Nature Futures, the award-winning science-fiction section of Nature, has published a short story by University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Assistant Teaching Professor Christopher Linforth. Titled “The...
JI faculty member wins First Prize in SJTU Teaching Innovation Competition
Associate Professor Dezhi Zhou of the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has been awarded First Prize in the Associate Professor Group of the 6th SJTU Teaching Innovation Competition. The SJTU competition...
JI wins first prize in 2025 SJTU teaching achievement awards
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has been awarded First Prize in the 2025 SJTU Teaching Achievement Awards for a project led by Associate Professor Yanfeng Shen, featuring an undergraduate initiative...
David Atienza shares AI-driven innovations for sustainable computing at JI distinguished seminar
On July 4, the third session of the Longbin Distinguished Seminar was held at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter). Professor David Atienza from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) delivered a...
JI faculty member honored as SJTU Youth Post Expert
Zijie Qu, a faculty member of the University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter), has been awarded the title of SJTU Youth Post Expert. The final evaluation meeting for the 2025 SJTU Youth Post Expert selection was held...
SJTU future scholar program recruits five JI students
Five undergraduate students from the University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) have been selected for the fourth cohort of the SJTU GIFT Future Scholar Program. Ziqian Wang (freshman), Haorang Zhang (sophomore),...
JI undergraduate’s paper accepted by IEEE flagship conference
A research paper first-authored by Zijun Yang, an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter), has been accepted by the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), a...
JI distinguished seminar features Academician Han on advances in event-triggered control
On June 6, the second session of the Longbin Distinguished Seminar series was held at the CIMC Auditorium, Room 300, Longbin Building, at the University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI,JI hereafter). The event featured a keynote...
JI undergraduate Ziming Zhou wins SAE International Phil Myers Outstanding Student Paper Award
Ziming Zhou, a senior undergraduate student at the University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, has been named the recipient of the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) International Phil Myers Award for Outstanding Student Paper at SAE WCX...
JI staff wins special prize of SJTU undergraduate education service star award
Aki Miao, manager of the Undergraduate Education Office at the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter), has been awarded the Special Prize in the 2025 SJTU Undergraduate Education Service Star selection. The...
JI doctoral students sweep top three awards at SPIE conference
Three Ph.D. students from the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) have won the top three awards in the Best Student Paper Competition on Structural and Biological Systems Health Monitoring at the SPIE Smart...
JI students deliver strong results at 2025 MCM/ICM competition
Teams led or joined by the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) undergraduate students delivered outstanding performance in the 2025 Mathematical Contest in Modeling/ Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling...