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| office = 5th President and Vice-Chancellor of<br>[[Hong Kong Baptist University]]
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| term_start = 1 September 2015
| term_start = 1 September 2015
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| term_end = 31 January 2021
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| term_start1 = 26 January 2010
| term_end2 = 3 July 2015
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| president1 = [[Lap-Chee Tsui]]<br>[[Peter Mathieson (nephrologist)|Peter Mathieson]]
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| successor2 = [[Paul Tam]]
| term_end2 = 26 January 2010<br>{{small|Acting until 10 September 2007}}
| president2 = [[Chu Ching-wu]]<br>[[Tony F. Chan]]
| chancellor2 = [[Donald Tsang]]<br>[[Leung Chun-ying]]
| predecessor2 = [[Chan Yuk-shee|Yuk Shee Chan]]
| successor2 = [[Shiu-Yuen Cheng]] <small>(Acting)</small><br>[[Wei Shyy]]
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[[Professor]] '''Roland Chin Tai-hong''', [[Bronze Bauhinia Star|BBS]], [[Justice of the peace|JP]] ({{Lang-zh|c=錢大康|s=|t=}}; born 1952) is a former President of the [[Hong Kong Baptist University]] (HKBU).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/eng/about/message.jsp|title=Message from President - HKBU|website=Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學|language=en-hk|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> Before that he was the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor as well as the Chair Professor of Computer Science in the [[University of Hong Kong]] (HKU).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cpro.hkbu.edu.hk/Roland-Chin-cv-May-2017-e.pdf|title=Professor Roland Chin Tai-hong|date=May 2017|website=Hong Kong Baptist University|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>
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{{Chinese name|[[Qian (surname)|Chin]]}}


==Career==
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[[Professor]] '''Roland Chin Tai-hong''', [[Bronze Bauhinia Star|BBS]], [[Justice of the peace|JP]] ({{Lang-zh|c=錢大康|s=|t=}}; born 1952) is the current President of the [[Hong Kong Baptist University]] (HKBU).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/eng/about/message.jsp|title=Message from President - HKBU|website=Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學|language=en-hk|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> Before that he was the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chair Professor of Computer Science of the [[University of Hong Kong]] (HKU), the first university established in the [[East Asia]] region controlled by the [[British Empire]], from 2010 to 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cpro.hkbu.edu.hk/Roland-Chin-cv-May-2017-e.pdf|title=Professor Roland Chin Tai-hong|last=|first=|date=May 2017|website=Hong Kong Baptist University|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref>
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After receiving the bachelor and PhD degrees specialising in Electrical Engineering at the [[University of Missouri]], [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]] in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Chin had spent two years in the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] of [[NASA]] in [[Greenbelt, Maryland]].<ref name=":0" /> He subsequently pursued a teaching career and commenced it at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]] where he had stayed for about one and a half decade from 1981 to 1995.


Chin then served in Hong Kong and joined the [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] (HKUST) as the Chair Professor of Computer Science at HKUST. With the course of time he started to undertake crucial role in the institution, getting to serve as Vice-President for Research and Development (2003–2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ust.hk/press_release_archive/eng/news/archive/e_pa060816-1589.pdf|title=Senior Appointments at HKUST announced
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After receiving the bachelor and PhD degrees specialising in Electrical Engineering at the [[University of Missouri]], [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]] in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Chin had spent two years in the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] in [[Greenbelt, Maryland|Greenbelt]], [[Maryland]], of [[NASA]].<ref name=":0" /> He pursued a teaching career and commenced it at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]], where he had stayed for about a decade and a half from 1981 to 1995.
|website=HKUST}}</ref> and then as Deputy President and Provost (Acting: 2006–2007; Permanent: 2007–2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ust.hk/about-hkust/media-relations/press-releases/hkust-appoints-prof-roland-chin-deputy-president/|title=HKUST Appoints Prof Roland Chin as Deputy to the President|website=HKUST|access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref>


