From January 14 to 15, 2016, the NSFC “Seminar on Basic Algorithm of High-performance Scientific Computing and Computable Modeling” was held at South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC).

Seminar scene

Among over 20 experts and scholars present were Meng Qingguo and Ji Peiwen, Deputy Director of the Department of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Zheng Zhongwen, Director-General of the Bureau of Finance, NSFC; Lyu Shumei, Chief of the Party Committee Office of NSFC; Cui Junzhi, Member of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Jiang Song, Member of the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM); Academician Zhang Pingwen from Peking University and Academician Xu Zongben from Xi’an Jiaotong University.

Experts made remarks

On January 14, experts and professors from prestigious domestic universities and research institutions, including SUSTC, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, IAPCM and Xiamen University made impressive academic remarks based on their work, and had heated discussions about the implementation of the project of high-performance scientific computing and computable modeling in the next period.

Vice President Tang Tao made remarks

On January 15, NSFC Leader and Expert Symposium was held. Tang Tao, Vice President of SUSTC, warmly welcomed the attendees on behalf of the organizer SUSTC, and introduced SUSTC’s schooling situation and disciplinary development plan, receiving warm response from the attendees. Prof. Zhang Xumu, Dean of the Department of Chemistry, SUSTC, elaborated on the department’s disciplinary construction and development plan.

At the symposium, heads of schools and departments such as Prof. He Jiaqing, Prof. Cheng Xin, Prof. Zhang Xumu and Prof. Xu Baomin discussed NSFC project application with the experts, with emphasis on issues such as “budget adjustment of NSFC projects”, “establishment of key and major projects” and “significance of discipline crossing”.

Meng Qingguo, Deputy Director of the Department of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, NSFC, made remarks

NSFC’s leaders gave detailed answers as to how to make efficient, full and fair use of the fund, suggesting that SUSTC should integrate its research staff and resources in light of its actualities to apply for major projects. Discipline crossing points are often new scientific growth points and new scientific frontiers, and are most likely to produce major scientific breakthrough and cause revolutionary scientific changes, he noted, encouraging discipline crossing.

The seminar offered SUSTC’s research staff a further knowledge of the matter of NSFC project application, strengthened the communication between SUSTC and NSFC’s leaders, and enhanced SUSTC’s academic influence in relevant fields.