Dr. Andrew Chiou is a senior academic with Central Queensland University. His areas of interest include machine intelligence and related fields such as fuzzy systems, neural networks and genetic algorithms. He incorporates these techniques into his research such as autonomous robotics applied to assistive technology in disability support, educational robotics, competitive soccer robotics, search and rescue robots (SAR) in disaster area aftermath, and in intelligent & strategic digital conflict resolution in wargames and scaled-down battle arenas.

Dr. Chiou has been on the organising committees for over twenty technical conferences in Australia and at international levels. He has been recognised and awarded the IEEE Leadership Award. Among his many other contribution to his profession, Andrew was the invited keynote speaker at the World Computer Congress 2010 (WCC2010) pioneering and advocating educational robotics that helped to contribute and popularise the utilisation of robotics as a teaching medium in STEM in Australia. Among his grant awards, Dr. Chiou is the recipient of the Australian Competitive Research (ACG) Tier 1 research grant. His collective grant funding received for several projects totals approx. AU$1M. As part of his research output, he has published over 80 peer-reviewed research papers.

Dr. Chiou’s professional recognition includes CQUniversity’s prestigious Vice Chancellor Teacher of the Year Award, CQU School of Informatics & Communication Dean’s Teacher of the Year Award, CQU’s sole nominee for the Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching (twice), CQU’s sole nominee for both the prestigious ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award and IEEE CIS Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award. For his PhD dissertation, Andrew was the recipient of the University Postgraduate Research Award (UPRA) and later, the Australia Postgraduate Award in Industry (APA(I)).

Dr. Chiou is a Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society (SMACS) with Certified Professional (CP) standing, member of Institue of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (MIEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (MACM). He is also a member of the Centre for Machine Learning, Networks and Educational Technology (CML-NET) at CQUniversity Australia.

Outside of academia, Andrew plays and arranges for the classical guitar. He also draws and paints. His artwork has been exhibited in Queensland and NSW. A selection of his artwork has been acquired and donated to the CQUniversity Art Collection as part of its permanent collection.