Keqin Li#
| Membership Number: | 6093 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | https://cs.newpaltz.edu/~lik/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5224-4048 |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x0YtT7QAAAAJ&hl=en&citsig=AMstHGQNlaosax697ylrFeoOs8xs3Y38LQ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013, 03 National Distinguished Professor, Hunan University, China
- 2011, 11 Intellectual Ventures Endowed Visiting Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, China
- 2009, 03 SUNY Distinguished Professor, State University of New York, USA
- 1999, 09 Full Professor, State University of New York, USA
- 1996, 09 Associate Professor, State University of New York, USA
- 1990, 09 Assistant Professor, State University of New York, USA
- 1988, 06 Research Assistant, University of Houston, USA
- 1988, 01 Instructor, University of Houston, USA
- 1987, 09 Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Cloud computing
- Computer architectures and systems
- CPU-GPU hybrid and cooperative computing
- Computer networking
- Big data computing
- Embedded systems and cyber-physical systems
- Fog computing and mobile edge computing
- Heterogeneous computing systems
- High-performance computing
- Energy-efficient computing and communication
Honours and Awards
- 2026 Editor’s Choice Paper of Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS)
- 2026 Ranked #1 globally among Chinese scholars based on lifetime academic impact in computers: theoretical methods by Tongzhou Cloud: Global Top 100K Scientists
- 2026 Member of the World Academy of Sciences (WAS)
- 2026 Founding Fellow of the World Academy of Engineering & Technology (WAET)
- 2026 Member of the USA National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI)
- 2025 Ranked #1 in the US and #2 in the world in parallel computing based on the prior five years' research productivity, impact, and quality by ScholarGPS
- 2025 Ranked #1 in the US and #2 in the world in distributed computing based on the prior five years' research productivity, impact, and quality by ScholarGPS
- 2025 Ranked #1 in the US and #3 in the world in cloud computing based on the prior five years' research productivity, impact, and quality by ScholarGPS
- 2025 Ranked #1 in the US and #2 in the world in distributed real-time systems based on the number and the citations of 1% top-cited papers by Scilit Top Cited Scholars
- 2025 Ranked #2 in the US and #3 in the world in distributed computing based on career-long impact by Scopus citation database
- 2024 Ranked #1 in the US and #2 in the world in distributed computing based on single-year impact by Scopus citation database
- 2024 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA)
- 2023 Fellow of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
- 2023 Founding Fellow of the Asia Computational Intelligence Society (ACIS)
- 2023 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award (Academic)
- 2023 IEEE TCSVC Research Innovation Award (RIA) of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Services Computing
- 2023 Xiaoxiang Friendship Award (Department of Science and Technology and Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Hunan Province, China)
- 2022 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award (Hunan Province, China)
- 2022 IEEE TCCLD Research Impact Award from the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Cloud Computing
- 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the field of parallel and distributed computing
- 2022 Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
- 2022 Member of Academia Europaea (MAE)
- 2022 Best Paper Award of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom 2022)
- 2021 Second Prize of Hunan Province Natural Science Award
- 2020 First Prize of Hunan Province Natural Science Award
- 2019 Outstanding Paper Award of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2019)
- 2019 Best Paper Award of the 16th Annual IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2019)
- 2019 Second Prize for Higher Education Provincial Teaching Achievements (Department of Education, Hunan Province, China)
- 2019 IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award
- 2018 First Prize for Teaching Achievements (Hunan University, China)
- 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Computer Science Department at the University of Houston
- 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2016 Best Paper Award of the 14th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2016)
- 2016 National Distinguished Expert (State Specially Recruited Expert) named by the Chinese central government
- 2015 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to parallel and distributed computing
- 2014 EIC's Spotlight Paper of IEEE Transactions on Computers (IEEE-TC)
- 2013 National Distinguished Professor (China)
- 2013 Winner of the Chinese Recruitment Program of Global Experts (1000 Plan)
- 2012 Member of the SUNY Distinguished Academy
- 2010 Distinguished Faculty Medallion (specifically commissioned to commemorate SUNY Distinguished Professor)
- 2009 SUNY Distinguished Professor
- 2000 Inaugural Best Paper Award of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2000)
- 1998 Recognition Award of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)
- 1997 Dr. George Rappaport Best Paper Award (first place) in the 49th IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON '97)
- 1996 Best Paper Award in the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA '96)
