Background
Yau, Stephen Shing-Toung was born on April 12, 1952 in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Son of Chung Ying and Yeuk-Lam (Leung) Yau. came to the United States, 1973.
Yau, Stephen Shing-Toung was born on April 12, 1952 in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Son of Chung Ying and Yeuk-Lam (Leung) Yau. came to the United States, 1973.
Student, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1970-1973; Master of Science, State University of New York, Stonybrook, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stonybrook, 1976.
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1976-1977, 81-82;
assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1980;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1980-1984;
professor mathematics, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1984;
director control and information laboratory, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1993. Visiting professor Yale University, New Haven, 1984-1985, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Sweden, 1987, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1989-1990, director laboratory of control and information, since 1993, managing editors, Journal of Alg. Geom., since 1991; paper refereersch. journals, since 1977.
Grant referee National Science Foundation, since 1982. External examiner Chinese U. Hong Kong, since 1983. Senator University of Illinois, 1986-1989, 93-96.
Visiting professor.Hong Kong Baptist U., 1997.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Mathematics Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Mathematics Society (hour speaker 1985), Swedish Mathematics Society (hour speaker 1987).
Married Lai-Wing Chiu, July 5, 1986 (divorced). 1 child, Andrew Duh-Wah.