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2025.08
Pioneering Mathematician Zhongwei Shen Joins Westlake University
In the spring of 1985, Zhongwei Shen was a master's student at the Academy of Mathematics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, when he left Beijing to attend a conference on harmonic analysis at Hangzhou University. During this trip, he visited the West Lake for the first time, spending four peaceful and enjoyable hours by the water while walking with colleagues.In the summer of 2025, Sh...
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2025.07
Statistician Yiyuan She To Build a Data Science Innovation Hub at Westlake University
When Prof. Yiyuan She, an internationally renowned statistician, recently joined Westlake University as a chair professor in the School of Science and the Institute for Theoretical Sciences, the odds were pretty good that his office would quickly become a popular hub for faculty discussion and collaboration.That's because statistics, as the core foundation of data science, is an indispensable ...
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2025.01
2025 President's New Year Message: A Journey of Growth and Innovation
The year 2024, an Olympic year, continued to be transformative for Westlake. From scientific breakthroughs to new connections with the global academic community, we've demonstrated what can be achieved when talented and dedicated individuals unite around a shared vision.In October, we hosted the 2024 Westlake Forum on Higher Education, bringing together university leaders, scholars, and student...
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2024.11
World-Renowned Mathematician Xujia Wang Joins Westlake University
After 29 years, Prof. Xujia Wang has returned to Hangzhou, the city of his birth.Before the age of 6, Wang lived in Chun'an, which now lies under the waters of Qiandao Lake. Following the damming of the Xin'an River, he moved with his parents and fellow villagers from Chun'an to Jinxi, in Jiangxi province. His hometown was a tiny village with no more than 10 families – so small that it could b...
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2024.03
New Westlake Chair Professor Thierry De Pauw Finds Beauty in Math
In February 2024, Prof. Thierry De Pauw joined Westlake University as a chair professor of mathematics with the School of Science.De Pauw's scientific work pertains to fundamental mathematics, specifically geometry with an analytic flavor. He was awarded the Jacques Deruyts Prize by the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. From 2016 until 2018, he was the head of the Géométrie et Dynamique team a...
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2024.01
Huayi Chen Leaves Paris Cité University to Join Westlake
As 2024 arrived, Westlake welcomed its own new arrival—Prof. Huayi Chen, who joins the university as chair professor in mathematics.Chen was previously professor of the Mathematics Institute of Jussieu–Paris Rive Gauche at Paris Cité University, and had also conducted research and taught at Westlake as a visiting scholar.It might be hard to discern a human side to mathematicians, but for a gr...