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 Ubiquitous System Security Lab (USS Lab) at ZJU’s College of Electrical Engineering have designed a ty...

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 officially released at Zhejiang University in December 2017. This is China’s first family database which i...

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 entrepreneurial development”, according to Thinkers50. Facilitating the talent development of hundreds o...

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 used to the cashless society. Up till today, we still keep cash, well, just in case. But we get ...

Designed by YING Xiayin, second-year undergraduate student (Industrial Design) On the Cover: A Year in ReviewA look back at ZJU highlights in 2017 (click to see larger image)Designed by XU Shihao, second-year undergraduate student (Digital Media Technologies)

"Belt and Road" are undoubtedly among the top media buzzwords of 2017, but what are their implications for the youth around the world? Scholars and students discuss this at ZJU.The International Youth Forum on the Belt and Road was held at ZJU’s Zhijiang campus on December 28-29. The forum aims to inspire innovative ideas among global youth regarding the Belt and Road Initiative. The event attracted more than 80 international students, entrepreneurs and professors from over 20 countri...

Hish-speed train simulation facility at Zhejiang UniversityThe Commission for Science and Technology of the Chinese Ministry of Education announced the Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2017 in China’s Universities on December 26, 2017.The project “Model Testing of the Dynamic Behaviors of High-speed Trains”, conducted by a research team led by Professor CHEN Yunmin and Professor BIAN Xuecheng with ZJU’s College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, has won this highly-acclaimed title.The ...

Memorable Moment: The Student Festival culminated with an exciting countdown to 2018.The fourth Student Festival of Zhejiang University kicked off with a spectacular parade on the morning of December 31, 2017.Forty-four floats participated in the parade in celebration of youth. The parade included an impressive performance of dragon & lion dancing, a remarkable display of cutting-edge technologies and a wave of new year greetings in seven foreign languages. Both the participants and the audi...

Dr. KAN Yue, a professor at ZJU’s College of Education, has recently received a letter of thanks from Ms. Andrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.In the letter, Ms. Azoulay expressed appreciation of Dr. KAN’s participation in and commitment to the preparation of the future Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications.“Throughout eighteen months, your reflections, inputs and expertise have been essential in realizing the preliminary draft of the future Global...