ZJU leading scholars present at World Economic Forum2018-09-23At the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the World Economic Forum, Vice President YAN Jianhua, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine DUAN Shumin, Prof. HU Hailan and Prof. MA Huan attended the 2018 Annual Meeting of the New Champions (a.k.a. the Summer Davos) on September 18-20. It’s the foremost global summit on innovation, science and technology, promoting entrepreneurship in the global publi... READ MORE |
Turing Award winner Silvio Micali shares insights on future of blockchain2018-09-21The 2nd Summit of ZJU Blockchain Research Institute was held on September 16. Silvio Micali, MIT Professor and ACM Turing Award recipient, delivered an impressive lecture on technological challenges and future prospects of blockchain."There also exists the classical 'trilemma' in blockchain: decentralization, scalability and security. There has been some practice in decentralizat... READ MORE |
ZJU-LG Electronics Joint Lab unveiled2018-09-20The opening ceremony of ZJU-LG Electronics Joint Lab was held recently on Yuquan Campus. ZJU’s Vice President YAN Jianhua and LG Group’s Vice President Jeon Simoon unveiled the name board of the lab at the ceremony.Jeon Simoon highly praised the great achievements made by the University in the recent years. He expressed the willingness to work with ZJU in the field of power electronics and elect... READ MORE |
Prof. SHEN Jianxin elected as IEEE IAS Member-at-Large2018-09-20According to the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), SHEN Jianxin, a professor at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, is elected as an IEEE IAS Member-at-Large in 2019-2020. Prof. SHEN Jianxin has long engaged in extensive fundamental and application research into electrical machine design and control. He has chaired many IEEE international conferences and ... READ MORE |
ZJU and Springer Nature ink MOU for strategic cooperation2018-09-19The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation was signed between ZJU and Springer Nature on Sept. 14. Under the MOU, ZJU and Springer Nature will explore cooperation opportunities on a broad range of areas, including brand promotion, overseas talent recruitment, co-publishing, academic training, etc. "The University has established a fruitful relationship with Springer ... READ MORE |
Prof. YANG Huayong awarded the 2017 Joseph Bramah Medal2018-09-19Prof. YANG Huayong, Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded the 2017 Joseph Bramah Medal by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for his outstanding contributions to fluid power research at the Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control 2018. It is the first time that a Chinese scientist has won this prestigious award.The Joseph Bramah Medal was first established in... READ MORE |
Food sensing mechanism found in fruit flies2018-09-17The research team led by Prof. WANG Liming of the Life Sciences Institute published an article entitled “A post-ingestive amino acid sensor that promotes food consumption in Drosophila” in the September 12 issue of the journal of Cell Research.Proteins are the most abundant macromolecules in living organisms with a vast array of biological functions. Adequate and balanced protein intake is ... READ MORE |
Prof. QIU Limin elected vice chairman of International Cryogenic Materials Committee2018-09-17The 27th International Cryogenic Engineering Conference and the International Cryogenic Materials Science (IECE27-ICMC 2018) were held at Oxford University. Prof. QIU Limin was elected as vice chairman of the International Cryogenic Engineering Committee. Established in March 1969, the International Cryogenic Engineering Committee aims at promoting the development of cryogenic engineeri... READ MORE |
China and Russia join hands to establish Aviation Technology Joint Research Center2018-09-17On September 16, President WU Zhaohui met with a delegation of Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) headed by Rector Mikhail Pogosyan, in Shanghai. They signed a ZJU-MAI cooperation agreement and unveiled the plaque for the ZJU-MAI-Haika Aviation Technology Joint Research Center.“With the strategic guidance of Chinese and Russian leaders, the China-Russia comprehensive strateg... READ MORE |
Researcher CHEN Fadong reveals cognitive dimension to social decision making2018-09-16CHEN Fadong, a researcher at ZJU’s School of Management, and Ian Krajbich, an associate professor at the Ohio State University, co-published an article entitled “Biased sequential sampling underlies the effects of time pressure and delay in social decision making” in the September 3 issue of the journal of Nature Communications. This research presents a clear picture about the cognitive process... READ MORE |
University launches the "Intelligence Convergence"2018-09-15On Sept. 14, Zhejiang University (ZJU) announced the Convergence Research Project for Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence (AI), referred to as Intelligence Convergence (IC). This is the first project launched in the Innovation 2030，a key university-wide strategic framework to advance the construction of “Double First-Class” Initiative. Rooted in the broad spectrum of disciplines of the i... READ MORE |
ZJU welcomes incoming international students2018-09-12On September 10, Zhejiang University welcomed incoming international students to campus. They will embark on their new journey full of admiration for the Chinese culture and the university.Vice President HE Lianzhen extended her cordial welcome to students. She amiably asked them about their accommodation in the International Student Residential Hall. “If you have any queries about the dormitory,... READ MORE |
Prof. JIANG Kezhu wins a special teacher award from CCTV2018-09-11The award ceremony of the Most Beautiful Teacher in China, co-organized by China Media Group and the Chinese Ministry of Education, was aired at CCTV-1 on the evening of September 10. JIANG Kezhu, a retired professor at ZJU’s School of Mechanical Engineering, was hailed as an attention-getting teacher. In November, 2017, Prof. JIANG, 84 years old, offered to deliver his final lecture to students.... READ MORE |
Researchers track down the culprit of deafness2018-09-10Recently, ZJU scientists “captured” a particular gene for hearing impairment: mtu1. Mtu1 deficiency results in the “power shortage” of our auditory organ. This research is published in the August 22 issue of Nucleic Acids Research.These findings are part and parcel of massive research into deafness treatment. The research team led by Prof. GUAN Minxin at ZJU’s Institute of Genetics ... READ MORE |