Turing Award Winner Visits SHNU

16 Nov 2022

On November 14th, John Edward Hopcroft, winner of ACM A.M. Turing Award, visited SHNU and was received by SHNU Vice President Jiang Mingjun. Jiang extended his gracious gratitude towards Hopcroft for his contribution to computer science and technology and talents cultivation in the same field. It was also attended by representatives from Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, SHNU Department of Teaching Affairs and SHNU College of Information and Mechanical Engineering.

As a internationally-reputed computer algorithm master, Hopcroft is one of the earliest computer scientists and the winner of Turing (1986), academician of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  

After the lecture, Hopcroft had a seminar with teachers representatives in terms of the goals of computer science and technology majors, career development of young teachers, professional evaluation of teachers and ways to improve students classroom participation. He was also shown around SHNU Computer Lab and Artificial Intelligence Lab.