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A Brief Biography

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, September 1987 - July 1990, the Institute of Information Systems, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics, August 1982 - April 1985, the Institute of Information Security, Northwest Telecommunication Engineering Institute (renamed as Xi Dian University in 1989), Xian, China
  • B.S., Mathematics, May 1978 - January 1981, Department of Mathematics, Xichang Normal College, Xichang, China

Affiliations and Positions

  • Since July 2004, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • September 2006 – August 2007: sabbatical leave, visiting the State Key Lab of Information Security at Chinese Academy of Sciences, UESTC, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China, Sep. - Dec. 2006), University of Southern California (hosted by Dr. S.W. Golomb, USA, Jan. - May 2007), INRIA (hosted by Dr. P. Charpin, France, June - July 2007)
  • September 2000 – June 2004: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, cross appointed to the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • November - December 2002: visiting Communication Security Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany (hosted by C. Paar and H. Dobbertin)
  • January 1999 - August 2000: Research Assistant Professor, the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research, Department of Combinatorics &Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • July 1998 - December 1998: Postdoc Visitor, the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research, Department of Combinatorics & Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • June 1996 - June 1998: Research Associate, the Communication Sciences Institute, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
  • May 1995 - June 1996: Visiting Associate Professor, Computer Networking Department, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA
  • January 1993 - May 1995: Associate Professor, the Institute of Information Systems and the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
  • October 1991 - October 1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, the Cryptography Research Group, Digital Communication Section, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB), Rome, Italy
  • May 1987 - January 1993 (except October 1991 - October 1992): Instructor, the Institute of Information Systems and the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
  • May 1985 - May 1987: Teaching Assistant, the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

Honors and Awards

  • The Premier's Research Excellence Awards, Ontario, Canada, 2001
  • Distinguished Professorship Award of the National Education Commission, China, 1994
  • Fondazione Ugo Bordoni Postdoctoral Fellowship, Italy, 1991
  • Outstanding Doctorate Faculty Award of Sichuan Province, China, 1991
  • Best Research Paper Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, China, 1984