On the morning of November 10 2018, the establishment ceremony of the Centre for Research Centre for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences of Shandong University (hereinafter referred to as the "Centre") was held at the Qingdao campus. Liming Fan, President of Shandong University, Lei Guo, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the National Centre for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiaan Yan, Researcher of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anmin Li, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor at Sichuan University, Lixin Wu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice Chairman of Qingdao CPPCC, Director of Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Pilot National Laboratory, Shenghao Han, Vice President of Shandong University and President of Qingdao Campus, Jianya Liu, Vice President of Shandong University and President of Weihai Campus attended the opening ceremony. Yongbing Zhang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong University and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Qingdao Campus presided over the event.
Liming Fan issued the letters of appointment for the director of the centre and the director of the academic committee for academician Shige Peng and academician Lei Guo respectively. Shenghao Han announced the decision on the establishment of the centre. Academician Shige Peng, director of the centre, and Xiaoshan Gao, deputy director of the National Centre for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of both units. Academician Shige Peng issued letters of appointment for 13 specially invited professors of the Centre.
Academician Lixin Wu congratulated the establishment of the centre on behalf of all levels of Qingdao. He said that Shandong University's mathematics discipline has a profound accumulation and an outstanding tradition of attaching importance to academic cross-integration and innovation, and has made important contributions in academic research and talent training. The establishment of the centre is a landmark event. It not only reflects the important instructions of General Secretary Jinping's policy - education to strengthen the country, promote the construction of dual first-class and strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, but is also an important measure to gather and cultivate all kinds of top high-end talents. The centre’s establishment plays an important role in the new round of development of mathematics at Shandong University. The establishment of the centre meets the needs of Qingdao implementing the strategy of strengthening the country by the sea, promoting the conversion of old and new kinetic energy, and accelerating the development of comprehensive high-quality, and can provide important intellectual support and talent guarantee for local economic and social development. He hoped that the centre would strengthen cooperation with Qingdao National Key Laboratory of Oceans and achieve common development.
Academician Lei Guo, as an alumnus, expressed gratitude to his alma mater and proud of his achievements over the years. He said that the centre needs to be "high", that is, it must have a high starting point, high standards, high standards, and high goals; it must be "mindful", that is, tolerant and open-minded in thinking, to be inclusive, and to work together and cooperate in action; "Innovation" refers to the innovation of achievements, the innovation of academics, the innovation of technological methods, and the innovation of personnel training. He stated that he would actively promote the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Centre and the National Centre for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and strive to contribute to the construction of the centre.
Academician Shige Peng said that the establishment of the centre is an important event to improve the mathematical research level of Shandong University, and to realise the application of mathematics and multi-disciplinary comprehensive development. It can take full advantage of the interdisciplinary advantages of Shandong University to provide a high-end academic platform for experts and scholars. The centre aims to create a high-end platform for mathematical research and promote the in-depth development and application of mathematics and interdisciplinary subjects. He said that the centre has unique advantages in the natural environment and the academic environment, and can provide a high-quality environment for creating first-class research results. He hopes that researchers at the centre can discuss frequently, argue freely, and conduct in-depth researches, which will spark the wisdom of mathematics and multidisciplinary intersection.
Liming Fan reviewed the development history of Mathematics at Shandong University and pointed out that the establishment of the centre is another important way for the university to promote innovation and speed up the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. It is a vivid practice to promote the upgrading of disciplines and create the peak of first-class disciplines. She said that cross-disciplinary integration is an inevitable trend and mainstream direction of the development of science and technology. The establishment of a mathematical and cross-scientific research centre is not only necessary for the school to serve the national strategy, but also necessary to promote its own development, and establish a competitive advantage. Liming Fan points out three expectations for the centre: firstly, the centre should position at first-class academics. The centre must aim at world-class standards, take the initiative to interface with national strategies, realize strong alliances, improve the level of scientific research, and strive to achieve major breakthroughs in cutting-edge basic research and leading original achievements in discipline development, and strive to build the centre into an excellent platform for scientific research and talent training with great influence in the world. Secondly, the centre should build first-class faculty team. It is necessary to implement the strategy of strengthening the school by talents, and to create an innovative, high-level, composite interdisciplinary talent team with deep learning, reasonable structure, distinctive characteristics, broad subject thinking, academic vision; emancipate the mind, change the thinking mode, and innovate the system The mechanism really provides good resources and broad space for scientific researchers, and helps the school's first-class teachers team’s setting. Thirdly, train first-class talents. Focusing on national strategic needs and urgent needs for talents, organically integrate talent training with professional construction, service to society and discipline construction, condense the characteristics of disciplines, respond to the needs of the times, and cultivate world-class mathematics interdisciplinary talents with Chinese characteristics.
Guests, experts and scholars of the establishment ceremony are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Fudan University, Tianjin University, Sichuan University, Capital Normal University, Shanghai Huazheng Index Information Service Co., Ltd. and other units, relevant functional departments of Shandong University.
The Research Centre for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences of Shandong University is an independent scientific research institution directly under the university, located in the Qingdao campus. The centre aims to build a cutting-edge cross-platform of national applied mathematics, focusing on major national needs, \refining core mathematical problems in economic and social management and engineering technology, conducting forward-looking research, and obtaining world-leading innovation results and major technologies in related fields in order to make breakthroughs, push the mathematical disciplines into the forefront of the world, and promote the rapid development of related interdisciplinary fields. There are several parallel scientific research teams under the centre, and the chief scientist responsibility system is implemented. The chief scientist should be a well-known scientist at domestic and international in the field of mathematics and related interdisciplinary fields. The chief scientist builds up a research team based on the development of the team's disciplines and the scientific research tasks. The team members should be full-time scientific researchers, professional scientists and mobile scientific researchers. The research centre will rely on the existing master education platform to recruit and train master and doctoral students in related disciplines.
(Editor in Charge: Lei Hao)
