Francis Chi Moon Lau

My name in Chinese
My recent picture (1/2010); and this one (16/6/06), taken where I had a lot of fun.
Lau Siu Lun Jimmy at 5 months (29/12/07)

I am the director of the HKU MSc(CS) program.
I am associated with the Systems Research Group.

Important events:

• CCC2010
• ICEBE 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
• INFOSCALE 2006
• I-SPAN 2004
• Cluster 2003

Teaching:

• 2009-10: Advanced Topics in Computer Systems | MOAlp(B) | Systems Design and Implementation

Research:

• Publications
• Citations: Google Scholar | CiteSeerX (Beta)
• DBLP | CSB
• Keynote speeches: PDCAT 2003 | ISPA 2003 and ICPP-HPSECA 2003 | Grid World China 2005 | ISIITA 2005 | APPT 2005 | WoGTA 2005
• Recent talks
• Research projects
• Research grants
• Patents
• Research students
• Research collaborators
• Systems Research Group (SRG)
• Institute of Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS), Tsinghua University
• Some really old papers: ACM SIGPLAN Notices 19(3), March 84 | ACM OS Review 18(3), July 84
• On doing research

I am on the editorial boards of:

• Journal of Interconnection Networks (JOIN)
• International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN)
• International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing (IJGUC)
• Science in China, Series F: Information Science (or here)
• CSI Journal on Computer Science and Engineering (JCSE)

My past involvements with the IEEE Computer Society:

• Vice-President (Chapters Activities), 1999
• Vice-Chair (Asian Technical Activities), Technical Activities Board
• Member of IEEE/CS-ACM Joint Task Force on Curriculum 2001
• Member, China Initiative / China Operations Committee
• Member of Board of Governors, 1998
• Member-at-Large, Publications Board, 1998
• Coordinator, IEEE/CS Distinguished Visitors Program for Asia/Pacific, 1993-2003

Honors and awards:

• Best Paper Award, ISPAN 2008
• Outstanding Paper Award (12/2007), China Association for Science and Technology
• IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
• IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award, 1998

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