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Ho Weng Kin
About
myself I joined the Mathematics and
Mathematics Education (MME) Academic Group, National Institute of
Education
(NIE) in July 2009. NIE is an institute of the Nanyang Techonological
University
(NTU), Singapore. My first degree was
from the National University of
Singapore,
where I obtained my BSc(Hons) in Mathematics. I completed my M.Sc. (by Research) in
Mathematics at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University in 2002 under the supervision of Dr. Zhao Dongsheng. Then I pursued my PhD in Computer Science
at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of
Dr. Martin Escardó. After my graduation in 2006, I returned to
Singapore in 2007 and worked in the education sector for almost two years,
respectively in Singapore Polytechnic and Raffles Institution
(Junior College).
I am married and have
three lovely children. Here are some cool
pictures
I took in various places I had been to. Research
interests My current research
interests can be broadly dichotomized into those pertaining to mathematics
(pure and applied) and those pertaining to
mathematics education. The former
class includes topology and its applications in computer science, algorithmic topology of
data types, domains and continuous lattices in analysis and topology,
convergence spaces, programming language
semantics,
domain theory, order theory, lambda-calculus, functional programming and artificial life. The second class largely deals with
effective classroom teaching strategies by making use of the history of mathematics, information technology,
and so on. Students ·
2015-present:
Hadrian Andradi, Generalisation of quasi-continuous structures and its applications. Hadrian is investigating possible
tracks of generalisation of the theory of quasi-continuous posets, with a particular bent towards developing the
quasi-continuous theory to general T0
spaces. This fits into a larger
research programme undertaken by myself in the direction of formulating the
core of domain theory directly in topological spaces. ·
2011-2013:
Khoo Shun Chih, Domain Theory. In his thesis, Shun Chih studied Stone and Hoffmann Dualities, which are two key
results in domain theory. Shun Chih invented a new class of dcpo’s
called the C-dominated posets, and proved many
interesting results concerning the order-topological structure of the lattice
of Scott closed sets over this new category. ·
2012:
Hadrian Andradi, The Way-Below Relation on Function Spaces from Topological Spaces to
Domain. In his thesis, Hadrian
studies a beautiful theorem for characterising the function space from topological
spaces to domains, which is due to Erker, Escardó
and Keimel.
This student was jointly supervised by Dr. Ch.
Rini Indrati (main
supervisor) under an NIE non-graduating studentship scheme. Publications/Talks All
my publications and talks based on some of these works are available at the
following links: ·
Talks Contact
information If
you wish to contact me, you can do so through: email: wengkin.ho@nie.edu.sg office
phone: +65 62196129 fax: +65 68969417 Prospective students who
wish to pursue an M.Sc. (by course work), M.Sc. (by research) or
a Ph.D. in my area of research interests are welcome to contact me by phone
or drop me an email. You may also like
to visit the websites http://www.nie.edu.sg/jan2011 and http://math.nie.edu.sg/programs/post.html for information about
other postgraduate programs our academic group offers. |
