Nick Zhang
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
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Nick Zhang ({{Lang-zh|s={{linktext|张|晓|东}}}} (Zhāng Xiǎodōng); born 30 August 1963) is CEO of Wuzhen Institute and a writer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.meetup.com/svtech/messages/boards/thread/51163176|title=Your Exclusive Invitation: 2017 HYSTA Annual Conference – Silicon Valley New Technology Startups (Palo Alto, CA) {{!}} Meetup|website=www.meetup.com|access-date=2019-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnas.org/publications/video/china-and-the-race-for-artificial-intelligence|title=China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence|website=www.cnas.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/money/bank/bank_hydt/2016-09-23/doc-ifxwevmc5314815.shtml|title=张晓东：目前大数据主要应用在征信和风控上|last=新浪财经|date=2016-09-23|website=finance.sina.com.cn|access-date=2019-07-06}} In 2017, his book A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence was awarded Top 10 Books of Southern Metropolis Daily.{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.oeeee.com/epaper/A/html/2017-12/17/content_97722.htm#article|title=南都2017年度十大好书-南方都市报·奥一网|website=epaper.oeeee.com|access-date=2019-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wuwenjunkejijiang.cn/wj/news.aspx?pkid=13149&tid=13390|title=2018年度第八届吴文俊人工智能科学技术奖获奖名单公示|website=www.wuwenjunkejijiang.cn|access-date=2019-07-06}} In 2018, he won Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award.{{Cite web|url=http://wenjin.nlc.cn/wjtsj/tjmore?period=13&type=2|title=第十三届文津图书奖(科普类)|last=|first=|date=2019-07-06|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
Education
Zhang graduated from Tianjing University in 1985, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svief.org/2014/jianti/guest1/Nick.htm|title=Nick Zhang|website=www.svief.org|access-date=2019-07-06}}
Career
Zhang worked at Harvard and HP in his early years. He moved to Silicon Valley in the mid 1990s. In 2010, he invested and helped startups in internet and artificial intelligence area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svief.org/2014/fanti/keynotespeakers.php#|title=2014矽谷高科技創新創業高峰會（簡稱：2014矽谷高創會）|website=www.svief.org|access-date=2019-07-06}} He has been partner at VC firms. He founded Wuzhen Institute in 2016 in Wuzhen, near Shanghai.{{Cite journal|last=Cyranoski|first=David|date=2018-01-15|title=China enters the battle for AI talent|journal=Nature|language=EN|volume=553|issue=7688|pages=260–261|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-00604-6|pmid=29345655|bibcode=2018Natur.553..260C|doi-access=free}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/business/2017/07/15/china-may-match-or-beat-america-in-ai|title=China may match or beat America in AI|date=2017-07-15|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=2019-07-06|issn=0013-0613}}
Works
- {{Cite journal|last=Zhang|first=X. N.|title=Secure Code Distribution|journal= Computer |issn=0018-9162|volume=30|issue=6|pages=76–79|doi=10.1109/2.587552|date=June 1997}}
- {{Cite book |author=Xiao-Dong Zhang |date=October 1992|pages=146–150|doi=10.1109/PHYCMP.1992.615511|title=Workshop on Physics and Computation |chapter=Complexity of Neural Network Learning in the Real Number Model|isbn=0-8186-3420-0|s2cid=60703857}}
- {{Cite book|trans-title=A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence |script-title=zh:人工智能简史 |isbn=9787115471604|author1=尼克|year=2017 |location=Beijing|publisher=Beijing Book Co. |oclc=1018448318}}
- {{Cite book|trans-title=Philosophical Monologue |script-title=zh:哲学评书 |author1=尼克 |year=2014 |publisher=浙江大学出版社 |isbn=9787308129824|location=Hang zhou|oclc=917643212}}
- {{Cite book|title=UNIX Kernel Anatomy|isbn=750530674X|author1=杨学良|year=1990|publisher=电子工业出版社 |location=Beijing|oclc=768635388}}
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