Rate My Professor Chan Tong Lam

Chan Tong Lam is a Professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Macao Polytechnic University, teaching courses such as Data Communications, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, and Wireless Communications and Networks. He obtained his B.Sc. (Eng.) and M.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1998 and 2000, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 2007. A Senior Member of the IEEE and Member of the IET, he actively contributes to professional organizations in his field.

Lam's research specializations include mobile wireless communications, machine learning applications in communications, digital image processing, intelligent transportation systems, and quantum computation. His work also addresses networks, quantum communication protocols, anomaly detection of cyber threats in industrial IoT networks, index modulation schemes for vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, image tampering detection using noise-assistant networks, and complementarity in software code complexity metrics. Key publications comprise 'An Advanced Index Modulation Scheme for V2I Communications: Reflection Modulation-Assisted Adaptive Space Shift Keying' in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2026), 'A noise-assistant network for tampering detection via inconspicuous feature enhancement and multi-perspective perception' in Expert Systems with Applications (2026), 'Anomaly detection of cyber threats in industrial IoT networks via hybrid digital twins and continual learning' in Internet of Things (2026), 'A novel quantum dialogue protocol using triangle star cluster states for dynamic multiparty communication' in Quantum Information Processing (2026), and 'Complementarity in software code complexity metrics' in Journal of Systems and Software (2026). He has authored or co-authored 271 research outputs, including 122 journal articles, 144 conference contributions, and 2 editorials. His contributions have been featured in 55 press and media reports covering quantum protocols, cybersecurity, signal processing, and related innovations.