Brief Introduction to Sun Yat-sen University 4 History of Development 4

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State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies (OEMT)

The State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies (OEMT) was established in 2001, integrating the State Key Laboratory of Ultra-fast Laser Spectroscopy and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology. OEMT was jointly funded by the National Ministry of Science and Technology and Guangdong Province. The director of OEMT is Prof. Ningsheng Xu, and the director of the Academic Committee is Prof. Zhizhan Xu (academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Research Fields

The research fields of OEMT are: display material and technology, ultra-fast science and technology, optoelectronic integration and laser, chemical synthesis of optoelectronic materials, optoelectronic nano-materials and technology, optoelectronic materials characterization and technology and optoelectronic theory.

Faculty

There are 53 staff members in the faculty of OEMT with research interests in physics, chemistry, optical engineering, material science, and information science. The staff includes 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 42 full professors, 38 PhD degree holders and 36 PhD supervisors. Over 10 eminent professors are working in OEMT as part-time researchers. Currently, there are 16 postdoctoral researchers, over 130 PhD students and 200 students.

Projects

OEMT undertakes more than 140 on-going research projects, supported by the "973 program", the "863 program", and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. Since 2001, OEMT has published over 750 peer-reviewed papers in famous international periodicals like Mat. Sci. Eng. R-Reports, Phys. Rev. Lett., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Appl. Phys. Lett., Chem. Commun., Opt. Lett., etc.; and it was granted 94 national and international patents, and received one 2nd class prize for the National Natural Science Award, one 1st and three 2nd award in the Scientific and Technological Progress Foundation.

Exchange and Cooperation

OEMT has established extensive domestic and international academic exchange and collaboration programs. The collaborators include Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Max-Planck Institutes, the University of Cambridge, Moscow State University, the University of Bordeaux, the University of Pennsylvania, Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology, the University of Hong Kong, the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences of Taipei, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Institute of Physics, Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy and the Institute of Sensito-Chemistry.

Since 2001, over 600 overseas scholars have visited OEMT. 11 conferences and symposia were successfully organized and sponsored by OEMT. OEMT is a member of the international project for the space experiment "Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)" led by Prof. C.C.Ting, the 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics. It is also cooperating with MIT in USA, the University of Geneva in Switzerland, NLR & NIKHEF in the Netherlands to develop a CO2 two-phase thermal control system for silicon Tracker (Tracker Thermal Control System, TTCS) that will operate in space. In addition, OEMT has developed strong connections with domestic and international enterprises in R&D, joint laboratory building, etc.
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State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol (SKLBC)

The State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol (SKLBC) was established in 1989 by Prof. Zhelong Pu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the founder of biocontrol in South China. The current director of the Laboratory is Prof. Anlong Xu, and the chairman of the academic committee is Prof. Yaping Zhang (academician of CAS). There are presently 45 members in SKLBC, including an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and 29 full-time professors. The challenge faced by the SKLBC at the moment is to meet the great demands of investigating the sustainable control mechanisms and technologies to monitor harmful organisms in the area of Pearl River Delta, China.

Research Fields

Adaptive Evolution

Biocontrol of Insect Pests

Biocontrol of Harmful Plants

Control for Aquatic Animal Diseases

Prevention and Control of Gene Resource and Function

At present, there are 6 research laboratories under the dual supervision of the Joint Director Group that consists of the SKLBC Academic Committee, the SKLBC director, deputy directors and head of each research laboratory. The research areas of the laboratories are: Biocontrol of Insect Pests, Control for Aquatic Animal Diseases, Biocontrol of Harmful Plants, Harmful Environmental Microbes, Gene Resource and Function, and Adaptive Evolution.
Talented Researchers

11 excellent researchers, mostly from foreign countries, have joined SKLBC since 2001. These talents are supported by the "Yangtze Scholar Scheme" of the Ministry of Education (MOE), the "Pearl River Scholar Scheme" of Guangdong Province and the"100-Talented-Persons Project" of the University. These projects provide start-up research funds and attractive settling-down allowances. SKLBC has provided them with advanced laboratories, offices and other facilities. These researchers now play an important role in the Laboratory.

Postgraduate Studies

The scientific fields for postgraduate students in SKLBC are: biology, oceanography, pharmacology and plant protection. There are 17 courses for PhD students (botany, zoology, physiology, aquatic biology, microbiology, cryobiology, genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology, ecology, neurobiology, developmental biology, biophysics, marine biology, biotechnology, biology of food-safety, bioinformatics, agricultural entomology and control of insect pests) and 20 courses for master's degree students. Among them, botany, zoology, biochemistry and molecular biology are the state key disciplines with the professorship positions of "Yangtze Scholar Scheme" of the MOE. Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control are the key disciplines of Guangdong Province. In 2001-2005, 159 students obtained PhD degree and 312 students got master's degree.

