FEATURE INTERVIEW
Dr. Bi Qi
Chief Technology Officer, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute

Dr. Bi received his M.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1981 and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1986. After teaching at Utah State University as an assistant professor for one year, he joined Bell Laboratories in 1988 and became a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1995. Two years later, he was promoted to Technical Manager. Dr. Bi is a recognized expert in wireless communications.

He received Awards of Excellence from the Advanced Technology Lab of AT&T in 1996 and 1997, and Bell Labs President’s Gold Awards in 2000 and 2002. Under his leadership, his team was recognized in innovations and was awarded the Bell Labs Innovation Team Award in 2003 by the Bell Labs Research. In 2004, he received the Speaker of the Year Award from the IEEE New Jersey Coast Section. Based on his pioneering contributions in wireless communications, he broke ground in 2002 to become the first Chinese from the People’s Republic of China to receive the prestigious Bell Laboratories Fellow Award，and became the 170th fellow in Bell Labs’ near one century glorious history. In 2005, he was recognized by the Chinese Institute of Engineers and was awarded the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award during Engineers Week in the United States. Dr. Bi is also dedicated to international and social activities. From 1998 to 1999, he served as the technical chair for the Wireless Mobile ATM Conference. From 1999 to 2000, he organized the first and the second CDMA conferences at Lucent Technologies.

From 2000 to 2002, he served as the technical chair for IEEE Globecom’s wireless program. In 2003, he served as the technical chair for the IEEE Wireless Communications and Network Conference. In 2005 and 2006, he serves as the chair and organizer for the Wireless and Optical Communications Conference.

Dr. Bi has published extensively in many technical journals and conferences and has served as editors in many technical publications. He was often invited as a keynote speaker in many international conferences. He filed more than 60 US patents and was granted 30 US patents and 40 European patents. He was also the New York chapter president of the Alumni Association of the Chiao Tung University from 2002 to 2006. He has been listed in Who’s Who since 2003.

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