Academic Staff

Information technologies, all-optical networks, wireless networks, Internet technologies and applications.

S.B., Electrical Engg. and Computer Science, MIT, 1977
S.M., Electrical Engg. and Computer Science, MIT, 1979
EE, Electrical Engg. and Computer Science, MIT, 1980
Sc.D., Electrical Engg. and Computer Science, MIT, 1981

Victor O.K. Li received SB, SM, EE and ScD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981, respectively. He joined the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA in February 1981, and became Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the USC Communication Sciences Institute.  Since September 1997 he has been with the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, where he is Associate Dean (Research) of Engineering, and Chair Professor of Information Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.  He has also served as Managing Director of Versitech Ltd. the technology transfer and commercial arm of the University, and on various corporate boards.

His research is in information technology, including all-optical networks, wireless networks, and Internet technologies and applications.  Sought by government, industry, and academic organizations, he has lectured and consulted extensively around the world.  Prof. Li chaired the Computer Communications Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society 1987-1989, and the Los Angeles Chapter of the IEEE Information Theory Group 1983-1985.  He co-founded the International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), and chaired its Steering Committee 1992-1997. He also chaired various international workshops and conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM 2004 and IEEE HPSR 2005. Prof. Li has served as an editor of IEEE Network, IEEE JSAC Wireless Communications Series, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and Telecommunication Systems.  He also guest edited special issues of IEEE JSAC, Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, and KICS/IEEE Journal of Communications and Networking.  He is now serving as an editor of ACM/Springer Wireless Networks. Prof. Li has been appointed to the Hong Kong Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). He served as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government. He has also served on the Innovation and Technology Fund (Electronics) Vetting Committee, the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme Committee, and the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council.  He was a Distinguished Lecturer at the University of California at San Diego, at the National Science Council of Taiwan, and at the California Polytechnic Institute. Prof. Li has also delivered keynote speeches at many international conferences. He has received numerous awards, including, the PRC Ministry of Education Changjiang Chair Professorship at Tsinghua University, Beijing, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Visiting Fellowship in Communications, the Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong, the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award of the University of Hong Kong, the Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship, and the Order of the Bronze Bauhinia Star, Government of HKSAR, China.  He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 1992.  He is also a Fellow of the HKIE and the IAE.

Consulting affiliation: Various organizations around the world

• Lam, A.Y.S., and Li, V.O.K.
  "Chemical-reaction-inspired metaheuristic for optimization," IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 14, No. 3, June 2010, pp. 381-399.

• Huang, F., Li, V.O.K. and Leung, K.C.
  “Transmission radius control in wireless ad hoc networks with smart antennas,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 58, No. 8, Aug 2010.

• Li, C.Y., Cai, L., Wai, P. K. A., Li, V.O.K. and Xu, A.
  “Wavelength-routed networks with lightpath data interchanges,” EEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 415–426 (2010).

• Li, C.Y., Wai, P. K. A., Li, V.O.K.
  "Parallel transfer optical packet switches," IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 27, No. 12, pp. 2159-2168, June 2009.
  
  
• Sun, F.L., Li, V.O.K. Diao, Z.F.
  "Modified bipartite matching for multiobjective optimization: Application to antenna assignments in MIMO systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 2009, pp. 1349 - 1355.

• Cao, Y.X., Leung, K.C., and Li, V.O.K.
  "Bandwidth-guaranteed fair scheduling with effective excess bandwidth allocation for wireless networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2008, pp. 2094 - 2105.
  
  
• Zhang, Z.C. and Li, V.O.K.
  “Network-supported layered multicast transport control for streaming media,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 18, No. 9, Sept 2007, pp. 1332 - 1344.
  
  
• Leung, K.C., Li, V.O.K. and Yang, D.Q.
  “An overview of packet reordering in Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): Problems, solutions, and challenges,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 2007, pp. 522 - 535.
  
  
• Chan, J., Li, V.O.K. and Lui, K.S.
  “Performance comparison of scheduling algorithms for peer-to-peer collaborative file distribution,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Comm., Special Issue on Peer-to-Peer Communications and Applications, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan 2007, pp. 146 - 154.
  
  
• Diao, Z.F., Shen, D., and Li, V.O.K.
  “CPLD-PGPS Scheduler in Wireless OFDM Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, No. 10, Oct 2006, pp. 2923 – 2931.
  
  
• Wang, W., Liew, S.C., Li, V.O.K.
  "Solutions to performance problems in VoIP over 802.11 wireless LANs," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Jan 2005.
  
  
• Li, V.O.K. Li, C.Y., Wai, P. K. A.
  "Alternative structures for 2-D MEMS optical switches," OSA Journal of Optical Networking, Vol. 3, No.10, pp.742-757, October 2004.
  
  
• Yuan, X. C., Li, V.O.K. Li, C.Y., Wai., P. K. A.
  "A novel self-routing address scheme for all-optical packet switched networks with arbitrary topology," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 21, No. 2, Feb 2003, pp. 329 - 339. (Patent pending.)
  
  
• Li, V.O.K. and Zhang, Z.C.
  "Internet multicast routing and transport control protocols," Proc. of the IEEE, Vol. 90, No. 3, March 2002.
  
  
• Cao, Y. and Li, V.O.K.
  "Scheduling algorithms for broadband wireless networks," Proc. of the IEEE, Vol. 89, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 76 - 87.
  
  
• Win, M.Z., Qiu, X., Scholtz, R.A. and Li, V.O.K.
  "ATM Based Time-Hopping Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access Network for Multimedia PCS," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Comm., Vol. 17, No. 5, May 1999, pp. 824 - 836. (Conference version received the Best Student Paper Award of 4th Annual NetWorld+Interop Engineer Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1997.)
  
  
• Ju, J. and Li, V.O.K.
  "An optimal topology-transparent scheduling method in multihop packet radio networks," IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, Vol. 6, No. 3, June 1998, pp. 298 - 306.
  
  
• Liao, W. and Li, V.O.K.
  "The Split and Merge (SAM) Protocol for Interactive Video-on Demand Systems," IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 4, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1997, pp. 51 - 62. (Won the Best Research Paper Award, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1997. United States Patent No. US 6,543,053 B1, April 1 2003.)
  
  
• Li, V.O.K. and Qiu, X.X.
  "Personal Communication Systems (PCS)," Proc. of the IEEE, Volume 83, No. 9, pp. 1210 - 1243, September 1995.
  
  
• Lee, K.C. and Li, V.O.K.
  "A wavelength-convertible optical network," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 11, No. 5, May 1993, pp. 962-970.
  
  
• Hou, T.C. and Li, V.O.K.
  "Transmission range control in multihop packet radio networks," IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. COM-34, No. 1, January 1986, pp. 38-44. (Invited Distinguished Lecture, IEEE Symposium on Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, held in conjunction with IEEE GLOBECOM 2001, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 2001.)
  
  
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