Wang Xuan | |
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| Born | February 5, 1937 |
| Died | February 13, 2006 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
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| Fields | Computer science |
Wang Xuan (simplified Chinese:王选;traditional Chinese:王選;pinyin:Wáng Xuǎn; February 5, 1937 – February 13, 2006) was a Chinese computer scientist. He was a computer application specialist and innovator of the Chinese printing industry, as well as an academician at both theChinese Academy of Sciences and theChinese Academy of Engineering. He was the vice-president of theCPPCC and founder of the major technology conglomerate companyFounder Group in 1986.[1]
Wang was born into a distinguished intellectual family on 5 February 1937, inShanghai, with hisancestral home inWuxi,Jiangsu, to Wang Shouqi, a graduate of National Jiaotong University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University), and Zhou Miaoqing.[2] His grandfatherWang Zai [zh] was a politician during the lateQing dynasty (1644–1911). He had four siblings, with two brothers and two sisters.[2] His eldest sister, Wang Jian, was admitted to the pre-medical program ofYenching University in 1947 and later studied atPeking Union Medical College and worked at the General Hospital ofNanjing Military Region after graduation.[2] His eldest brother, Wang Yu, graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering ofNational Jiaotong University and later taught at Datong Coal Mining School and the Beijing Coal Mining Cadre Management College.[2] His second elder sister, Wang Jun, enrolled at the Department of Physics at Fudan University and was engaged in work related tonuclear physics.[2] His second elder,Wang Xun, was an academician of theChinese Academy of Sciences.[2]
Wang Xuan graduated from the Department ofMathematics andMechanics atPeking University in 1958 and devoted himself tocomputer science education and research. He was mainly involved inresearch into computer processing of words,graphics andimages. In 1975, he was in charge of the research and development of lasertypesetting systems in the Chinese language and ofelectronic publishing systems.[1] SurpassingJapan's second-generation optical designation and the third-generationCRT designation, the fourth-generation laser typesetting system he invented has not yet come onto the market in other countries. Thus he is dubbed "the Father of Chinese Language Laser Typesetting".[3]
Wang Xuan was awarded theState Preeminent Science and Technology Award in 2001 by PresidentJiang Zemin.[1] Started in 2000, this highest degree prize of science and technology in China, has only been awarded to 9 scientists by 2006. Asteroid4913 Wangxuan, discovered at thePurple Mountain Observatory in 1965, was named in his memory.[4] The officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 24 November 2007 (M.P.C. 61266).[5]
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