CityU to host Master Lecture on Health and Artificial Intelligence in celebration of its anniversary with esteemed academicians
In this momentous year, City University of Macau (CityU) is commemorating its 43rd anniversary along with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region. To mark this occasion, CityU has planned an array of academic events.
We are proud to announce the upcoming High-End Academic Lecture on Health and Artificial Intelligence on March 28th. George Fu Gao, an honorary doctor of CityU and an academician of the Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Gao Wen, an honorary doctor of CityU and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Quanshui Zheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will host the lecture together. They will share their enlightening insights on the intersection of health and cutting-edge technologies in the context of the digital era.
We welcome faculty, students, alumni, and friends to join us at the lecture and celebrate our anniversary. For those who are interested, please register your seat through: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=lprLrduggkaLR8WUn2wgXtmb5ZzRdLtEt8cjhvOvVvtUMlAxNDZSUzdSM1NMQ0ZHRTRYVlhOQldDSC4u&origin=QRCode
CityU Macau’s Master Lecture on Health and Artificial Intelligence
- Date: March 28th, 2024 (Thursday)
- Time: 10:00-12:30
- Location: Cultural Centre, Taipa Campus, City University of Macau
- Language: Mandarin (English simultaneous interpretation provided)
Academician George Fu Gao, Honorary Doctor of City University of Macau
Academician George Fu Gao is a pathogenic microbiologist and immunologist and an academician of the Division of Life Sciences and Medical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the former director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and former vice-president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He was funded by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and served as chief scientist of the 973 Program and the person in charge of the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has won the China Youth Science and Technology Award, Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award and Achievement Award, Shulan Medical Award, Wu Jieping – Paul Janssen Medical & Pharmaceutical Award, Special Prize, First Prize, and Second Prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of Chinese Medical Association, and First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association. Academician Gao is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Consortium on Anti-Virals, editor-in-chief of Chinese Science Bulletin, vice-president of the Chinese Medical Association, and President of the Chinese Society of Biotechnology. Academician Gao is a pioneer in the development of the world’s first clinically approved neutralizing antibody against the novel coronavirus and the first approved recombinant subunit vaccine for COVID-19. He, together with his research team, worked on the complete genome sequencing and segregation of COVID-19, transmission routes and sources, and vaccine research and development. Under his leadership, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention contributed to the successful control of COVID-19 and strengthened international cooperation in combating COVID-19.
Gao Wen, Honorary Doctor of City University of Macau
Academician Gao Wen is a computer expert, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and IEEE & ACM Fellow. He is also a Boya Chair Professor at Peking University, current director of the Division of Information and Engineering at Peking University, a member of National People’s Congress, and a director of Peng Cheng Laboratory. Since the 1990s, he has been working in universities and has made great efforts in cultivating talent. He has taught at the Harbin Institute of Technology, served as chairman and a member of the Steering Committee for Intelligent Computing System of the 863 Program, and held various positions such as deputy director and director of the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, executive vice president of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and dean of the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at Peking University. Academician Gao Wen is a leading figure in the field of AI video processing technology in China. He has led the development of more than 20 international and national standards. He was applauded for his scientific achievements and won many awards, including Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, National Technology Innovation Award (First-Class), National Technology Innovation Award (Second-Class), and six National Science and Technology Achievement Awards (Second-Class). He has published five monographs and more than 300 papers in top international journals, making significant academic contributions.
Academician Quanshui Zheng
Academician Quanshui Zheng is an expert in solid mechanics and micro- and nano-mechanics, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences He has been a professor at Tsinghua University since 1993. He is the founding and chair professor of the Tsien Excellence in Engineering Program (TEEP, also known as the Tsien Hsue-shen Elite Class in Mechanics), the founding director of the Center for Micro and Nano Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Innovation, and director of the Institute of Superlubricity Technology at the Tsinghua University since 2018. Academician Quanshui Zheng, the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, serves as the editor-in-chief of both the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Acta Mechanica Sinica. In the late 20th century, he developed the Theory of Constitutive Equations and the Zheng-Du meso-mechanics model. In the 21st century, he pioneered the theory and application of structural superlubricity, discovered several fundamental relationships in superhydrophobicity, and devoted himself to exploring innovative talent education models. Academician Quanshui Zheng has received funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Distinguished Young Scientists, and has been selected as a distinguished professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program by the Ministry of Education. He has also twice won the National Natural Science Award (2nd class, 1st awardee) and the National Teaching Achievement Award (1st class).
