Huang Daren (; born 1945) is a Chinese

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

who served as President of

Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University (, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national key public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and nam ...

from 1999 to 2010.

Biography

Huang was born in April 1945 in Xiangshan County,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

, China. Huang did his undergraduate and postgraduate study in the Department of Mathematics,

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

. After completion of his study, Huang joined the faculty of mathematics at Zhejiang university, and became a professor there in 1988. 1985-1986, he was a

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at the Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, United States. Huang served in several positions at Zhejiang University including the deputy director of the Department of Mathematics, the director of the Office of Academic Affairs, and the Vice-dean of Zhejiang university. 1992-1998, He was vice-president of Zhejiang University. In November 1998, Huang was pointed as the vice-president of

. In August 1999, he became President of Sun Yat-sen University. Huang has been long-time active in the fields of linear operator approach, nonlinear approach & product formula, and optimum algorithm. He's also on medical image. At present, Huang is leading several national and provincial key scientific projects.Huang Daren at Sun Yat-sen University
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References

External links

ChinaVitae: Huang Daren

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