Reported by: ISC Staff
Translated by: DUAN Lizun
Edited by: Patti Broderick
Updated: 2012-2-25
January 17th it was announced that Professor GAO Huijun from Harbin Institute of Technology’s Space Control and Inertial Technology Research Center was the first scientist to win the inaugural Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award in Information Sciences for developing a set of innovative theories on networked control systems, which greatly contribute to multi-step networks and complex system controls.
The Tan Kah Kee Science Award and the Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award are named after Tan Kah Kee (1874-1961) the renowned overseas Chinese entrepreneur, social reformer, philanthropist, and educationist who generously donated to a series of world famous schools and universities, such as Jimei Schools, and Xiamen University contributing greatly to China’s revival.
The Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award was established in 2010 to reward live young scientists in China who have made original and innovative scientific and technological achievements with independent intellectual property rights of China, in order to inspire these young scholars to devote themselves to the cause of national science and technology innovation and to rejuvenate the Chinese nation.
Recipients of these two awards are selected every two years in 6 fields: mathematical sciences, physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences, earth sciences, information sciences and technological sciences.