Exchange and Cooperation

SKLBC encourages scientists to attend international scientific meetings, give lectures abroad and collaborate with other scholars from domestic and international institutions. The Laboratory sponsors many important international and national symposia to attract prestigious international scientists for scientific exchange and collaboration, so as to keep its research activities at the frontiers of biocontrol. The Laboratory currently has international collaboration and exchange with famous academic organizations from 15 countries or regions, including USA, England, Germany, France, Sweden and Switzerland. Between 2001 and 2005, over 200 domestic and foreign scientists visited SKLBC and gave lectures. Since 2001, SKLBC has organized 3 international symposia, 1 joint symposium and 1 national symposium. Scientists in SKLBC have attended more than 100 international academic symposia, with 19 of the scientists giving lectures at the meetings. SKLBC is an important center for international cooperation and scientific exchange on pest control in China.

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The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China

The State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China is affiliated with the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University. The Laboratory was founded in 2004 by the Ministry of Science and Technology in China, based on the Key Laboratory of Cancer-related Genes and Anti-cancer Drugs of the Ministry of Education. The director is Professor Yixin Zeng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The main research fields are Etiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Anticancer Drugs, Cancer Biotherapy and Cancer Molecular Staging.

Staff

Total .................................................................................... .52

·Full time

Professors ...................................................................... 25

Associate Professors ..................................................... 14

Lecturers .......................................................................... 7

·Part-time

Professors ........................................................................ 6

Students

Postgraduate Students ....................................................... 75

Programs

·Graduate Program

Oncology (Basic Research, Translation Research)

·PhD Program

Oncology (Basic Research, Translation Research and Clinical Research)

·Postdoctoral Program

Oncology (Basic Research, Translation Research)
Research Fields

·Cancer Biological Behavior and Its Mechanism

·Tumor Molecular Epidemiology

·Tumor Molecular Stage

·New Anticancer Drug

·Cancer Biological Therapy and Biological Material

·Tumor Resource and Information

Research Units

·Susceptibility and Related Gene of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

·EB Virus and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

·Tumor Genetics

·Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

·Tumor Markers and Tumor Diagnosis

·Molecular-targeted Anticancer Drug

·Multiple Drug Resistance and Reverse

·Clinical Trial of New Anticancer Drugs

·Tumor Immunological and Biological Therapy

·Viral Vectors and Gene Therapy in Tumor

·Biological Material in Tumor Treatment

·Tumor Tissue Bank

Achievements

In 2005, molecular genetics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was awarded the 2nd Prize of National Natural Science. In recent years, many papers on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, anticancer drugs, cancer biotherapy and etc. have been published, some of which were published in peer-review journals such as Nature Genetics, Cancer Research, Oncogene, Journal of Virology, Molecular Pharmacology and Journal of Clinical Oncology, Applications for 20 Chinese patents and 4 international patents have been submitted, 7 of which have been granted.

Exchange and Cooperation

·French Anderson Collaborative Laboratory (Cooperation in Cancer Gene Therapy)

·Karolinska Institute Collaborative Laboratory (Cooperation in Immunological Therapy of Caner)

·MD Anderson Cancer Center in USA

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Institute of Logic and Cognition (ILC)

In the late 1980's, some logicians, computer scientists and Al experts at Sun Yat-sen University initiated interdisciplinary studies on logic, cognition and artificial intelligence. Professor Shier Ju, one of the pioneers, and his team worked on projects including Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in "863 High-Tech Program" and Cognitive Science in "Climbing S&T Heights Plan". They have been pursuing the studies of philosophical logic and automated reasoning since the early 1990s.

In 1998, the Institute of Logic and Cognition (ILC) was founded and began to offer doctoral program in logic. In 2000, ILC was recognized as the key research institute for humanities and social sciences by the Ministry of Education. In 2001, logical science at ILC became the only key discipline in the field of logic in China. ILC is equipped with the best teaching staff and facilities in China for academic research, ILC organizes research groups with special interests in areas such as cognition, mathematical logic, logic of philosophy, philosophy of logic, informal logic, logic of artificial intelligence and language, uncertain reasoning and decision. At present, ILC has established close academic relationships with many universities and research institutes at home and abroad.
Staff

·Professors ................................................................................ 8

·Associate Professors ............................................................... 5

·Lecturers .................................................................................. 5

·Guest Professors ..................................................................... 2
Students

·MA Students ........................................................................... 17

·PhD Students .......................................................................... 25

·Postdoctoral Students .............................................................. 2

·Other Students ......................................................................... 1
Programs

·Postgraduate Program

Logic

·Unique Programs

--Construct Logic Systems Reflecting Cognitive Features Through the Analysis of Human Cognitive Processes with Formalized Method

--Construct Automated Reasoning Systems

Research Fields

· The Logic of Cognition

· Logic of Artificial Intelligence

· Logic of Natural Language

· Logic and Culture

· Informal Logic and Argumentation Theory

· Mathematical Logic
Current Research Projects

·Research and Application of Informal Logic (Prof. Qingyin Liang, 2003-2006)

·Studies of Hyper-intensional Logic (Prof. Shier Ju, 2004-2007)

·Knowledge Representation and Reasoning System Base on Natural Language (Prof. Shier Ju, 2004-2007)

·Research and Application of Inductive Logic (Prof. Xiaowu Li, 2005-2008)

·Theoretic and Algorithmic Research into Quantified Boolean Formulas (Prof. Xishun Zhao, 2006-2008)

Research Institutes

·Research Institute of Non-classical Logic

·Research Institute of Informal Logic

·Research Institute of Mathematical Logic

·Research Institute of Non-monotonic Logic

·Research Institute of Intelligent Software Development

·Research Institute of Philosophy and History of Logic

·Research Institute of Decision-making and Risk Analysis

Exchange and Cooperation

ILC has held 7 national academic conferences and 4 international academic conferences since 2000. The international conference on Logic and Cognition sponsored by ILC has been held every year since 2001. In these conferences, many distinguished foreign and domestic logicians have been invited, e.g. Prof. Dr. Bob Brandom (member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences), and Prof. Dr. Hans Kleine Büning (Director of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, Universität Paderborn, Germany). Over the last 5 years, researchers of ILC have gone abroad 56 times for academic exchanges. Meanwhile, 15 domestic scholars and 54 overseas scholars have visited the Institute, e.g. Prof. Dr. Johan van Benthem (Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Holland) and Prof. Dr. Yuri Matiyasevich (member of Russian Academy of Sciences). ILC has already established long-term cooperation with philosophy departments in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2005, Prof. Shier Ju, the Director of ILC, officially signed the Agreement of Cooperation with ILLC (Institute of Logic, Language and Computation), the University of Amsterdam, Holland.

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Institute of Maxist Philosophy and Chinese Modernization

Staff

Total ..........................................................................................27

· Full-time

Professors ...................................................................... 11

Associate Professors ......................................................... 3

Lecturer ........................................................................... 1

· Part-time

Professors ..................................................................... 12
Students

Total ................................................................................... 49

·Graduate Students ........................................................ 20

·Other Students .............................................................. 29

Programs

·Postgraduate Programs

Developmental Philosophy

Russian Marxist Philosophy

Russian Philosophy

Political Philosophy

Practical Philosophy

Historical Philosophy

History of Chinese Marxism's Explanation

Social Philosophy

Moral Construction of Chinese Modernization

Western Marxism

·Unique Programs

Construction of Chinese Contemporary Culture

Research on the Marx's Theory of Human Rights

Marxist Philosophy of Soviet Union and Its Fate in 20th Century

Man's Philosophy and Man's Modernization

Research on the Value Theory of Marxism

Theoretical Studies on Historical Materialism and Modernization
Exchange and Cooperation

·Department of Philosophy, Moscow State University

·Lund University, Sweden

·Flinders University, Australia

·Hamburg Institute for Social Research, German

·University of Westminster, London, England

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Research Center of Historical Anthropology

The Research Center of Historical Anthropology was founded in October 1986 and rebuilt in January 2001, with Professor Chunsheng Chen as the present director.

Since 1980s, the historians and anthropologists in Sun Yat-sen University have been focusing on the academic tradition of their predecessors. They noticed that the bonds between the subject of historiography and many other subjects, such as anthropology, sociology and economics, are indissoluble. Historical anthropology, which focuses on the history of ordinary people's life, has been an important trend in the development of new historiography after the Second World War. It is characterized by a combination of certain methods, such as fieldwork, literature review, literature critique, participation and textual interpretation that are used in research of anthropology.
Since the establishment of the Center, the cultivation of a sense of history has been attached great importance to and regarded as a strong backbone. The Center puts great emphasis on drawing and using theories and methods from other subjects. It pays attention to the communication with scholars from international academic circle and keeps pace with the trend of international academic development. For instance, it combines researching methods both in historiography and anthropology, and records outstanding achievements in other research fields. A number of projects cooperated with overseas anthropologists and historians have been carried out, including 20 state or provincial level projects conducting in-depth research into tribal and regional culture, folk beliefs, religious cultures and the traditional countryside.
Meanwhile, scholars of the Center have paid close attention to social and economic development. Their specialized knowledge and multi-disciplinary research help them in providing inquiry reports for the state or local government in decision-making. In this way, the Center has made great contribution to China's social development. Moreover, the Center has endeavored to improve research conditions in order to effectively cultivatemore young scholars of historical anthropology. It aims to establish a newframework to interpret China's social phenomena and its history, to contributeto the development of historiography, anthropology and social sciences.
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Center of Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta

