Li Wei, a Chinese computer scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died on January 25, 2026.
Born in Peking on June 8, 1943, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics at Peking University in 1966. He later earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Edinburgh in 1983, supervised by Gordon Plotkin.
Li was funded as a senior programmer at Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh, was a visiting professor at Saarland University, and became president of Beihang University in 2002. He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997.
Li Wei (Chinese: 李未; pinyin: Lǐ Wèi; June 8, 1943 – January 25, 2026) was a Chinese computer scientist who was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2002, he became President of Beihang University.