Professor Victor On-kwok Li (born October 11, 1954) is an American Hong Kong academic.University of Hong Kong
Prof. Victor O.K. Li
/ref> He is best known for his contributions to the development of Information technology. He received the

Government of Hong Kong The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the executive authorities of Hong Kong SAR. It was formed on 1 July 1997 in accordance with the Sino-Br ...

Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2001,Government of Hong Kong
List Bronze Hauhinia Star Recipient, 2001
/ref> and he is a fellow of

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

. Prof. Li is currently chair professor and head of the ''Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering'' of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He also serves as Managing Director of Versitech Ltd.About Us, Versitech Ltd.
/ref> He is also on the boards of SUNeVision Ltd., China.com Ltd.,China.com Ltd.
/ref> and Anxin-China Holding Ltd.Anxin-China Holding Ltd.
/ref> Prof. Li also chairs the Executive Committee, HKU Initiative on Clean Energy and Environment.
/ref> From 2007 to 2012, he served as Associate Dean of Engineering at HKU. Before joining HKU in 1997, he was a professor of electrical engineering (EE) at the University of Southern California (USC) and director of Communication Sciences Institute of USC. He chaired the Computer Communications Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society from 1987 to 1989, and the Los Angeles Chapter of the IEEE Information Theory Group from 1983 to 1985. Prof. Li's doctoral adviser was Prof.

Wilbur Davenport Wilbur B. Davenport Jr. (July 27, 1920 – August 28, 2003) was an American engineer and scientist, known for his work on communications systems. Early life Davenport was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and earned his bachelor's degree from Aub ...

,Victor O.K. Li, "Performance Models of Distributed Database Systems," Thesis (Sc.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981
/ref> who was a student of Prof. Robert Fano.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, VIctor On-kwok Fellow Members of the IEEE 1954 births Living people Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong University of Southern California faculty Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star