ZJU mathematics professor's book wins national award

CAI Tianxin, a professor at ZJU’s School of Mathematical Sciences, has won a national award for his book Legends of Mathematics: Those Great Mathematicians.A book written by ZJU professor CAI Tianxin has won the second prize of China’s National Science and Technology Progress Award for 2017.The book, titled “Legends of Mathematics: Those Great Mathematicians”, rewrites about some represen...

Researcher reveals defects controlled hole doping and multivalley transport in SnSe single crystals

Thermoelectric materials are characterized by its Seebeck effect in converting heat into electricity and the Peltier effect in converting electricity into refrigeration in an efficient way, thereby becoming a promising type of environmentally-friendly energy source. The primary drawback with current thermoelectric materials is the fact that their thermoelectric figure of merit can hardly reach one...

ZJU wins national science and technology awards

1. First Prize Winner of the State Technology Invention Award: Development and application of key technologies concerning ultra-low emission of coal-fired units Participating Researchers: GAO Xiang, WU Guochao, ZHU Songqiang, ZHENG Chenghang, HU Daqing and CEN KefaAbout the Project: Coal burning is the major culprit of severe haze in certain areas. The ultra-low emission of coal-fired units i...

ZJU Introduction PPT (Oct. 2017) is released

ZJU strengthens cooperation in AI with top French universities

An alliance between Chinese and French institutions of higher education to promote artificial intelligence (AI) is established so as to apply innovation to a wider spectrum of domains by means of cross-disciplinary international cooperation.Eight educational institutions from the two countires, including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Sorbonne University, set up the France-China AI C...

Accomplished engineer returns to alma mater as chair professor

XIA Changliang, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, has become a chair professor at ZJU.On January 6, Zhejiang University held an appointment ceremony to welcome XIA Changliang, an accompolished member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, to join his alma mater as Qiushi Chair Professor. ZOU Xiaodong, secretary of the Party Committee of ZJU, presented XIA with an appointment certificate. ...

ZJU clinches Grand Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award

Led by LI Lanjuan, Member of Chinese Academy of Science, “Major innovations and technological breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment system of emerging infectious diseases: Prevention of human infection with H7N9” won the grand prize of the State Science & Technology Progress Award. Emerging infectious diseases have long posed a severe threat to global safety and constituted a signifi...

Scientists identify ways to preserve genetic diversity in rice-fish system

With the rapid development of modern intensive agriculture and its reliance on high-yielding and genetically uniform varieties, many traditional agricultural systems have been progressively abandoned, resulting in the loss of local genetic resources and indigenous technical knowledge. How to preserve heritage resources in the agricultural system has captured immense attention globally.A research t...

Researchers discover new therapy for atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis, a disease in which the inside of an artery narrows due to the build of plaque, can result in coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney problems depending on the arteries which are affected.At present, coronary artery disease can be effectively cured via stent implantation. However, this therapy may well induce the abnormal growing thickness of vascular ...

Connection/ Issue 2/ Research highlights/ Genetic diversity

Rice fish. Credit: NOZOGenetic DiversityWith the rapid development of modern intensive agriculture and its reliance on high-yielding and genetically uniform varieties, many traditional agricultural systems have been progressively abandoned, resulting in the loss of local genetic resources and indigenous farming techniques. How should we preserve heritage resources in the agricultural system?Z...

Connection/ Issue 2/ Research highlights/ Phone hacking

Credit: DreamtimePhone HackingSpeech recognition assistants such as Siri are increasingly popular. Allowing devices to be controlled by voice gives hackers a way of targeting these devices. Thus it raises an important question: is it possible to activate these assistants with hidden voice commands that are incomprehensible to humans?ZJU solutionsProfessor XU Wenyuan and her colleagues from the Ubi...

Connection/ Issue 2/ Research highlights/ Social survey

A village in southwest China. Credit: CHEN SiyuanSocial SurveyChina is capturing increasing attention globally. However, due to the lack of systematic survey microdata, the objective reality of China’s microcosmic society remains blurred, and that has kept scholars both at home and abroad from seeing the “whole elephant”.ZJU solutionsA special database focusing on Chinese households was officia...

Connection/ Issue 2/ Spotlight on/ My experience in ever-changing China

The CBD skyline of Hangzhou. Credit: ZHU DifengMy experience in ever-changing ChinaBy Mark Greeven (for China Daily)The first response from my academic colleagues in the Netherlands when I announced I would study innovation in China in 2004 was, “That must be a short project!”Today the world is embracing China as an innovation nation, one where residents have a “ringside seat to entre...

Connection/ Issue 2/ Spotlight on/ The AI next door

The AI next door Shareholders and investors, doctors and patients in the cloud, right in Hangzhou.By Artyom TsaturyanIn recent months, all foreign students, including me, have come to realize that Hangzhou is the electronic hub, or as we call it, the Silicone City of China. We had heard about or been using Alibaba services long before arriving in the city, but it took us a while to get u...