Speaker: YU JunVenue: Haina Court 2-203, Zijingang CampusAbstract: Given a semisimple real linear group, a zonal spherical function is matrix coefficient associated to the unique spherical vector with value 1 at identity element in a unitary spherical principal series, which are important object in representation theory and harminic analysis. Each zonal spherical function is a positive function. Hence, its Fourier transform along a maximal split torus is everywhere non-negative by a classical theorem of Bochner. In this talk we report a result in a recent joint work: the Fourier transform along a maximal split torus of any zonal spherical function takes positive value everywhere.

Speaker: CAI ShiqingVenue: 2A-203-3, ZJE Building, Haining CampusAbstract: Dr. Shi-Qing Cai obtained his PhDdegree from Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and did his postdoctoral training at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, His postdoctoral work mainly focused on the oxidative regulation of potassium channels in the aging nervous system. He joined Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2009. Currently, his study aims to understand 1)the neural basis of healthy aging;2)the mechanism underlying ion channel biogenesis including folding, assembly and trafficking.

Speaker: Dr. Bo LuVenue: LTNA 226, Haining CampusAbstract: With the rapid development of surgical robot technology in recent years, specialized robotic platforms are gradually being adopted across various hospital departments.To enhance the efficiency of online diagnosis and treatment with surgical robots and reduce the clinical workload of surgeons, intelligent autonomous surgical robots have become a prominent research focus. This talk will address technologies such as surgical intelligent perception, autonomous navigation, skill learning, and autonomous manipulation. Focusing on application scenarios like laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and panvascular surgery, it will explore key technologies including autonomous suturing and knot-tying, endoscopic autonomous control, intelligent surgical navigation, embodied learning, and robotic system generation. The report will also introduce specific applications of robotic intelligence in surgical subtasks and discuss future trends in AI + robotics technology.

Speaker: Thomas B. KornbergVenue: Report Hall 205, Comprehensive Building of Medical College, Zijingang CampusAbstract: Development creates a vast array of forms and patterns with elegant economy, using a small vocabulary of signaling proteins (BMPs, FGFS EGFs, Wnts, and Hhs) in similar ways to pattern many different tissues. Specialized filopodia called cytonemes transport these signaling proteins between cells, mediating cell-cell exchanges at contacts that are functionally similar to neuronal synapses. The roles and physical attributes of cytonemes have fascinating implications for the way sianaling proteins disperse across tissues to elicit specific responses in both normal development and disease contexts.

Speaker: LIU HuimeiVenue: Room 219/221, ZIBS Building, Haining Campus

Speaker: XU YongjiaVenue: LTN-A 301, Haining CampusAbstract: Intelligent desian and structural health monitoring of civil engineering structures are critical research fields atpresent. This presentation reports the recent progress in solving problems such as low utlization efticiency of existing design data and unstable quality in structural design by introducing generative intelligent design methods.Leveraging advanced generative Al algorithms the proposed methodologies extract key features and patterns from existing design data to acquire engineering structural design capabilities, fulfilling new design tasks efficiently while maintaining stable design quality. Additionallv, the civil enaineering tield has beaun transitioning from aconstruction-tocusedapproach toward emphasizino balanced construction and maintenance.To ensure the satety and functionality of existing structures, structural health monitoring has increasinaly gained importance. This presentation, therefore, introduces a Bidirectional Granhics-Based Diaital Twin (Bi-GBDT) structural health monitorna tramework, Supported by various technologies such as digtal twin, virtual environments, deep learning, and finite element analyss, the Bi-GBDT tramework integrates the data acquisition, external damage identification, and intrinsic damage evaluation to achieve accurate and efficient structural condition assessments.

Speaker: Karl KraatzVenue: 311, Building 4, Chenjun Court, Zijingang CampusAbstract: This talk explores the Metaphysics of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on the foundational assumptions underpinning generative AI technologies. I argue that we are experiencing a paradigm shift—from scientism to dataism and from a metaphysics of matter to a metaphysics of information. Philosophers play a crucial role in drawing attention to these transformations and, where necessary, cautioning about their implications. By building on phenomenology and hermeneutics, and engaging with thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Arendt, Derrida, and Baudrillard, I contend that AI’s existential risks extend beyond mere catastrophic potential to a profound reshaping of human thought. As Hubert Dreyfus once remarked: The real danger of computers is not that they will become more like us, but the reverse: that we will become more like computers. This talk aims to make these insights accessible to non-philosophers, using examples from recent advancements in AI, such as DeepSeek’s reasoning capabilities and breakthroughs at the intersection of biology and artificial intelligence.

Speaker: LI XiangdongVenue: 2-312 Haina Court, Zijingang CampusAbstract: In my previous work and my joint work with Songzi Li, we proved the W-entropy formula for the heat equation of the Witten Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds and the  W-entropy formula for the Wasseestein geodesic flow on Riemannian manifolds. We introduced the Langevin deformation of flows, which is a natural interpolation between the gradient flow of the Boltzmann entropy and the Wasserstein  geodesic flow and is closely related to the compressible Euler equation with damping on manifolds. We proved the existence and uniqueness of the compressible Euler equation with damping on manifolds, the W-entropy formula for the Langevin deformation of flows and its convergence when the viscosity coefficient tends to zero and to infinity respectively. In recent works with Songzi Li, Rong Lei and Yuzhao Wang, we further extend our results to the  compressible $L^p$-Euler equation with damping and the $L^p$-Langevin deformation of flows on over Riemannian  manifolds. Our results are new even for the one dimensional Euler equations with dampings. I will give a survey on these works.

Speaker: Sir Michael BerryVenue: Lecture Hall 201, Faculty of Science, Western Campus, Zijingang CampusAbstract: Connections between physics and technological invention and aspects of human life that seem far from science are both unexpected and unexpectedly common. And rather than flowing one way - from physics to gadgets - the connections form an intricate web, linking all aspects of human culture, in ways that frustrate our convenient compartmentalisations and interventions aimed at promoting technology transfer. This lecture will discuss this theme not abstractly but with examples, ranging from music to the colour of gold, and explain how quantum technology helps me do quantum physics.