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Qi Bi
China Telecommunications Corporation, Chief Scientist
Speaker Bio
Dr. Bi is Chief Scientist and VP of Science and Technology Committee at China Telecom, with specialty in wireless communications. Previously, Dr. Bi worked at Bell Labs for 20+ years and was awarded the prestigious Bell Labs Fellow in 2002. Other awards included Bell Labs President’s Gold Awards in 2000 & 2002, the Bell Labs Innovation Team Award in 2003, and Asian American Engineer of the Year in 2005. He is an IEEE Fellow and served as a member of the IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee of the communication society between 2017 and 2019.
Dr. Bi received his M.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. He holds 47 US patents, 63 European patents and 175 Chinese patents. After joining China Telecom, his 4G coverage extension project led to large-scale commercial deployments and won the GTB Innovation Award at London in 2014. In 2019, he was given “Outstanding Contribution Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Oversea Scholars” by Beijing City. He was also awarded three national silver patent medals by the China National Intellectual Property Administration from 2022 to 2024.
