Deng Zhonghan (Chinese: 邓中翰; pinyin: Dèng Zhōnghàn; born 5 September 1968) is a Chinese electrical engineer and Internet entrepreneur. The co-founder of Vimicro International Corporation, Deng is currently its chairman and chief executive officer.[1][2][3]
Deng Zhonghan | |||||||
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| Born | 5 September 1968 | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology of China University of California, Berkeley | ||||||
| Spouse | Tan Jing | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Information and Electronic Engineering | ||||||
| Institutions | Vimicro | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄧中翰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邓中翰 | ||||||
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In 2020, Deng was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of the world's first CMOS single-chip web camera and China's Surveillance Video and Audio Coding (SVAC) national video standard.
Deng is a member of the 10th and 11th National People's Congress, currently serves as the vice president of China Association for Science and Technology.[4][5][6]
Career
editDeng received two master's degrees in Physics and Economics, then a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.[7] After graduation, he worked as a research scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center before co-founding Pixim, Inc. which was acquired by Sony.[8]
In 1999, Deng co-founded Vimicro Corporation in the Zhongguancun High-Tech district of Beijing. There he led the Vimicro engineering team to invent and develop the world's first single-chip high-performance, low-power video signal-processing VLSI CMOS chipset for PC/laptop web cameras.[9] In 2005, Vimicro was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.[10]
In 2008, Deng led the China "National Starlight Integrated-Circuit Project"as the Chief Executive at the State Key Laboratory of Digital Multimedia IC Design Technology as Chief Scientist to innovate and develop advanced algorithms, architecture, and semiconductor chipsets for the field of networked video surveillance technology.[11]
Vimicro developed the SVAC (Surveillance Video and Audio Coding) standard, which was approved as the Chinese national standard in 2011.[12] As of 2017, Vimicro owns more than 1600 patents,[13] dominates the PC camera processor market with 60 percent global market share.[14]
Deng was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2009 at the age of 41, making him the youngest academician in the history of the CAE.
Personal life
editHe is married to the famous singer Tan Jing, who gave birth to a child in 2014.[15]
References
edit- ^ Key People - WSJ, Wall Street Journal
- ^ "Zhonghan Deng profile - Bloomberg", Bloomberg
- ^ "Deng Zhonghan: Microchips for China" China Today
- ^ "Berkeley China Summit - Deng Zhonghan"[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy By Lawrence R. Sullivan" Page 132
- ^ ""Morningstar - Deng Zhionghan"". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- ^ "Deng Zhonghan", China Daily
- ^ "Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography", Bloomberg
- ^ "Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg", Bloomberg
- ^ "Vimicro: A Hidden Chinese Small-Cap Gem", Forbes
- ^ "邓中翰的“中国芯”与“中国心”（传奇人生）" Archived 2018-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, People China
- ^ " "凤凰新闻", ifeng
- ^ "北京中星微电子有限公司知识产权工作简介[permanent dead link], States Intellectual Property office of the PRC
- ^ "Vimicro Webcam Driver for Windows 8, Lenovo
- ^ 独家:谭晶破失踪乌龙 老公系院士邓中翰. Sina. 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2020-01-16.