Li Guojie (computer scientist)

Li Guojie (Chinese: 李国杰; born 29 May 1943) is a Chinese computer scientist who served as dean of the School of Computer and Control Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Guojie
李国杰
Born (1943-05-29) May 29, 1943
Shaoyang, Hunan, China
Alma materPeking University
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Purdue University
SpouseZhang Dihua
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsSchool of Computer and Control Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorBenjamin Wah
Doctoral studentsSun Ninghui
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李國傑
Simplified Chinese李国杰

Biography

Li was born in Shaoyang, Hunan, Republic of China, on May 29, 1943.[1] His father, Li Binqing (李彬卿), was an educator who served as president of Shaodong County No.2 High School after the establishment of the Communist State.[1] After high school in 1960, he was accepted to Hunan Agricultural Mechanization College.[1] Because the school was closed, he was assigned to work as a mechanic in Lengshuijiang Iron and Steel Factory.[1] In September 1962 he entered Peking University, majoring in the Department of Physics, where he graduated in 1968.[2] In December 1968 he was assigned to a farm in southwest China's Guizhou province.[1] A year and a half later, he was assigned to a crystal factory in the suburb of the capital city Guiyang.[1] In February 1973, he was transferred to a computer factory in his home-city Shaoyang.[1] After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination, he earned his Master of Engineering degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in August 1981.[2] He earned his doctor's degree at Purdue University under the direction of Benjamin Wah.[2] He was a researcher at the University of Illinois between August 1985 and December 1986. He returned to China in January 1987 and became a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In February 1990 he was appointed director of the State Intelligent Computer Research and Development Center by the State Scientific and Technological Commission. In 1995 he founded the Shuguang Information Industry Co., Ltd. He assumed the position of director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in December 1999, and remained dean until January 2011.[3] In January 2012 he was chosen as dean of the School of Computer and Control Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was president of China Computer Federation (CCF).[4]

He was a delegate to the 9th and 10th National People's Congress.[5][6] He was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.[7]

Personal life

Li married Zhang Dihua (张蒂华), the daughter of Zhang Qixian (张其弦), an engineer who died in Yemen.[1] The couple have a son named Li Gang (李刚), and a daughter named Li Juan (李涓).[1]

Honours and awards
  • 1994 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
  • 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
  • November 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
  • 2001 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2004 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2011 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences

References
  1. 中华民族的科学脊梁--记李国杰院士、所长为人为学的心路历程. bjb.cas.cn (in Chinese). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. Qin Jingjing (秦静静); Ou Huanfeng (欧欢峰) (13 November 2012). 李国杰院士与清华学子分享“学术人生”. Tsinghua University (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. Hao Jun (郝俊) (31 May 2013). 记李国杰院士和他的学生孙凝晖：他给了我一个梦想. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. 中国计算机学会换届 李国杰任新一届理事长. sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 22 April 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. 中华人民共和国第九届全国人民代表大会代表名单 [List of Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress]. npc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 28 February 1998. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. 第十届全国人民代表大会各专门委员会组成人员名单 [List of Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress]. npc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 12 November 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. 李国杰 [Li Guojie]. ict.cas.cn (in Chinese). 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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