- Author of 'A First Course in Information Theory' (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002) and 'Information Theory and Network Coding' (Springer 2008), adopted by over 100 institutions around the world
- Gave the first MOOC on information theory on Coursera in spring 2014, reaching over 25,000 students
- Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society (1999-2001)
- Served on committees of several information theory symposiums and workshops
- Editorial board member for multiple academic journals
Research Experience
- Joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1988
- Has been with CUHK since 1991
- Was a consultant in a project of Jet Propulsion Laboratory for salvaging the malfunctioning Galileo Spacecraft
Education
- Degrees: BS, MEng, PhD
- University: Cornell University
- Years: Received in 1984, 1985, and 1988 respectively
- Advisor: Not provided
- Major: Electrical Engineering
Background
- Research Interest: Information Theory, Network Coding
- Position: Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering, Co-Director, Institute of Network Coding
- Introduction: He is a co-founder of the field of network coding and has been serving as Co-Director of the Institute of Network Coding since 2010. His research interest lies in information theory and network coding.