Yao Leeh-ter

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 completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering from 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 under professor William Sethares. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Parameter estimation for nonlinear systems."