Career Paths after PhD

Speaker:	Professor Lionel M. Ni
		Chair professor
		Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department
		The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Title:		"Career Paths after PhD"

Date:		Monday, 27 Nov 2006

Time:		4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:		Lecture Theatre F (near lift nos. 25/26)
		HKUST

Abstract:

Earning a PhD in computer science and engineering is certainly a major and
congratulated milestone in your life. It is also a turning point in your
future career. What should you do next? Not all of you can meet your wish.
The job market changes all the time. Having produced over 33 PhD graduates
and worked in academic, industry, and government in last 26 years, I would
like to share with you possible career paths for computer science and
engineering PhDs.


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Biography:

Lionel M. Ni earned his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer
engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1980. He is
chair professor and head of the Computer Science and Engineering
Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From
1981 to 2002, he was professor in Computer Science and Engineering
Department at Michigan State University. He was president and co-founder
of CC&T Technologies developing Internet-related products, including the
award winning Voice over IP hardware and Internet emulator. He was program
director of the U.S. National Science Foundation Microelectronic Systems
Architecture Program. Among his many honorary and adjunct appointments, he
is a distinguished professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University and honorary
chair professor of Tsinghua (Hsinchu) University. He is also the chief
scientist of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 program) on
wireless sensor networks.