大师讲堂预告 | 约翰·霍普克罗夫特教授:计算机科学领域新兴热点概览

5月10日上午10:00,香港中文大学(深圳)荣幸地邀请到约翰·霍普克罗夫特教授做客大师讲堂。他将以“计算机科学领域新兴热点概览”为主题做英文演讲。
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主题:计算机科学领域新兴热点概览
主讲人:约翰·霍普克罗夫特教授
日期:2024年5月10日(星期五)
时间:上午10:00-11:00
Topic: An overview of exciting new topics in computer science
Speaker: Prof. John Hopcroft
Date: Friday, May 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 am-11:00 am
Venue: W201, Administration Building
Language: English
Host: Prof. David Zhang, X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor (School of Data Science)
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Speaker Profile

约翰·霍普克罗夫特教授
Prof. John Hopcroft
约翰·霍普克罗夫特是康奈尔大学计算机科学系荣休教授、上海交通大学访问讲席教授及北京大学访问讲席教授。他在1964年于斯坦福大学获得了电气工程博士学位。此后,他曾在普林斯顿大学任教三年,并于1967年加入康奈尔大学,担任计算机科学系主任及工程学院院长。
霍普克罗夫特教授是计算机科学界的泰斗,长期致力于计算理论的研究,在算法分析、自动机理论和图算法等领域做出了杰出的贡献。鉴于他在推动计算机科学发展方面所取得的卓越成就,霍普克罗夫特教授于1986年荣获图灵奖,该奖项被誉为计算机科学界的诺贝尔奖。
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John Edward Hopcroft is Professor Emeritus in Computer Science at Cornell University, and Visiting Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peking University. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1964 in electrical engineering from Stanford University, he spent three years on the faculty of Princeton University and then joined the Cornell faculty in 1967. There he served as Chairman of Computer Science and Dean of Engineering.
John's research centers on theoretical aspects of computing, especially analysis of algorithms, automata theory, and graph algorithms. He is recognized as a pioneer in computer science research. In 1986, John was honored with the Turing Award, seen as the Nobel Prize in computer science.
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Abstract
本次讲座将从人工智能的发展历程和已取得的成就谈起,进而深入探讨当前计算机科学领域的一些前沿话题,包括随机性、泛化问题、万普尼克-泽范兰杰斯理论(VC维理论)、量子计算以及量子通信等。
The talk will begin with a history of AI, some of the achievements, followed by an overview of exciting new directions such as randomness, generalization, VC dimension, quantum computing and communication.