Benjamin W. Wah
Short biography in PDF
Education
- B.S. EECS, Columbia University (1974)
- M.S. EECS, Columbia University (1975)
- M.S. Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1976)
- Ph.D. Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1979)
Academic Positions and Appointments
- Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2010-present)
- Chair, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2013-15)
- Director, Advanced Digitial Sciences Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2008-2009)
- Franklin W. Woeltge Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2004-2011)
- Franklin W. Woeltge Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2017-present)
- Robert T. Chien Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1998-2003)
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989-present)
- Professor of Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989-present)
- Program Director, Microelectronics Systems Architecture Program, National Science Foundation (1988-89)
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1985-1989)
- Associate Professor of Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1985-1989)
- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University (1984-1985)
- Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University (1978-1984)
Current Research Interests
- Nonlinear programming, mixed-integer programming, and applications in financial engineering
- Multimedia signal processing, voice-over-IP, and computer networks
- Artificial Intelligence, planning and scheduling, and satisfiability
Service in the IEEE Computer Society
- Chair, R. E. Merwin Award Committee (2009)
- Chair, Governance Committee (2006-08)
- IEEE-CS Representative to the Computer Research Association (2006-08)
- Past President (2002)
- President (2001)
- President-Elect (2000)
- Elected First Vice President for Publications (1999)
- Elected Second Vice President for Publications (1998)
- Treasurer and Executive Committee member (1997)
- Elected Governing Board member (1989-93, 1996-98)
- Publications Board (1989-1996)
- Press Activities Board (1991-1996)
- Membership Activities Board (1993)
- Computer Society representative to IEEE Neural Network Council (1992-93, 1995-1998)
- Fellow Evaluation Committee (member: 1993-95, vice chair: 1996, chair 1997)
- Elections Committee (2009)
- Distinguished Visitor (1983-86, 1989-92)
Journal Editorial Boards
- Knowledge and Information Systems (Honorary Editor-in-Chief: since 1998)
- IEEE Trans. on Knowledge and Data Engineering (Editor-in-Chief: 1993-96, Associate Editor-in-Chief: 1989-92)
- Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley (Editor-in-Chief: 2002-2009)
- Information Science (Associate Editor: 1988-93, 2004-present; Senior Associate Editor: 1988-2003)
- Int'l Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (Editor: 1991-present)
- Neural Processing Letters (Editor: 1999-2008)
- World Wide Web Journal (Editor: 2001-present)
- Int'l Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics (Editor: 2007-present)
- Chinese Journal on Electronics (Editor: 1996-present)
- IEEE Trans. on Software Engineering (Editor: 1985-88)
- ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (Advisory Board Member: 2009-present)
- Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Area Editor: 1985-95, Advisory Board: 1999-present)
- Journal of VLSI Signal Processing (Editor: 1994-present)
- Parallel Algorithms and Applications (Editor: 1997-2004)
- Guest Editor for 15 special issues
Conference Chairs/Cochairs
- Gordon Research Conference, Advanced Health Informatics, Hong Kong, PR China (2016: Chair)
- Xiangshan Science Conference, Xiangshan, PR China (2012: Co-Conf. Chair)
- Int'l Conf. on Cloud and Service Computing, HK Polytechnic University (2011: Honorary Conf. Chair)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Ubi-Media Computing (2010: Honorary General Chair)
- A*STAR Asia Pacific Summit and Conference (2010)
- ACM Int'l Workshop on Ambient Media Computing: Media Data Integration (2009)
- Engineering Panel, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2006-09)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (2008)
- Int'l Workshop on Interactive Digital Entertainment Technologies (2008, 2009)
- Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (2007)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Electronics and Information Technology Convergence (2007)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Data Mining (2006)
- IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. on Web Intelligence (2006)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on E-Business Engineering (2006: Honorary General Chair)
- 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (2006)
- IEEE/IPSJ Symposium on Applications and the Internet (2004)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2004)
- Int'l Conf. on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (2003)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Information Technology (2002, 2008)
- IEEE Int'l Symp. on Multimedia Software Engineering (2002)
- 6th Pacafic-Asia Conf. on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (2002)
- 2nd SPIE Int'l Symp. on Multispectral Image Processing And Pattern Recognition (2001)
- SDPS Integrated Design and Process Technology Conf. (2000)
- First Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (1999)
- SDPS Integrated Process and Design Technology Conference (2000)
- First Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (1999: Honorary General Chair)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Tools for Artificial Intelligence (1998)
- IEEE Knowledge Engineering Exchange Workshop, Honorary General Chair (1997)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Neural Networks (1996)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Application Specific Array Processing (1994)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (1993)
- National Science Foundation HPCC Workshop: Vision, Natural
Language and Speech Processing, and Artificial Intelligence (1992)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Data Engineering (1987)
Conference Program Chairs/Co-Program Chairs
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Data Mining (2005)
- IFIP World Congress (2000)
- IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific System and Software Engineering, (1999)
- International Symposium on Internet Technology (1998)
- IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (1995)
- Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (1994)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Application Specific Array Processing (1993)
- Int'l Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Systems (1993)
- Int'l Computer Symposium (1992)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (1991)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Tools for Artificial Intelligence (1991)
- Int'l Conf. on Parallel Processing (1990)
- IEEE Int'l Conf. on Data Engineering (1986)
Awards
- International Awards:
- Fellows:
- Endowed Professorships and Scholars:
- Technical Achievement Awards:
- Best Paper Awards:
- International Competitions:
- 1st Prize, Suboptimal Temporal Metric Track, and 2nd Prize, Suboptimal Propostional Track, 4th International Planning Competition (with Y. X. Chen and C. W. Hsu, June 6, 2004)
- 1st Prize, Satisficing Planning, 5th International Planning Competition (with C. W. Hsu, Y. Huang, and Y. X. Chen, June 6-10, 2006)
- 1st Prize, Temporal Satisficing Planning Track, 6th International Planning Competition (with C. W. Hsu, Sept. 14-18, 2008); also in Illinois ECE news
- Teaching Awards:
- Exemplary Teaching Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998-99.
- Some Serivice Awards:
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IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Distinguished Service Award;
also in Computer Magazine announcement (2006)
- IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Outstanding Service Award (2010)
- IEEE Computer Society Outstanding Contributions Certificate (1992)
- IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Awards (1991, 2001)
- IEEE Computer Society President, 2001)
- Bronze Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong Self Administrative Region (2022)
- Justice of Peace, Hong Kong Self Administrative Region (2020)