Short Bio:

Kin Fun Li, is the Director of Professional Programs and Development for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Victoria. Kin is responsible for the faculty’s professional master’s programs and micro-credentials. He teaches computer hardware and software courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Kin dedicates his time to instructing and researching computer architecture, data mining, education analytics, and image processing applications (see Research Publication below) . As a Senior Member and the Vice Chair of the IEEE Victoria Section, he organizes many professional events, including local workshops and international conferences. Dr. Li is a passionate supporter and participant in numerous international activities to promote the engineering profession, education, and diversity.

Research Interests : Hardware accelerator; data analytics; image processing; artificial intelligence

Research Publications

Office: Engineering Office Wing 409; Office Hours: appointment by email

Telephone: +1-250-721-8683; email: kinli(AT)uvic(DOT)ca

Current/Recent Lectures

Fall 2023:

ECE 255 Introduction to Computer Architecture

Courses Taught: ECE/ELEC/SENG Design Project (check out the Robot Pet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHBreRQFlnM); ENGR 120 Design and Communication II (check out first-year engieering robot competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNMqMT64H6M; ENGR 330 Professional Career Planning and Engineering Leadership; ECE 255 Introduction to Computer Architecture; ECE 355 Microprocessor Systems; ECE 356 Engineering System Software; ECE 420 Artificial Intelligence; ECE 450 Computer Systems and Architecture; ECE 455 Real Time Computer Systems Design Project; ECE 460 Computer Communication Systems; ECE 499A Mobile Robot Design Competition; SENG 380 Applied Cost Engineering; SENG 440/540 Embedded Systems; ECE 563 Advanced Computer Architecture; ECE 579A Practice of Applied Data Analytics; ECE 590 Information Retrieval on the Web; ECE 590 Data Mining and Application; ECE 590 FPGA-based Object Detectiion for Computer Vision; ECE 5909 FPGA-based Classifier for Computer Vision; ECE 590 Artificial Intelligence Hardware for Internet of Things; ECE 590 Sensing Technologies in Telemedicine; ECE 590 Social Media Mining, Techniques, Challenges, and Applications; ECE 592 Career development; ECE 699 Web and Business Intelligence

Current Call for Papers:

• MC2 2023 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2023 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Awards Co-Chair)

Professional Activities:

