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'''Dr Edward Ng''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]伍煒國) is noted for his broad variety of mathematical applications in space science and engineering. He has also been a conscientious practitioner in the spin-off outreach of the space program, with applications in such diverse subjects as [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2004391 Bose-Einstein functions] in mathematical physics, symbolic and algebraic computation, computational physics and biomedical materials research. He received his PhD degree in astronomy/applied mathematics from [[Columbia University]]. He has been employed at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]([http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL]) of the [http://www.caltech.edu/ California Institute of Technology], under contract with the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] ([[NASA]]). He retired in 2006. Dr. Edward W Ng was elected a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) and is cited in the [http://www.gale-edit.com/amws/index.htm American Men and Women of Science]. He was the editor of [http://www.sigmod.org/dblp/db/conf/eurosam/eurosam1979.html "Symbolic and Algebraic Computation"], a Monograph published by [[Springer Verlag]]. He has published a number of journal and conference articles in various mathematical applications of space sciences and engineering (''selected list in [http://edwardwng.blogspot.com/ 'external link'] below''). His papers have appeared in [[Astrophysical Journal]], [[Mathematics of Computation]], [http://www.springer.com/astronomy/journal/10569 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy]<ref>An International Journal in Space Dynamics</ref>, [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622866/description#description Journal of Computational Physics], [[M.I.T.]] Journal of Mathematics and Physics <ref> renamed as [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-2526 "Studies in Applied Mathematics"] </ref>, [http://www.acm.org/toms/ ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software] and [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/301/description#description Computers and Mathematics with Applications]. Ng was born in 1939, grew up in Hong Kong and came to the US for college and post-graduate education. He attended the [[Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong]] for secondary education, and the [[University of Minnesota]] for tertiary education. He is married to Grace, and has 3 sons: Elliott (married to Karen), Stanley (married to Tammy) & Chester.
{{for|the Hong Kong actor|Chapman To}}
'''Edward W Ng''' ({{zh|t=伍煒國}}; September 23, 1939 – December 14, 2018) was an American [[applied mathematician]] who had also held the positions of senior scientist, senior [[engineer]] and technical manager in the [[U.S. Space Program]]. He is noted for his broad variety of mathematical applications in [[space science]] and engineering. He has also contributed conscientiously in the spin-off of technology from the space program, with applications in such diverse subjects as [[Bose–Einstein distribution]] in [[mathematical physics]], [[symbolic and algebraic computation]], [[computational physics]] and [[biomedical research]].


Ng attended the [[Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong]] for secondary education, and the [[University of Minnesota]] for his [[bachelor's degree]]. He received his M.A. and [[doctorate|PhD]] degrees from [[Columbia University]]. He was employed at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ([[JPL]]) of the [[California Institute of Technology]], aka [[Caltech]] under contract with the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] ([[NASA]]). He retired in 2006.
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== Awards and honours ==


Ng was elected a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) and is cited in the [[American Men and Women of Science]].<ref>[http://www.gale-edit.com/amws/index.htm cf. Home page, AMWS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001220218/http://www.gale-edit.com/amws/index.htm |date=2008-10-01 }}, 25th ed. Vol.5, P.766 (2008)</ref> He was the editor of "Symbolic and Algebraic Computation" ({{isbn|3-540-09519-5}}),<ref>{{cite book | url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/3-540-09519-5 | doi=10.1007/3-540-09519-5 | title=Symbolic and Algebraic Computation | series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science | date=1979 | volume=72 | isbn=978-3-540-09519-4 }}</ref> in the [[Springer Science]] Lecture Notes Series. He was also a co-editor of the Proceedings of a [[NATO]] Advanced Study Institute in applied mathematics ({{isbn|978-90-277-1571-5}}).<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.springer.com/computer/mathematics/book/978-90-277-1571-5 | title=Computational Aspects of Complex Analysis }}</ref> He has published numerous technical papers of diverse mathematical applications in space sciences and engineering (selected list in external link below). His papers have appeared in [[Astrophysical Journal]], [[Mathematics of Computation]], [[Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy]],<ref>[https://www.springer.com/astronomy/journal/10569 An International Journal in Space Dynamics]</ref> [[Journal of Computational Physics]], [[M.I.T.]] [[Journal of Mathematics and Physics]],<ref>renamed as [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-2526 "Studies in Applied Mathematics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615205237/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-2526 |date=2008-06-15 }}</ref> [[ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software]] and Proceedings of the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]].
*NASA Group Achievement Award -- Software Resource Center (1990);

