Pan Hui | Director, Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Professor Pan Hui is a Chair Professor of Computational Media and Arts and Director of the Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), and a Chair Professor of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas and Director of the HKUST-DT Systems and Media Laboratory at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. With a rich background in both academia and industry, Hui's career spans roles as the Nokia Chair in Data Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland, Distinguished Scientist at Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-labs) Germany, researcher at Intel Research Cambridge, and Thomson Research Paris.  His research has attracted sponsorship from major industry players including Nokia, Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft Research, and China Mobile. He has published more than 500 research papers and with over 30,000 citations. He has 32 European and US patents. Hui is an internationally recognized scholar, having been elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Member of the Academia Europaea. He is also an IEEE Fellow and an ACM Distinguished. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Hui is a founding member of the INTEPOL Expert Group on Metaverse and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Metaverse. Hui obtained his Computer Science PhD degree from the University of Cambridge.