• NBiS 2023 International Conference on Network-Based Information System (International Liaison Co-Chair)
• AINA 2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Award Co-Chair)
• IMIS 2023 International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing  (Program Committee Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2023 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Award Co-Chair)
• AINA 2022 36th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MAW 2022 14th International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2022 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Awards Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2022 The International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Program Committee Co-Chair)
• EIDWT 2021 International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (Publicity Co-chair)
• VTC 2020 IEEE 92nd Vehicular Technology Conference (Local Arrangement Chair)
• NBiS 2020 The International Conference on Network-Based Information System (General Co-Chair)
• INCoS 2020 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (General Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2020 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (International Liaison Co-Chair)
• MC 2020 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• AINA 2020 35th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Award Co-Chair)
• MAW 2020 13th International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2019 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• PacRim 2019 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (Local Arrangement)
• BioSPAN 2019 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2019 The International Conference on Network-Based Information System (General Co-Chair)
• INCoS 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (International Liaison Co-Chair)
• AINA 2019 34th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Award Co-Chair)
• MAW 2019 12th International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2019 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Program Committee Co-Chair)
• MC 2019 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• IMIS 2019 International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (International Liaison Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2018 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BioSPAN 2018 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MC 2018 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MAW 2018 11th International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• AINA 2018 33th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Workship Co-Chair)
• FINA 2018 14th International Symposium on Frontiers of Information Systems and Network Applications (Symposium Co-Chair)
• PacRim 2017 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (General Co-Chair)
• MC 2017 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2017 The International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Publicity Co-Chair)
• INCoS 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (Program Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2017 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Database and Data Mining Applications Track Chair)
• IMIS 2017 International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (International LiaisonCo-Chair)
• MAW 2017 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• AINA 2017 31th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Publicity Co-Chair)
• GPC 2017 International Conference on Green, Pervasive and Cloud Computing (Program Committee)
• BIDS 2016 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BioSPAN 2016 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MC2 2016 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• AINA 2016 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Program Co-Chair)
• IMIS 2016 International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Publicity Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2016 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Database and Data Mining Applications Track Chair)
• MAW 2016 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• ICISA 2016 International Conference on Information Science and Applications (Steering Committee)
• EIDWT 2016 International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (Web Science and Business Intelligene Track Chair; Mobile & Wireless Network, Program Committee)
• PacRim 2015 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (Steering Co-Chair)
• ICT 2015 Interntional Conference on Internet Technologies and Society (Program Committee)
• ICMWT 2015 International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Technologies (Steering Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2015 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• ICISS 2015 International Conference on Information Science and Security (Steering Committee)
• ICITCS 2015 Internationa Conference on IT Convergence and Security (Steering Committee)
• ICMWT 2015 International Conferene on Mobile and Wireless Technologies (Steering Co-Chair)
• ICIMSA 2015 International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications (Steering Co-Chair)
• ICISA 2015 International Conference on Information Science and Applications (Steering Co-Chair)
• IMIS 2015 International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Track Chair)
• BioSPAN 2015 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• WEBIST 2015 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Program Committee)
• AINA 2015 29th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (Workshop Co-Chair)
• CISIS 2015 International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (Database and Data Mining Applications Track Chair)
• MAW 2015 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• ICITCS 2014 Internationa Conference on IT Convergence and Security (Steering Committee)
• ICMWT 2014 International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Technologies (Steering Co-Chair)
• ICIMSA 2014 International Conference on Information, Management Science and Applications (Steering Committee)
• ICISA 2014 International Conference on Information Science and Applications (Steering Committee)
• MC2 2014 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2014 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BioSPAN 2014 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• CSO 2014 Seventh International Joint Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimizations(Awards Co-Chair, Program Co-Chair)
• iiWAS 2014 The 16th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services (Program Committee)
• WEBIST 2014 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Program Committee)
• 2014 WWW PhD Symposium (Program Committee)
• NBiS 2014 The 16th International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications Track Chair)
• AINA 2014 28th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (General Co-Chair)
• MAW 2014 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• WSSM 2014 International Workshop on Web Services and Social Media (Program Committee)
• 3PGCIC 2013 International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (eLearning and Groupware Track Chair)
• PacRim 2013 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (Steering Co-Chair)
• BWCCA 2013 international Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MC2 2013 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2013 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• ISSE 2013 International Workshop on Intelligent Sensors and Environments (Workshop Co-Chair)
• TALE 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (Publicity Co-Chair)
• MAW-13 2013 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• AINA 2013 27th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (General Co-Chair)
• EIDWT 2013 International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (Workshop Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2013 The 16th International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications Track Chair)
• iiWAS 2013 The 15th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services (Program Committee)
• ICPADA 2013 Crowd and Cloud Computing Workshop (Program Comittee)
• HPCC 2013 IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (Program Committee)
• ADC 2013 Australian Database Conference (Program Committee)
• AINA 2013 27th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application Distributed Database and Data Mining Track (Program Committee)
• IMIS 2013 Seventh International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Program Committee)
• WEBIST 2013 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Program Committee)
• BWCCA 2012 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (General Co-Chair)
• CSO Fifth International Joint Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimizations(Program Co-Chair)
• 3PGCIC 2012 International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (General Co-Chair)
• ITSE 2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Software Engineering (Organizing CommitteeChair)
• MC2 2012 International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (Workshop Co-Chair)
• SPICE 2012 International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cloud Environments (Workshop Co-Chair)
• INCoS 2012 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (Workshop Co-Chair and International Advisory)
• BIDS 2012 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• ISSE 2012 International Workshop on Intelligent Sensors and Smart Environments (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BioSPAN 2012 International Workshop on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• MAW-12 2012 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• QuEST-12 2012 International Workshop on Quantitative Evaluation of large-scale Systems and Technologies (Workshop Co-Chair)
• IMIS 2012 The Sixth International Conference on Innovative Mobile & Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Modeling, Simulation & Performanc Track Chair)
• AINA 2012 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (International Liaison Co-Chair)
• MUSIC-12 The 2011 FTRA International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous and Intelligent Computing (Workshop Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2012 The 15th International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications Track Chair)
• ASEA 2012 Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications (Program Committee)
• iiWAS 2012 The 14th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services (Program Committee)
• WSSM 2012 The First International Workshop on Web Services and Social Media (Program Committee)
• ISBEIA 2012 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (Program Committee)
• ISIC 2012 Internatioanl Conference on Information Security and Intelligent Control (Program Committee)
• WEBIST 2012 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Program Committee)
• CHUSER 2012 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science and Engineering (Program Committee)
• CADS 2012 The Seventeenth CSI International Symposium on Computer Architecture and Digital Systems (Program Committee)
• BEIAC 2012 IEEE Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (Program Committee)
• BIFE 2012 Fifth International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (Program Committee)
• ISIC 2012 International Conference on Information Security and Intelligent Control (Program Committee)
• ISCI 2012 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics (Program Committee)
• TeNAS 2012 The Sixth International Workshop on Telecommunication Networking, Applications and Systems (Program Committee)
• PacRim'11 2011 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (Conference Co-Chair)
• BWCCA 2011 The Sixth International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (Program Co-Chair)
• BioSPAN 2011 The First International Conference on Bio-Sensing, Processing, Application and Networking (Workshop Co-Chair)
• BIDS 2011 International Workshop on Business Intelligence and Distributed Systems (Workshop Co-Chair)
• HPCC 2011 The 13th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (Program Vice Chair)
• ECMS 2011 The 25th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation (International Advisory Board)
• MAW-11 2011 International Symposium on Mining and Web (Symposium Co-Chair)
• QuEST-11 2011 International Workshop on Quantitative Evaluation of large-scale Systems and Technologies (Workshop Co-Chair)
• NBiS 2011 The 14th International Conference on Network-Based Information System (Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Area Chair)
• IMIS 2011 The Fifth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (Data Management Track Chair)
• iiWAS 2011 The 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services (Program Committee)
• ISCI 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics (Program Committee)
• BIFE 2011 Second International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (Program Committee)
• SWS 2011 Third Symposium on Web Society (Program Committee)
• TeNAS 2011 The Fifth International Workshop on Telecommunication Networking, Applications and Systems (Program Committee)
• ASEA 2011 International Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications (Program Committee)
• ICCAIE 2011 International Conference on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics (Program Committee)
• ICOS 2011 IEEE Conference on Open Systems (Program Committee)
• ISIEA 2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (Program Committee)
• ICISS 2011 The 2011 IEEE International conference on Intelligent Computing and Integrated Systems (Program Committee)
• HIS 2011 11th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (Program Committee)
• ICISA 2011 IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Applications (Program Committee)
• CCECE 2011 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (Program Committee)
• WEBIST 2011 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (Program Committee)
• CSO 2011 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimization (Program Committee)
• AINA 2011 25th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (Program Committee)

University of Victoria, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Master of Engineering in Telecommunications and Information Security (MTIS).

Master of Engineering in Applied Data Science (MADS)