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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. NG CHOUNG MIN
DR. NG CHOUNG MIN
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Science
+603-79674331
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Doctor of Philosophy (UM)(2010), (Statistics)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MSc (Statistics) (UM)(2005), (Statistics)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSC(UTM)(2004), (MATEMATIK INDUSTRI)
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Task Force Member
    15 May 2024 - 31 May 2025 (Department)
  • Deputy Head
    11 Apr 2022 - 10 Apr 2024 (Universiti Malaya Centre for Data Analytics, Deputy Vice-chancellor (research and Innovation))
  • Coordinator
    09 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2022 (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science)
  • Programme Coordinator
    01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Excellence Service Award
    2025, Universiti Malaya
  • Excellence Service Award
    2016, Universiti Malaya

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Rajakrishnan, R; Ng, CM; Ong, SH (2026). Weighted probability generating function-based analog of corrected Kullback-Leibler divergence for parameter estimation, COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. , 16. doi:10.1080/03610918.2026.2660150
  2. Singh, H; Ong, SH; Ng, CM (2026). Finite Mixture of Gamma Interarrival Times and Count Distributions: Computation and Applications, SAINS MALAYSIANA. 55, 14. doi:10.17576/jsm-2026-5505-14
  3. Teo, WS; Ng, CM; Pok, LSL; Fadzli, F; Rahmat, K; Raja, J (2026). Prevalence and clinical associations of cerebral atrophy in systemic lupus erythematosus, LUPUS SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 13, 9. doi:10.1136/lupus-2026-002005
  4. Vasudevan, S; Ong, SH; Ng, CM (2026). On flexible affine weighted Poisson models for count data, STATISTICAL PAPERS. 67, 23. doi:10.1007/s00362-026-01813-2
  5. Vasudevan, Srivatsa; Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min (2026). Fractional Poisson distribution: some properties and parameter estimation, RICERCHE DI MATEMATICA. . doi:10.1007/s11587-024-00903-3
  6. Ibrahim, J; Sujau, I; Ariffin, Z; Hong, DYW; Min, NC; Sthaneshwar, P (2025). Requesting pattern of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anti-extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) simultaneously by clinicians in a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 47(3), 439-446
  7. Singh, Harpreet; Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min; Ratnavelu, Kurunathan (2025). Poisson-stopped sum L vy-type processes with application to stochastic modeling of hospital arrivals, COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. . doi:10.1080/03610918.2024.2391883
  8. Rajakrishnan, Ranusha; Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min (2024). Alternating minimization algorithm with a probability generating function-based distance measure, JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS. 146(1). doi:10.1007/s10665-024-10349-z
  9. Fo, Kee Wah; Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min; Koh, You Beng (2023). An alternative hyper-Poisson integer-valued GARCH model with application to polio, internet protocol and COVID-19 data, AIMS MATHEMATICS. 8(12), 29116-29139. doi:10.3934/math.20231491
  10. Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min; Yap, Hong Keat; Srivastava, Hari Mohan (2022). Some Probabilistic Generalizations of the Cheney-Sharma and Bernstein Approximation Operators, AXIOMS. 11(10). doi:10.3390/axioms11100537
  11. Raja, J.; Muthusamy, S.; Ng, C. M. (2021). SURVIVAL OF SCLERODERMA PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: OBSERVATION DATA FROM A MALAYSIAN TERTIARY CENTRE, ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 80, 1256-1256. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3830
ESCI
  1. Ponniah, T; Wong, CK; Ng, CM; Raja, J (2025). Quality of life in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease and its association with respiratory clinical parameters, JOURNAL OF SCLERODERMA AND RELATED DISORDERS. . doi:10.1177/23971983251318827
  2. Wei, Zheng; Gupta, Ramesh C.; Ng, Choung Min; Ong, Seng Huat (2025). A Weibull COMP-Bessel distribution to analyse life testing data, JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. 19(4). doi:10.1007/s42519-025-00508-5
  3. Raja, Jasmin; Muthusamy, Shanthini; Ng, Choung Min; Mahadeva, Sanjiv (2024). Helicobacter pylori in gastrointestinal manifestation of systemic sclerosis, JOURNAL OF SCLERODERMA AND RELATED DISORDERS. . doi:10.1177/23971983241227133
  4. Chakraborty, Subrata; Ong, Seng Huat; Ng, Choung Min (2023). A New Probability Model with Support on Unit Interval: Structural Properties, Regression of Bounded Response and Applications, JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. 17(4). doi:10.1007/s42519-023-00345-4
Others
  1. Lee HJ*, Pok LSL*, Ng CM, Yahya F, Sockalingam S, Tee YC, Raja J. Fatigue and associated factors in a multi-ethnic cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Int J Rheum Dis. 2020;23:1088 1093. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.13897 (*co-first authors)
  2. Leela Raman, Fariz Yahya, Choung Min Ng, Sargunan Sockalingam, Kuganathan Ramasamy, Ravinash Ratnam, Jasmin Raja (2020). Early damage as measured by SLICC/ACR damage index is a predictor of hospitalization in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus, Volume: 29 issue: 14, page(s): 1885-1891.
