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'''Ren Wu''',<br/> | '''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. | + | a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_American Chinese American] computer scientist and entrepreneur 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 massively parallel algorithms. | + | 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]]. After holding positions as Chief Software Architect of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogeneous_System_Architecture Heterogeneous System Architecture] at [[AMD]] and 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.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333898 NovuMind's AI Chip Sparks Controversy] by [https://www.eetimes.com/profile.asp?piddl_userid=37009 Junko Yoshida], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EE_Times EE Times], October 24, 2018</ref>. |
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| − | =Programs= | + | =Chess Programs= |
| − | Ren Wu's Chinese and Western chess programs were [[Surprise (Xiangqi)|Surprise]], two times Chinese | + | 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] 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>. | + | 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= | =ICGA Journal Award= | ||
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=Selected Publications= | =Selected Publications= | ||
| − | <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wu:Ren.html dblp: Ren Wu]</ref> <ref>[ | + | <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wu:Ren.html dblp: Ren Wu]</ref> <ref>[[ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database]]</ref> |
==2000 ...== | ==2000 ...== | ||
* [[Ren Wu]], [[Don Beal]] ('''2001'''). ''Computer Analysis of some Chinese Chess Endgames''. [[Advances in Computer Games 9]] | * [[Ren Wu]], [[Don Beal]] ('''2001'''). ''Computer Analysis of some Chinese Chess Endgames''. [[Advances in Computer Games 9]] | ||
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* [[Ren Wu]], [https://cedar.buffalo.edu/~binzhang/ Bin Zhang], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Hsu:Meichun Meichun Hsu] ('''2009'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1531668 Clustering billions of data points using GPUs]''. [http://www.computingfrontiers.org/2009/ ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers] | * [[Ren Wu]], [https://cedar.buffalo.edu/~binzhang/ Bin Zhang], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Hsu:Meichun Meichun Hsu] ('''2009'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1531668 Clustering billions of data points using GPUs]''. [http://www.computingfrontiers.org/2009/ ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers] | ||
==2010 ...== | ==2010 ...== | ||
| − | * [[Ren Wu]], [https://cedar.buffalo.edu/~binzhang/ Bin Zhang], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Hsu:Meichun Meichun Hsu], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chen:Qiming Qiming Chen] ('''2010'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-14246-8_56 GPU-Accelerated Predicate Evaluation on Column Store]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/waim/waim2010.html WAIM 2010], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture_Notes_in_Computer_Science LNCS] 6184, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]] | + | * [[Ren Wu]], [https://cedar.buffalo.edu/~binzhang/ Bin Zhang], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Hsu:Meichun Meichun Hsu], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chen:Qiming Qiming Chen] ('''2010'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-14246-8_56 GPU-Accelerated Predicate Evaluation on Column Store]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/waim/waim2010.html WAIM 2010], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture_Notes_in_Computer_Science LNCS] 6184, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer] |
| + | * [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/d/Dang:Qingqing Qingqing Dang], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/y/Yan:Shengen Shengen Yan], [[Ren Wu]] ('''2014'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7097862 A fast integral image generation algorithm on GPUs]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/icpads/icpads2014.html ICPADS 2014] | ||
* [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chen:Qiming Qiming Chen], [[Ren Wu]] ('''2017'''). ''CNN Is All You Need''. [https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.09662 arXiv:1712.09662] | * [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Chen:Qiming Qiming Chen], [[Ren Wu]] ('''2017'''). ''CNN Is All You Need''. [https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.09662 arXiv:1712.09662] | ||
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* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ren-wu-944162/ Ren Wu | LinkedIn] | * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ren-wu-944162/ Ren Wu | LinkedIn] | ||
* [https://www.novumind.com/company/ren-wus-blog/ Ren Wu's blog] | * [https://www.novumind.com/company/ren-wus-blog/ Ren Wu's blog] | ||
| + | * [https://www.novumind.com/company/leadership/ NovuMind - Leadership] | ||
| + | * [https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332226 Ex-Baidu Scientist Blazes AI Shortcut] by [https://www.eetimes.com/profile.asp?piddl_userid=37009 Junko Yoshida], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EE_Times EE Times], August 31, 2017 | ||
| + | * [https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333898 NovuMind's AI Chip Sparks Controversy] by [https://www.eetimes.com/profile.asp?piddl_userid=37009 Junko Yoshida], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EE_Times EE Times], October 24, 2018 | ||
=References= | =References= | ||
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[[Category:Chess Programmer|Wu]] | [[Category:Chess Programmer|Wu]] | ||
[[Category:Xiangqi Programmer|Wu]] | [[Category:Xiangqi Programmer|Wu]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Entrepreneur|Wu]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:47, 16 November 2020
Ren Wu [1]
Ren Wu,
a Chinese American computer scientist and entrepreneur in the big data, deep learning industry and former Xiangqi and chess programmer.
