Biography
Chin Hei Chan graduated from B.Sc. degree in Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2013. He then finished his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in HKUST in 2016 and 2019 respectively, and started his postdoc in the same university immediately afterwards. In Feb 2023, he shortly left the position and tried to investigate for overseas working opportunities, and finally decided to resume postdoc career in HKUST in Aug 2023, until Sep 2025. In Oct 2025, he started his current role as an Assistant Professor in Hetao Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (HIMIS). His main research area includes coding theory and algebraic number theory. Some of his research in coding theory is in interplay with random matrix theory or information theory. As for algebraic number theory, he mainly works on various properties of polynomials over finite fields, which have potential applications in coding theory and cryptography.
Research Interest
· Coding Theory
· Algebraic Number Theory
· Information Theory
· Random Matrix Theory
Education
· 2016-2019 HKUST Ph.D. in Mathematics
· 2014-2016 HKUST M.Phil. in Mathematics
· 2010-2013 HKUST B.Sc. in Mathematics
Employment
· 2025- HIMIS Assistant Professor
· 2023-2025 HKUST Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics
· 2019-2023 HKUST Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics
Awards
· Din-Yu Hsieh Teaching Award
· Postgraduate Studentship
Publications
Journal Publications
[1] C. H. Chan, Z. Ding, N. Li, X. Xie, M. Xiong and M. E. Zieve, “On a class of complete permutation quadrinomials,” Finite Fields Appl., vol. 110, Article No. 102734, Feb 2026. (included in SCI-E and EI)
[2] C. H. Chan and M. Xiong, “The central limit theorem for entries of random matrices with specified rank over finite fields,” Finite Fields Appl., vol. 105, Article No. 102603, Aug 2025. (included in SCI-E and EI)
[3] C. H. Chan, F. Fu and M. Xiong, “Decoding error probability of random parity-check matrix ensemble over the erasure channel,” Des. Codes Cryptogr., vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 51–77, Jan 2025. (included in SCI-E and EI)
[4] C. H. Chan and M. Xiong, “Spectral distribution of random matrices from mutually unbiased bases,” Adv. Math. Commun., vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 721–732, Nov 2022. (included in SCI-E)
[5] C. H. Chan, V. Tarokh and M. Xiong, “Convergence Rate of Empirical Spectral Distribution of Random Matrices from Linear Codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 1080–1087, Feb 2021. (included in SCI-E and EI)
[6] C. H. Chan and M. Xiong, “On the Complete Weight Distribution of Subfield Subcodes of Algebraic-Geometric Codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 7079–7086, Nov 2019. (included in SCI-E and EI)
[7] C. H. Chan, E. Kung and M. Xiong, “Random Matrices from Linear Codes and Wigner’s Semicircle Law,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 6001–6009, Oct 2019. (included in SCI-E and EI)
Conference Proceedings
[1] C. H. Chan and M. Xiong*, “Central limit theorem for linear eigenvalue statistics of random matrices from binary linear codes,” International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI 2024). Springer, 2025.
[2] C. H. Chan and M. Xiong*, “Random Matrices from Linear Codes and Wigner’s Semicircle Law II,” 9th International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications (IWSDA’19), Dongguan, China, 2019, pp. 1–3. (included in CPCI-S and EI)
Conferences and Academic Visits
· 9th International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications (IWSDA'19), Oct 2019
Dongguan University of Technology, Songshan Lake, Dongguan, China
· 2018 Summer School on Random Matrices, Jun 2018
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
· Random matrices and their applications (2018), May 2018
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan