Prof Liu has received 18 research grants (led 12) totalling over $5million. As a research leader, a certified network professional, and a full stack web developer, he has delivered networking and cybersecurity solutions to a number of government agencies and industry customers. His research interests include wireless networking, 5G, IoT, robotics, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain. He has supervised over 30 PhD students, and has over 200 research publications.
Professor Liu was the founding Research Program Leader of Digital Agrifood Technologies in Food Agility CRC, a $50million initiative to empower Australia's food industry through digital transformation. Prior to that he was a Principal Scientist and Research Leader at CSIRO, where he led wireless networking research activities contributing to large scale industrial research projects valued over $100million.
Professor Liu was the winner of NSW iAwards 2020 for leading the BeFAQT (Blockchain enabled Fish provenance And Quality Tracking) project. He was awarded the Australian Engineering Innovation Award 2012 and CSIRO Chairman’s medal for his contribution in the Wireless Backhaul project. Professor Liu was the founding chair of IEEE NSW VTS Chapter and a Senior Member of IEEE. He served as Technical Program Committee chairs and Organising Committee chairs in a number of IEEE Conferences.