The Cable Show 2010 - Go Beyond

Benny Bing

Research Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology

Benny Bing

Benny Bing is a research faculty member with the Georgia Institute of Technology since 2001. He has published over 80 technical papers and 11 books, and holds 5 pending patents in the areas of video, gesture, and bandwidth management technologies. His publications have appeared in the IEEE Spectrum and he has received 2 best paper awards. In early 2000, his book on wireless LANs was adopted by Cisco Systems to launch Cisco’s first wireless product, the Aironet Wi-Fi product. He was subsequently invited by Qualcomm and the Office of Information Technology to conduct customized Wi-Fi courses. Other books were reviewed extensively by IEEE Communications Magazine (twice), IEEE Network as well as the ACM Networker. He is an editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine since 2003, where he also heads a special section on Industry Perspectives. He has guest edited for the IEEE Communications Magazine (2 issues) and the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications. All 5 of his online IEEE wireless tutorials have been sponsored by industry with one tutorial sponsored twice. In October 2003, he was invited by the National Science Foundation to participate in a workshop on Residential Broadband. He also led a team that received the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Technology Innovation Award in 2010. The award recognizes organizations that bring technology research exhibits and demonstrations of exceptional merit to the NAB Show. He is the founder of a video startup focused on enhancing and delivering next-generation video entertainment. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer.


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