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{{short description|American computer scientist}}

'''Yinyu Ye''' ({{zh|s=叶荫宇|p=Yè Yīnyǔ}}; born 1948) is a Chinese American theoretical computer scientist working on [[Mathematical optimization|mathematical optimization]]. He is a specialist in interior point methods, especially in convex minimization and [[Linear programming|linear programming]]. He is a professor of Management Science and Engineering and Kwoh-Ting Li Chair Professor of Engineering at [[Organization:Stanford University|Stanford University]]. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Ye also is a co-founder of  minMax Optimization Inc.

==Education==
Yinyu Ye was born in 1948 in [[Place:Wuhan|Wuhan]], Hubei, China. He attended Huazhong University of Science and Technology and graduated with a B.S. in Systems and Control in 1982. He received a Ph.D in Engineering Economic Systems from [[Organization:Stanford University|Stanford University]] in 1988, under the supervision of George B. Dantzig.

==Research publications==
Ye wrote ''Interior-Point Algorithms: Theory and Analysis''. He joined [[Biography:David Luenberger|David Luenberger]] for the third edition of Luenberger's ''Linear and Nonlinear Programming''.<ref>
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In recent years, Ye has developed computational methods and theory using [[Semidefinite programming|semidefinite programming]] for practical problems like the localization of network sensors. In [[Finance:Computational economics|computational economics]], Ye has also established new complexity results for problems concerning the computation of an [[Finance:Economic equilibrium|economic equilibrium]].<ref name=informs>{{cite web |url=http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize |title=John von Neumann Theory Prize / INFORMS Prizes & Awards / Recognize Excellence / IOL Home - INFORMS.org |website=www.informs.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312045012/http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize |archive-date=2010-03-12}}</ref>

==Awards==
Ye was a 2009 co-recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize.<ref name=informs />
He was elected to the 2006 class of [[Social:Fellow|Fellow]]s of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/Fellows/Fellows-Alphabetical-List|title=Fellows: Alphabetical List|publisher=Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>

==Positions==
Before joining [[Organization:Stanford University|Stanford University]], Ye was a Henry B. Tippie Research Professor at the [[Organization:University of Iowa|University of Iowa]]. Ye is a co-founder of minMax Optimization, a technology company based in Palo Alto and Shanghai focused on creating optimization tools for geospatial and financial problems.

==References==
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