Robert Tienwen Chien

Robert Tienwen Chien
錢天問
Born
Robert Tienwen Chien

(1931-11-20)November 20, 1931
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
DiedDecember 8, 1983(1983-12-08) (aged 52)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (MA, PhD)
Known forChien search
Awards
Scientific career
Workplaces
Thesis Synthesis of Active Networks With Negative Impedance Converters  (1958)

Robert Tienwen Chien (Chinese: 錢天問; November 20, 1931 – December 8, 1983) was an American computer scientist who was the director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Chein was known for his invention of the Chien search.