Andrew Chi-Chih Yao (born December 24, 1946) is a prominent computer scientist and computational theorist. He received the Turing Award, the most prestigious award in computer science, in 2000, "in recognition of his fundamental contributions to the theory of computation, including the complexity-based theory of pseudorandom number generation, cryptography, and communication complexity". In 1996 he was awarded the Knuth Prize. Wikipedia
...Professor ANDREW CHI-CHIH YAO Professor (09/2004 - ) Center for Advanced Study Tsinghua University A. M. Turing Award (2000) Address: Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua ... www.castu.tsinghua.edu.cn/yao/
Professor Yao's research activities are in the design of efficient computer algorithms, and complexity theories in emerging new areas of theoretical computer science, such as quantum communication and computing. www.cs.princeton.edu/~yao
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