Jin Yilian
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Born5 September 1929
Tianjin, Republic of China
AlmamaterTsinghua University
AwardsHighest Science and Technology Award (2002)
FieldsComputer
Jin Yilian | |
|---|---|
金怡濂 | |
| Born | 5 September 1929 Tianjin, Republic of China |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Awards | Highest Science and Technology Award (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer |
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Engineering |
Jin Yilian (Chinese: 金怡濂; pinyin: Jīn Yílián; born September 1929) is a Chinese computer scientist and a pioneer of supercomputing in the country.[1]
Jin was born in Tianjin, with his ancestral home in Changzhou, Jiangsu. He graduated from the department of electrical engineering of Tsinghua University in 1951. From 1956 to 1958, he studied electronic computer science at the Institute of Fine Mechanics and Computation Technology of Soviet Union Academy of Sciences. Jin was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.