site Usage: A Case Study', Proceedings of 21st Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, 1-3 December 2010.
• Cheong, C., Tandon, R. & Cheong , F. (2010), 'A Project-based Learning Internship for IT Undergraduates with Social Support from a Social Networking Site', Proceedings of Information Systems Educators Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 28-31 October 2010.
• Cheong, C. (2010), ‘From Group-based Learning to Cooperative Learning: A Metacognitive Approach to Project-Based Group Supervision’, Proceedings of Informing Science & IT Education, Cassino, Italy, 19-24 June 2010.
• Cheong, C. (2010), 'Coding Without Sight: Teaching Object-oriented Java Programming to a Blind Student', Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA, 7-10 January 2010.
• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2009), 'Extending an Integrated Model of IS Student Retention for Taiwanese Private Higher Education Institutions', Proceedings of International Conference on Innovation in Teaching and Management of Higher Education (ICITM 09), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 21-23 December 2009.
• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2009), 'IT Education in Taiwan: Relationship between Self-efficacy and Academic Integration among Students', Proceedings of International Conference on Innovation in Teaching and Management of Higher Education (ICITM 09), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 21-23 December 2009.
• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2009), 'Determining predictors of first year higher education student retention in Taiwan', Proceedings of Tertiary Education Management Conference 2009, Darwin, Australia, 13-16 September 2009.
• Leung, K., Cheong , F., Cheong , C., O'Farrell, S. & Tissington, R. (2008), 'A Comparison of Variable Selection Techniques for Credit Scoring', Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5-7 December 2008.
• Leung, K., Cheong , F., Cheong , C., O'Farrell, S. & Tissington, R. (2008), 'Building a Scorecard in Practice', Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5-7 December 2008.
• Leung, K., Cheong , F., Cheong , C., O'Farrell, S. & Tissington, R. (2008), 'Developing a Scorecard using a Simple Artificial Immune System (SAIS) Algorithm and a Real-World Unbalanced Dataset', Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5-7 December 2008.
• Weng, F., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2008), 'Determining factors affecting student retention in a higher education institute in Taiwan and building a prediction model using logistic regression and support vector machines', Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 5-7 December 2008.
• Teoh, S.Y. & Cheong, C. (2008), 'Implicit enterprise risk management: An IT healthcare adoption case study', Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3–5 December 2008.
• Leung, K., Cheong , F. & Cheong , C. (2007),'Consumer Credit Scoring using an Artificial Immune System Algorithm', Proceedings of 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2007), Singapore, 25-28 September 2007.
• Cheong, C. & Winikoff, M. (2005), 'Hermes: A Methodology for Goal-Oriented Agent Interactions' (Poster), Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agents Systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 25–29 July 2005, p. 1121–1122.

Refereed Workshop Papers

• Cheong, C. & Winikoff, M. (2005), 'Hermes: Implementing Goal-Oriented Agent Interactions', Proceedings of the Third international Workshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 26 July 2005. (Also published in Springer LNAI volume 3862).
• Cheong, C. & Winikoff, M. (2005), 'Hermes: Designing Goal-Oriented Agent Interactions', Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 25–26 July 2005. (Also published in Spring LNCS volume 3950).

Program Committees

Program Committees

Program committee member for the following conferences:

• 2010 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2010), held in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 12-15 December 2010.
• 2010 Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON 2010), held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 28-31 October 2010.
• 2010 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2010), held in Taipei, Taiwan, 9-12 July 2010.
• 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2009), held in Norway, 18-21 May 2009.
• 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS08), held in Estorial, Portugal, 12-16 May 2008.
• 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2007), held in Singapore, 25-28 September 2007.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Current

Previous

Summer Internship

I coordinate the School of Business IT and Logistics Summer Internship, which provides an opportunity for high achieving students to work on projects under the supervision of academics.

Qualification

Qualifications

Awards

Mobile Apps

RMIT University Open Day 2010 App

The RMIT University Open Day 2010 App was developed by Dr Christopher Cheong and Vincent Truong for the iPhone. As the RMIT University 2010 Open Day has passed (8 August 2010), the app is no longer available in the Apple app store. Refer to the following for articles about the app:

• Exploring RMIT: All it takes is a little application
• Cheong : Unis tap into iPhone apps