Victor C. M. Leung (S'75, M'89, SM'97, F'03) received the B.A.Sc. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia (U.B.C.) in 1977, and was awarded the APEBC Gold Medal as the head of the graduating class in the Faculty of Applied Science. He attended graduate school at U.B.C. on a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship and completed the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1981.
From 1981 to 1987, Dr. Leung was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at MPR Teltech Ltd., specializing in the planning, design and analysis of satellite communication systems. In 1988, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Electronics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He returned to U.B.C. as a faculty member in 1989, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the inaugural holder of the TELUS Mobility Research Chair in Advanced Telecommunications Engineering. Dr. Leung has co-authored more than 600 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings, several of which had been selected for best paper awards. His research interests are in the broad areas of wireless networks and mobile systems.
Dr. Leung is a registered professional engineer in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Wireless Communications Series, the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and is serving on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, the Journal of Communications and Networks, Computer Communications, as well as several other journals. He has guest-edited many journal special issues, and served on the technical program committee of numerous international conferences. He has chaired or cochaired many conferences and workshops. Dr. Leung was the recipient of the IEEE Vancouver Section Centennial Award and the 2011 U.B.C. Killam Research Prize.
Victor C. M. Leung (S'75, M'89, SM'97, F'03) received the B.A.Sc. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia (U.B.C.) in 1977, and was awarded the APEBC Gold Medal as the head of the graduating class in the Faculty of Applied Science. He attended graduate school at U.B.C. on a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship and completed the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1981.
From 1981 to 1987, Dr. Leung was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at MPR Teltech Ltd., specializing in the planning, design and analysis of satellite communication systems. In 1988, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Electronics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He returned to U.B.C. as a faculty member in 1989, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the inaugural holder of the TELUS Mobility Research Chair in Advanced Telecommunications Engineering. Dr. Leung has co-authored more than 600 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings, several of which had been selected for best paper awards. His research interests are in the broad areas of wireless networks and mobile systems.
Dr. Leung is a registered professional engineer in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Wireless Communications Series, the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and is serving on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, the Journal of Communications and Networks, Computer Communications, as well as several other journals. He has guest-edited many journal special issues, and served on the technical program committee of numerous international conferences. He has chaired or cochaired many conferences and workshops. Dr. Leung was the recipient of the IEEE Vancouver Section Centennial Award and the 2011 U.B.C. Killam Research Prize.View more