The basic research platform project led by Professor Shuguang CUI of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen was successfully selected as a National Key R&D Program of China after fierce competition. Prof. Shuguang Cui, from the School of Science and Engineering, is the leader and chief scientist of this programme.

Prof. Cui addressing the audience on Future Network of Intelligence Institute (FNii)

Initiated by CUHK-Shenzhen, the project is co-operated by ten domestic universities and a company, including Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Southeast University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and China Unicom, with a total budget of 53 million RMB. A number of China’s top communication network research teams, including three academician teams, have also joined and contributed to the programme.

Themed on “The Evolution of Future Networks Based on Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence”, the research focuses on the frontier domains ranging from intelligent network control theory, intelligent network-wide resource allocation, to intelligent content services for future needs. All of these research are highly relevant to the development strategy and layout of the information industry in not only the Greater Bay Area but the whole country. The team will make full use of the local favourable industrial environment in communication systems, artificial intelligence and other related fields. The research work will play a positive role in the transition of mobile internet from 5G to 6G, and bring a range of social and economic benefits by constructing Internet of Everything.

FNii Founding Ceremony

Shuguang Cui received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California, USA, in 2005. Afterwards, he has been working as assistant, associate, full, Chair Professors in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univ. of Arizona, Texas A&M University, and UC Davis, respectively. He is currently the Vice Director of Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data via a Chair Professor appointment at CUHK (Shenzhen). His current research interests focus on data driven large-scale system control and resource management, large data set analysis, IoT system design, energy harvesting based communication system design, and cognitive network optimization. He was selected as the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher and listed in the Worlds’ Most Influential Scientific Minds by ScienceWatch in 2014. He was the recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society 2012 Best Paper Award. He has served as the general co-chair and TPC co-chairs for many IEEE conferences. He has also been serving as the area editor for IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, and associate editors for IEEE Transactions on Big Data, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE JSAC Series on Green Communications and Networking, and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. He has been the elected member for IEEE Signal Processing Society SPCOM Technical Committee (2009~2014) and the elected Chair for IEEE ComSoc Wireless Technical Committee (2017~2018). He is a member of the Steering Committee for both IEEE Transactions on Big Data and IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. He is also a member of the IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technology Committee. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2013 and an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer in 2014.