Yì N. Wáng's Personal Information
About My Names
I am Chinese, and a member of the populous Han ethnic group. My official name is "王轶", in which 王 (Wáng, literally "king") is my family name, one of the most populous Chinese surnames, and 轶 (Yì) is my given name which literally means "being different from normal (in good and/or bad ways)".In ancient China, a male set up his courtesy name when they grew up. His close friends were supposed to call him with this name (click here for more information about courtesy names). This had been a tradition until approximately the end of the modern era, and is kept among a very small group nowadays in China. My courtesy name is 逾甚 (Yushen), meaning "exceeding dramatically", which strengthens what my given name expresses.
When I publish in English, except for one early paper where "Yi N. Wang" was used, I always use "Yì N. Wáng" where "N" is the initial of my middle name Nicholas adopted in 2007 in an English class at Peking University (I knew the name stands for "victory" though this wasn't the reason it was chosen). Tony Hewitt was the only person who called me with this name.
Language Skills
- Chinese (native): Mandarin, Nantongese
- English (fluent)
- Japanese (reading slowly)
- Norwegian (basic, stopped learning)
Education Background
Ph.D. in Information Science (2013)
University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
Dissertation: “Logical Dynamics of Group Knowledge and Subset Spaces”
Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Ågotnes
University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway
Dissertation: “Logical Dynamics of Group Knowledge and Subset Spaces”
Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Ågotnes
Peking University (PKU), Beijing, CHINA
Dissertation: “Extending Hybrid Logic: The Two-Sorted Case” (written in Chinese)
Supervisor: Prof. LIU Zhuang-hu and Dr. Jeremy Seligman
M.Phil. in Philosophy (2005)
Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, CHINA
Dissertation: “Epistemic Logic from the Dynamic Perspective” (written in Chinese)
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. YU Jun-wei
Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing, CHINA
Dissertation: “Epistemic Logic from the Dynamic Perspective” (written in Chinese)
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. YU Jun-wei
BMS in Management Studies (2003), Computer Science minor (2002)
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, CHINA
Dissertation Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. YANG Xiao-ping
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, CHINA
Dissertation Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. YANG Xiao-ping
Sports and Hobbies
Previously: swimming, roller skating, ice skating, kendo, taekwondoNowadays：hiking, jogging.. and practicing guqin sometimes..
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