Chuah Joon Huang
Chuah Joon Huang is a Malaysian professional engineer, academician and university administrator who serves as the fourth President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern University College in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Chuah is known for his contributions to integrated circuit design, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and higher education leadership in Malaysia and the ASEAN region.
Education
Chuah obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He then earned a Master of Engineering from the National University of Singapore, followed by a Master of Philosophy in Technology Policy and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, where he was matriculated at Wolfson College and Gonville and Caius College. He is a Kuok Foundation Scholar and a Commonwealth Scholar.Career
Chuah has worked in the semiconductor industry, including at Intel as an Integrated Circuit Design Engineer and at Freescale Semiconductor as a Senior Product Development Engineer and Senior Test Engineer. He began his academic career at the University of Malaya, where he served as a professor in Electrical Engineering and was the head of programme for Master of Mechatronic Engineering and director of the VLSI and Image Processing Research Group.On 1 March 2024, Chuah was appointed President and CEO of Southern UC. In September 2024, he was additionally appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Under his leadership, Southern UC has expanded STEM and AI research programs, established collaborations with industry to support the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone and strengthened international academic partnerships.
In recognition of his well-established reputation in research, Chuah has been appointed as a thesis advisor of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, a Visiting Professor of Xiamen University and an International Collaborative Partner of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Professional affiliations
Chuah is active and has held leadership roles in multiple engineering organizations, including Chairman Emeritus of Institution of Engineering and Technology Malaysia Network, Vice President of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, Secretary-General of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations, and Honorary Treasurer of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Malaysia Chapter.Apart from engineering organizations, Chuah has served in the Disciplinary Committee Panel of Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board, Bar Council.