Prof. XUE Qikun

President of Southern University of Science and Technology, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. XUE Qikun obtained his BSc from Shandong University in 1984 and his PhD in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1994. He has been President of Southern University of Science and Technology since November 2020. His research focus on scanning tunnelling microscopy, surface physics, spintronics, quantum topology and high temperature superconductivity. He won the First Prize of the State Natural Science Award once and the Second Prize twice, the TWAS Prize in Physics, the Tan Kah Kee Mathematical Science Award, the Qiu Shi Outstanding Scientist Award, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Awards of Scientific and Technological Achievement, the Future Science Prize for Physical Science, the Fritz London Memorial Prize, the National Innovation Medal, and other awards. He was also selected as an Outstanding Talent under the "National Special Support Plan for High-Level Talents." He was elected into the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. Since 2017, he has been Director of Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences.

Prof. YU Lizhong

Chancellor Emeritus of Shanghai New York University (NYU Shanghai)

Prof. YU Lizhong was the founding Chancellor of NYU Shanghai from 2012 to 2020. Before then, he was the president of East China Normal University from 2006 to 2012, and the president of Shanghai Normal University from 2003 to 2005, serving in university administration for 24 years. He got his B.Sc. degree at East China Normal University in 1982, and Ph.D. degree at University of Liverpool, UK in 1989. His research interests include Environmental Magnetism, Environmental Changing and Sustainable Development. He has received 7 awards from Ministry of Education in China or Shanghai Municipal Government and published over 180 refereed papers in main international or national journals. He has been actively involved in international cooperation of both research and higher education. He was the UNESCO Chair Holder for Teacher Education, received the Honorary Degree of Doctor at Montclair State University (USA), ENS Lettres et sciences humaines (France), University of Loughborough (UK) and University of Liverpool (UK), respectively. He was awarded Legion of Honor, Chivalric order by French Government in 2013 and the Presidential Medal of New York University in 2019.

Prof. FAN Jianping

President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Affairs Committee of Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

Prof. FAN Jianping is an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the China Computer Federation. In addition, he is the President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Affairs Committee of Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, the Founder and President of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIAT), a Standing Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Shenzhen, and the Vice President of the Shenzhen Institute for Talent Development. His research focuses on high-performance computing, cloud computing, parallel and distributed computing, and other related fields. He is one of the founders of Dawning High-Performance Computer and was the first to propose the concept of "low-cost health" in China. As the president, he founded SIAT, which has become a new type of scientific research organization, leading the development of new scientific research institutions in China. He has been awarded the First Prize and Second Prize of the State Science and Technology Progress Award, the China Youth Science and Technology Award, and others.

Prof. WANG Yang

Vice-President for Institutional Advancement of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. WANG Yang took office as Vice-President for Institutional Advancement of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on 1 October 2020. He joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as the Head of the Department of Mathematics in 2014 and he became the Dean of School of Science in 2016. Prof. WANG is an internationally respected scholar with wide ranging research interests, having published over 100 research journal papers in both pure and interdisciplinary mathematics. During his tenure as Dean of Science, Prof Wang founded the HKUST Big Data Institute and launched the popular Big Data Technology MSc program. Prof. WANG received his bachelor degree in mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and his PhD degree from Harvard University. He was a faculty member of the Georgia Institute of Technology, before becoming the Department Chair of Mathematics at Michigan State University.