Leether Yao Leeh-ter () is a Taiwanese electrical engineer, computer engineer, and politician. He was appointed political deputy minister of Education in September 2017 and resigned the position in January 2019.
Early life and education Yao was born in Taipei on September 4, 1962. His parents were Yao Chi-Tao and Su Shy-pin.
Yao graduated from National Taipei University of Technology with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1982. He then earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in electrical engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1987 and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992. His doctoral dissertation, completed under William Sethares, was titled, "Parameter estimation for nonlinear systems."
See also Education in Taiwan
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