  3. Gopal, K.,Thevarajah, M., Ng, C.M., Raja, J. (2019). Effects of vitamin D on disease activity and serum interleukin 6 in rheumatoid arthritis. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 22:834-841. DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.13484.
  4. Tay, S.Y., Ng, C.M., Ong, S.H. (2019). Parameter estimation by minimizing a probability generating function-based power divergence. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 48:2898-2912.
  5. Imoto, T., Ng, C.M., Ong, S.H., Chakraborty, S. (2017). A modified Conway Maxwell Poisson type binomial distribution and its applications. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods 46:12210-12225.
  6. Douadi Benacer, Kwai Lin Thong, Ng Choung Min, Khebir Verasahib, Renee L. Galloway, Rudy A. Hartskeerl, Marc Souris, Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain (2016). Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Malaysia, 2004-2012. Acta Tropica 157:162-168
  7. Sharifdoust, M., Ng, C.M., Ong, S.H. (2016). Probability generating function based Jeffrey's divergence for statistical inference. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 45:2445-2458.
  8. Ng, C.M., Ong, S.H. and Srivastava, H.M. (2013). Parameter estimation by Hellinger type distance for multivariate distributions based upon probability generating functions. Applied Mathematical Modelling 37: 7374-7385.
  9. Ong, S.H. and Ng, C.M. (2013). A bivariate generalization of the non- central negative binomial distribution. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 42: 570-585.
  10. Tai, L.Y., Khaw, K.W., Ng, C.M. and Subrayan, V. (2013). Central corneal thickness measurements with different imaging devices and ultrasound pachymetry. Cornea 32: 766-771.
  11. Yoong, D., Tan, H.K. and Ng, C.M. (2013). Methods of promoting a lottery gaming company in a Malaysian daily. Discourse & Society 24: 229-247.
  12. Sugita, T., Shimizu, K., Ong, S.H., Ng, C.M. 2011. A family which integrates the generalized Charlier series and extended noncentral negative binomial distributions. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods 40: 1977-1998.
  13. Ng, C.M., Ong, S.H. & Srivastava, H.M. 2010. A class of bivariate negative binomial distributions with different index parameters in the marginals. Applied Mathematics and Computation 217: 3069-3087.
  14. S.H. Ong, K. Shimizu, Choung Min Ng. 2008. A class of discrete distributions arising from difference of two random variables. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 52: 1490-1499.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2026, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Uncovering Species-specific Signals In Fly Wing Venation Patterns For Accurate Species Identification In Medical And Forensic Entomology Using Machine Learning: A Fundamental Exploration ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2015 - 2019, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    A Class Of Mixed Integer Time Series Models, Coherent Forecasting And Statistical Inference ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2018 - 2019, RU Geran - Fakulti Program
    Statistical Modelling And Inference For Count Time Series With Overdispersion ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2013 - 2017, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG Programme) - AFR (Frontier Science)
    Stochastic Dynamics, Processes And Models For Dispersion ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2012 - 2015, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    New Class of Statistical Models and Inference Techniques for Modelling and Data Analysis ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  6. 2011 - 2012, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    A Class of Absolutely Continuous Bivariate Distributions ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  7. 2011 - 2012, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    A new approach to mode jumping in Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and its applications ( Consultant)
University
  1. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    Generalized Fractional Stochastic Processes: Mathematical Formulation and Properties ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

Invited Speaker
  1. Generating Function based Estimation for A Family of Circular Distributions, 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019, ISI, Department of Statistics Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia Institute of Statistics (International) (18 Aug 2019 - 23 Aug 2019)
  2. Generating Function Based Estimation for Circular Distributions, The 3rd ISM International Statistical Conference, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya and Malaysia Institute of Statistics (International) (09 Aug 2016 - 11 Aug 2016)
  3. Parameter Estimation using Generating Function based Measures, Workshop on Distribution Theory and Applications (International) (28 Jan 2015 - 29 Jan 2015)
  4. Jeffrey's Divergence using Probability Generating Functions in Parameter Estimation, 22nd National Symposium on Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, UM and PERSAMA (National) (24 Nov 2014 - 26 Nov 2014)
  5. A Class of Absolutely Continuous Bivariate Distributions, 1st ISM International Statistical Conference (ISM-1 2012), Malaysia Institute of Statistics (International) (04 Sep 2012 - 06 Sep 2012)
  6. A Bivariate Generalization of the Non-Central Negative Binomial Distribution, Statistical Concepts and Methods for the Modern World, Applied Statistical Asociation of Sri Lanka and the School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Australia (International) (28 Dec 2011 - 30 Dec 2011)
Oral Presenter
  1. Generating Function based Estimation for Symmetric Wrapped Stable Distributions, ISM Virtual Research Seminar, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Malaysia Institute of Statistics (University) (21 Sep 2020 - 23 Sep 2020)
  2. Hellinger Type Distance using Probability Generating Functions in Parameter Estimation for Multivariate Discrete Distributions, 3rd IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (International) (13 Apr 2013 - 14 Apr 2013)