Wei Liu

Biography

Wei Liu is director of the Web and Rich Content Technology Lab (HP Labs China), which seeks to create technologies for analyzing, processing and managing structured and unstructured data on the web and in organizations.

Liu relocated to China in 2003 to help establish HP Labs China. Prior to this, he worked as senior research and development engineer, project manager and strategic planning manager at HP’s Colorado Springs division. While there, he led the development of current-mode CMOS technologies used in several HP products. He also led the team that created product and technology roadmaps for three HP product lines.

Liu established HP’s first research and development lab in China, where he also worked as a senior research and development engineer and project manager. He worked as a researcher at HP Labs Palo Alto, where he invented high-speed, low-noise, single-chip CMOS read channel for storage systems. Liu’s first assignment at HP, in 1988, was to create the manufacturing test team in China.

Liu’s research interests include mixed signal IC design, computer architecture, web technology and data management. He has published widely and been granted several U.S. patents in the areas of Mixed Signal IC design, IC packaging technology, high-speed CMOS circuit design and data management. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Research interests

Research interests include mixed signal IC design, computer architecture, web technology and data management.

Patents

Several U.S. patents in the areas of Mixed Signal IC design, IC packaging technology, high-speed CMOS circuit design and data management.