Dr Hock Chuan Lim interest and research is in gaming and game development. His ongoing research focus includes game analytics, enterprise planning, social networks, the application of ecosystem approach for game development and visualization tools for teaching and learning.
Qualifications: BSc, Philippines Military Academy, MSc, University of New South Wales, Australia, PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia
Location: Block 15, Room 219E
Telephone: +971 4 278 1986
Email: (@uowdubai.ac.ae):HCLim
Dr Hock Chuan Lim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
He obtained a PhD from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Prior to this, he received a Masters from the University of New South Wales, Australia and a Bachelor’s degree from the Philippines Military Academy (on a Singapore Overseas Training Award scholarship).
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Lim worked as lead instructor in games programming in Canberra, Australia. He served as an instructor for Higher Education in Australia for 10 years and as IT manager and consultant for many years in the Asia Pacific region. His previous posts include Assistant Director of eASEAN, the ASEAN Secretariat, Senior IT Manager, APAC travel, and Field Manager of APAC Services, WorldGate Communications, USA.
Dr Lim has worked on improving gaming research awareness and ICT initiatives for the Asia Pacific region. He is a member of International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISGA), International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) and Australian Research Council Complex Systems Research Network (COSNet). He is an avid researcher of complex systems, gaming and game development. His ongoing research focus includes game analytics, enterprise planning, social networks, the application of ecosystem approach for game development and visualization tools for teaching and learning.
His recent publications include: