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Andrew Yao
Turing Award laureate; Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University
- Turing Award laureate; Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University12
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.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Turing Award laureate; Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences
- Company
- Tsinghua University
- Fields
- Machine-learning theory
- Honors
- 1
- Sources cited
- 4
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
Company and leadership
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.123
Honors and recognition
- ACM A.M. Turing Award · Association for Computing Machinery1
Where they work
- Tsinghua University 3 people in the wiki
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4 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026