Hu Qiheng

Hu Qiheng (born June 15, 1934 in Beijing , China ) is a Chinese computer scientist and university teacher. As one of the first researchers in the field of pattern identification and artificial intelligence in China, she conducts research as a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

life and work

Hu studied engineering in Moscow , where she also received her doctorate in 1963. From 1980 to 1982 she was visiting professor at Case Western Reserve University in the USA . She worked for the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a research associate, associate research professor, and research professor, and then as director of the institute for 26 years. She was the deputy general secretary and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1994 she visited the National Science Foundation as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and helped to reach a consensus on establishing the first direct TCP / IP connection in China. She supported China's access to the Internet with a number of initiatives, including the establishment of the China Internet Network Information Center in 1997 . In 2001 she co-founded the Internet Society of China (ISC). During her tenure as ISC President, she also helped set up charity programs that promoted Internet access for disadvantaged students in China. She is Chair of ISC, Vice President of China Science and Technology Association, Member of China Academy of Engineering, and Chair of the Steering Committee for CNNIC. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for State Informatization. She was President of the China Automation Society, President of the China Computer Society, and Chair of the National Committee for an International Computer Center in China. Since the 1990s, she was responsible for developing and researching a World Bank loan project and played an important role in promoting China's internet connection with the US. She was a member of ICANN's Internationalized Domain Name Committee and was appointed by the UN in 2004 as a member of the Working Group on Internet Governance . In 2013 she was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her contribution to global Internet development . She is married and has two kids.

Web links

• Qiheng Hu
• biography
• How the lost e-mail message “Across the Great Wall…” brought people together (Contribution to the anniversary band in honor of Madame Hu QiHeng on April 20, 2014, the 20th anniversary of the Chinese Internet, Beijing, 2014, PDF)
• Over the wall into the world
• Podcast with Hu Qiheng; PB_001 - China: Internet Society of China
• Many pioneers in computing were women of color. Here are 5 you should recognize
• Speakers of the APNIC28

literature

• The International Who's Who 2004, Volume 67 of International Who's Who, Psychology Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1857432176
• Stauffacher, Daniel; Kleinwächter, Wolfgang: The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past Into the Future. New York, NY: United Nations Publications. p. 344, 2005, ISBN 978-9211045437 .