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Sam Kwong from the City University of Hong Kong was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 [1] for contributions to optimization techniques in cybernetics and video coding.

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  1. "2014 elevated fellow". IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2017-04-12.