Chin then served in Hong Kong and joined the [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] (HKUST) as the Chair Professor of Computer Science in his career at HKUST. With the course of time he started to undertake crucial role in the institution, getting to serve as Vice-President for Research and Development (2003-2006) and subsequently as Deputy President and Provost (2006-2010). In 2010, he was unanimously agreed by the selection committee in the final stage to be appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_6096.html|title=Professor Roland T. Chin appointed HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor /Provost|website=University of Hong Kong|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
In 2010 he was unanimously agreed by the selection committee in the final stage to be appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_6096.html|title=Professor Roland T. Chin appointed HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor /Provost|website=University of Hong Kong|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>


In May 2015 he accepted the appointment at HKBU and assumed the office later in September that year after his provostship at HKU.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hkbuenews.hkbu.edu.hk/?t=press_release_details/970|title=Professor Roland Chin appointed HKBU President and Vice-Chancellor|last=|first=|date=|website=Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/12966.html|title=HKU announces senior staff movement|website=University of Hong Kong|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
In May 2015 he accepted the appointment at HKBU and assumed the office later in September that year after his provostship at HKU.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hkbuenews.hkbu.edu.hk/?t=press_release_details/970|title=Professor Roland Chin appointed HKBU President and Vice-Chancellor|website=Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/12966.html|title=HKU announces senior staff movement|website=University of Hong Kong|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 21 February 2023

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chin. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Roland Chin and the Chinese-style name is Chin Tai-hong.
Prof
Roland T. Chin
BBS, JP
錢大康
5th President and Vice-Chancellor of the Hong Kong Baptist University
In office
1 September 2015 – 31 January 2021
ChancellorLeung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam
Preceded byAlbert Chan
Succeeded byAlexander Wai
Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
In office
26 January 2010 – 3 July 2015
PresidentLap-Chee Tsui
Peter Mathieson
ChancellorDonald Tsang
Leung Chun-ying
ProvostClayton Mackenzie[1]
Preceded byRichard Wong
Succeeded byPaul Tam
Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Deputy to the President) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
In office
1 September 2006 – 26 January 2010
Acting until 10 September 2007
PresidentChu Ching-wu
Tony F. Chan
ChancellorDonald Tsang
Leung Chun-ying
Preceded byYuk Shee Chan
Succeeded byShiu-Yuen Cheng (Acting)
Wei Shyy
Vice-President for Research and Development of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
In office
June 2003 – 1 September 2006
Preceded byOtto C.C. Lin
Succeeded byTony Eastham
Personal details
Born1952 (age 72–73)
Macao
Residence Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Missouri

Professor Roland Chin Tai-hong, BBS, JP (Chinese: 錢大康; born 1952) is a former President of the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).[2] Before that he was the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor as well as the Chair Professor of Computer Science in the University of Hong Kong (HKU).[3]

Career

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After receiving the bachelor and PhD degrees specialising in Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Chin had spent two years in the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA in Greenbelt, Maryland.[3] He subsequently pursued a teaching career and commenced it at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin where he had stayed for about one and a half decade from 1981 to 1995.

Chin then served in Hong Kong and joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as the Chair Professor of Computer Science at HKUST. With the course of time he started to undertake crucial role in the institution, getting to serve as Vice-President for Research and Development (2003–2006)[4] and then as Deputy President and Provost (Acting: 2006–2007; Permanent: 2007–2010).[5]

In 2010 he was unanimously agreed by the selection committee in the final stage to be appointed Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.[6]

In May 2015 he accepted the appointment at HKBU and assumed the office later in September that year after his provostship at HKU.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "University Officers". Hong Kong Baptist University. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Message from President - HKBU". Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Roland Chin Tai-hong" (PDF). Hong Kong Baptist University. May 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Senior Appointments at HKUST announced" (PDF). HKUST.
  5. ^ "HKUST Appoints Prof Roland Chin as Deputy to the President". HKUST. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Professor Roland T. Chin appointed HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor /Provost". University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Professor Roland Chin appointed HKBU President and Vice-Chancellor". Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. ^ "HKU announces senior staff movement". University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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