- Optical and Wireless Networking
- Network Control and Management
- B.Sc., University of Hong Kong (1970)
- M.S., California Institute of Technology (1972)
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1976)
- Adaptive and variable bit rate techniques in optical networking
- Optical packet and burst switching
- High-speed optical and wireless networking
- National and global Information Infrastructure
- Telcordia Fellow and Fellow of IEEE
- Recipient of Bellcore Award of Excellence
- Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore)
- Vice President of Applied Research Government Program (1999-2002)
- Executive Director, Network Control and Management Research Dept. (1995-99)
- Executive Director, Transwitching Research Dept. (1990-95)
- IEEE Communications Society:
- Candidate for President Elect position (2004)
- Vice President of Technical Affairs (1996-97)
- Vice President of Society Relations (2004-05)
- Fellow Evaluation Committee (2002-04)
- Distinguished Lecturer (2001-04)
- Senior Editor, Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
- OFC Steering Committee (2004-06)
Biographical sketch
Dr. Nim K. Cheung is a consulting professor in the EE Department of
Stanford University starting from 2004. He is also a Telcordia
Fellow and an Executive Consultant in Telcordia Technologies, a
subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
He was Vice President of the Applied Research Government Program in
Telcordia Technologies from 1999 to 2002, managing a $25M
Government-funded research program that grew at a double-digit rate
over the past 4 years.
Dr. Cheung received his B.Sc. degree from University of Hong Kong in 1970 and Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics from California Institute of Technology in 1976. After graduation, he joined Bell Laboratories to conduct pioneering research in early single-mode fiber optic systems. In 1984 he became District Manager of the Advanced Lightwave Technology Group in Bellcore, where he created three leading edge research programs in high-speed, coherent, and subcarrier-multiplexed lightwave systems.
In 1989, he was on leave as a visiting scientist at the School of Computer Science in Carnegie Mellon University. He helped create the Gigabit Nectar Testbed in Pittsburgh, one of the 5 early gigabit testbeds sponsored by DARPA and NSF. He returned to Bellcore as an Executive Director in the Applied Research Area, where he managed a wide range of research programs in high-speed networking, terabit switching and network management systems. He was one of the originators of the Advanced Technology Demonstration Network Testbed (ATDNet), the first 2.5 Gb/s ATM testbed in Washington DC sponsored by six government agencies. He chaired the SONET OC-192 (10 Gb/s) and ATM Self-healing Ring Consortium, a key Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) initiated by President Clinton. Dr. Cheung was the principal investigator of SuperNet Broadband Local Trunking, a Next Generation Internet (NGI) project sponsored by DARPA. In this project, he and his team invented the burst mode variable bit rate technique, a key enabling component in optical packet and burst switching networks currently pursued by many research groups.
Nim Cheung was a member of SAIC’s Executive Science and
Technology Council, and has served on the EE advisory boards of
Columbia University, Polytechnic University of New York, and New
Jersey Institute of Technology. He is a Telcordia Fellow and a
Fellow of IEEE. He has been an active leader in the IEEE
Communications Society, serving as VP of Technical Affairs
(1996-97), Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee (1998-99),
Distinguished Lecturer (2001-04), and VP of Society Relations
(2004-05). Dr. Cheung has published over 120 papers, and has served
in different editorial positions. He has organized numerous
conferences and workshops for different professional societies,
including several online multicasting events.
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