Thomas Hou

Thomas Y. Hou
Born1962 (age 6263)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSouth China University of Technology (BS)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
Known fornumerical analysis
mathematical analysis
AwardsMember, NAS (2024)
Fellow, AMS (2012)
Fellow, AAAS (2011)
Fellow, SIAM (2009)
William Benter Prize (2024)
Ralph E. Kleinman Prize (2023)
James H. Wilkinson Prize (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsNew York University
California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorBjörn Engquist

Thomas Yizhao Hou (born 1962) is a Chinese-American mathematician who is the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics in the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in numerical analysis and mathematical analysis.