Deng Zhonghan
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Deng Zhonghan ({{zh|s=邓中翰|p=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.[http://quotes.wsj.com/SOHU/company-people/executive-profile/320541, Key People - WSJ], Wall Street Journal[https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/15012050-deng-zhonghan, "Zhonghan Deng profile - Bloomberg"], Bloomberg[http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/zhuanti/2013-08/26/content_563225.htm "Deng Zhonghan: Microchips for China"] China Today
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.[https://www.berkeleychinasummit.org/,"Berkeley China Summit - Deng Zhonghan"]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[https://books.google.com/books?id=9WU6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA474 "Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy By Lawrence R. Sullivan"] Page 132{{Cite web |url=http://insiders.morningstar.com/insiders/trading/executive-profile.action?t=0P0000CK9M&PersonId=PS00000PXE&flag=Director&insider=Zhonghan_Deng&culture=en-US&productcode=MLE&cur=USD |title="Morningstar - Deng Zhionghan" |access-date=2017-11-01 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033309/http://insiders.morningstar.com/insiders/trading/executive-profile.action?t=0P0000CK9M&PersonId=PS00000PXE&flag=Director&insider=Zhonghan_Deng&culture=en-US&productcode=MLE&cur=USD |url-status=dead }}
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.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/beijing/zhongguancun/2012-03/05/content_14755006.htm "Deng Zhonghan"], China Daily 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.[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=25238288&privcapId=9503865,"Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography"], Bloomberg
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.[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=25238288&privcapId=9503865"Zhonghan Deng Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg"], Bloomberg In 2005, Vimicro was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/junhli/2015/03/23/vimicro-a-hidden-chinese-small-cap-gem/#dee8f470b9e5 "Vimicro: A Hidden Chinese Small-Cap Gem"], Forbes
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.[http://www.people.com.cn/GB/paper2086/14697/1304379.html "邓中翰的“中国芯”与“中国心”（传奇人生）"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920235017/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/paper2086/14697/1304379.html |date=2018-09-20 }}, People China
Vimicro developed the SVAC (Surveillance Video and Audio Coding) standard, which was approved as the Chinese national standard in 2011.[http://share.iclient.ifeng.com/house/shareNews?aid=119894158&channelId=" "凤凰新闻"], ifeng As of 2017, Vimicro owns more than 1600 patents,[http://www.sipo.gov.cn/zxft/zzcxyzscq/bjzl/200804/t20080419_384184.html "北京中星微电子有限公司知识产权工作简介]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, States Intellectual Property office of the PRC dominates the PC camera processor market with 60 percent global market share.[http://support.lenovo.com/us/zh/downloads/ds032436 "Vimicro Webcam Driver for Windows 8], Lenovo
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.{{Cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/w/2014-04-21/10174130116.shtml|script-title=zh:独家:谭晶破失踪乌龙 老公系院士邓中翰|date=2014-04-21|website=Sina|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-16}}
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Category:Scientists from Nanjing
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Category:University of Science and Technology of China alumni
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Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
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Category:Members of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference