Congratulations to Professor Wenping Wang for receiving the John A Gregory Memorial Award in appreciation for his outstanding contributions in Geometric Modelling. This award is currently the highest award in the field of Geometric Design, and is presented to one or more individuals for Fundamental Contributions to the Field of Geometric Modelling. The laureates are chosen by a committee operating privately and announced once every three years. Impact on the field over one's lifetime is an important criterion in making selections for this award.
Professor Wang joined the Department of Computer Science at HKU in 1993, and has taken up the Headship of the Department since 2012. He received the University Outstanding Researcher Award for 2012-13 for his outstanding contributions and accomplishments in research, and has been conferred by the University with the title of Chair Professor of Computer Science w.e.f. July 2015. Recently, he has been named an IEEE Fellow by the IEEE Board of Directors in recognition of his achievements and contributions in the fields of computer graphics and solid modeling.
Professor Wang has published extensively in the areas of geometric modeling, computer graphics and data visualization, and has served as general chair or PC chair of many international conferences, and associate editor of several premier journals in Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics.