Yang YangShanghaiTech Universitywww.ShanghaiTech.edu.cn

The 2012 Workshop on Innovations in ICT Education, 22-23 Oct. 2012, Beijing, China.

Frank Huband: “Society needs engineers who not only solve engineering problems, but who can participate in bringing ideas and products to market.”

Peter F. Drucker: "Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.”

Thomas Edison: "I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”

Bill Gates: "We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.”

Entrepreneurship: why and what

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China’s Reluctant Young Entrepreneurs, The Wall Street Journal, 19 June 2012 Entrepreneur: 1% four-year college graduates and

2.2% vocational-college graduates in 2011

Innovation: “Some start-up programs by Chinese students are simply copycats.” angel capital investor

Business: mostly restaurants, pig farms, e-commerce, transportation and storage in less developed areas

Funding: 80%+ from parents and relatives

Chinese Student Entrepreneurs

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Source: “2012 Graduate Employment Report”, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and MyCOS Research Institute, June 2012.

Annual Report on the Development of China’s Study Abroad, Center for China and Globalization, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2012.

Chinese Students in the US

Source: Council of Graduate Schools

In 2011, 22%+ overseas students in the US are from China, totally 157.6K.

More young-age high-school students are choosing undergraduate programs in the US.

Chinese Applicants Flood U.S. Graduate Schools, Wall Street Journal, 3 April 2012. China contributes about 50% international

graduate applicants to the US in 2012. 2012 is the 7th consecutive year of double-

digit gains from China.

City King, Funton, launched 2 May 2012 By two 25 y/o Chinese student entrepreneurs,

Wu and Lan, graduates of USC and CMU. It transforms local hot spots into battlefields by creating

game maps around the city based on players’ actual geographic locations (using iPhone's GPS).

Most popular location based games on iPhone.

Life is a game: a success story in the US

5Why be the mayor of your city when you can be the king!

Economy: according to the IMF and the World Bank, GDP per capita of the US and China are USD 48.4K and USD 5.4K, respectively, in 2011. Most Chinese graduates need quickly find a stable job

for making money and resolving their daily needs. Policy: local governments and taxes still favor

foreign investments and international companies. New enterprises face huge competitive disadvantages.

Culture: rooted in the Confucianism, Chinese society values stability, harmony and conformity. The spirit of cautious and modest is a traditional value.

Our Challenges in China – 1

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Society and Family: a hierarchy with regulators and parents usually making the final decisions. People still need time to gain knowledge and experience

of capitalism, entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Education and Student: rote learning, but lack of

Knowledge in finance, management, market, business Ability of independent, creative and critical thinking Skills in communications, interpersonal/public relations,

leadership, solving problems and learning quickly Funding from angel investors and public resources Characters of curiosity, ambition, passion, courage of

taking risks and overcoming failures, spirit of adventure

Our Challenges in China – 2

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Questions

How should we address these challenges in future ICT curriculum design?

How should we provide better ICT education

for students, industry and society?

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Private liberal arts college, Tianjin, 2013 (by Fujia Yang) ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 2012 New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, 2012 South University of Science and Technology of China,

Shenzhen, 2010 University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Joint Institute, Shanghai, 2006. Xi’an Jiao Tong – Liverpool University, Suzhou, 2005 The University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo, 2004

With Eye to Innovation, China Revamps its Universities, Science, 10 August 2012

Daring Experiment in Higher Education Opens its Doors, Science, 8 April 2011

Responses of China’s Higher Education

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With people-centered development as the core value of the university, ShanghaiTech will create a dynamic hub where research, education, and innovation meet to provide a multi-disciplinary approach for learning and solving challenging problems facing the society. The university is designed to be small, focused on pursuing excellence and promoting open collaborations with those share the same vision. 

Founding Members: the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, endorsed by the Ministry of Education in April 2012.

ShanghaiTech: Vision

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12 state key laboratories at local research institutes of CAS State-of-the-art scientific equipments and platforms Engineering centers and commercialization bases

ShanghaiTech: R&D Facilities

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Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

ShenGuang-II Laser Facility

National Protein Science Facility-Shanghai 

65m Radio Telescope

National Center for Drug Screening

Chinese National Compound Library

Shanghai  Chenshan Plant Science Research Center

Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites

Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners Award: 2012 Merit Award for Urban Design,

American Institute of Architects, California Council Keywords: open, interdisciplinary, interaction, exchange,

communications, local engagement, global collaborations

ShanghaiTech: Campus Master Plan

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To promote economic growth and social progress Research: Science Masters New Knowledge

Innovation: Creative Engineers New Technology

Entrepreneurship: Business Leaders New Economy

ShanghaiTech: Goal of ICT Education

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Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of RadioEntrepreneur of Wireless Telegraphy

James Clerk Maxwell, Electromagnetic Theory, The 1st permanent color photograph

Objective: to transform our graduates from engineers to innovators and entrepreneurs

Approaches: Time: students could suspend and resume their study Knowledge: business-focused college courses on

entrepreneurship, finance, management and market Ability and Skills: problem-based learning, group project,

business competition, seminar, workshop, study exchange Funding: university, and close partnerships with venture

capital, local government and high-tech companies Culture and Environment: Shanghai Pudong Science and

Technology Park of CAS, Zhangjiang high-tech industrial development zone, Yangtze river delta economy district

ShanghaiTech: ICT Curriculum Design

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Full-time Professors: we are recruiting active researchers with exceptional track records or strong potentials

Adjunct Professors: 50+ leading researchers from different research institutes of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Visiting Professors: leading researchers from world-class universities and research institutions

Keywords: interdisciplinary, international, innovative, experience, entrepreneurship, leadership

ShanghaiTech: ICT Faculty Members

15龚惠兴 陈桂林 方家熊 何 力 封松林 张钊锋 宋应文 王跃林 曹俊诚 钱 骅

Let the bullets fly 上海就是浦东，浦东就是上海Shanghai is Pudong, Pudong is Shanghai

ShanghaiTech: New Thinking, New Design, New Opportunities …

For students, us, industry, economy and society.

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Dr. Yang YangYangYang@ShanghaiTech.edu.cn