Steven Shiau

Dr. STEVEN J. H. SHIAU was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1971. In 1997, he joined the National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan, where he is currently a Research Fellow and the Deputy Director General. His research interests include the development of opensource, free software for diskless systems, massive deployment, and OpenStreetMap. Dr. Shiau won the Public Sector Software Award at the International Free Software Contest, Soissons, France, in November 2007. In 2008, he was recognized for his outstanding contribution in science and technology by the Executive Yuan, Taiwan.