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Stephen S. Yau, Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
PO Box 878809, Tempe, AZ 85287-8809, U.S.A.

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Telephone: (480) 965-3190

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E-mail: yau@asu.edu

 

 


 

Brief Biography                                    

Professor Stephen S. Yau joined ASU in 1994 as professor and chair of the department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is currently a professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering.
He was professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Florida, Gainseville, from 1988 to 1994. In 1961, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinoiss, and later became Walter P. Murphy Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science there. He has published more than 270 journal and conference papers and his research has been supported by NSF, AFRL, ONR, ARO, NIH and companies including Hitachi and Fujitsu. He served as the president of Computer Society of Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the editor-in-chief of the Computer Magazine of IEEE Computer Society, and the president of American Federation of Information Processing Societies. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Education                                    

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, June, 1961
M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, June, 1959
B.S., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June, 1958
all in electrical engineering


Research Interests                                    

Current research interests are in the areas of services and cloud computing, cybersecurity and information assurance, blockchain and applications,
software engineering, and ubiquitous computing.
Previously interested in logic circuit design, switching circuits, circuit theory, applied graph theory, communication nets, coding theory,
pattern recognition, and biomedical applications of computers.


Honors & Awards                                     

  • Distinguished Service Award of Chinese Institute of Engineers, CIE-USA Greater New York Chapter, 2019 (for dedication and leadership in software engineering and science)
  • Specical Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 2006 (for unsurpassed leadership and unfailing dedication and service to the Society and to the computer profession through establishing and cultivating every instance of IEEE COMPSAC conferences in the past 30 years)
  • Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award of the Chinese Computer Federation, 2006 (for outstanding accomplishments in computer research, and contributions to the development of computer science and technology in China )
  • Tsutomu Kanai Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 2002 (for outstanding contributions to distributed computing software engineering and promotion of the community of distributed computing software researchers)
  • The IEEE Third Millennium Medal of the IEEE, 2000
  • Special Award of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, 1990
  • Silver Core Award of International Federation for Information Processing, 1989
  • Outstanding Contribution Award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1985 (for leadership of the award-winning Computer Magazine)
  • Extraordinary Achievement Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1985 ( for editing the October, 1984 issue of the Computer Magazine on “The State of Computing” which won the Best Centennial Magazine Award from the IEEE )
  • Centennial Medal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1984 (for outstanding contributions to the computer field)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
  • The First Richard E. Merwin Award of IEEE Computer Society, 1981 (for distinguished service to the computer profession)
  • Special award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1978 (for distinguished service in establishing COMPSAC, the IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference)
  • Special award of the IEEE Computer Society, 1975 (for distinguished service as the President of the IEEE Computer Society, 1974 and 1975)
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1972 (for contributions to switching theory, the reliability of computing systems and engineering education)
  • The Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement, 1964 (for contribution in Science)
  • The Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute, 1963 (for the outstanding paper published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute in 1962).


Graduate Student Mentoring                                     

Has mentored many Ph.D. and M.S. students to the completion of their degrees at Northwestern University, the University of Florida, and Arizona State University. The dissertations and theses topics of these students are in the areas of services computing, cloud computing, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, software engineering, parallel and distributed computing systems, computer networks, middleware of pervasive computing, embedded systems, computer reliability and maintainability, fault tolerant computing systems, associative processors, coding theory, circuit theory, applied graph theory, logical design, switching networks, automata theory, pattern recognition, and biomedical applications of computers.


Last updated on 12/11/2019