Professor Yan Hong, Wong Chun Hong Professor of Data Engineering and Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of his highly innovative work in advancing technological and economic developments.
The NAI Fellows Program highlights “academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society”. Election to NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.