Beng Chin Ooi

Beng Chin Ooi
黄铭钧
Born1961 (1961)
Malaysia
Died (aged 65)
Singapore
Known for
Academic background
Alma materMonash University
ThesisEfficient query processing in a geographic information system[1]
Academic work
Institutions
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃銘鈞
Simplified Chinese黄铭钧[4]
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Míngjūn
Hokkien POJÛiⁿ Bêngkin

Beng Chin Ooi (Chinese: 黃銘鈞; pinyin: Huáng Míngjūn; 1961 – 25 April 2026) was a Singaporean computer scientist and academic who was the Qiushi Chair Professor at Zhejiang University, and a professor at the School of Software Technology, Zhejiang University.[5] Previously, he was the Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor and served as the Dean of the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore from 2007 to 2013.[4][6] He was also an adjunct Chang Jiang Professor at Zhejiang University. Additionally, he was a Visiting Distinguished Chair Professor at the National University of Singapore, a Visiting Chair Professor at Peking University,[7] and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Tsinghua University.[8] He was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2009,[9] Association for Computing Machinery 2011,[10] China Computer Federation 2024,[11] Singapore National Academy of Science 2016,[12] and Academy of Engineering Singapore 2023.[13] He was a foreign member of Academia Europaea 2022,[14] and Chinese Academy of Sciences 2023.[15] He did his BSc (1985) and PhD (1989) at Monash University.[4]

Beng Chin was the recipient of the 2009 ACM SIGMOD Contributions award,[16] 2020 ACM SIGMOD EF Codd Innovations Award,[17] 2024 ACM SIGMOD Systems Award,[18] and a co-recipient of the 2011 Singapore President's Science Award.[19] He was also the recipient of 2012 IEEE Computer Society Kanai award,[20] 2014 IEEE TCDE CSEE (Computer Science, Engineering and Education) Impact Award,[21] and 2016 China Computer Federation (CCF) Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award.[22]

Beng Chin died on 25 April 2026, at the age of 65.[23]

References

  1. 1 2 Ooi, Beng Chin (1990). Efficient Query Processing in Geographic Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 471. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Springer e-books. doi:10.1007/BFb0019984. ISBN 978-3-540-46891-2.
  2. ↑ Ng, Wee Siong; Ooi, Beng Chin; Tan, Kian-Lee (February 2002). "BestPeer: A self-configurable peer-to-peer system". Proceedings 18th International Conference on Data Engineering. p. 272. doi:10.1109/ICDE.2002.994726. ISBN 0-7695-1531-2.
  3. ↑ Ooi, Beng Chin; Cai, Shaofeng; Chen, Gang; Shen, Yanyan; Tan, Kian-Lee; Wu, Yuncheng; Xiao, Xiaokui; Xing, Naili; Yue, Cong; Zeng, Lingze; Zhang, Meihui; Zhao, Zhanhao (October 2024). "NeurDB: an AI-powered autonomous data system". Science China Information Sciences. 67 (10) 200901. doi:10.1007/s11432-024-4125-9.
  4. 1 2 3 "Beng Chin Ooi". Nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "黄铭钧-浙江大学个人主页". person.zju.edu.cn. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ooi, Beng Chin". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ooi，Beng Chin-北京大学计算机学院". cs.pku.edu.cn.
  8. ↑ "名誉学衔-清华大学计算机科学与技术系". www.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn.
  9. ↑ "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile". services27.ieee.org.
  10. ↑ "Beng Chin Ooi". awards.acm.org.
  11. ↑ "CCF会士-中国计算机学会". www.ccf.org.cn.
  12. ↑ "Current Fellows". Singapore National Academy of Science.
  13. ↑ "The Fellowship :: SAEng – The Academy of Engineering Singapore". saeng.sg.
  14. ↑ "Academy of Europe: Ooi Beng Chin". www.ae-info.org.
  15. ↑ "外籍院士名单与简介----中国科学院学部与院士". casad.cas.cn.
  16. ↑ "Beng Chin Ooi — 2009 SIGMOD Contribution Award Winner – SIGMOD Website". sigmod.org.
  17. ↑ "Beng Chin Ooi — 2020 SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award – SIGMOD Website". sigmod.org.
  18. ↑ "2024 SIGMOD Systems Award – SIGMOD Website". sigmod.org.
  19. ↑ "Singapore Honours Eight Scientific Talent Fof Outstanding R&D Contributions With Socio-Economic Impact" (PDF). nas.gov.sg.
  20. ↑ "Tsutomu Kanai Award". Wikipedia. 19 February 2025.
  21. ↑ "IEEE Technical Committee on Data Engineering". tab.computer.org.
  22. ↑ "黄铭钧-海外杰出贡献奖-中国计算机学会". www.ccf.org.cn. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  23. ↑ 世界级计算机科学家、中科院外籍院士黄铭钧辞世，享年65岁 (in Chinese)
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