About ME

My full name is Chia Jing Heng. First name: Jing Heng, last name: Chia.

Malaysian Chinese like me have our names written with the last name-first name convention, rather than the more popular first name-last name convention. You can call me Andreus if you like. It is sort of like a nickname, or more precisely a pseudoname that I use online.

I am currently a software developer working at Sunway Money in Malaysia. I graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Masters in Engineering in 2021. I specialised in Information and Computer Engineering, and I have a huge interest in software development and machine learning.

I love watching films. Roger Ebert once wrote:

Movies are, among other things, opportunities for escapism.

Indeed, movies allow me to momentarily experience another life, be it that of an astronaut wandering in space, or that of a superhero burgeoned with the responsibility to save the world, or that of a taxi driver meandering through the mean streets of New York, or even that of a lion cub wanting to be king. Movies are, in a word, magical. I love how movies are able to move hearts and souls, to connect individuals from different backgrounds, and to shape cultures and societies.

Therefore, consider this blog as a love letter to my passions. Here is a collection of my random thoughts, a documentation of my learnings, and a way for me to express my mind despite my lackluster writing ability.

CV

A bit more about myself…

Education

2021 - MEng in Engineering - University of Cambridge, UK - Information and Computer Engineering
2020 - BA in Engineering - University of Cambridge, UK
2017 - Cambridge A-Levels - Sunway College, Malaysia
2015 - Malaysian Certificate of Education (GCE O-Level equivalent) - Chung Ling High School, Malaysia

Work/Research Experience

Feb 2023 - present: Software developer
- Sunway Money, Malaysia
- Full-stack software developer
- Languages: Node.js, HTML, CSS, JS, Python
Oct 2021 - Feb 2023: Software developer
- Credit Bureau Malaysia, Malaysia
- Full-stack software developer
- Language(s): Java
July 2020 - Sept 2020: Undergraduate Researcher
- University of Cambridge, UK
- Topic: Improving RNN-Ts for large-vocabulary continuous speech recognition (LVCSR) tasks.
- Language(s): Python, Bash
- Literature review; Improving architecture and training procedure of RNN-transducers.
- PyTorch as framework for implementation; ESPNet (open source) as platform for experiments.
- Supervisor: Prof. Phil Woodland
July 2019 - Sept 2019: Software Engineering Intern
- Flight Data Services, UK
- Topic: Applying and implementing machine learning to flight data analysis.
- Language(s): Python, Bash
- Develop the software pipeline: Implement RNN’s for forecasting, and develop anomaly detection algorithms.
- Keras as framework for implementation of machine learning.
- Learn professional coding practices, Git (version control), testing.
- Supervisor: Dr Hoang-Phuoc Le
July 2018 - Sept 2018: Engineering Intern
- Jeffrey Sachs Centre on Sustainable Development, Malaysia
- Topic: Developing a simulation software for research on eutrophication.
- Language(s): Python
- Literature review; develop a simulation software; conduct simulations on various water bodies.
- Supervisor: Prof. Koh Hock Lye

Skills

Languages: Java, Node.js, HTML, CSS, JS, Oracle SQL, MSSQL, Python, C++, Bash
Frameworks: Struts2, Bootstrap, Jquery
Development Tools: Git, GitHub, VSCode, Intellij, Eclipse, Notepad++, DBeaver, SQL Developer, SSMS, Azure, Postman, Jupyter, Google Colab
Machine Learning: Deep learning, Bayesian Inference, Optimisation, Anomaly detection, Speech Recognition, etc.
OS: Windows, Linux
Others: LaTeX, Microsoft Office, 3D CAD software, DAWs
Fluent in English, Mandarin and Malay
Speaks Cantonese and Hokkien dialects.