Lionel Ni
倪明选
Provost of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Assumed office
May 16, 2019
PresidentWei Shyy
Preceded byWei Shyy
Vice Rector (Academic Affairs) of the University of Macau
In office
January 2, 2015 – 2019
RectorWei Zhao
Yonghua Song
Preceded bySimon Ho (2014)
Personal details
Born (1951-12-13) December 13, 1951
ResidenceHong Kong
Education
AwardsOverseas Outstanding Contribution Award, China Computer Federation
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science and Engineering
Institutions

Lionel Ming-shuan Ni (Chinese: 倪明选; born December 13, 1951[1]), is serving as the provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and concurrently the Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.[2] Prior that, he was the vice rector (academic affairs) at the University of Macau (UM) from January 2015 to 2019.[3] Before joining UM, he was also the Chair Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he now returns to.[4]

Before going to HKUST in 2002, he had spent more than 2 decades since 1981 as a full Professor in computer science and engineering at Michigan State University after he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1980. During his stay, he served as the program director of the United States National Science Foundation Microelectronic Systems Architecture Program, directed 54 Ph.D. students and published numerous papers in pervasive computing, mobile computing, big data, sensor networks, parallel architectures, etc. He was elevated to the rank of a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1994 for his contribution to parallel processing and distributed systems.[5] He owned 8 patents whilst more than 18 pending. His research papers were cited for more than 32000 times as of January 2019.[6]

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ https://rto.um.edu.mo/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Ni_CompleteVitae_UMAC.pdf
    2. ↑ "Meet the Provost". HKUST.
    3. ↑ "World-renowned computer scientist Prof Lionel M Ni to serve as UM's vice rector for academic affairs". University of Macau.
    4. ↑ "HKUST Appoints Prof. Lionel Ni as Provost". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
    5. ↑ "IEEE Fellows 1994 | IEEE Communications Society".
    6. ↑ "Lionel Ni". Google Scholar. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
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