Professional Honors and Distinctions

International Distinction

  • Member (International), United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2021

  • Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES), 2020

  •  AI 2000 Internet of Things Most Influential Scholars, 2020

  • Distinguished Research Excellence Award, School of Engineering, HKUST, 2019 (Only one award every three years)

  • ISI Highly Cited Researcher (Thomson Reuters), 2011

  • Fellow, IEEE since 2003

  • Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), since 2013

  • 42 keynote and plenary talks around the world

  • Invited Speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 2015

  • David Ross Fellowship at Purdue University, 1986-1988
International Awards

  • 2021 IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks Recognition Award

  • 2021 IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award

  • 2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award

  • 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award

  • 2017 IEEE Cognitive Networks Technical Committee Publication Award

  • 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications

  • 2016 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award

  • 2011 IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award

  • 2011 IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award

  • 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award

  • 2009 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications

  • 2007 IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Publications Exemplary Award

  • 1992 URSI Young Scientist Award, Paris, France