【Message from the editor: In the previous issues, Dr. SHAO Fangwei, associate professor from ZJUI, and Dr. CHEN Di from ZJE, shared their research and teaching at the International Campus. Today, let’s meet Dr. LIU Zuozhu, who joined ZJUI as an assistant professor in 2020. His research interests mainly lie at machine learning, deep learning algorithms and applications. Detailed directions include unsupervised/semi-supervised learning algorithms, Bayesian inference, and their applications ...

【Message from the editor: In the previous issue, Dr. SHAO Fangwei, associate professor from ZJUI, shared her research and teaching at the International Campus. Today, let’s meet Dr. CHEN Di, assistant professor from the Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE). Di completed his PhD degree in Chinese Academy of Sciences. Then he continued as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. ...

[Editor’s note: The BRIDGE Design Week 2021 wrapped up in Zhejiang University on Sept 11, with 10 teams of students from 17 universities around the world presenting their design proposals to help achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs). Team Six “200%” won the Most Promising Design award with their proposal “GO ON”. What’s special about their design? ZHANG Hongbo, the team leader, shared his understanding of SDGs and the concept behind their design.]Q1: ...

[Editor’s note: The 12th China Undergraduate Physics Tournament (CUPT), supported by the Ministry of Education, was hosted online by Harbin Normal University from August 21 to 24, with 63 teams from 62 institutions of higher education across China participating. The team from Zhejiang University won the Grand Prize with flying colors, and WANG Hongru, one of the team members, clinched the honorary title of the “Best Opposition.” The team, led by Prof. ZHAO Daomu and undergraduate student...

【Message from the editor: Opening in 2015, the International Campus is now composed of two joint institutes, one international business school and one institute of China Studies, offering 7 undergraduate program, 14 master’s degree programs and 23 Ph.D. programs. Located in the city of Haining, between Shanghai and Hangzhou, the Campus is currently the home to 55 full-time faculty members. What attracts them to Haining and the International Campus? In Dialogue@ZJU, some faculty ...

[Message from the editor: Recently, School of International Studies (SIS) organized a field trip to Anji, a tranquil county in east China’s Zhejiang Province. In an interview, international faculty members and students from SIS shared with us what Anji is like in their eyes.]  Dr. Salvador Santa Puche, Spain  “I know that Yucun Village in Anji had been heavily polluted. However, I was really amazed in this trip that its environment was restored vigorously. So, it was a grea...

[Message from the editor: In June, Prof. ZHAO Zhirong was appointed the new dean of the Zhejiang University School of Public Affairs. Prior to this position, he was the Gross Family Professor of Public & Nonprofit Management at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on public budgeting, public finance and urban governance. In an interview, Prof. Zhao spoke about his research and insights in the future development of public affairs and shared ...

[Editor’s note: Idea Explorer Innovation & Entrepreneurship Global Summer Program 2021 concluded successfully. Initiated in 2012 and suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19, the Program was shifted online this year, bringing together 297 students from 26 countries across 5 continents. Themed on “Embrace Digital World”, it offered the opportunity to unlock different facets of knowledge targeting entrepreneurship and find uniqueness of Hangzhou. 30 Participants also were selected to...

[Messages from the editor: With speeches, songs and smiles, and graduation parties, the ZJU community celebrated the Class of 2021’s farewell to the “Qiushi Garden”. Congratulations the Class of 2021 graduates! While the past year has been full of challenges, you have proven that hard work, dedication and resilience can get you to your goal. As you embark on a new journey, remember your connection to ZJU is for a lifetime. In the interview, the graduates shared their fondest memories and futu...

[Messages from the editor: Prof. LIAO Beishui, head of Institute of Logic and Cognition, is the ‘AI Logic’ corner editor of Journal of Logic and Computation, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Argument & Computation and Journal of Applied Logics, a member of the IfCoLog office as representative for Asian affairs, and a steering committee member of DEON, COMMA and AWPL. He has published 3 monographs, and a number of papers in some leading journals and top conferences such as...