Yu-Chi Ho

Yu-Chi "Larry" Ho (; born March 1, 1934) is a Chinese-American mathematician, control theorist, and a professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.

He is the co-author of ''Applied Optimal Control'', and an influential researcher in differential games, pattern recognition, and discrete event dynamic systems.

Ho was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1987 for pioneering and sustained contributions to applied optimization, control, and systems engineering theory and application. Provided by Wikipedia