Professor Nim Kwan CHEUNG
張念坤
FHKEng [2020]
Member, Council,
2021-2025
Chairman, AIquanta Limited 2019 – present, Managing Director, AIphotonics Limited 2018 – present, Director, Suga International Holding Co. Ltd. (0912) 2014 – present
- FIEEE, 1995
- Telcordia Fellow, Telcordia Technologies, 2000
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Faculty of Science, HKU, 2009
- Donald W. McLellan Award, IEEE Communications Society, 2009
- Bellcore Award of Excellence, Bell Communications Research, 1988
- Honorary Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Since 2009
- Vice Chair, IEEE Awards Board, 2021
- Chair, IEEE Hong Kong Section, 2018-2019
- Founding Director, National Engineering Research Centre for Application Specific Integrated Circuit Systems, Hong Kong Branch, 2012-2014
- Chair, IEEE Fellow Committee, 2012-2013
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR, 2009-2015
- Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2008-2009
- President and Council Member, IEEE Communications Society, 2006-2007
- Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), 2008-2014
- Consulting Professor, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2004-2009
- Vice President, Applied Research Government Program, Telcordia Technologies, 1999-2003
Prof Cheung is a pioneer in ultrahigh speed optical communications at AT&T Bell Labs, Bell Communications Research, and Telcordia Technologies in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He has established three world class research groups in optical high-speed, subcarrier-multiplexed, and coherent communications in the United States. He was principal investigator of major projects in gigabit and optical networking funded by U.S. DARPA and National Science Foundation. After joining ASTRI in 2008, he has greatly expanded the Institute’s research capability and patent portfolio, and directed his research teams to launch innovative projects on 5G/6G wireless networking, internet of Things, and advanced integrated circuits.
BSc
University of Hong Kong
MS
California Institute of Technology
PhD
California Institute of Technology