2. Awards and Honors: Professor Liu has received numerous awards and honors, including the IEEE Fourier Signal Processing Society Award (2021) and the Leon Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award (2016). He is recognized as one of the most highly cited scientists worldwide by Web of Science. Additionally, he has received the IEEE Signal Processing Society's Technical Achievement Award (2009), the highest society award (2014), and over ten best paper and invention awards. Mr. Liu is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His research, featured at the IEEE 125th Anniversary celebration, is recognized as one of seven technologies that have impacted how humans and machines, the world, and each other interact, with the potential to change the world.
3. Academic and Educational Contributions: As a highly respected scholar in the field of signal processing and communication, Professor Liu has published over 800 academic papers and authored more than ten books. He has also nurtured many outstanding professionals in the field of technology, with approximately half of his students becoming university educators, carrying forward his belief in educating future talents. In 2022, Professor Guo-Rui Liu was elected as the President of the IEEE, becoming the first person of Chinese descent to hold this significant position in over 140 years, significantly enhancing Taiwan and National Taiwan University's international visibility and influence in the field of electrical engineering.
4. Innovation and Industry Impact: Professor Liu is the founder and president of Origin Wireless, a company established in 2013 that has pioneered the field of wireless sensing and indoor tracking. The company holds over 120 patents, and its inventions and products have won several prestigious international awards, including three CES Innovation Awards, the Japan CEATEC Grand Prix, and the German Red Dot Design Award. Origin Wireless products are now sold in over 150 countries and regions, benefiting millions of households, cars, lightbulbs, and IoT devices, revolutionizing our lives and making them better through wireless sensing technology.