He holds a Ph.D. from Queen Mary, University of London, and was affiliated with the Hewlett Packard Intelligent Information Management Lab in 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 computing, and massively parallel algorithms. After holding positions as Chief Software Architect of Heterogeneous System Architecture at AMD and as Distinguished Scientist at Baidu, Inc., he founded NovuMind [2] in 2015, and served as its CEO since then [3], producing the NovuTensor chip, a special-purpose processor designed to perform tensor computation for convolutional neural networks [4] [5].
Contents
Chess Programs
Ren Wu's Chinese (Xiangqi) and Western chess programs were Surprise, two times Chinese Chess Gold Medal winner at the 3rd and 4th Computer Olympiad, and the chess program Initiative which did not compete in ICCA tournaments [6] [7]. According to Chris Whittington, the chess software for the Psion 3a PDA, Psion Series 3 Chess, was written by Ren Wu [8], who joined Whittington's Oxford Softworks as game developer in 1996.
ICGA Journal Award
Along with Don Beal, Ren Wu researched and published on Retrograde Analysis for Chinese Chess Endgame Tablebases, and won the 2002 ICGA Journal Award [9].
Selected Publications
2000 ...
- Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Computer Analysis of some Chinese Chess Endgames. Advances in Computer Games 9
- Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Fast, Memory-efficient Retrograde Algorithms.ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3 [12] [13]
- Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Parallel Retrograde Analysis on Different Architectures. IEEE, 10th Conference in High Performance Distributed Computing
- Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Solving Chinese Chess Endgames by Database Construction. Information Sciences, Vol. 135, Nos. 3-4
- Ren Wu, Don Beal (2002). A memory efficient retrograde algorithm and its application to solve Chinese Chess endgames. More Games of No Chance edited by Richard J. Nowakowski
- Ren Wu, Bin Zhang, Meichun Hsu (2009). Clustering billions of data points using GPUs. ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers
2010 ...
- Ren Wu, Bin Zhang, Meichun Hsu, Qiming Chen (2010). GPU-Accelerated Predicate Evaluation on Column Store. WAIM 2010, LNCS 6184, Springer
- Qingqing Dang, Shengen Yan, Ren Wu (2014). A fast integral image generation algorithm on GPUs. ICPADS 2014
- Qiming Chen, Ren Wu (2017). CNN Is All You Need. arXiv:1712.09662
Forum Posts
- Is it worth to program chess in Pascal ? (Re: My first Chess program !) by Ren Wu, rgcc, September 22, 1997 » Pascal
- Re: Let's analyze move 36 by Ren Wu, CCC, October 08, 1997
- Re: Bionic v Crafty - a possible solution by Ren Wu, CCC, January 25, 1999 » Bionic Impakt, Crafty
- Machine vs. IGM in Chinese Chess by Ren Wu, CCC, July 13, 1999
- Generating egtbs ICGAJ by Tony Werten, CCC, December 04, 2001 [14] [15]
- Wu/Beal predates Koistinen by Guy Haworth, CCC, December 04, 2001
- Re: Wu/Beal predates Koistinen by Ren Wu, CCC, December 04, 2001
External Links
- Ren Wu's ICGA Tournaments
- Ren Wu | LinkedIn
- Ren Wu's blog
- NovuMind - Leadership
- Ex-Baidu Scientist Blazes AI Shortcut by Junko Yoshida, EE Times, August 31, 2017
- NovuMind's AI Chip Sparks Controversy by Junko Yoshida, EE Times, October 24, 2018
References
- ↑ Ren Wu | LinkedIn
- ↑ NovuMind - Company
- ↑ NovuMind - Leadership
- ↑ NovuMind - Technology
- ↑ NovuMind's AI Chip Sparks Controversy by Junko Yoshida, EE Times, October 24, 2018
- ↑ WMCCC Jakarta by Chris Whittington, rgcc, August 8, 1996
- ↑ Re: Fritz5 ECM test suite results by Ren Wu, rgcc, September 6, 1997
- ↑ Re: Chess software for psion post 5 by Chris Whittington, rgcc, April 18, 1996
- ↑ Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Fast, Memory-efficient Retrograde Algorithms. ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3
- ↑ dblp: Ren Wu
- ↑ ICGA Reference Database
- ↑ Generating egtbs ICGAJ by Tony Werten, CCC, December 04, 2001, with reference to Computing endgames with few men by Urban Koistinen
- ↑ Wu / Beal retrograde analisys algorithm by Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso, Winboard Forum, March 10, 2007
- ↑ Ren Wu, Don Beal (2001). Fast, Memory-efficient Retrograde Algorithms.ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3
- ↑ Computing endgames with few men by Urban Koistinen
