His research interests include data mining, big data analytics, metaheuristics optimization algorithms, and their applications. Fong is a founding member of the Data Analytics and Collaborative Computing Research Group in the Faculty of Science and Technology. He has published more than 365 academic articles, including journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Information Science and Neurocomputing, and various IEEE journals. Fong received a PhD in computer science from La Trobe University, Australia. Contact him at ccfong@umac.mo.