Xia Peisu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xia (Hsia).
Xia Peisu
夏培肃
Xia Peisu at Chongqing Jiaotong University, 1946
Born(1923-07-28)28 July 1923
Chongqing, China
Died27 August 2014(2014-08-27) (aged 91)
Beijing, China
Other namesPei-su Hsia
Alma materNational Central University
University of Edinburgh
OccupationsComputer scientist and educator
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(m. 1950; died 2003)​

Xia Peisu or Pei-su Hsia (Chinese: 夏培肃; 28 July 1923 – 27 August 2014) was a Chinese computer scientist and educator known for her pioneering research in computer science and technology. The leading developer of Model 107, the nation's first domestically designed general-purpose electronic computer, she has been called the "Mother of Computer Science in China". She and her husband Yang Liming were both elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. In 2010, she was honoured with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the China Computer Federation.

Since 2015, the China Computer Federation in memory of academician Xia, the predecessor of computer science in China, awards the Xia-Piesu Award annually to female scientists and engineers recognised for their "outstanding contributions and achievements in the computer science, engineering, education and industry."

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