Guang Gong, Ph.D, Professor

EDUCATION

· Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, September 1987 - July 1990, the Institute of Information Systems, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China.

· M.S. Applied Mathematics, August 1982 - April 1985, the Institute of Information Security, Northwest Telecommunication Engineering Institute (renamed as Xi Dian University in 1989), Xian, China.

· B.S. Mathematics, May 1978 - January 1981, Department of Mathematics, Xichang Normal College, Xichang, China.

AFFILIATIONS AND POSITIONS

· July 2004 - : Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo,   Waterloo,  Canada.

- Sep. 2006 – August 2007: sabbatical leave, visiting the State Key Lab of Information Security at Chinese Academy of Sciences, UESTC, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China, Sep.- Dec. 2006), University of Southern California (hosted by Dr. S.W. Golomb, USA, Jan. - May, 2007), INRIA (hosted by Dr. P. Charpin, France, June - July, 2007).

· September 2000 – June 2004: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,   cross appointed to the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research, University of Waterloo,   Waterloo,  Canada.

- November - December 2002: visiting Communication Security Lab, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany (Hosted by C. Paar and H. Dobbertin).

• January 1999 - August 2000: Research Assistant Professor,  the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research, Department of Combinatorics  & Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,  Canada.

• July 1998 - December 1998:  Postdoc Visitor,  the Center of Applied Cryptographic Research,  Department of Combinatorics  & Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,  Canada.

• June 1996 -  June 1998: Research Associate,  the Communication Sciences Institute, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

• May 1995 - June 1996: Visiting Associate Professor, Computer Networking Department, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA.

• January 1993 - May 1995: Associate Professor, the Institute  of Information Systems and the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

• October 1991 - October 1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, the Cryptography Research Group, Digital Communication Section, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB), Rome, Italy.

• May 1987 - January 1993 (except for 10.1991 - 10.1992): Instructor, the Institute  of Information Systems and the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

• May 1985 - May 1987: Teaching Assistant, the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• The Premier's Research Excellence Awards,  Ontario, Canada, 2001

• Distinguished Professorship Award of the National Education Commission, China, 1994.

• Fondazione Ugo Bordoni Postdoctoral Fellowship, Italy, 1991.

• Outstanding Doctorate Faculty Award of Sichuan Province, China, 1991.

•  Best Research Paper Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, China, 1984.