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'''Ren Wu''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_American Chinese American] computer scientist in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data big data], [[Deep Learning|deep learning]] industry and former [[Chinese Chess|Xiangqi]] and chess programmer.
He holds a Ph.D. from [[Queen Mary, University of London]], and was affiliated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard Hewlett Packard] ''Intelligent Information Management Lab'' in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto Palo Alto, California], focusing on enabling near real-time business intelligence with robust, scalable data management, data-intensive analytics and fusion of structured and unstructured information, [[GPU|GPU computing]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_parallel massively parallel] [[Algorithms|algorithms]]. More recently, Ren Wu is founder After holding positions as Chief Software Architect of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogeneous_System_Architecture Heterogeneous System Architecture] at [[AMD]] and CEO as Distinguished Scientist at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu Baidu, Inc.], he founded ''NovuMind''<ref>[https://www.novumind.com/company/ NovuMind - Company]</ref> in 2015, and served as its CEO since then <ref>[https://www.novumind.com/company/leadership/ NovuMind - Leadership]</ref>, producing the ''NovuTensor'' chip, a special-purpose processor designed to perform [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor tensor] computation for [[Neural Networks#Convolutional|convolutional neural networks]] <ref>[https://www.novumind.com/technology/ NovuMind - Technology]</ref> <ref>[https://www.novumindeetimes.com/company/ document.asp?doc_id=1333898 NovuMind - Company's AI Chip Sparks Controversy]</ref> <ref>by [https://www.novumindeetimes.com/companyprofile.asp?piddl_userid=37009 Junko Yoshida], [https://en.wikipedia.org/leadershipwiki/ NovuMind - LeadershipEE_Times EE Times], October 24, 2018</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
Ren Wu's [[Chinese Chess|Chinese]] (Xiangqi) and Western chess programs were [[Surprise (Xiangqi)|Surprise]], two times Chinese Chess Gold Medal winner at the [[3rd Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|3rd]] and [[4th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|4th Computer Olympiad]], and the chess program [[Initiative]] which did not compete in [[ICCA]] tournaments <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/VnaUuGmkuQQ/qCmmDeYAIPkJ WMCCC Jakarta] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 8, 1996</ref> <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZY2Hq4e5RyE/9nseFZx1xQgJ Re: Fritz5 ECM test suite results] by [[Ren Wu]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 6, 1997</ref>.
According to [[Chris Whittington]] , the chess software for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3 Psion 3a] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant PDA] , [[Psion Series 3 Chess]], was written by Ren Wu <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.psion/7XLMSdq4kfY/NGqToXHc30EJ Re: Chess software for psion] post 5 by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 18, 1996</ref>, who joined Whittington's [[Oxford Softworks]] as game developer in 1996.
=ICGA Journal Award=
