Sun Ninghui (Chinese: 孙凝晖; born March 1968) is a Chinese computer scientist who is a researcher and the current director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Sun Ninghui
BornMarch 1968 (age 56)
Shanghai, China
Alma materPeking University
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsInstitute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Nínghuī

Biography

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Sun was born in Shanghai, in March 1968, while his ancestral home in Shou County, Anhui. He secondary studied at Fanchang County No.1 High School. He earned the highest marks in his county during the 1985 National College Entrance Examination.[1] He holds a bachelor's degree from Peking University, and obtained his master's and doctor's degrees from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the direction of Li Guojie (computer scientist).[2] After graduation, he worked at the institute, where he was promoted to its director in 2011. He was a visiting scholar at Princeton University between June 1996 and June 1997. He has been director of the State Key Laboratory of Computer Architecture since October 2011.

Honours and awards

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  • 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 1997 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)
  • 2001 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2003 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2006 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • 2009 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
  • 2013 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)
  • November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]

References

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  1. ^ 祝贺!入选今年中国工程院院士中有咱芜湖人. thepaper (in Chinese). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ Hao Jun (郝俊) (31 May 2013). 记李国杰院士和他的学生孙凝晖:他给了我一个梦想. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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  • Sun Ninghui on the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese)
  • Sun Ninghui on the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese)
Academic offices
Preceded by Director of Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011
Incumbent