ZHOU Zhihua, Ph.D. in Computer Science, professor, currenly serves as Vice President of Nanjing University. His main research interests are general machine learning, data mining technologies and theoretical underpinnings. He is Fellow of the ACM, AAAI, AAAS, IEEE et al. He has received numerous accolades, including two Second Prizes in the National Natural Science Awards, a First Prize in National Teaching Achievements, and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award.