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Jiao Tong holds forum on information technology

A forum was held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University with international young scholars discussing the future information technology and cultivation of international teaching staff.

John Hopcroft, an honorary professor of Jiao Tong in computer science and an A. M. Turing Award winner, said in the keynote speech that computer science, one of the most important pillars in the future information technology area, is experiencing fundamental change with technological innovation in in-depth learning, social network and big data further boosting its development.

He predicted that automation will reconstruct everything in the future and people will be able to talk to computer directly to operate it, such as asking it to book a hotel room or call for an intelligent automatic car.

Young scholars from home and abroad also shared their own latest researches, such as intelligently control of electric appliance with smart phones, learning ability of artificial intelligence, using microgrid to repair failures in electric power systems.




 

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