Presenter

Francis Lee is an Associate Professor with the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang technological University. He is involved in the Joint NTU-UBC Research Center of Excellence as Programme Director. He has been actively involved with the Asia-Pacific research and education network since the formation of Singapore Advance Research and Education Network(SingAREN). He is the founding president of SingAREN society, 2003-2007, and is currently the President of SingAREN(2011-2015). Since 2004, he is a member of the technical management team of Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN-2); the first large scale is the first large-scale research and education network for the Asia-Pacific. It connects ten countries in the region, and provides direct connectivity to Europe’s GÉANT2 network. His involvements continue into the new phase of the project TEIN-3 and TEIN-4. He was elected the founding Chair of the governors of the Trans-Eurasia Information Network Cooperation Center(TEIN*CC), in May 2012, which manages the TEIN-4 project.