Hui Lei
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Hui Lei is a Chinese-American
Computer Scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...
and Software Engineer. He is known for his work in
cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
,
big data Though used sometimes loosely partly because of a lack of formal definition, the interpretation that seems to best describe Big data is the one associated with large body of information that we could not comprehend when used only in smaller am ...
, and
mobile computing Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage, which allows for the transmission of data, voice, and video. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware ...
. He is a Fellow of the
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(IEEE) and a Vice President at Futurewei Technologies.


Education

Lei received a B.S. degree from Sun Yat-sen University, an M.S. degree from
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
, and a Ph.D. degree from
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, all in
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. His Ph.D. thesis was titled "Uncovering and Exploiting the Intrinsic Correlations Between File References".


Career

Prior to joining Futurewei Technologies, Lei held various positions at IBM, including Senior Manager of Cloud Platform Technologies at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Chief Technology Officer of Watson Health Cloud, IBM Distinguished Engineer, and IBM Master Inventor. The projects Lei has worked on include R3 Messaging, Mercury, and Mobile Crowdsensing. He has over 90
patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
s to his credit. Lei has been offered honorary appointments as visiting professor or adjunct professor at Sun Yat-sen University,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...
,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public research university located in Guanshan Subdistrict, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of E ...
, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Lei is a past
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing.


Honors and awards

Lei was recognized with an IEEE Computer Society T. Michael Elliott Distinguished Service Certificate in 2014. He was admitted to the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core in the same year. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2016 "for contributions to scalable and dependable data access in distributed computing systems." He received an IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award in 2017 "for pioneering contributions to scalable access to real-world data."


References

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