The Center of Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta is one of the 100 key Research Bases for Humanities and Social Sciences endorsed by the Ministry of Education. The Center specializes in the studies of regional economy, law, politics, public administration, sociology, human geography and cultural education of Hong Kong (HK), Macao and the Pearl River Delta (PRD). There is an academic committee in the Center, which is charge of assessing research work and programs, as well as its development objectives and directions.

In 2004, the Center became one of the innovative bases of the "Project 985" in philosophy and social sciences. The multidisciplinary advantage in human and social sciences has contributed to the development of the Center and resulted in the advancement of its research programs. The Center endeavors to intensify its scientific research and encourages collaboration with the outside world. The Center also plays an important role as a thought database, an information database and a talent base. Its goal is to become a scientific research center in supporting academic communication, information and data sharing and counseling in HK, Macao and PRD.
Research Institutes/Centers

There are 3 sub-institutes in the Center:

·Institute of Regional Economy

·Institute of Regional Laws and Politics

·Institute of Regional Culture, Education and Society

There is also an information center for HK, Macao and PRD. The information center occupies an area of 260 ㎡, with 11,000 Chinese books, over 6,000 Chinese-English books, 106 Chinese magazines and 18 journals in English. The Center has an electronic reading room and its own library administration system with online search facilities.

Research Fields

·Studies of Regional Economies of HK, Macao and the PRD

·Studies of Regional Laws and Politics of HK, Macao and the PRD

·Studies of Culture Education and Society of HK, Macao and the PRD

Exchange and Cooperation

In the past 5 years, the Center has held 3 international academic conferences and 2 national seminars. It hosts different kinds of small seminars, during which the Center invites many part-time researchers, visiting professors and renowned scholars at home and abroad to participate and give speeches on the new social and economic developments of HK, Macao and the PRD. The Center has published 3 paper collections and worked with the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Lingnan University, the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 21st Century Institute, Asian-Pacific Institute, Waseda University, Japan, Social and Economic Development Research Center, the People's Government of Guangdong Province, etc. Such academic activities have greatly enhanced academic communication, which has a favorable social influence.

For many years, the Center has committed itself to international academic communication and cooperation. Since 2000, the Center has sponsored 12 part-time or full-time researchers to visit USA, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Korean, Singapore and Hong Kong, and has sent 19 scholars abroad for short-term or long-term (more than 3 months) academic communication. 53 scholars have paid short visit to the above countries or regions. At the same time, the Center has invited 45 foreign visiting experts for short-term or long-term academic activities, which has increased the international academic influence of the Center in studies of HK, Macao and the PRD It receives more than 10 influential overseas visiting scholars every year on average, and cooperates with the Asian Center of the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta Committee and the Urban Planning and Environmental Administration Center of the University of Hong Kong, the Business Research Institute of Hong Kong Lingnan University, etc. Consuls of America, France, Great Britain, Japan and Canada have paid visits to the Center and exchanged views on economic cooperation, infrastructure construction and the development of regional economic integration of Hong Kong-Macao-Pearl River Delta and the Pan-Pearl River Delta.

The Center edits and publishes 4 magazines: Contemporary Hong Kong and Macao, Modem Industries of the Pearl River Delta, Report for Hong Kong and Macao and the Great Pearl River Delta Forum (http://www, sinoss.com/portal/webgate/_CmdJournalList ).

The Center cooperated with the University of Hong Kong in building up the Pearl River Delta Development Bibliography It provides a quick and convenient search on bibliographies about HK and the PRD in Chinese or English. The Center also published a Guide to the Pearl River Delta Research Bibliography to meet the needs of scholars and readers. Now, the Center is working with the University of Hong Kong to develop the Pan-Pearl-River-Delta Information Net. In addition, it has invested more than 1 million HK$ to set up the Hong Kong-Macau-Pearl River Delta Development Information Net.