Background
Lee was born in Macao and called “Yuwing” or “YW” by his friends.
Lee was born in Macao and called “Yuwing” or “YW” by his friends.
He is best known for adapting and popularizing the pioneering work of Norbert Wiener and for his own research on statistical communication theory. He was a longtime collaborator of Wiener. After obtaining his doctorate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he returned to China and taught at Tsinghua University.
He invited Wiener there in 1935-1937.
In 1946 he came back to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Visiting Professor and initiated his research on statistical communication theory. He then stayed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 30 years.
John Costas and Amar Bose were his students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He died in San Mateo, California. West. The Lee-Wiener legacy:.