The IASTED International Conference on
Networks and Communication Systems
NCS 2006
March 29 – 31, 2006
Chiang Mai, Thailand
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Trends in Networks and Communication Systems
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Biography of the Keynote Speaker
Victor O.K. Li received SB, SM, EE and ScD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981, respectively. He joined the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA in February 1981 and became Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the USC Communication Sciences Institute. Since September 1997 he has been with the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PRC where he is Chair Professor of Information Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has also served as Managing Director of Versitech Ltd., the technology transfer and commercial arm of the University. His research is in information technology, including all-optical networks, wireless networks, and Internet technologies and applications. Prof. Li chaired the Computer Communications Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society from 1987-1989, and the Los Angeles Chapter of the IEEE Information Theory Group from 1983-1985. He co-founded the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), and chaired its Steering Committee from 1992-1997. He is now serving as an editor of ACM/Springer Wireless Networks and IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. Prof. Li has been appointed to the Hong Kong Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). He has received numerous awards, including, most recently, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Visiting Fellowship in Communications, the Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong, the Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship, and the Order of the Bronze Bauhinia Star, Government of HKSAR, China. He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 1992.
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