*NASA Group Achievement Award -- Flight Projects -- Information Systems Test-bed Team (1992);
==Notable quotes==
*NASA Group Achievement Award – Deep Space Station-13 Monitor & Control Advanced Development (1993) ;
* "In science, one man's noise is another man's signal." cited in New York Times (1990).<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DE1638F933A15750C0A966958260&sec=&spon=|title=Lost on Earth: Wealth of Data Found in Space - New York Times|accessdate=2014-05-27|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1990-03-20|last1=Blakeslee|first1=Sandra}}</ref> The context was in [[space science]] data and the reference was to the scientific-engineering concept of [[Signal-to-noise ratio]].
*AAS Team Award -- Deep Space Network (1994);
* ''Why Do We Explore Space?''<ref>[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006aiaa.conf.7313N doc entry at NASA Astrophysics Data System]</ref> an educational paper in '''Space 2006''',<ref>[http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2006-7313] published by the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]]</ref>
*NASA Certificate of Apollo-Columbia Commemoration of the Space Transportation System – 65 Flight (1994)
* ''Nobel Connection to the Space Program'',<ref>[http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/40971 NASA Document ID: 20080045909] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124065513/http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/40971 |date=2012-11-24 }}</ref> a paper in '''Space 2007''',<ref>[http://www.astrosociology.org/Library/PDF/Contributions/Space%202007%20Articles/The%20Nobel%20Connection%20to%20Space%20Program.pdf Space 2007] {{isbn|1-56347-888-9}}</ref> published by the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]].
*NASA Group Achievement Award – Selective Monitoring Development Team (1995)
* High-precision approximations of '''Bose–Einstein Functions'''<ref>''Mathematics of Computation'', Vol. 23, #107, [https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_koTcZM3jtMNmM4M2M2ZTgtZDg4Zi00MTNiLTk0MTEtOWE2MzFhZjZhMGJh&hl=en view excerpts]</ref> in the ''[[Mathematics of Computation]]'' published by the [[American Mathematical Society]].
* Information Systems for '''Space Astrophysics'''* <ref>[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930017853&qs=N%3D0%26DocumentID%3D19930017853 Proceedings of Information Systems for Space Astrophysics]</ref>

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==Awards==
Ng has received a number of NASA Awards (cf attached citations),<ref>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ySDk5x25C59RNOEKHKIPJ3USAfI8MHGi2Srw8KavMnc/edit#slide=id.i0 (cf 6-page citations)]</ref> including the special NASA Certificate of Apollo-Columbia Commemoration of the Space Transportation System–65 Flight in 1994. He also was the recipient of the American Astronomical Society Team Appreciation Award on the [[Deep Space Network]].<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88DbO0F35P8blJRY1AyQUY0bEU/view?usp=sharing Ref: mathematics for Deep Space Network]</ref>


== Professional affiliations ==
== Professional affiliations ==
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*[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (Fellow)
*[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (Fellow)
*[[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA)
*[[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA)
*[[Phi Beta Kappa]]
*[[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]
*[[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]


== External links ==
== Honorary societies ==


*[[Phi Beta Kappa]],<ref>[[List of Phi Beta Kappa members|cf. list, for 1962 graduates]]</ref> Minnesota Alpha Chapter
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* [http://edwardwng.blogspot.com/ '''External links'''] for selected publications by Dr. Edward W Ng
*[[Sigma Xi]], California Institute of Technology Chapter
* [http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/40971/1/07-2874.pdf Nobel Connection to Space Program],a paper in '''Space 2007''', published by the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]].
* [http://www.geocities.com/edw_ng/ Why Do We Explore Space], a paper in '''Space 2006''', published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics


== Footnotes ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://edwardwng.blogspot.com/ Selected publications] by Edward W Ng
* A number of these papers are accessible via the NASA [[Astrophysics Data System]], at [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/basic_connect?qsearch=Edward+Ng&version=1 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 17 July 2024

For the Hong Kong actor, see Chapman To.

Edward W Ng (Chinese: 伍煒國; September 23, 1939 – December 14, 2018) was an American applied mathematician who had also held the positions of senior scientist, senior engineer and technical manager in the U.S. Space Program. He is noted for his broad variety of mathematical applications in space science and engineering. He has also contributed conscientiously in the spin-off of technology from the space program, with applications in such diverse subjects as Bose–Einstein distribution in mathematical physics, symbolic and algebraic computation, computational physics and biomedical research.

Ng attended the Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong for secondary education, and the University of Minnesota for his bachelor's degree. He received his M.A. and PhD degrees from Columbia University. He was employed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology, aka Caltech under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He retired in 2006.

Ng was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is cited in the American Men and Women of Science.[1] He was the editor of "Symbolic and Algebraic Computation" (ISBN 3-540-09519-5),[2] in the Springer Science Lecture Notes Series. He was also a co-editor of the Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute in applied mathematics (ISBN 978-90-277-1571-5).[3] He has published numerous technical papers of diverse mathematical applications in space sciences and engineering (selected list in external link below). His papers have appeared in Astrophysical Journal, Mathematics of Computation, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy,[4] Journal of Computational Physics, M.I.T. Journal of Mathematics and Physics,[5] ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and Proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Notable quotes

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Awards

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Ng has received a number of NASA Awards (cf attached citations),[13] including the special NASA Certificate of Apollo-Columbia Commemoration of the Space Transportation System–65 Flight in 1994. He also was the recipient of the American Astronomical Society Team Appreciation Award on the Deep Space Network.[14]

Professional affiliations

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Honorary societies

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References

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  1. ^ cf. Home page, AMWS Archived 2008-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, 25th ed. Vol.5, P.766 (2008)
  2. ^ Symbolic and Algebraic Computation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 72. 1979. doi:10.1007/3-540-09519-5. ISBN 978-3-540-09519-4.
  3. ^ Computational Aspects of Complex Analysis.
  4. ^ An International Journal in Space Dynamics
  5. ^ renamed as "Studies in Applied Mathematics" Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Blakeslee, Sandra (1990-03-20). "Lost on Earth: Wealth of Data Found in Space - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  7. ^ doc entry at NASA Astrophysics Data System
  8. ^ [1] published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  9. ^ NASA Document ID: 20080045909 Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Space 2007 ISBN 1-56347-888-9
  11. ^ Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 23, #107, view excerpts
  12. ^ Proceedings of Information Systems for Space Astrophysics
  13. ^ (cf 6-page citations)
  14. ^ Ref: mathematics for Deep Space Network
  15. ^ cf. list, for 1962 graduates
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