Professor XIE Zhigang of Hong Kong Polytechnic University appointed as a Consultant Professor

On Jan.14th, 2015, the appointment ceremony of Professor XIE Zhigang hired as a consultant professor by our school was held at Room 107,Yifu Science Building. Prof. XU Xiangmin, executive vice president, presided over the ceremony and awarded a certificate of appointment. After ceremony, Prof.XIE Zhigang made a wonderful lecture on the topic “How Facebook grows? Do Twitter, Weibo, LinkedIn, WeChat grow indifferent ways?” The lecture is about the forecast of complex network model in potential growth in the number of users, and how to apply it in the aspects of business, product development, potential market expansion etc. The lecture, combined the theory of advanced technology and vivid and interesting examples, won warm applause from teachers and students at present.

Brief introduction: XIE Zhigang is a chair professor of Electronic and Information Engineering at Hongkong Polytechnic University, a consultant/visiting professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, Northeastern University, Beijing Institute of Technology, South China University of Technology, and many other universities . He is a Fellow of American IEEE and one of Engineering Institute of Australia, chief editor for IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, and American chief editor of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Newsletter. He has published more than 500 papers in the international journals and conferences. His current research centers on complex networks, power & electronics and nonlinear system.

Edited by HE Xiaoxi