After his graduation from the HuangGang Middle School, he was recommended for admission to Fudan University without the entrance examination due to his excellent performance in the mathematics and physics Olympic contest. He received the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Electronics Engineering from Fudan University, China, and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas, USA. After his Ph.D. graduation, he joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an assistant professor. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM.