Bede Liu: key obituary facts
Is Bede Liu dead? Yes. Bede Liu died on May 7, 2026, at age 91.
Cause of death: Bede Liu's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bede Liu known for?
He was a Taiwanese-American engineer and computer scientist (born 1934).
More about Bede Liu
Born: 1 January 1934.
Place of birth: Shanghai.
Gender: male.
Occupation: computer scientist, university teacher.
Education: New York University Tandon School of Engineering, National Taiwan University.
Employer: Princeton University.
Awards: IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing, IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal.
Bede Liu, a Taiwanese–American electrical engineer, died on May 7, 2026.
He was a professor emeritus at Princeton University. Born in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 1934, Liu earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1954 and went on to receive a master’s degree and Ph.D.
in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for contributions to digital signal processing algorithms and later to Academia Sinica in 2006. Liu also received the IEEE Fourier Award for Signal Processing and held several patents.
Bede Liu (Chinese: 劉必治; pinyin: Liú Bìzhì; September 25, 1934 – May 7, 2026) was a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer. He was a professor emeritus at Princeton University.