Hui Lei

Hui Lei is a Chinese-American Computer Scientist and Software Engineer. He is known for his work in cloud computing, big data, and mobile computing. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)[1] and a Vice President at Futurewei Technologies[2].

Education

Lei received a B.S. degree from Sun Yat-sen University, an M.S. degree from New York University, and a Ph.D. degree from Columbia University, all in Computer Science[3]. His Ph.D. thesis was titled "Uncovering and Exploiting the Intrinsic Correlations Between File References"[4].

Career

Prior to joining Futurewei Technologies, Lei held various positions at IBM, including Senior Manager of Cloud Platform Technologies at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Chief Technology Officer of Watson Health Cloud, IBM Distinguished Engineer, and IBM Master Inventor[3].

The projects Lei has worked on include R3 Messaging[5], Mercury[6], and Mobile Crowdsensing. He has over 90 patents to his credit[7].

Lei has been offered honorary appointments as Visiting Professor or Adjunct Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology[8][9].

Lei is a past Editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing[10].

Honors and awards

Lei was recognized with an IEEE Computer Society T. Michael Elliott Distinguished Service Certificate in 2014[11]. He was admitted to the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core in the same year[12]. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2016[1][13] "for contributions to scalable and dependable data access in distributed computing systems." He received an IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award in 2017[14] "for pioneering contributions to scalable access to real-world data."

References
  1. "IEEE Computer Society Members Elevated to Fellows for 2016". Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. "ODSC Speaker: Hui Lei". Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "Award Recipient - Hui Lei". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. "Doctoral Thesis: Uncovering and Exploiting the Intrinsic Correlations Between File References". Columbia University. 1998.
  5. "IBM Messaging System Could Speed Up Alerts for Pilots Dodging Volcanoes, One Another". Fast Company. 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "Smart switching could solve communication tangle". New Scientist. 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. "Patents by Hui Lei". Google Scholar. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. "Profile - Hui Lei". Crunchbase. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. "Faculty profile - Hui Lei". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. "IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing: Entering Its Fourth Year with Confidence". IEEE Computer Society. 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. "T. Michael Elliott Distinguished Service Certificate". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. "Golden Core Recognition". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  13. "IEEE Fellows Directory".
  14. "Dr. Hui Lei Receives IEEE Computer Society 2017 Technical Achievement Award". Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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