Yang Fuqing

Yang Fuqing ( Chinese  杨芙清 ; * 1932 in Wuxi , China ) is a Chinese mathematician , computer scientist and university teacher. She is a professor at the Faculty of Information and Engineering Sciences at Peking University , where she is known for her outstanding achievements as "Madame Curie of Chinese Software". She is the founder of a Beijing University-affiliated company providing services in IT, education, media, culture, real estate and many more.

life and work

Yang graduated from Beijing University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and mechanics in 1958 . From 1957 to 1959 she studied at the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and at the Lomonosov University in Moscow . Yang is one of the first generation of computer scientists and was a pioneer in research and practice in the field of software engineering in China. Her research focused on programming automation. In the 1970s, she developed the first Chinese operating system to support multitasking and the DJS-240 operating system, which was written entirely using sophisticated programming languages. In the early 1980s, she headed the Jade Bird (JB) project, a major science and technology company that had more than 20 institutions, 300 researchers involved in the development. The JB project has contributed to the fundamental development of the Chinese national software industry. To accelerate technology transfer, Yang founded the National Engineering Research Center for Software Engineering and Beijing Beida Jade Bird Universal Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. with the support of the Chinese government . From 1983 to 1999, she was also the director of the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology at Beijing University. She has received several national prizes and has supervised many master's and doctoral theses. She has published 8 books and more than 150 articles. She is a member of the worldwide professional association Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . In 1991 she was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences . She is married to microelectronics engineer Wang Yangyuan, with whom she has a son and a daughter.

literature

• Lily Xiao Hong Lee: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 2: Twentieth Century, 2003, ISBN 0-7656-0043-9

Web links

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• Researchgate profile
• Development of Software Engineering: Co-operative efforts from academia, government and industry
• Yang Fuqing: Pioneering Coder Who Helped Develop China's 1st OS
• Yang, Fuqing
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