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Meet Our Volunteers
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EEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Magazine introduc-
es Lance C.C. Fung, a member of
the IEEE SMC Society (SMCS). Fung
is professor emeritus at Murdoch Uni-
versity, Perth, Australia.
SMC Magazine: Lance, I heard you
have retired, and you are so young!
Fung: Officially, there is no re-
tirement age for faculty members in
Australia, but I opted for voluntary
retirement from Murdoch Univer-
sity in October 2015. I was granted an
emeritus professorship, so life hasn't
changed much, as I still have my office,
maintenance fund, students under my
supervision, and most of all, free park-
ing! The key advantage is pursing what
I want to do without completing teach-
ing and management worksheets. As
far as my age goes, I will have my IEEE
Life Membership in six years; you can
decide whether I am too young then.
SMC Magazine: What made you
take the voluntary retirement option?
Fung: There were a few triggers.
Many of my friends retired earlier.
Some are older, and some are not.
With a sense of regret, they all told
me the same thing: "Lance, I should
have done this earlier." Second, my
services and commitments to the
IEEE and other volunteer organiza-
tions have grown, and I choose to do
what I believe is most rewarding.
SMC Magazine: Is retirement bor-
ing with nothing to do?
Fung: I can confirm what others
have said, and that I am much busier
than before! Most of my friends ex-
ercise and play sports, take hobby
classes, cook, and travel places that
they have always wanted to visit. I
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Date of publication: 20 April 2018
Lance C.C. Fung:
Technical Program
Integrity Committee
Chair
vices that used paper tapes, punched
cards, magnetic tapes, and line print-
ers. My M.Eng. degree project was
the development of an automatic tes-
ter based on a Motorola 6800 central
processing unit developed on an HP
SMC Magazine: Tell us something
64000 system, and the codes were
about your education and career.
written entirely in assembly language.
Fung: I was trained as a marine ra-
Upon graduating in 1982, I took
dio and electronic officer in Hong Kong
a teaching position at Singapore
during the early 1970s after graduat-
Poly technic in the
ing from high school.
Department of Nauti-
The course started
cal Studies and later
with 24 attendees in
in the Department
the first year, and just
of Electronics and
50% got through to the
Communication
second year. At the
E n gineer ing. I mi-
end of the program,
grated to Australia in
only four graduated.
1988 and lectured at
The day I received my
the School of Elec-
certificate, I had two
trical and Computer
contracts offered t o
Engineering at Curtin
me, and I began work-
University until 2003.
ing the very next day.
In 1994, I completed
My duties and respon-
Lance C.C. Fung
my Ph.D. degree from
sibilities were to op-
the University of West-
erate ship-to-shore
ern Australia with a dissertation in
communication, maintain shipboard
the use of rule-based systems and
communication/electronic equipment,
simulated annealing for optimization
and ensure the safety of life at sea.
of electrical power systems.
I furthered my education with an
From 2003 until my retirement, I
advanced marine electronics diploma
worked in the School of Engineering
from the University of Bristol, United
and Information Technology at Mur-
Kingdom; a B.Sc. degree in maritime
doch University, lecturing mainly in
technology; and a master of engineer-
computer technology and artificial in-
ing degree in systems test technology,
telligence. My research interests have
both from the University of Wales,
always been in applications of intelli-
United Kingdom. During the course, I
gent systems and techniques to solve
was introduced to computer technol-
practical problems.
ogy, including mainframes with de-
have made myself more available for
IEEE services, and the opportunities
are many! I have no time to even say
the word boring!
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