Benjamin简介
ProfBenjamin1Biography:BenjaminWWahiscurrentlytheProvostandWeiLunProfessorofComputerScienceandEngineeringoftheChineseUniversityofHongKongHealsoservesastheChairoftheResearchGrantsCouncilofHongKongBeforethen,heservedastheDirectoroftheAdvancedDigitalSciencesCenterinSingapore,aswellastheFranklinWWoeltgeEndowedProfessorofElectricalandComputerEngineeringandProfessoroftheCoordinatedScienceLaboratoryoftheUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign,ILHereceivedhisPhDdegreeincomputersciencefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,CA,in1979Hehasreceivedanumberofawardsforhisresearchcontributions,whichincludetheIEEECSTechnicalAchievementAward(1998),theIEEEMillenniumMedal(2000),theIEEE-CSWWallace-McDowellAward(2006),thePanWen-YuanOutstandingResearchAward(2006),theIEEE-CSRichardEMerwinAward(2007),theIEEE-CSTsutomuKanaiAward(2009),andtheDistinguishedAlumniAwardinComputerScienceoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(2011)Wah’scurrentresearchinterestsareintheareasofbigdataapplicationsandmultimediasignalprocessingWahcofoundedtheIEEETransactionsonKnowledgeandDataEngineeringin1988andservedasitsEditor-in-Chiefbetween1993and1996,andistheHonoraryEditor-in-ChiefofKnowledgeandInformationSystemsHecurrentlyservesontheeditorialboardsofInformationSciences,InternationalJournalonArtificialIntelligenceTools,JournalofVLSISignalProcessing,andWorldWideWebHehasservedtheIEEEComputerSocietyinvariouscapacities,includingVicePresidentforPublications(1998and1999)andPresident(2001)HeisaFellowoftheAAAS,ACM,andIEEE