# Steve Liu

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{{short description|Canadian computer scientist}}
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| title = Associate Vice President of Research and Professor of Computer Science and [Machine Learning](/source/Machine_learning), [MBZUAI University](/source/MBZUAI); <br>Full Professor, [School of Computer Science, McGill University](/source/McGill_University_School_of_Computer_Science)
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| sub_discipline = [Embedded systems](/source/Embedded_systems); [cyber-physical systems](/source/cyber-physical_systems); networking and distributed systems; [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence)
| workplaces = [Hewlett-Packard](/source/Hewlett-Packard) Labs<br />[IBM](/source/IBM) T. J. Watson Research Center<br />[University of Nebraska–Lincoln](/source/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln)<br />[McGill University](/source/McGill_University)<br />Tinder Inc.<br />[Samsung](/source/Samsung) AI Center Montreal
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'''Steve Liu''' ({{langx|zh|刘学}}, [Pinyin](/source/Pinyin): Liu Xue) is a Canadian Computer Scientist. He is an Associate Vice President of Research and Professor of Computer Science and Machine Learning at [MBZUAI University](/source/Mohamed_bin_Zayed_University_of_Artificial_Intelligence).<ref name=":1" /> He is a professor in the School of Computer Science at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Xue Steve Liu - IEEE Xplore |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37086078484 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=ieeexplore.ieee.org}}</ref>

== Education ==
Liu obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and his master's degree in [Automation](/source/Automation) and [Control Theory](/source/Control_theory) from Tsinghua University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=两位清华校友当选2021年加拿大工程院院士-清华大学 |url=https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1175/85084.htm |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.tsinghua.edu.cn}}</ref> He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=Grainger Engineering Office of Marketing and |title=Alumnus Xue Liu Elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering |url=https://siebelschool.illinois.edu/news/alumnus-xue-liu-elected-canadian-academy-engineering |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=siebelschool.illinois.edu |language=en}}</ref> 

== Career ==
Dr. Liu joined McGill University in 2007 as a faculty member in the School of Computer Science. He founded the Cyber Physical Intelligence Lab at McGill and is an associated member of the university's Center for Intelligent Machines. He is the Chair Professor of William Dawson Scholar and servces as Courtesy Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Dr. Xue (Steve) Liu's Homepage! |url=https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/site/bio.html |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.cs.mcgill.ca}}</ref> He is affiliated with the Mila - Quebec AI Institute as an associate academic member. 

In industry, Liu serves as Vice President R&D, Chief Scientist, and Co‑Director of the Samsung AI Center Montreal. From 2016 to 2019, he was the Chief Scientist of Tinder Inc., where he led research and innovation for the dating and social discovery platform. Earlier in his career, he worked at [Hewlett‑Packard Labs](/source/Hewlett_Packard_Labs) in [Palo Alto](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_California), California, and at the [IBM T. J. Watson Research Center](/source/IBM_T.J._Watson_Research_Center) in New York. Before moving to McGill, he briefly held the Samuel R. Thompson Chair Associate Professorship in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His research spans embedded and cyber‑physical systems, networking and distributed systems, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. He has published more than 500 research papers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xue Steve Liu {{!}} ScienceDirect |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/author/24178306600/xue-steve-liu |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> He has authored or co‑authored five books or monographs and several book chapters.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Dr. Xue (Steve) Liu's Homepage! |url=https://cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/site/publications/books.html |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=cs.mcgill.ca}}</ref>

Liu has served on the organizing committees of more than 40 international conferences and workshops, including ACM/IEEE CPSWeek, [IEEE INFOCOM](/source/IEEE_INFOCOM), IEEE Real‑Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), IEEE Real‑Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), [ACM SenSys](/source/Acusensus), [IEEE ICDCS](/source/IEEE_Industrial_Electronics_Society), and IWQoS, and has received several service awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Xue (Steve) Liu |url=https://awards.acm.org/award-recipients/liu_2193987 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=awards.acm.org |language=en}}</ref> He has also served on the program committees of over 100 international conferences and workshops. He is a member and former or current editor or associate editor of several major journals, including ''[IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking](/source/IEEE%2FACM_Transactions_on_Networking)'', ''ACM Transactions on Cyber‑Physical Systems'', ''IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology'', ''[IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials](/source/IEEE_Communications_Surveys_and_Tutorials) etc.''.<ref name=":0" />

Liu is also active in industry, serving as a key technical contributor in several companies such as [IBM](/source/IBM), [HP](/source/HP_Inc.), [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft), [General Motors](/source/General_Motors), [Tinder](/source/Tinder_(app)), [Bell](/source/Bell_Company), [Michael Kors](/source/Michael_Kors) etc..<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Steve Liu - MBZUAI |url=https://mbzuai.ac.ae/study/faculty/steve-liu/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250809210709/https://mbzuai.ac.ae/study/faculty/steve-liu/ |archive-date=2025-08-09 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=mbzuai.ac.ae |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Dr. Xue (Steve) Liu's Homepage! |url=https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~xueliu/site/bio.html |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.cs.mcgill.ca}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
He is a Fellow of the [Canadian Academy of Engineering](/source/Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering), a [Fellow](/source/Lists_of_fellows_of_the_IEEE) of the [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers](/source/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers) (IEEE)<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=清华大学2位教师9位校友当选2020国际电气和电子工程师协会会士 |url=https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1177/21768.htm |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.tsinghua.edu.cn}}</ref>, and an [ACM Distinguished Member](/source/List_of_distinguished_members_of_the_Association_for_Computing_Machinery).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shalom |first=François |date=2020-12-17 |title=Xue Liu named Distinguished Member of ACM |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/xue-liu-named-distinguished-member-of-acm/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=McGill Reporter |language=en-CA}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rfLIRakAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Xue (Steve) Liu - Google Scholar]

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