Brief Technical Profile:

Prof. P. K. Alex Wai  received  the Bachelor  of Science (Hons) degree with first class honours from the University of  Hong  Kong  in 1981, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of  Maryland, College Park, USA, in 1985 and 1988,  respectively. In 1988 he  joined  Science Applications  International  Corporation  in McLean, VA, where he worked as a Research Scientist  on the Tethered Satellite  System project. In 1990  he became a Research Associate  in  the  EE  Department  of  the  University  of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. In 1996 he joined the Department  of Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic  University  as an  Assistant Professor, in 1997 he became Associate Professor, in 2002 he became Professor and Head of the Department, in 2005 he became Chair Professor of Optical Communications and Dean of Faculty of Engineering.

His research interests include theory of solitons, modeling of fiber lasers, simulations of integrated optical devices, long distance fiber optic communications, and neural networks. Prof. Wai is an active contributor to the technical field, having over 100 international publications. He is a reviewer for many international journals and was an invited speaker in international  conferences. Prof. Wai is a fellow of Optical  Society of America and a Senior member of IEEE.