Mathematics, as the first basic discipline, is an important foundation for scientific research. However, it is undeniable that mathematics has a relatively weak disciplinary position in some engineering colleges, and one of the main tasks of teachers has become to teach students the compulsory course of "High Numbers". On the 30th, at the Yangtze River Delta Region School of Mathematics Deans Forum gathered by the heads of the School of Mathematics of Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University, Hefei University of Technology, Zhejiang Normal University and other universities, the School of Mathematics of East China University of Science and Technology was announced, injecting new momentum into the construction of "double first-class".
As a science and engineering school with a strong reputation in engineering, how can Huali condense and solve scientific problems in engineering applications by strengthening the construction of basic disciplines such as mathematics? "The establishment of the School of Mathematics is not only an important measure for the school to focus on improving the development of the connotation of basic disciplines, but also a strategic choice for building a first-class socialist university." President Xuan Fuzhen believes that Huali is committed to building a school of mathematics with engineering characteristics, taking applied mathematics and data science as the main development direction, further strengthening the cross-integration with the school's dominant engineering majors, focusing on expanding the application of mathematical disciplines in information processing, industrial control, scientific computing, artificial intelligence and other fields, and striving to build mathematics into a leading basic discipline for the medium- and long-term development of the school, so as to further enhance students' science literacy. Strive to cultivate innovative R&D engineers who meet the needs of future economic and social changes and industrial development.
Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter learned that the mathematics discipline of East China University of Science and Technology was established in the 1970s, in 1977 the applied mathematics major began to recruit undergraduates, in 1983 the establishment of the Department of Mathematics, in 2011 obtained the right to award doctoral degrees in mathematics first-class disciplines, in 2019 was approved to set up a mathematics postdoctoral research mobile station, in 2020 mathematics and applied mathematics was approved as a national first-class undergraduate professional construction point, has formed a "Ben - Master - Ph.D. - Postdoctoral" complete training system. Students have won the grand prize and the first prize in the American College Mathematical Modeling Competition and the National College Mathematical Modeling Competition for many times. Over the years, under the leadership of Yu Wenyi, Wang Zongyao, Xia Ningmao and other scholars of the older generation, Huali Mathematics has made fruitful achievements in the fields of optimization theory and methods, applied functional analysis and operator algebra, stochastic analysis and financial mathematics, and the relevant achievements have won the second prize of Shanghai Natural Science and the first prize of Shanghai Teaching Achievement Award for many times.
Shu Jinlong, director of the Higher Education Department of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission who came from the discipline of mathematics, said that he hopes that the School of Mathematics will aim at the development goals and rely on the characteristics of Huali disciplines to build a differentiated development path. At present, the independent School of Mathematics consists of 2 departments of mathematics and applied mathematics and 2 departments of information and computational sciences, 2 research institutes of applied mathematics and cognitive neurodynamics, 2 research centers of big data research center and intelligent computing center, and 1 mathematical experimental teaching center. There are 68 full-time teachers in the hospital, including nearly 50 with senior titles, including national outstanding teachers, national "10,000 people plan" young top-notch talents, Baosteel outstanding teachers and many others, and the first dean is Professor Hou Yu.
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