Frances Yao

Frances Yao
儲楓
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
SpouseAndrew Yao
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Brown University,
Stanford University,
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center,
City University of Hong Kong,
Tsinghua University
ThesisOn Lower Bounds for Selection Problems (1973)
Doctoral advisorMichael J. Fischer

Frances Foong Chu Yao (Chinese: 儲楓; pinyin: Chǔ Fēng) is a Taiwanese-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. She is currently a Chair Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) of Tsinghua University. She was Chair Professor and Head of the Department of computer science at the City University of Hong Kong, where she is now an honorary professor.