Dr. Chai Ian
PRINCIPAL LECTURER
FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS (FCI)
CQBR1024 ,
Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia 63100, Cyberjaya, Selangor
03-83125379
ianchai@mmu.edu.my
Biography
Dr. Ian Chai was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but has since lived in many other places. Sent to boarding school in Singapore when he was 14, he received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kansas. After that, he worked in Ulm, Germany for a research institute – where he got baptised in the legendary blue Danube. Later, he worked as a technical consultant for the computer division of the Hartford Insurance Company in Connecticut, before finishing up a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). Finally he returned permanently to Malaysia to teach at Multimedia University. He married Juliane in 2003 and they have two children.