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President of Zhejiang University. Born in 1946 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Assumed current position in 1995. As head of the university’s administration, President Pan has built up Zhejiang University to where it now boasts 24 State Key Specialties and 12 State Key Laboratories and has been designated as a Key Comprehensive University.
President Pan also does important work on the national level, having been chosen twice – for the 9th and 10th sessions – as a representative in the National People’s Congress.
Professor Pan is also a preeminent researcher. As early as 1997 he was made a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and is considered a pioneer in China in ICAD and computer art. He introduced artificial intelligence into computer graphics and CAD technologies, and he proposed a series of models pertaining to synthetic reasoning and image thinking. He has published over two hundred papers in this field and has been presented with a number of honors from the Chinese national government and from Zhejiang Province, two of which are 2nd Class of the National Award for Technological and Scientific Advancement from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and 1st Class of the National Award for Technological and Scientific Advancement from China’s Ministry of Education.
Full text of Certificate of Commendation from Waseda
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