Prof Hoi Sing Kwok, Dr William M W Mong Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has been elected Vice President – Asia of the Society for Information Display (SID), the only global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic-display technology.
SID has three regional VP’s in charging of member activities in the Americas, Europe and Asia respectively. Vice Presidents of SID are elected once every two years.
Prof Hoi Sing Kwok is a renowned expert in display technologies and nanotechnologies. He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and received both his MS and PhD degrees in Applied Physics from Harvard University. He joined HKUST in 1992 and is now Director of Center for Display Research.
Prof Kwok is also a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society of America (OSA) and SID. He is also an elected member of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials. So far he has published over 500 papers in internationally respected journals and global conference and holds more than 10 patents in his areas of research interest.
Founded in 1962, SID provides a platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in the latest electronic-display technologies, with more than 6,000 professional members from all over the world in the fields of display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales.
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