• My Maples
  • Academic Experiences

    • Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies and Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006 - present. (in charge of MS and Ph.D. programs of ECE, and Master of Telecommunications Program, a joint program of ECE and Smith School of Business)
    • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; Institute for Systems Research; Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation Program; Bioengineering Program; University of Maryland, College Park, 2000 - present; Associate Professor, 1995 - 2000; Assistant Professor, 1990 - 1995.
    • Director, Communication and Signal Processing Laboratory (of about twenty faculty members), Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2001 - present. (http://www.cspl.umd.edu/)
    • Advisor: University Area of Strategic Development Advisory Committee, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2001- 2004; Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Catholic University of America, 2005.
    • Visiting Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Information System Laboratory, Stanford University, 1996-97.
    • Lead, Communications and Signal Processing Graduate Curriculum Reform and Modernization, University of Maryland, College Park, 2000-2002.
    • Founding Director, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, 1993 - 1998.

    Entrepreneurship and Industrial Experiences

    • Founder; President and Chief Executive Officer, 97-99; Board of Director, Odyssey Technologies, 1997-2000. (Multimedia software package bundled by IBM Thinkpad used by millions of users. Pioneer of digital video surveillance systems used by many major chain stores and banks (http://remoteeyes.com/).). Profitable within two years of founding with valuation of $22 millions in 1999.)
    • Co-Founder; Board of Director, Hermes Technologies, Greece, 2001-2004. (Developed first smart antenna chipset for WLAN; bought by Broadcom)
    • Chief Scientist, NeoParadigm Laboratories, San Jose, 1996-97 (developed first single chip H.263 video Codec at the time when SONY's start-of-the-art solution still featuring two chips).
    • Serve in various capacity as legal expert witness/consultant.
    K. J. Ray Liu