https://www.scmp.com/rss/522827/feed The latest news and top stories on She Yiyuan. An internationally renowned statistician and award-winning data scientist, he recently joined Westlake University in China as a Chair Professor of Mathematics, having previously been a Professor at Florida State University. His expertise encompasses high-dimensional statistics, machine learning, optimization, robust statistics and big data analysis. A recipient of the US National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, he is also a Fellow of the American... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ling Xin Ling Xin After more than two decades in the United States, internationally recognised mathematician Yuan Yuan has returned to China as a full-time professor at Westlake University in Hangzhou. He joined Westlake’s Institute for Theoretical Sciences in May, just months after being promoted to full professor at Syracuse University in New York, according to the university’s website. Yuan is one of four mathematicians recruited by Westlake this summer after long careers in the US. The others are mathematical... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326815/celebrated-mathematician-yuan-yuan-returns-china-after-more-20-years-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326815/celebrated-mathematician-yuan-yuan-returns-china-after-more-20-years-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000 Jeffrey Wu Jeffrey Wu Windsurf was a rising artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – until it wasn’t. Days after OpenAI’s US$3 billion acquisition deal collapsed, Windsurf’s founders and top researchers joined Google DeepMind under a non-exclusive licensing agreement. What remained was sold to another company. Windsurf, as an independent innovator, ceased to exist. This is how many AI start-ups today end. Not through product failure but talent extraction. Big Tech no longer needs to buy companies to consolidate power... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:30:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China likely to strengthen backing for Iran as it looks to secure interests Beijing is likely to step up support for Tehran as it tries to secure its strategic interests in the Middle East, analysts say, amid concerns over how the recent Iran-Israel war will reverberate across the resource-rich region. 2. ‘Whatever they do is wrong’: Chinese exporters... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3317713/china-likely-support-iran-scientists-create-cyborg-bee-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3317713/china-likely-support-iran-scientists-create-cyborg-bee-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:15:07 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng Award-winning data scientist She Yiyuan has left the United States to take up a full-time position at Westlake University in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. She, who taught at Florida State University for almost two decades, will conduct research at his new institution as a chair professor at the school of science and the Institute for Theoretical Sciences, according to a July 1 social media post by the Chinese university. She has won the Career Award, the most prestigious award from the US... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3317558/award-winning-data-scientist-she-yiyuan-takes-job-china-after-decades-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3317558/award-winning-data-scientist-she-yiyuan-takes-job-china-after-decades-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:00:15 +0000