Feng-hsiung Hsu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsu.
Feng-hsiung Hsu
許峰雄
Born (1959-01-01) January 1, 1959 (age 65)
Keelung, Taiwan
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Known forDesigning Deep Blue
AwardsGrace Murray Hopper Award (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsIBM

Feng-hsiung Hsu (born January 1, 1959)[1] (Chinese: 許峰雄; pinyin: Xǔ Fēng Xióng) (nicknamed Crazy Bird)[2] is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist and the author of the book Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion. His work led to the creation of the Deep Thought chess computer, which led to the first chess playing computer to defeat grandmasters in tournament play and the first to achieve a certified grandmaster-level rating.

Hsu was the architect and the principal designer of the IBM Deep Blue chess computer. He was awarded the 1991 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for his contributions in architecture and algorithms for chess machines.[3]

  1. ^ IT History Society
  2. ^ "Images". Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess. Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
  3. ^ Biographies Of The IBM Deep Blue Team, Press Material