Francis Chi Moon Lau

Dr. Lau first learned computer science in 1976, at Acadia. Ten years later, he received a PhD in computer science from Waterloo. His PhD research was on a concept related to process naming and structuring in distributed OS. Dr. Lau joined the Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong as a lecturer in 1987. His research in OS continued, which led to the formation of the Systems Research Group (SRG) in the department. The group's motto is to develop real software on real hardware to solve real problems. Over the years, the group has graduated over 40 MPhil/PhD students. He was appointed and started serving as the head of the department in 2000 (until 2005). More ... | More in Chinese ...

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My recent picture (24/8/05); 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.

Important events:

• CCC2009
• ICEBE 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
• INFOSCALE 2006
• I-SPAN 2004
• Cluster 2003

Teaching:

• 2009-10: Advanced Topics in Computer Systems
• 2008-09: Topics in Theoretical Computer Science | Advanced Topics in Computer Systems | MOAlp
• 2007-08: MOAlp | System Design and Implementation
• 2006-07: Machine Organization and Assembly Language Programming (MOAlp)
• 2004-05: Topics in Web Technologies
• 2003-04: Internet and the World Wide Web

Research:

• Publications
• Citations: Google Scholar (Beta) | 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 Computer Society of the IEEE:

• 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 Member (since 1998)

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