Chairman
Dr. Chung Laung Liu (劉炯朗博士)
Dr. Liu received his B.Sc. degree (1956) at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, his S.M. and E.E. degrees (1960), and his Sc.D. degree (1962) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962-72) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1972-98). During 1995-1998, he was the Vice President of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He served as President and Professor of Computer Science at the National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from February 1998 to February 2002. He is currently the William M.W. Mong Honorary Chair Professor of National Tsing Hua University.
Dr. Liu is the author and co-author of seven books and monographs, and over 180 technical papers. He has received several technical and educational awards including:
- Member of Academia Sinica
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
- IEEE Millennium Medal (2000)
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal (2000)
- IEEE Computer Society, Real Time Systems Technical Committee Technical Achievement Award (1999)
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Achievement Award (1998)
- Outstanding Talents Foundation Award (1998)
- IEEE Education Medal (1994)
- IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award (1992)
- Association for Computing Machinery Karl V. Karlstrom Education Award (1990)