Tan Tieniu
| Tan Tieniu | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 谭铁牛 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 譚鐵牛 | ||||||
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Tan Tieniu[note 1] FREng (Chinese: 谭铁牛) is a professor at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Concurrently, he is deputy chief of the Hong Kong Liaison Office.[1] CCP Committee Secretary of Nanjing University on Sept. 2022.
Early life
[edit]Tan was born in Hunan Province, China, in October 1963. He was educated in Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1984. In 1989, he received his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Imperial College London.[2]
Career
[edit]Tan joined University of Reading, UK, as a research fellow after his Ph.D. In 1998, he returned to China. He joined Chinese Academy of Sciences as a professor at the Institute of Automation. He was a Vice President at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013–2014). His research focuses on biometrics and pattern recognition. He was former President of the IEEE Biometrics Council.[3] He is also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Automation and Computing. He is an adjunct professor at University of Science and Technology of China.[4] He was sanctioned by the US Government on 16 July 2021 under Executive Order 13936.[5]
Awards
[edit]Tan is a Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK,[6] and a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
References
[edit]- ^ "Career scientist and cybersecurity expert appointed deputy chief of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post, 2016". 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Biography of Tan Tieniu".
- ^ "IEEE Biometrics Council History". 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Adjunct Professor Tan Tieniu, USTC, China".
- ^ Jennifer Hansler (16 July 2021). "US issues sanctions, warns businesses of risks in China and Hong Kong as Beijing promises to 'respond strongly'". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Stars of industry and academia elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2014".
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
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- Living people
- Chinese computer scientists
- Fellows of the IEEE
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xi'an Jiaotong University alumni
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Academic staff of the University of Science and Technology of China
- Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
- Individuals sanctioned by the United States under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act
- Members of the Standing Committee of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference