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Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Minming Li
Minming Li is a Professor in Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD and BE degree in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University in 2006 and 2002 respectively. He was a recipient of Teaching Excellence Award given by City University of Hong Kong.
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