Yu-Chi Ho
| Yu-Chi "Larry" Ho | |
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| Born |
March 1, 1934 Shanghai, China |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality |
American (1961-present) Chinese (1934-1961) |
| Fields |
Applied mathematics Control theory |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor |
Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. Kumpati S. Narendra |
| Notable awards |
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1999) Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1999) IEEE Control Systems Science and Engineering Award |
Yu-Chi "Larry" Ho (Chinese: 何毓琦; born March 1, 1934) is a Chinese-American mathematician, control theorist, and a professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.
He is the co-author of Applied Optimal Control, and an influential researcher in differential games, pattern recognition, and discrete event dynamic systems.
Yu-Chi Ho was born on March 1, 1934 in Shanghai, China and left home at the age of 15 in 1949 to complete his high school education in Hong Kong. In 1950, Ho was accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and came to the U.S. where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in the summer of 1953, at the age of 19. Ho later reported that his initial interests were in mechanical engineering, due to a childhood experience repairing a European ornamental clock without any previous knowledge of its mechanisms. His application to MIT mechanical engineering, however, was routed to the electrical engineering department by mistake, and Ho decided to stay in the department. Ho continued his graduate studies at MIT, receiving a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1955.
After working for Bendix Aviation for three years, Ho moved to Harvard University in 1958 where he completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1961. His thesis A Study Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems was advised by Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. and Kumpati S. Narendra.
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