Stephen Shing-Toung Yau

Stephen Shing-Toung Yau
丘成棟
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Jiaoling County, China
NationalityAmerican
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong (BSc.)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (MA, PhD)
OccupationMathematician
Years active1976–present
EmployerTsinghua University
Known forDiscovering the "Yau algebra" and "Yau number"; co-founding Journal of Algebraic Geometry and Communications in Information and Systems

Stephen Shing-Toung Yau (Chinese: 丘成棟; pinyin: Qiū Chéngdòng; born 1952) is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently teaches at Tsinghua University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Mathematical Society.