Stephen Sik-Sang Yau

American computer scientist
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Stephen Sik-Sang Yau

Summary

Stephen Sik-Sang Yau is a human[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,293 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau held citizenship in United States[5].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's professions included computer scientist[2].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's professions included university teacher[3].
  • Among Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's employers was Arizona State University[6].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau was educated at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[7].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's doctoral advisor was Mac Van Valkenburg[8].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[9].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau received the Tsutomu Kanai Award[10].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau received the IEEE Fellow[11].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau received the Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute[12].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau is recorded as male[13].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau supervised Sol Mark Shatz as a doctoral student[15].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau supervised Mehmet Ufuk Çağlayan as a doctoral student[16].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau supervised Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed as a doctoral student[17].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's family name is recorded as Qiu[18].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's given name is recorded as Stephen[19].
  • Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].

Body

Education

Stephen Sik-Sang Yau was educated at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[7]. His doctoral advisor was Mac Van Valkenburg[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. Among Stephen Sik-Sang Yau's employers was Arizona State University[6]. Doctoral students include Sol Mark Shatz[15]; Mehmet Ufuk Çağlayan[16], of Turkey[21]; and Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed[17], a computer scientist[22].

Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[9], a fellowship award[23], in United States[24], founded in 1874[25]; Tsutomu Kanai Award[10], an award[26], founded in 1997[27]; IEEE Fellow[11], a science award[28]; and Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute[12], an award[29].

Why It Matters

Stephen Sik-Sang Yau ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,293 of 1,000,298).[4] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

His notable doctoral advisees include Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed[31], a computer scientist[32].

FAQs

What did Stephen Sik-Sang Yau do for work?

Stephen Sik-Sang Yau worked as computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Stephen Sik-Sang Yau go to school?

Stephen Sik-Sang Yau was educated at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[7].

What awards did Stephen Sik-Sang Yau receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[9], Tsutomu Kanai Award[10], IEEE Fellow[11], and Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [2] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . mscs.mu.edu. mscs.mu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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