The Dragon Star Program Yinghua Min Institute of Computing Technology, CAS min@ict.ac.cn 2006/5/23 2018/12/7

The Dragon Star Program to help the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to improve its graduate education in Computer Science and Engineering. To organize graduate-level courses in the field of computer science and engineering. To increase awareness of the latest progress of Information Technology for the research and development community at large in PRC Sponsored by NSFC Organized by DSC DSC office in ICT 2018/12/7

Organization A volunteer organization known as the Dragon Star Committee （DSC）. Two sub-committees: Sub-Committee of North America Sub-Committee of People’s Republic of China DSC office for daily operations. 2018/12/7

Functions To organize graduate-level courses in the field of computer science and engineering. taught by internationally recognized scholars offered in a diversified set of universities in PRC. open to all P.R.C. graduate students who are interested in the subject for free. To organize seminars and workshops with the purpose of enhancing education and research To encourage its members to exchange scholarly visits. To encourage its members to collaborate in scientific research tasks upon mutual agreement. 2018/12/7

Brief review 2000 originally proposed by Wei Zhao, TAMU 2001 Wei Zhao and Yinghua Min, ICT, CAS sent the proposal to NSFC, and got positive response. Established the first term of DSC, chaired by W.Zhao and Y.Min 2002-2004 gave 20 courses 2004 The second term of DSC, chaired by Xiaodong Zhang and Y.Min, started in 2005. 2005- ~ 13 courses have been given. 2018/12/7

The first term DSC 主 任：赵 伟 教 授，美国德州A&M大学副校长(AVP), IEEE Fellow 委　员：李　明　教　授，美国加州大学巴巴拉分校 　　 李晓明 教　授，北京大学计算机系主任 　　 韩家炜　教　授，美国依里诺大学阿贝纳-香宾分校 　　 吴　杰　教　授，美国佛罗里达大西洋大学 　　 徐志伟　研究员，中科院计算所副所长 　　 肖连华　研究员，基金委计算机学科主任 　　 谢　立　教　授，南京大学副校长 　　 张　辉　教　授，美国卡勒几－梅农大学 　　 张申生　教　授，上海交大电子与信息工程学院副院长　　 　　 张晓东　教　授，美国自然科学基金会，计算机学科项目主任 　　 郑纬民　教　授，清华大学计算机系 　　 朱　洪　教　授，复旦大学计算机系 2018/12/7

The second term DSC 主　任：张晓东　R. M. Chritchfield 讲座教授，美国俄亥俄州立大学 计算机科学和工程系主任 闵应骅　研究员，中科院计算所，IEEE Fellow 委　员：韩家炜　教　授，美国依里诺大学阿贝纳-香宾分校, ACM Fellow 　　江  涛  教　授，美国加州大学利佛塞德分校 　　李  凯  教　授，美国普林斯顿大学, ACM Fellow 　　李　明　 教　授，加拿大滑铁卢大学, 加拿大生物信息研究讲座教授 　　李晓明　 教　授，北京大学校长助理 　　林  闯  教　授，清华大学计算机系主任 　　刘  克　 教　授，基金委信息科学部计算机处处长 　　刘志勇　 研究员，基金委信息科学部常务副主任 　　吴　杰　 教　授，美国佛罗里达大西洋大学 　　徐志伟　 研究员，中科院计算所副所长 　　杨寿保  教　授，中国科技大学网络信息中心主任 　　张　辉　 教　授，美国卡勒几－梅农大学, ACM Fellow 　　张丽霞  教　授，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校, IEEE Fellow 　　张申生　 教　授，上海交大电子与信息工程学院副院长　　 　　赵　伟　 教　授，美国自然科学基金会计算机与网络学部主任, IEEE Fellow 　　郑南宁  教　授，西安交大校长，中国工程院院士, IEEE Fellow 　　郑纬民　 教　授，清华大学计算机系 2018/12/7

DS courses in 2002-2005 32 courses (15-30 hours in a week) Given by 21 Professors in US Xiaodong Zhang 4 Jie Wu 3 Jiawei Han 2 Wei Zhao 2 Hui Zhang 2 And many others Hosted by 17 Institutions Participants: 2637 Among them, 1392 from outside of the host institution, that is 53%, coming from 176 units. 2018/12/7

To evaluate the satisfaction of the courses Content Presentation Profit Teaching assistance and service The average satisfaction of participants: 83.3% 2018/12/7

Distribution of host universities Nanjing U 1 National U of Defense Tech. Northwest U of Technology Beijing U of Technology Renmin U of China Huazhong U of S&T SUN YAT-SEN U Lanzhou U Xin Jiang U Host U. Times Shanghai Jiaotong U 4 Fudan U Peking U 3 Tsinghua U ICT, CAS U of Electronic S&T of China 2 S&T U of China Jilin U 2018/12/7

Geographical distribution of host universities City Times Beijing 11 Shanghai 8 Chengdu 2 Changchu Nanjing 1 Xi’an Changsha Hehui Wuhan Urumqi Lunzhou Guangzhou 2018/12/7

Popularity The Dragon Star program has become well-known. More than 50 Medium and newspapers reported including CCTV and Bulletin of CAS Enthusiastic responses of CALL FOR LECTURERS Many universities apply for hosting DS courses 2018/12/7

Workshop on Challenges in computing science Dec.27-29, 2003 in Xiamen, Fujian Sponsored by NSFC Proposed and organized by DSC About 100 attendees 2018/12/7

General remarks Research methodology New research streams The DS program has been operated for 4 years. Very helpful Research methodology New research streams Teaching style 2018/12/7

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