Deng Zhonghan
Born (1968-09-05) 5 September 1968
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China
University of California, Berkeley
SpouseTan Jing
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsInformation and Electronic Engineering
InstitutionsVimicro
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧中翰
Simplified Chinese邓中翰

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]

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

Deng 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

He is married to the famous singer Tan Jing, who gave birth to a child in 2014.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Key People - WSJ, Wall Street Journal
  2. ↑ "Zhonghan Deng profile - Bloomberg", Bloomberg
  3. ↑ "Deng Zhonghan: Microchips for China" China Today
  4. ↑ "Berkeley China Summit - Deng Zhonghan"
  5. ↑ "Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy By Lawrence R. Sullivan" Page 132
  6. ↑ "Morningstar - Deng Zhionghan"
  7. ↑ "Deng Zhonghan", China Daily
  8. ↑ "Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography", Bloomberg
  9. ↑ "Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg", Bloomberg
  10. ↑ "Vimicro: A Hidden Chinese Small-Cap Gem", Forbes
  11. ↑ "邓中翰的“中国芯”与“中国心”（传奇人生）", People China
  12. ↑ " "凤凰新闻", ifeng
  13. ↑ "北京中星微电子有限公司知识产权工作简介, States Intellectual Property office of the PRC
  14. ↑ "Vimicro Webcam Driver for Windows 8, Lenovo
  15. ↑ 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.
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