Chen Yu is a Chinese information scientist and information economist.

Biographical Sketches

Prof. Chen Yu was born in Wuxi

Wuxi

Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south...

, China

China

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, on March 18, 1944. He is now professor of Information School, Renmin University of China

Renmin University of China

Renmin University of China; RUC, also known as People's University of China , colloquially Renda , is a major research university in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Its campus neighbors those of Peking University and Tsinghua University....

 (The People's University of China). He is notable for his academic achievements in information science

Information science

-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...

 and information economics

Information economics

Information economics or the economics of informationis a branch of microeconomic theory that studies how information affects an economy and economic decisions. Information has special characteristics. It is easy to create but hard to trust. It is easy to spread but hard to control. It...

. His major research fields include computer applications, information management

Information management

Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...

, systems science

Systems science

Systems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...

 and information economics

Information economics

Information economics or the economics of informationis a branch of microeconomic theory that studies how information affects an economy and economic decisions. Information has special characteristics. It is easy to create but hard to trust. It is easy to spread but hard to control. It...

. He has been the adviser of about 30 doctoral candidates during 1995-2009.

Education

• 1981: Graduated from Renmin University of China, with Master's Degree in Management
• 1965: Graduated from Beijing Normal College, with Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics

Present Positions

• Professor, Information School, Renmin University of China
• Director, China Information Economics Society
• Member, National e-Government Standardization General Group
• Director, Laboratory for Economical Sciences, Renmin University of China
• Informatization Consultant, Beijing
  Beijing
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   Municipal Government
• Member (1988- ), IFIP WG 8.1
• Member (1999- ), IFIP TC 8
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery
  Association for Computing Machinery
  The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
  
  
• Member, IEEE

Former Positions

• Dean, Information School, Renmin University of China
• Director, Information Center, Renmin University of China
• Director, Network Center, Renmin University of China

Major Works (Chinese titles translated into English)

• A course for information management engineers (2006)
• An introduction to information science and methology (2006)
• Analysis and design of information systems (2005)
• An introduction to information management and information systems (2005)
• Digitizing enterprises (2003)
• Basic knolwedge in the information age (2000)
• Software development tools (2000)
• A course of information economics (1998)
• Measurement theory and methodology for knowledge economy (1998)
• Practical handbook of office automation (1997)
• An introduction to economic information management (1996)
• Dialogues about systems: phenomena, inspirations and discussions (1989)