·On November 15th, the first "Pujiang Science Master Forum" will be officially launched. Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will explain and analyze the process of computational biology from a "marginal" discipline in modern life sciences to a leading discipline, as well as the laws of scientific development behind it. The deep interdependence between "useless" basic science and "useful" applied science.

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On November 15, at the Xianghui Hall of Fudan University, Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will be the first sharing guest at the first "Pujiang Science Masters Forum" (hereinafter referred to as "the Forum"). At that time, Professor Ma Jianpeng, Dean of Fudan University's Institute of Complex Systems and Multiscale, and Professor Qi Yuan, Dean of Fudan University's Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Industry Research Institute, will give speeches in sub-reports focusing on Levitt's main report.

This is the news that Surging Science and Technology reporters got at the forum press conference on November 9. It is reported that the forum was initiated and managed by the Shanghai CPPCC, and co-hosted by the Shanghai CPPCC Science and Technology and Education Committee, Fudan University and other institutions. At the press conference, the organizer introduced the main content of the first forum and the development orientation of the forum.

It is reported that the first forum will focus on the cutting-edge progress and latest achievements of computational biology in combination with "AI for Science", the cutting-edge trend of artificial intelligence scientific development.

Michael Levitt will explain and analyze the process of computational biology from a "marginal" subject in modern life sciences to a leading subject, as well as the laws of scientific development behind it, and will also discuss "useless" basic science and The deep interdependence between "useful" applied sciences. Ma Jianpeng and Qi Yuan will combine their own research to introduce the current situation and future of AI-enabled drug innovation, as well as the role of AI in advancing scientific discovery and promoting economic development.

Niu Xiaoming, executive deputy director of the Science and Technology and Education Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Political Consultative Conference, introduced at the press conference that the forum will be "a century-old store" as its goal, "rooted in Shanghai, focusing on the frontier, disseminating scientific ideas, and helping the construction of a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence. ” as the theme, invite the world’s top scientists to make academic reports on cutting-edge research, and strive to have the highest academic standards, the latest cutting-edge information, the most disseminated master ideas, and the most popular scientific forums. The Artificial Intelligence Conference and the Pujiang Innovation Forum complement each other and jointly lead the high-quality development of the new era and new journey.

It is reported that the forum takes the Xianghui Hall of Fudan University as its permanent venue. In principle, it will hold 6 sessions a year, and each session will invite a top scientist to give a keynote speech. The forum is carried out in the form of a combination of offline reporting and global online live broadcast.

In terms of the selection of speakers, the Organizing Committee of the "Pujiang Science Masters Forum" has a Forum Academic Committee, which is chaired by Jin Li, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Fudan University, and more than a dozen top scientists including Michael Levitt. be a member. The Forum Academic Committee will select 100 scientists from the winners of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award and other globally influential awards to form a dynamic master library, which will be updated every year. The forum organizing committee selects and determines the specific report candidates for each forum from the master database.

Ma Yugang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and assistant to the president of Fudan University, said that the audience of the forum is wide-ranging, including not only scientific researchers, but also teenagers such as students, and all the general public who love science. The speakers selected by the forum have profound scientific knowledge and can also tell wonderful scientific stories, and can strike a balance between professional science and popular science.

Niu Xiaoming added: "For the teenagers who are still in primary and middle school, I hope that the forum will allow them to approach scientists, understand scientists, and cultivate a mindset of advocating science and loving science. For young people who have gone to college, I hope the forum can help them enter the world of scientific research. guide the way, and practically bring them methodological guidance.”

It is understood that there will also be a series of "derivatives" around "Frontiers of Science", such as journals, series of books, series of audio-visual products, and science and technology think tanks.