Audrey Tang
Audrey Tang | |
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| 唐鳳 | |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2016 | |
| Premier | Lin Chuan |
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| Born | 18 April 1981 (age 43) |
| Nationality |  Republic of China |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Traditional Chinese | 唐鳳 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 唐凤 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 唐宗漢 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 唐宗汉 | ||||||||
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Audrey Tang (born April 18, 1981; formerly known as Autrijus Tang) is a Taiwanese free software programmer, who has been described as one of the "ten greats of Taiwanese computing."[1] In August 2016, she was invited to join the Taiwan Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making her the first transgender official in the top executive cabinet.[2]
Biography
Tang's parents are Tang Kuang-hua and Lee Ya-ching.[3] Tang showed an early interest in computers, beginning to learn Perl programming at age 12.[4] Two years later, she dropped out of high school, unable to adapt to student life.[1] By the year 2000, at the age of 19, Tang had already held positions in software companies, and worked in California's Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur.[4] In late 2005, Tang began to transitioning her gender identity as a trans woman, including changing her English and Chinese names, citing a need to "reconcile her outward appearance with her self-image".[5] Taiwan's Eastern Television reports that she has an IQ of 180.[1] She is a vocal proponent for autodidacticism[6] and individualist anarchism.[4]
Free software contributions
Tang is best known for initiating and leading the Pugs project, a joint effort from the Haskell and Perl communities to implement the Perl 6 language;[7] she has also made contributions to internationalization and localization efforts for several Free Software programs, including SVK (for which she also wrote a large portion of the code), Request Tracker, and Slash, as well as heading Traditional Chinese translation efforts for various open source-related books.[1][4]
On CPAN, Tang initiated over 100 Perl projects between June 2001 and July 2006, including the popular Perl Archive Toolkit (PAR), a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool for Perl 5.[8] She is also responsible for setting up smoke test and digital signature systems for CPAN.[9] In October 2005, she was a speaker at O'Reilly Media's European Open Source Convention in Amsterdam.[10]
Political career
Tang was named a minister without portfolio in the Lin Chuan cabinet in August 2016. She took office on 1 September and was placed in charge of helping government agencies communicate policy goals and managing information published by the government, both via digital means.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d Chen, Chun-ming (2006-02-08). "別叫我「先生」！ 電腦怪傑唐宗漢變性 改名唐鳳 (Don't call me "Mister"! Tang Zonghan changes sex, name now Tang Feng)" (in Chinese). Eastern Television. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "PROFILE: Audrey Tang: 100% made in Taiwan - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Chung, Jake (28 August 2016). "PROFILE: Audrey Tang: 100% made in Taiwan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Li, Hsin-ru (2000-06-28). "專題報導 : 尋找台灣自由軟體力量 (Special Report: Searching for the power of Taiwanese free software)". CNet Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Audrey Tang's Blog: Runtime Typecasting". December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Chen, Bo-nian (2000-06-28). "平淡中見絢爤-李雅卿的教改之路 (Lee Ya-Ching's road toward educational reform)". Epoch Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "A Plan for Pugs". O'Reilly Media. 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Author page for autrijus". CPAN. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Becoming a CPAN Tester with CPANPLUS". O'Reilly Media. 2002-04-30. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Perl Internationalization and Haskell: an interview with Autrijus Tang". O'Reilly Media. 2005-09-08. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Lin, Milly; Tai, Ya-chen; Huang, Chiao-wen; Chang, S.C. (25 August 2016). "Young minister a bold attempt to solve government problems". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Hsiao, Alison (26 August 2016). "Programming expert to join Executive Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
Publications
- Aker, Brian; Krieger, David; Wei-hung, Chen; Chih-jung, Chang; Chun-ying, Huang; Chih-pin, Lin; Ke-huan, Lin; Kang-min, Liu; Chung-han, Tang; Chien-ting, Weng (translators) (November 2003). 架設 Slash 社群網站 (Running Weblogs with Slash) (in Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 986-7794-22-2.
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External links
- Audrey's Pugs Journal and Personal Blog.
- An interview with Autrijus by Debby (in Mandarin)
- Podcast interview with Audrey on Perlcast
- Perl Archive Toolkit
- Audrey's contributions on CPAN
- "SocialCalc"
- Can Taiwan Build An 'Asian Silicon Valley'?
- "Asian Silicon Valley" in Taoyuan misses key points
- 'Asian Silicon Valley' project will change Taiwan's future: premier
- Asian Silicon Valley = Taiwan’s DPP Collision with Student Movement
