Keynote Speaker
Prof. Chi-Yung Chung
Chair Professor of Power Systems Engineering,
Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Bio:
Prof. Chung received the B.Eng. degree (with First Class Honors) and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He has worked for the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Powertech Labs, Inc., Surrey, BC, Canada; the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. His research interests include smart grid, micro grid, renewable energy, power system stability/control, planning and operation, applications of advanced optimization methods, power markets and electric vehicle charging.
Before rejoining the department, Prof. Chung was a Professor, the NSERC/SaskPower Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Technologies, and the SaskPower Chair in Power Systems Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. He was a prominent leader for advancing academic activities and applied research in power systems engineering development in the province of Saskatchewan. He led a research team, supported by SaskPower and NSERC of Canada, to conduct cutting-edge and long-term smart grid research for SaskPower and address critical technical issues associated with smart grid technologies and their applications to real power systems. His research work has not only generated 3 US patents, 3 book chapters and over 170 international journal papers, mostly in well-respected IEEE transactions and IET journals, but has also resulted in successful transference of three new commercial software packages developed for power system analysis. Software package “Small Signal Analysis Tool (SSAT)” developed by him is now being used by over 80 power companies and nearly 90 universities worldwide. He has provided consultancy services to both government agencies and well-known private companies. He is a Fellow of CAE, IEEE, EIC, IET and HKIE, and an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer. He is also the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Canada P. Ziogas Electric Power Award and 2021 Saskatoon Engineering Society (SES) Educator of the Year Award.
Prof. Chung has also been very active in professional societies. He was the Member-at-Large (Smart Grid) and Member-at-Large (Global Outreach) of IEEE PES Governing Board, the IEEE PES Region 10 North Chapter Representative, and a member of IEEE PES Fellow Evaluation Committee. He was the Past Chairman of the IEEE Hong Kong Section, IEEE Hong Kong Joint Chapter of PES/IAS/PELS/IES and IET Hong Kong PES. He was the General Chair of IEEE EPEC2017 and IEEE PES APPEEC2014, Co-Chair of IEEE TENCON2015, IEEE PES APPEEC2013 and IEEE ICHQP2012, Vice-Chairman of IET APSCOM 2015 and IET APSCOM2012, Technical Chairman of IET APSCOM2009, and Honorary Secretary of IEEE DRPT2004 and IEEE IAS 2005 Annual Meeting.
Prof. Chung is currently a Senior Editor of “IEEE Transactions on Power Systems”, a Consulting Editor of “IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy”, a Vice Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy”, a Subject Editor of “IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution”, an Editor of “IEEE Power Engineering Letters”, and an Editorial Board Member of “Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems”.
Prof. Francis C. M. Lau
Professor and Associate Dean (Global Engagement)
of the Faculty of Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Abstract:
Designing source code and channel code separately is optimal when the code length is very long. For application scenarios requiring short to moderate code lengths, designing source code and channel code jointly can provide a higher coding gain. The main idea of jointly designing source-channel code (JSCC) is to exploit the residual redundancy of the source in the tandem joint source-channel encoding/decoding algorithms so as to achieve coding gains. In this talk, we will present the architecture, encoding/decoding mechanism and performance of various JSCC systems based on protography low-density parity-check codes. Finally, we will show some hardware implementation results and some future research directions.
Bio:
Prof. Francis C. M. Lau received the BEng(Hons) degree in electrical and electronic engineering and the PhD degree from King’s College London, University of London, UK. He is the Associate Dean (Global Engagement) of the Faculty of Engineering and a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR. He is also a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET. He is a co-author of two research monographs and a co-holder of six US and four Chinese patents. He has published more than 360 papers. His main research interests include channel coding, cooperative networks, wireless sensor networks, chaos-based digital communications, applications of complex-network theories, and wireless communications.
He led several collaborative research projects from Huawei and consultancy projects from the Hong Kong SAR Government. He is a co-recipient of one Natural Science Award from the Guangdong Provincial Government, China; one Natural Science Award from the Chinese Institute of Electronics; eight best/outstanding conference paper awards; one technology transfer award; two young scientist awards from International Union of Radio Science; and one FPGA design competition award. He is among world’s top 2% scientists in 2020, 2021 and 2022 according to the metrics compiled by Stanford University.
He was the General Co-chair of International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Iterative Information Processing (2018) and the Chair of Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2012-13). He served as an associate editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II (2004-2005 and 2015-2019), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I (2006-2007), and IEEE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS MAGAZINE (2012-2015). He has been a guest associate editor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AND BIFURCATION AND CHAOS since 2010.
Prof. Soung Chang Liew
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering,
Co-Director of the Institute of Network Coding,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract:
In this talk, I will present my belief that academic wireless communications research can benefit greatly from an increased focus on the experimental work and prototyping. I will highlight how healthy synergistic and check-and-balance interactions between theoreticians and experimentalists can lead to more effective scientific pursuits. To illustrate this, I will present several works from my group that exemplify the iterative process of building experimental prototypes to inspire new theories and vice versa. These examples include a project to build an optical ether fabric to circumvent the bottleneck and enhance the coverage of optical wireless networks, and a project for vertical integration of wireless networks and robotic mobiles to improve end-to-end performance gain.
Building wireless systems with a focus on practical applications has inspired us to explore the intersection of Generative AI and wireless networks for creating even more powerful solutions. This effort culminated in our latest venture, LLMind, a framework that leverages Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to orchestrate complex, multi-component tasks. LLMind aspires to unify human intelligence, artificial intelligence, IoT, and high-performance networking into a cohesive “superintelligent” system, seamlessly integrating advancements in computation and communication into a singular, transformative technology.
Bio:
Professor Soung Liew is Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering at the Chinese University of HK (CUHK). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During his time at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, he conducted fundamental research on Fiber-Optic Communications Networks from 1984 to 1988. Following that, he joined Bellcore in New Jersey, where he worked on Broadband Network Research from March 1988 to July 1993. Since 1993, Professor Liew has been a Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he has held many leadership positions such as Department Chairman from 2006 to 2009, Associate Dean of Engineering (Research) from 2004 to 2006, and Co-Director of the Institute of Network Coding from 2014 to the present day. In recognition of his commitment to teaching excellence, Professor Liew received the first CUHK Vice Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award in 2000. Professor Liew’s research interests revolve around wireless networks, Internet protocols, and blockchain, with a current focus on the impact of AI in these fields. His group’s original paper on physical-layer network coding was recognized by Google Scholar as one of the ten classic papers in Computer Networks and Wireless Communications in 2017. Professor Liew is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, HKIE, and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering.
More details: https://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/faculty/liew-soung-chang/
