The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is pleased to announce the creation of a new graduate student scholarship fund named The Mike Liu Scholarship Fund. This fund was conceived to honor Dr. Ming-Tsan (Mike) Liu as he retires this year. The fund was formerly established with gifts from CSE alumni and Dr. Liu's colleagues within OSU and the research communities, as well relatives and long time friends and admirers. Dr. Lui and this scholarship will be given special recognition at the 13th Annual CSE Awards Banquet on May 13th, 2009.
The purpose of the scholarship fund is to recognize, encourage, and assist outstanding graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University who demonstrate promise in contributing much to Society. The scholarship winners will be chosen for their academic merit and research achievements with no regard to their financial need. Recipients will be named annually, typically at the annual awards banquet in the spring.
"This fund will stay and grow in the CSE Department as it progresses in the future. It will bring Mike Liu deserved prestige and long time respect," said Dr. Xiaodong Zhang, CSE Department Chair. "Mike Liu has had a very distinguished career and is much admired by former students, colleagues and peers."
Ming-Tsan (Mike) Liu is one of the friendliest, kindest and most humble men that can be found. He came to OSU-CSE (then named Computer and Information Science) in 1969. His research has been in the areas of Distributed Computing and Computer Networking. He has graduated 55 Ph.D. students during his time here. His students are playing leadership roles in industry and academia, in America, China and elsewhere around the world.
Mike, as he prefers to be called, has always been very active in service to the greater computing field. He has been honored with many awards over the years, most recently receiving the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Presidential Service Award (2007). In 2000, IEEE gave him their Millennium Award and named him a Life Fellow honor; he had been a Fellow since 1983. The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Computing acknowledged his research contributions with their Distinguished Achievement Award in 2006.
Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, as well as a Masters. He began his academic career at the National Cheng Kung University where he earned his Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Contributions to this fund can easily be made by following this link.
https://www.giveto.osu.edu/igive/OnlineGiving/fund_results.aspx?Source_Code=WA&Fund=481002