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Andrew Yao

Computer scientist and computational theorist · China · Academics · Born 1946 · age 79

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Andrew Chi-Chih Yao is a Chinese computer scientist, theoretical physicist, and computational theorist. He is currently a professor and the dean of Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University. Yao used the minimax theorem to prove what is now known as Yao's principle.

A life in dates

2021Kyoto Prize in Advanced TechnologyAward2010IACR FellowAward2009Honorary Doctorate from the University of WaterlooAward2006Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong KongAward2000Turing AwardAward1996Knuth PrizeAward1995ACM FellowAward1991Guggenheim FellowshipAward1987George Pólya PrizeAward1946Born24 December 1946

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Awards

Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology2021
IACR Fellow2010
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo2009
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong2006
Turing Award2000
Knuth Prize1996
ACM Fellow1995
Guggenheim Fellowship1991
George Pólya Prize1987
Honorary Doctor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Spouse: Frances Yao

About this person

Country
China
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 79

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