澳門科技大學十九周年校慶之榮譽博士學位頒授典禮於3月27日於大學d座禮堂隆重舉行。澳門特別行政區政府社會文化司司長譚俊榮博士親臨主禮，為頒授典禮大增光彩。
澳門科技大學十九周年校慶之榮譽博士學位頒授典禮於3月27日於大學d座禮堂隆重舉行。澳門特別行政區政府社會文化司司長譚俊榮博士親臨主禮，為頒授典禮大增光彩。榮譽博士學位頒授典禮上，澳科大向何厚鏜先生、拓跋賀教授(prof. witold pedrycz)、袁國勇教授、賀定一女士、朱爾斯•霍夫曼教授(prof. jules a. hoffmann)、彼得•亞瑟•戴蒙德教授（prof. peter arthur diamond）、姚期智教授、河村建夫先生(mr. takeo kawamura)共八位世界傑出人士頒授了榮譽博士學位。澳科大校友總會也迎來了八位在不同領域建樹非凡、功勳卓越的校友。
與有榮焉的同時，讓我們一起領略榮譽博士——姚期智教授的風采：
姚期智教授讚詞：
算法精密圖靈贊，
姚班量學舉世聞。
姚期智教授是清華大學交叉信息研究院院長，中國科學院院士，美國國家科學院和美國人文科學院外籍院士。姚教授是世界著名計算機學家，被公認為算法分析、密碼學和量子計算的國際先驅。2000年榮膺計算機科學的國際最高獎圖靈獎，是迄今唯一獲此殊榮的華裔科學家。
姚教授生於上海，1972年獲得哈佛大學物理學博士學位，1975年獲得伊利諾伊大學計算機科學博士學位，先後任教於麻省理工學院、斯坦福大學、加州伯克利分校及普林斯頓大學。2004年，辭離普林斯頓大學全職回國任教於清華大學。2005年，姚教授創辦“計算機科學實驗班”（俗稱“姚班”），被外界譽為“世界上最好的計算機本科教育”。繼而於2011年創建“清華量子信息中心”與“交叉信息研究院”，目標在設計實現量子計算機，並推動信息科技與諸多領域的創新結合。姚教授近年來積極從事人工智能與金融科技的創新理論及實踐，於2018年創立南京圖靈人工智能研究院、西安交叉信息核心技術研究院，促進產學硏結合及科創成果落地。
姚教授在創建計算機科學理論、奠定現代密碼學基礎和解決量子計算問題等領域成果斐然，屢獲重要國際獎項及榮譽，除圖靈獎外，亦獲得包括波里亞獎、克努特獎，及多家大學所頒授的榮譽博士學位。
citation for professor andrew chi-chih yao
prof. andrew chi-chih yao is a turing award winner, and an international pioneer in computer sciences and quantum computing.
prof. andrew chi-chih yao is dean of the institute for interdisciplinary information sciences (iiis) at tsinghua university, academician of the chinese academy of sciences, foreign member of the national academy of sciences, u.s. and the american academy of arts and sciences. prof. yao is a world-famous computer scientist recognized as an international pioneer in algorithm analysis, cryptography and quantum computation. he won the turing award in 2000, the most prestigious award in computer science there is, being the first ever, and so far the only chinese scientist, to win the honor.
born in shanghai, prof. yao received a doctor of philosophy in physics at harvard university in 1972, and then a ph.d. in computer science from the university of illinois in 1975. he was a faculty member of the massachusetts institute of technology, stanford university, the university of california, berkeley, and princeton university. in 2004, prof. yao left princeton to become a full-time professor at tsinghua university where, in 2005, he inaugurated the “computer science pilot class” (nicknamed “yao class”), critically acclaimed as the “best undergraduate education in computer science in the world” by the community. later in 2011, he established the center for quantum information and the institute for interdisciplinary information sciences at tsinghua university, aiming to design and materialize quantum computers and advance innovative integration between information science and technologies and many other areas. in recent years, prof. yao has been active in carrying out innovative theories and practices in artificial intelligence and financial technologies. in 2018, he launched the turing artificial intelligence institute of nanjing and the interdisciplinary information core technologies institute of xi’an, in hope of facilitating industry-university-research integration and materialization of research findings.
prof. yao has made significant achievements and outstanding contributions to research areas such as computer sciences, cryptography and quantum computation. besides the turing award, he’s received a great many international awards and honours, including the george polya prize, the donald e. knuth prize, and honorary doctoral degrees from the city university of hong kong, the hong kong university of science and technology, the chinese university of hong kong, the waterloo university, canada, the university of macau and the hong kong polytechnic university.