Prof. Dr. M.L. Dennis Wong is the Regional Provost and Group Chief Executive Officer (ASEAN) at Newcastle University. He completed his PhD studies in Signal Processing and Communications at the University of Liverpool. Before his current appointment, he spent 7 years at Heriot-Watt University Malaysia as its inaugural Deputy Provost. Before that, he was the Dean at the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus), Malaysia. He is also a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council UK, a Fellow of the IET, a Fellow and Chartered Professional Engineer with IEAust, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. His interests include Statistical Signal Processing and Pattern Classification, Machine Condition Monitoring, Condition Monitoring, VLSI Signal Processing, Statistical Process Control, and VLSI Design for Digital Signal Processing.