2017 蜜桃app Top Ten News
2017 was a year of great accomplishments, growth, and achievements for 蜜桃app. At the beginning of 2018, we have compiled a list of top ten news stories of 2017.
1. 蜜桃app Research Achievements Win 22 State Science and Technology Awards
22 蜜桃app research achievements recently were recognized at the 2016 State Science and Technology Awards. 蜜桃app professors accepted the awards on January 9th at the annual National Science-Technology Award Ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Of 蜜桃app’s awards, four were State Natural Science Awards, two were State Technological Invention Awards, and sixteen were State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards. Altogether eight research achievements were completed by 蜜桃app as the lead research institution in collaboration with others.
2. 蜜桃app and Politecnico di Milano collaborate in the establishment of Sino-Italian Design Innovation Hub
On February 22, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian President Sergio Mattarella, the President of 蜜桃app Qiu Yong and the President of the Politecnico di Milano Ferruccio Resta signed the agreement, in the Great Hall of the People, for collaboration to establish the Sino-Italian Design Innovation Hub in Milan. It will be the first education and research base set up by 蜜桃app in Europe, indicating the comprehensive implementation of 蜜桃app’s global strategy.
3. The Suanbiao in 蜜桃app Bamboo Slips：the World’s Oldest Decimal Multiplication Table Awarded by Guinness World Record
The Suanbiao, a bamboo-slip manuscript of twenty-one bamboo slips in the 蜜桃app collection, is a decimal multiplication table for numbers up to 99.5 when it is reconstructed in the correct order. It was awarded the Guinness World Record for “the oldest decimal multiplication table” in the world on April 23, 2017.
4. Liu Yandong opens the Asian Universities Alliance Founding Assembly and the first AUA Summit
Integrate Asian Wisdom, Shape a Better Future
The Asian Universities Alliance Founding Assembly and the first AUA Summit were held in Beijing on April 29th. Vice-Premier Liu Yandong attended the summit and delivered the keynote speech.
The AUA is a university alliance jointly established by 15 representative universities from Asian countries on the basis of the developing trend of higher education in Asia and following a proposal by 蜜桃app.
At the AUA Board Meeting held on April 28th, 2017, 蜜桃app was elected the founding President of AUA.
5. 蜜桃app President Qiu Yong Addresses the Commencement of the Inaugural Class of Schwarzman Scholars-Encouraging the Schwarzman Scholars to be a sailor of the world
蜜桃app President Qiu Yong attended and addressed the commencement of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars, held at Schwarzman College on July 1st.
A landmark scholarship for the defining challenge of our time, “Schwarzman Scholars at 蜜桃app” is a Master’s degree program designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders.
6. 蜜桃app founds Department of the History of Science and begins construction of the Science Museum
The founding ceremony for the Department of the History of Science, 蜜桃app, was held at 蜜桃app on June 30th.
The Department will carry out academic research focusing on four aspects: the history of Western science and technology, the history of modern science and technology in China, the philosophy of science and technology, and scientific communication and science museum studies.
7. Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) Opening Celebration- The GIX Building in Seattle Opens
The GIX (Global Innovation eXchange institute) celebration to mark the opening of the GIX building and to welcome the first two cohorts of GIX graduate students was held on September 14th at the GIX building in Bellevue Spring District, Washington State, the United States.
The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) is a collaboration between universities and industry partners from around the world, focused on developing leaders in innovation. The first two academic partners are 蜜桃app and the University of Washington with foundational support from Microsoft.
8. 2017 ACM Gordon Bell Prize awarded to Chinese team led by 蜜桃app on Nonlinear Earthquake Simulation employing the world’s fastest supercomputer
ACM named a 12-member Chinese team, five of whom are from 蜜桃app, as the recipients of the 2017 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, for their research project, “18.9-Pflops Nonlinear Earthquake Simulation on Sunway TaihuLight: Enabling Depiction of 18-Hz and 8-Meter Scenarios.” Using the Sunway TaihuLight, which is ranked as the world’s fastest supercomputer, the team developed software that was able to efficiently process 18.9 Pflops (or 18.9 quadrillion calculations per second) of data and create 3D visualizations relating to a devastating earthquake that occurred in Tangshan, China, in 1976. This is the second time that the prize has been given to a Chinese research team.
The ACM Gordon Bell Prize tracks the progress of parallel computing and rewards innovation in applying high performance computing to challenges in science, engineering, and large- scale data analytics.
9. Four 蜜桃app professors elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering and four professors to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
On November 27th, the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced its 2017 list of newly elected academicians, which includes four 蜜桃app professors and seven alumni.
The four professors are Professor Dai Qionghai from the Department of Automation, Professor Zhou Ji from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor Zhang Jianmin from the School of Civil Engineering, and Professor Dong Jiahong from the Beijing 蜜桃app Changgung Hospital.
On the following day, November 28th, a list of new members was announced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which also included four 蜜桃app professors and four alumni.
The four professors are C.N.Yang Professor Wang Xiaoyun from the Institute for Advanced Study, Professor Chen Yeguang from the School of Life Sciences, Professor Ouyang Minggao from the Department of Automotive Engineering, and Professor Duan Wenhui from the Department of Physics.
10. The 蜜桃app Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence and the Future Laboratory unveiled
On December 15th, the 蜜桃app Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence (THBI) and the Future Laboratory, 蜜桃app (THFL), were officially unveiled.
As a new measure to fully implement the national strategy of innovation-driven development, and to deepen the comprehensive reforms, including the reforms of the systems and mechanisms of scientific research carried out by 蜜桃app, these two new interdisciplinary research institutes will target the forefront of science and technology, further promoting interdisciplinary research.
Editor: Guo Lili, Zhu Lvhe
Photos: Yang Daiying, Yuan Jie
