- 原华为美国研究所首席科学家、资深副总裁、网络实验室主任

- 原国际电信联盟ITU-T Network 2030主席: 带领中国和美英欧日韩俄等先进发达国家70余家政府机构、高校、网络设备制造商、运营商研究2030年时代的网络技术和标准

- 原欧洲电信标准化组织ETSI下一代网络协议(NGP)副主席: 负责下一代网络技术和协议的发展规划、技术预研和协议规范

- 原欧洲Horizon 2020基金的相关项目工业顾问

- 曾获IEEE通信学会2023年MMTC杰出研究员奖

- 曾获7篇最佳会议论文奖

- 曾多次获得华为金奖和总裁奖

- 曾担任国际会议主旨演讲人(Keynote Speaker)，引带学界的风向：Globecom 2019, Infocom 2020, HPSR 2020, NetSoft 2018, CNSM 2019, Healthcom 2023, WiMob 2024。为成立Network 2030的演讲曾被翻译成多国文字

- 多次担任国际会议相关委员会主席

- 120余篇专业论文，65项美国授权专利，30余项IETF/ITU/ETSI国际通信标准

- 领导或参与设计的网络产品部署在世界前100大运营商网络中

- 落地实现在网络产品中的专利有些曾经运行10余年

Dr. Richard Li is Chair Professor of Network Technologies, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Prior to joining Southeast University in April 2024, Richard worked with Futurewei Technologies, aka Huawei R&D USA, from 2007 to 2024 as Chief Scientist, SVP, and Head of Network Technologies Lab in Silicon Valley, USA. Before that, Richard worked with Cisco and Ericsson on their networking products, technologies, solutions and network operating systems. Richard also served as the Chairman of the ITU-T FG Network 2030 from 2018 to 2020, the Vice Chairman of the Europe ETSI ISG Next-Generation Protocols from 2016 to 2019, and Chairs of steering committees and technical program committees of some academic and industrial conferences. He was a recipient of the 2023 IEEE MMTC Outstanding Researcher Award, 2023 MMTC Best Conference Paper Award, and six other Best Paper Awards in international conferences. Richard was a keynote speaker in IEEE Globecom, Infocom, Healthcom, HPSR, NetSoft, UNet, CNSM, and a frequent speaker in 6G-related conferences and symposia, among others. During his career, Richard spearheaded network technology innovation and development in Packet-Switched Networks, Routing and MPLS, Mobile Backhaul Networks, Metro and Core Networks, Data Center, Cloud and Virtualization with 65 US-granted patents and 100+ publications. Currently he serves on the advisory board for IEEE IoT Journal, as a technical editor for IEEE Network Magazine and guest editors for special issues of some journals. His current interests include next-generation network architectures, protocols, algorithms, and systems in the support of emerging and forward-looking applications and industry verticals, especially in the context of 5G/6G and Network 2030.