On Jun 23,
Scientific Chinese "The People of the Year Awards 2016" ceremony was
held in Beijing. Scientific Chinese is the benchmark of the selection of
academicians of CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and CAE (Chinese Academy of
Engineering). Gu Xiulian, Vice-chairman of NPC Standing Committee, Fan Daiming,
Vice-president of CAE and more than 20 academicians attended the ceremony.
Research Professor Yu Kai from our department was honored with Scientific
Chinese "The People of the Year Awards 2016" with his excellent
performance in the field of natural language processing.
The award
started from the year of 2002. A large number of excellent scientists who have
made outstanding contributions to China's technology development were elected,
among whom are famous scientists and entrepreneurs like Yuan Longping, Yang
Zhenning, Gu Binglin, Tu Youyou, Pan Jianwei, Wang Xiaomo, Zeng Qingcun, Shi
Yigong, Deng Zhonghan, Li Yanhong and so on. Scientific Chinese "The
People of the Year Awards" is the most professional and influential
scientific award in China.