Huang Yen-nun
{{Short description|Taiwanese computer scientist (born 1960)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2021}}
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| nationality = Taiwanese
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| office1 = 2nd Minister of Digital Affairs
| term_start1 = 20 May 2024
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| primeminister1 = Cho Jung-tai
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| predecessor1 = Audrey Tang
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|11 August 1960}}
| birth_place = Taiwan
| party = Independent
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| education = National Taiwan University (BS)
University of Maryland, College Park (MS, PhD)
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Huang Yen-nun ({{zh|t=黃彥男}}; born 11 August 1960) is a Taiwanese computer scientist who has served as the digital affairs minister of Taiwan since 2024.
Education
Huang graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then completed graduate studies in the United States at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned his Master of Science (M.S.) and Ph.D. in information science and computer science in 1989. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Resource Allocation with Fault Tolerance," and was completed under the supervision of professor Satish K. Tripathi.{{Cite web |title=Yen-Nun Huang - The Mathematics Genealogy Project |url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=87211 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu}}
Career
Huang worked successively for AT&T Labs from 2004 to 2007, the Institute for Information Industry from 2007 to 2008, was president of VeeTIME Corporation from 2008 to 2011, and served on the Executive Yuan's Board of Science and Technology from 2011 to 2015, after which he became a distinguished research fellow with Academia Sinica's Research Center for Information Technology Innovation.{{cite news |title=Keynote speakers Distinguished Research Fellow, Yen-Nun Huang |url=https://www.ecice.asia/sites/default/files/%E9%BB%83%E5%BD%A5%E7%94%B7%20%28yennun%20huang%29.pdf |access-date=16 April 2024 |publisher=IEEE Eurasia Conference on IoT, Communication and Engineering}}
Huang was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012, "for contributions to fault tolerant and failure avoidance software".{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/documents/fellows_class_2012.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215201114/http://www.ieee.org/documents/fellows_class_2012.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2012|title=2012 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}}
On 16 April 2024, Huang was appointed Minister of Digital Affairs in premier Cho Jung-tai's incoming cabinet.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Christie |title=Economics minister, NDC chief among new Cabinet members announced |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404160004 |access-date=16 April 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 April 2024}} Republished as: {{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yun |last2=Madjar |first2=Kayleigh |title=New economics, digital ministers announced |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/04/16/2003816509 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 April 2024}}
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