Academic Career
Chin graduated from the University of Toronto in 1972 and received a doctorate from Princeton University in 1976. Before his appointment in Hong Kong, he held a variety of teaching positions in a number of universities in the US and Canada.
Professor Chin was recruited to head the Computer Science Department at the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Journal of the Foundations of Computer Science and is also a member of the editorial boards of a number of other journals.
He has been named a fellow of the IEEE.
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