UM Prof. Philip Chen appointed honorary professor by Obuda University in Hungary

Prof. Philip Chen (right) receives the letter of appointment as an honorary professor

Many guests attend the appointment ceremony for honorary professors in the Budapest Palace of Arts

Prof. Philip Chen, chair professor and dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Macau (UM), has been appointed honorary professor by Obuda University in Hungary. Obuda University hopes that Prof. Chen can share his academic achievements and help raise the university’s research quality and enhance its cooperation with UM.

Obuda University was originally founded in the fourteenth century and its predecessor was the Technical Institute of Budapest, which was formed through the merging of Donat Banki Technical Institute, Kando Kalman Politechnical College, and Light Industry Technical College. Obuda University has more than 12,000 students and enjoys impressive achievements in such fields as information, mechanics, electrical engineering, management, economics, and training of prospective teachers.

The appointment ceremony for honorary professors took place in the Budapest Palace of Arts. Obuda University believes that with Prof. Chen’s outstanding achievements and contributions in such areas as theoretical development in computational intelligence, intelligent systems, robotics and manufacturing automation, networking, etc., appointing him as an honorary professor will help Obuda University to improve teaching and research quality and enhance its cooperation with UM.

Apart from Prof. Chen, other recipients of the honour include Rector of the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, Prof. Tadeusz Więckowski; Prof. Emil M.Petriu from Ottawa University, Canada; Prof. Hamido Fujita from the Iwate Prefectural University; Prof. Marcelo H. Ang from the National Singapore University; Vice-President of the Hungarian Labour Inspectorate Dr. Maria Groszmann; and retired professor from Obuda University Prof. Balint Podor.

Prof. Chen twice received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). When he takes up office as the president of IEEE SMC in January 2012, he will become the first incumbent scholar in the Greater China region to hold the post.