James Lei
Program Director at Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolJames Lei is a program director and research leader with over two decades of experience translating multimedia and networking research into commercial products, including the world’s first single-chip H.264 solution and Hong Kong’s first place-shifting Home Media Center. A PhD in Electrical Engineering & Applied Mathematics from Brown and a BS in Mathematics from Peking University underpin a prolific research career of 70+ publications, multiple patents, and a dozen successful technology transfers from ASTRI to industry. He blends deep technical expertise in video and networking R&D with program-level project management and entrepreneurial instincts that helped spawn two spin-offs. Based in Hong Kong, he now focuses on building globally connected media platforms like iShare MP2P Planet Media to realize seamless TV/Media anywhere in the IP age. An academic at heart, he also taught in the OneMBA program and brings a habit of continual practice and iteration to both research and product delivery.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering & Applied Mathematics, PhD, Electrical Engineering & Applied Mathematics at Brown UniversityBS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Peking University
Github Skills (8)
gpu-programming10
computer-graphics10
parallel-computing9
high-performance9
gpu9
differentiable-programming9
portable9
python8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Rabmelon/tiSPHi
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:136 commits, 159 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year
Rabmelon/voxel_ZL
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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