CHAN Chee Yong

CHAN Chee Yong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from NUS.

• Education:
  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.Sc., Computer Science, NUS
  • B.Sc., Computer Science (1st Class Honours), NUS

His research focuses on database systems, emphasizing query processing and optimization, transaction management, and database usability. He has contributed extensively to XML data dissemination, skyline computation, and multicore database performance optimization, with publications in venues like ACM SIGMOD, VLDB, and IEEE ICDE.

Recent publications show increasing emphasis on join optimization, transaction healing, and spatial-keyword queries, reflecting trends in multicore systems, complex query processing, and XML data management. His work combines theoretical rigor with practical applications in distributed databases and data engineering.

Notable professional roles include Associate Editor for the VLDB Journal, ACM SIGMOD Record, and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. He has served on program committees for major conferences like SIGMOD, ICDE, and VLDB across 2003-2026.

Dr. Chan has supervised 9 PhD students and 10 M.Sc./M.Comp. students, including WANG TaiNing (2021), LI Meiying (2020), and TRAN Quoc Trung (2011). His advisees have been placed in institutions like the Institute for Infocomm Research and Huawei Shannon Lab.