Dr. Peter X. Liu received B.S. and M.c. degrees from Northern Jiaotong University, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Canada, in 2002. He has been with the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada, since 2002, and he is currently a Professor and the Canada Research Chair. He is also with the School of Information Engineering, Nanchang University, as an Adjunct Professor. His interests include interactive networked systems and teleoperation, haptics, micro-manipulation, robotics, intelligent systems, context-aware intelligent networks, and their applications to biomedical engineering. He has published more than 280 research articles. He was a recipient of the 2007 Carleton Research Achievement Award, the 2006 Province of Ontario Early Researcher Award, the 2006 Carty Research Fellowship, the Best Conference Paper Award from the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, and the 2003 Province of Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award. He is a Licensed Member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (P. Eng), a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. He serves as an Associate Editor for several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and IEEE Access.
