1949
Born to Chong Pu Lu and Shu Sheng Fan in Chongqing, Sichuan, China.
1984
Obtains a Master of Science from Rice University, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy from Rice University in 1987.
1987
Is an assistant prof. at Texas A&M Univ., then is an associate prof. in 1993 and a prof. in 1998 through today; Wins an NSF Award in 1988.
1992
Is a panelist at the IEEE Workshop on Imprecise and Approximate Computation; Wins the Texas Adv. Tech Award and again in 1996, 1998 and 2002.
1995
Is an associate editor of the “Journal of Computing and Information” until 1997.
1996
Is an associate editor of “Information Science” until 1997 and again from 2002 to 2003.
2000
Is conference chair of the 5th, 6th and 7th Intl. Confs. of Comp. Sci. and Informatics through 2003; Wins the Texas Advanced Research Award.
2002
Is a Webb Faculty Fellow at the Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering.
2004
Publishes the book “Arithmetic and Logic in Computer Systems” by John Wiley & Sons and book chapters by CRC in 2003 and Nova Publishers in 2005.
2014
Serves on the review panel of the NSF (National Science Foundation).
2015
Is a guest editor of the “Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Scientific and Academic Publishing.”
2017
Is the keynote speaker at the Third Annual International Conference on Management, Economic and Social Development.
2017
Is the general chair at the International Conference on Control Engineering and Mechanical Design.
2017
Is co-chair of the Third Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Mechanical Automation.
2017
Serves on the editorial board of “Scientific Pages of Industrial Biotechnology” and as honorable editor of “Robotics and Automation.”
2019
Receives the Innovative Award from the International Conference of Computational Science and Computational Intelligence.
2020
Is a topics editor of the “Informatics” through today.
2021
Is the technical program conference chair at the International Conference on Foundations Computer Science and Software Engineering.
2021
Is the keynote speaker at the Sixth Annual International Conference on Information Technology and Applications.
2021
Is associate editor of the “IEEE Transactions on ITS” and the “IEEE Transactions on NNLS” through today.