Background
Poon, Peter Tin-Yau was born on May 31, 1944 in Hengyang, Hunan, China. Son of Sam. Chak-Kwong and Lai (Yiu) Poon. came to the United States, 1967.
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Peter Tin-Yau Poon
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Bachelor of Science, U. Hong Kong, 1965; Master of Arts, California State University, Long Beach, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1974.
Career
Senior engineer gasdynamics, planetary probe heat shield design, system simulation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1974-1977;
technical manager advanced solar receiver, task leader advanced solar concentrator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1978-1980;
systems engineer mission control and computing center development, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1981-1983;
advisor Space Station Ada Task, staff mem, task leader software management and assurance program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1984-1985;
mission control center development telemetry systems engineer software management Studies., element manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration software information system, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1986-1988;
systems manager for missions to Mars, Comet/Asteroid/Saturn, flight projects interface office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1988-1991;
multimission ground systems office manager Mission to Mars, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1991-1993;
telecommunications and mission services manager Cassini Mission to Saturn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1993-1998;
radio astronomy, French and German space missions, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1998. Program committee member Conference on Artificial Intelligence and American Dental Association, 1989-1990. Program committee session chair Software Engineering Studies Symposium, Brighton, England, 1992-1993.
United States of America chairman, program committee 2d International Software Engineering Studies Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 1994-1995. Program management committee, panel chair 3d International Software Engineering Studies Symposium, 1995-1997, 4th International Software Engineering Studies Symposium, Brazil, 1998-1999. Session chair, member program committee Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, Montreal, 1995-1996, Como, Italy, 1996-1997, Monterey, 1997-1998.
Member International Organisation for Standardization/International Electrotech. Committee/Joint Technology Committee in Information Technology Subcommittee Working Group and United States Technical Advisory Group, since 1995. United States delegate, Prague, Czech Republic, 1996, Paris, 1996, Walnut Creek, United States, 1997, Brisbane, Australia, 1997, Melbourne, Florida, 1998, Curitiba, Brazil, 1998.
Program chairman Software Engineering Studies Symposium, 1998. Program chairman 5th International Software Engineering Studies Symposium, since 1999, 2nd World Congress on Software Quality, Tokyo, since 1999.
Achievements
Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Software Engineering Studies (Executive Committee since 1993, member editorial board software quality professional since 1998), Arcadia Music Club (president 1994-1995, 1st vice president 1993-1994), Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Athenaeum.
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Married Mable Tsang, April 13, 1974. Children: Amy Wei-Ling, Brian Wing-Yan.
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American