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JI professor proposes new acoustic sensors for superior human-machine interaction
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Lei Shao and his collaborators have published a research article titled “A wave-confining metasphere beamforming acoustic sensor for superior human-machine voice interaction” in Science Advances, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article proposes a new acoustic sensor for human-machine interaction (HMI) to distinguish and track multiple sound sources in a noisy background, with an outstanding signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a superior sensitivity at the same time.
JI professor achieves asynchronous solution scheme for dynamic fracture problems
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Yongxing Shen and his team have published a research article titled “An asynchronous variational integrator for the phase field approach to...
Nineteen international students join JI in fall semester
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) has received 19 international students pursuing undergraduate and graduate programs in the fall semester starting September.
JI-led team clinches gold prize in Shanghai college students’ innovation competition
A team led by two University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) sophomore students, including Cheng Zheng and Yidi Huang, has clinched the gold prize in the 8th China International College Students' 'Internet+'...
JI research team wins Best Paper Award at IEEE conference
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Assistant Professor Xinfei Guo and his collaborators recently won the Best Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE 35th International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC) for their work “RECO-HCON: A High-Throughput Reconfigurable Compact ASCON Processor for Trusted IoT”.
Multiple JI research projects win support from NSFC
Sixteen research projects of the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) have won financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), according to a recent published announcement on the list of NSFC-sponsored research projects for the year of 2022.
JI international students attend Study Away program in Singapore
Nineteen international students from the University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) have embarked on a one-semester Study Away program in Singapore, thanks to the sponsorship of the SJTU Asia Pacific Graduate Institute (SJTU-APGI) based in the tropical city state.
JI All International Students Meeting brings dialogue and new ISA members
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) held its annual All International Students Meeting at CIMC Auditorium of Long Bin Building on September 7, for the purposes of announcing the establishment of the new international student association team and opening an in-depth dialogue with JI leaders and administration offices for international students.
UM-SJTU Partnership Board holds its 23rd meeting
The University of Michigan (UM) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Partnership Board held its 23rd meeting on August 25 via simultaneous videoconference in China and the United States.
JI professor achieves ultra-efficient phonon BTE solver, full-scale non-Fourier thermal simulation of transistors
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Hua Bao’s research team has developed an ultra-efficient and parameter-free phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) solver capable of obtaining...
JI international freshmen have online meeting with buddies
The University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) hosted an online meeting on August 20 for the incoming international undergraduate students of the fall semester to meet their buddies, who were assigned by the JI...
JI professors win support from CCF-Tencent fund
The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI, JI hereafter) Associate Professor Hongyi Xin and Assistant Professor Xinfei Guo have been selected as the awardees of the 2022 CCF (China Computer Federation) - Tencent Rhinoceros...