Liu Chung Laung | |
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Born | 1934 Guangzhou, Republic of China |
Residence | Taiwan |
Fields | Computer Science |
Institutions | MIT (1962–1972) UIUC (1972–1998) NTHU (1998–2002) City University of Hong Kong National Cheng Kung University (2007–) |
Influenced | Andrew Yao |
Notable awards | Academician of the Academia Sinica |
Professor Chung Laung (Dave) Liu (劉炯朗), or C. L. Liu is an ethnic Chinese computer scientist. Born in Guangzhou, he spent his childhood in Macau. He received his B.Sc. degree in Taiwan, Master Degree and PHD in United States.
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Liu received his B.Sc. degree (1956) at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, and his S.M. and E.E. degrees (1960), and his Sc. D. degree (1962) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962–1972) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1972–1998), where he was Associate Provost from 1995 to 1998. He then retired from UIUC and served as President and Professor of Computer Science at the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Hsinchu, Taiwan from February 1998 to February 2002. He is currently the William Mong Honarary Chair Professor at National Tsing Hua University. He was a Visiting Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, and Li K. T. Honorary Chair Professor at National Central University.[1]
He is the author and co-author of seven books and monographs, and over 180 technical papers.[1][2] His research interests include computer-aided design of VLSI circuits, real-time systems, computer-aided instruction, combinatorial optimization, and discrete mathematics.
He is a member of Academia Sinica,[3] a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,[1] and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.[4]
In 2004, the University of Macau awarded him an honorary doctorate.[1]
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Preceded by Chen Xinxiong |
President of National Tsing Hua University 1998-2002 |
Succeeded by Frank Shu |