Wu Zhaohui (; born December 1966) is a Chinese computer scientist. He is a professor who had served as president of

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

from 2015 to 2022. He was elected to the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

in 2017.

Early life and education

Wu was born in

Wenzhou Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...

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in December 1966. His father Wu Xuequan was academic director of Wenzhou No. 7 High School. He has a younger sister. He entered

in 1984, where he received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1993.

Career

Wu is a professor in the College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University before he was named in May 2015 to be President of the university. In 2007, he was assistant to university president and then vice president and executive vice president. Currently, he also serves as a director of the National Panel of Modern Service Industry, vice president of the China Association of Higher Education, and vice president of the Chinese Health Information Association. In November 2022, Wu became the vice minister of Ministry of Science and Technology. In April 2024, Wu was appointed as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a position at (ministerial level).

Research

Wu's major research is focused on cyborg intelligence in the computer science and technology discipline. He was a chief scientist in the 973 Project and an information expert in the 863 Project. His research covers cyborg intelligence, A.I., service computing, and computational intelligence.

Awards

* Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017)

References

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