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Du, Ding-Zhu was born on May 21, 1948 in Qigihaer, China.
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Ding-Zhu Du
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Ding-Zhu Du, Chinese Mathematician, educator. Achievements include proof of Derman, Leiberman and Ross' conjecture on optimal consecutive-2-out-of-n system in 1982, proving Gilbert andPollak's conjecture on Steiner ratio; solution to open problem on Rosen's method in nonlinear optimization; research on one-way function in complexity theory. Member American Mathematics Society.
Education
Master of Science, Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1985.
Career
Assistant professor, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Beijing, 1981-1982; postdoctoral, Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1985-1986; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986-1987; professor, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Beijing, 1987-1990; research associate, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1990; professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1991.
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Member American Mathematics Society.
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Son of Jin-Gao and Ai-Hua (Xu) D.;m. Shu-Mei Li, January 20, 1953. 1 child, Hong-Wei.
