Keynote Speakers  主讲嘉宾

Prof. WAH Wan-Sang Benjamin
IEEE Life Fellow/ACM Fellow/AAAS Fellow
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Bio: WAH Wan-Sang Benjamin, BBS, JP, is an Emeritus Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Franklin W. Woeltge Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. He previously served as Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK (2010-2019), Chair of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2013-2018), and Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of UIUC. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Wah's contributions to computer science and engineering have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards. These include the IEEE CS Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE-CS W. Wallace-McDowell Award, the IEEE-CS Richard E. Merwin Award, the IEEE-CS Tsutomu Kanai Award, and the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science of the University of California, Berkeley. In 2026, he was awarded an Honorary Fellow of CUHK for his contributions. His current research interests in big data and multimedia systems have led to significant advancements in these areas.
He has served the IEEE Computer Society in various capacities, including Vice President for Publications (1998 and 1999) and President (2001). He currently serves as the Chair of the INNO Hong Kong Steering Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), as well as a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).