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Peter Chen

1947 - Today

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Peter Pin-Shan Chen (Chinese: 陳品山; born 3 January 1947) is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist. He is a (retired) distinguished career scientist and faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and Distinguished Chair Professor Emeritus at LSU. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Chen has received more than 221,176 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Peter Chen is the 289th most popular engineer (down from 248th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Taiwanese Engineer.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Peter Chen ranks 289 out of 389. Before him are Georgy Langemak, Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, Alan Shugart, Frances Spence, and Donald Wills Douglas Sr.. After him are Pavel Solovyov, Friedrich L. Bauer, Pat Symonds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and K. Eric Drexler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Chen ranks 529. Before him are Barbara Cassin, Gordon Neufeld, Gregg Rolie, Ricardo Teixeira, Assata Shakur, and Vladimir Oravsky. After him are Bob Houghton, Malcolm Ranjith, Fabián Alarcón, Menachem Bello, James Rumbaugh, and Firmine Richard.

Others Born in 1947

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Peter Chen ranks 37 out of 116. Before him are Lin Chi-ling (1974), Eric Chu (1961), Han Kuo-yu (1957), Jolin Tsai (1980), David Ho (1952), and Vivian Hsu (1975). After him are Chi Cheng (1944), Chen Chu (1950), Lin Chuan (1951), Kai-Fu Lee (1961), Sally Yeh (1961), and Ruby Lin (1976).

Others born in Taiwan

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  • Photo of Lin Chi-ling

    Lin Chi-ling

    MODEL

    1974 - Present

    HPI: 48.31

    Rank: 31

  • Photo of Eric Chu

    Eric Chu

    POLITICIAN

    1961 - Present

    HPI: 48.15

    Rank: 32

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    Han Kuo-yu

    POLITICIAN

    1957 - Present

    HPI: 48.13

    Rank: 33

  • Photo of Jolin Tsai

    Jolin Tsai

    MUSICIAN

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 47.84

    Rank: 34

  • Photo of David Ho

    David Ho

    BIOLOGIST

    1952 - Present

    HPI: 47.69

    Rank: 35

  • Photo of Vivian Hsu

    Vivian Hsu

    ACTOR

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 47.68

    Rank: 36

  • Photo of Peter Chen

    Peter Chen

    ENGINEER

    1947 - Present

    HPI: 47.52

    Rank: 37

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    Chi Cheng

    ATHLETE

    1944 - Present

    HPI: 47.48

    Rank: 38

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    Chen Chu

    POLITICIAN

    1950 - Present

    HPI: 47.47

    Rank: 39

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    Lin Chuan

    POLITICIAN

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 47.36

    Rank: 40

  • Photo of Kai-Fu Lee

    Kai-Fu Lee

    BUSINESSPERSON

    1961 - Present

    HPI: 46.69

    Rank: 41

  • Photo of Sally Yeh

    Sally Yeh

    SINGER

    1961 - Present

    HPI: 46.57

    Rank: 42

  • Photo of Ruby Lin

    Ruby Lin

    ACTOR

    1976 - Present

    HPI: 46.36

    Rank: 43

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Among ENGINEERS In Taiwan

Among engineers born in Taiwan, Peter Chen ranks 1. 

Taiwanese born Engineers

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