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Raymond Ng is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, specializing in Language Sciences. His research interests primarily center on data mining, particularly health informatics and text mining. Over the past decades, he has published more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, focusing on areas such as data clustering, outlier detection, and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). Ng has received multiple accolades for his contributions to the field, including paper awards from the ACM SIGKDD and ACM SIGMOD conferences, recognized as leading platforms in data mining and database research respectively. He has also collaborated on large-scale genomic projects funded by Genome Canada and Genome BC and has played a crucial role in the PROOF Centre of Excellence dedicated to biomarker development for end-stage organ failures, serving as the Chief Informatics Officer. Additionally, from 2009 to 2014, he was the associate director of an NSERC-funded strategic network focused on business intelligence.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.