• The First “Yongriver Forum” of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study Held Successfully in Ningbo

    Latest News | 2022-09-21

    On September 20, 2022, the First “Yongjiang Forum” of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study was held in the Ningbo Academician Center. This forum, which was themed on “Make Dreams in Ningbo, Gather Talents in Ningbo”, was sponsored by Eastern Institute for Advanced Study (EIAS), Organization Department of the CPC Ningbo Municipal Committee and Ningbo Science and Technology Association. It was composed of “Academician Session” and “Youth Session”, which was one of the theme activities of the Ningbo Talent Science and Technology Week of Zhejiang Province and aimed to provide the experts and scholars at home and abroad with an important platform for cross disciplines, academic innovation, thought collision and academic exchange.

    In the morning, “Academician Session” was hosted by Chen Shiyi (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor of EIAS/SUSTech). Global live streaming was conducted for the session. Huang Wei and Zhang Mingjie (both of them are Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Hu Chunhong and Chen Chun (both of them are Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering) were invited to attend the forum and give their keynote speeches. Shen Min (Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Ningbo Municipal Committee, Secretary of Yinzhou District Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Ningbo Dongqian Lake Tourist Resort), and Zhou Yue (Director and Secretary General of Yu Renrong Education Foundation) attended the forum. Zhang Dongxiao (Member of National Academy of Engineering), the leaders and teachers of EIAS, and the comrades from relevant functional units of Ningbo also attended the forum.

    Speech by Shen Min:
    Ningbo will vigorously implement the strategy to make the city strong with talents in the new era

    In the speech, Shen Min warmly welcomed all the experts and guests on behalf of the CPC Ningbo Municipal Committee, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the people from all walks of life who cared, supported and participated in Ningbo’s economic and social development for a long time.

     

    Shen Min said that Ningbo was sparing no effort to promote “the six major changes”, build itself into “a city of global smart manufacturing and innovation, international open hub, oriental coastal fashion, national civilization model, urban and rural happiness and prosperity, and first-class smart governance” and accelerate the construction of modern coastal metropolis. All of these urgently needed the support of colleges and universities, academicians and experts. Ningbo will continue to vigorously implement the strategy of making the city strong with talents in the new era, build a “unique” and broad stage for the talents from all over the world, create a “top-notch” high-speed track, offer the exclusive and “customized” policies and provide “unique, warm” and worry-free services, and create the best national mass entrepreneurship and innovation ecology for building a city of global smart manufacturing and innovation.

    Keynote and academic reports of the academicians:

    Explore the frontier of scientific research and closely follow the national demands

    The Academician Huang Wei gave a special report—Future industry: Flexible electronics--Cultivate the root technology, and build a carbon valley in China. The report further analyzed the opportunities and challenges of the development of flexible electronics industry in China, and conducted pathway analysis on talent support, R&D focus, strategic guidance, enterprise dominance, etc.

    The Academician Hu Chunhong gave a special report--Ecological protection and water and sand changes in the Yellow River Basin. The report elaborated the evolution of the mechanism of water and sand runoff yield and confluence and sand runoff yield and transportation in the Yellow River, the multi-factor contribution rate and coupling effect of water and sand changes, the prediction and collective evaluation of water and sand change trends, the evolution law of extreme rainstorm, flood and sand, the sand volume in the future, and the threshold system of water and sand regulation, providing corresponding control countermeasures.

    The Academician Chen Chun gave a special report--Real-time intelligent processing technology of time sequence big data stream (graphs) and the application of cyberspace security. The report further elaborated real-time calculation and intelligent decision-making of time sequence big data stream, real-time calculation and intelligent decision-making of time sequence dynamic graphs, demonstrating typical application cases in the field of network security.

    The Academician Zhang Mingjie gave a special report--Phase separation in synapse formation and function. It was pointed out in the report that the close interaction among various proteins involved in synapse resulted in the phase separation which was the key mechanism of synapse formation. The further exploration of this mechanism could help provide potential new ideas for the study on human thinking and consciousness.

    Private session:
    Discussion on “How to run a world-class university in Ningbo”
    According to the arrangement of the forum, an internal consultation conference under the academician session was held in the afternoon to strategically discuss “how to run a world-class university in Ningbo”. Over ten academicians discussed the frontier areas and new development directions of the disciplines, brought into play the advantages of interdisciplinary integration and collaborative innovation, offered advice and suggestions for the establishment of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study (Tentative), and provided think tank support for the sustainable development of the country and regions. 
    Under the background of the reform and development of higher education in China, Eastern Institute for Advanced Study (Tentative) is a new research-based university with high starting point and positioning, which is sponsored by the education foundation established by Mr. Yu Renrong (a famous entrepreneur from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province) and supported by Zhejiang Provincial Government and Ningbo Municipal Government. The permanent campus is located on the bank of the Yong River in Ningbo, covering an area of 1,533,333 m2. After completion, it will become another “century-old classic” landmark in Ningbo, a famous historical and cultural city.
    At present, EIAS has employed nearly 30 high-end talents including academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, members of National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellows, etc. EIAS has enrolled 25 doctoral students under the joint PhD program of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study and Hong Kong Polytechnic University and 25 doctoral students under the joint PhD program of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study and Shanghai Jiao tong University, and it will also enroll 25 doctoral students under the joint PhD program of Eastern Institute for Advanced Study and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) in 2023.