Chong Li

Chong Li

Dr. Max (Chong) Li is an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University (in the City of New York). He is the Founder & CEO of OORT, a decentralized AI company. He was a researcher at Qualcomm Research. He is also a Forbes contributor and the president of the Science & Technology Economic Committee at China-US Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Li is a holder of 200+ International/US patents. He has been actively publishing academic papers in top-ranking journals. His paper “Youla Coding and Computation of Gaussian Feedback Capacity” was nominated for the 2019 IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award. He has also served as a reviewer, committee, and co-chair for most prestigious journals and conferences in AI, communications, and control societies. Dr. Li is a grant review committee member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is the author of the book "Reinforcement Learning for Cyber-physical Systems" (Taylor & Francis CRC Press). 

Dr. Li has broad research interests including machine learning, distributed database and computing systems (e.g., blockchain), information theory, networked control and communication, and PYH/MAC systems design for advanced telecommunication technologies (5G and beyond).