Prof. Dr. GONG Ke is currently the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Executive Director of the Chinese Institute for the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies, and the Chairman of the Academic Committee of Nankai University.

From 1999-2006 he was vice president of Tsinghua University. From 2006-2011 he was President of Tianjin University, then the President of Nankai University from 2011 to 2018.

Prof. GONG has devoted to research and development of microwave and millimeter wave technology, wireless communications, digital TV transmission and the research on experimental microsatellite. He has received a number of awards including the National Technological Invention Award and National Teaching Achievement Award. He is a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. He has served as member the Experts Committee of the National High-tech R&D Program (2001-2010) for space technology, and served as a member of standing committee of Chinese Association of Science and Technology (2006-2016), etc.