讲座题目：Network Coding – An Introduction

讲座人：李硕彦 香港中文大学 讯息工程讲座教授

时间：4月4日（周五）上午10:00-11:30

地点：C505

讲座摘要：Network coding (NC) brings a paradigm shift in the mode of data transport from the traditional store-and-forward. The linear-algebraic theory of NC structures data units as a finite field, and the fundamental theorem guarantees the best possible throughput. Linearity makes the hardware/software implementation feasibly fast for practical applications, including peer-to-peer communications, wireless networks, sensor networks, personal communications, multicasting, etc. The wide applicability has generated interest in multi-disciplinary research among computer science, information/coding theory, matrix theory, networking, operations research, and switching. NC has now grown to be one of the most active fields in information technology.

主讲人简介：Professor S.-Y. Robert Li received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1974, taught Applied Math at MIT in 1974-76 and Math/Statistics/CS at UI Chicago in 1976-79, and then worked on switching systems and theoretic research at Bell Labs/Bellcore for a decade. He has been a Chair Professor at CUHK since 1989 and currently also serves a Professor (by courtesy) in Mathematics and Co-director of Institute of Network Coding. Meanwhile, Professor Li is a “111 Great Master of Science” for the IGAT Program of China as well as an honorary professor at five major universities.

Professor Li cofounded the theory of network coding, which is currently a very active research field worldwide. He is a Principal Investigators of a research grant from the Hong Kong government in the amount over HK$100M. The L-Y-C paper “Linear Network Coding” won the IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award of the year 2005. Professor Li also started the field of algebraic switching with his book “Algebraic Switching Theory and Broadband Applications.” The algebraic switching fabric has been adopted by the major project “Metro Switch” of ITRI in Taiwan. His earlier paper on martingale of patterns engenders a research area with applications to genetics and other fields.

He holds 32 US patents so far and is a 4-time winner of Outstanding Paper Award from ITRI.