Li Wei (computer scientist)
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Li Wei 李未 | |
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| Born | June 8, 1943 Peking, China |
| Died | January 25, 2026 (aged 82) Beijing, China |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
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| Thesis | An operational approach to semantics and translation for programming languages (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon Plotkin |
Li Wei (Chinese: 李未; pinyin: Lǐ Wèi; June 8, 1943 – January 25, 2026) was a Chinese computer scientist who was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2002, he became President of Beihang University.
Li was born in Peking on June 8, 1943.[1] He graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Peking University in 1966. Li then studied at the University of Edinburgh obtaining a PhD in computer science in 1983 supervised by Gordon Plotkin.[2]
Career
After graduation, he was funded by the EPSRC at Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh as Senior Programmer. He was also a visiting professor at the Saarland University. Li was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997.
Death
Li died on January 25, 2026, at the age of 82.[3]
