In the ultra-specialized world of the research university, it should come as no surprise that specialization in teaching serves the university’s mission. University administrators benefit from increased stability and quality in undergraduate education and, indirectly, in research. Traditional faculty (research-oriented faculty) benefit from reduced and specialized teaching loads. However, how to make students benefit from studying under the experts in groundbreaking areas of research is very important. Hereby, we will try to reply: how to integrate research into teaching curriculum in a CS department.
Xin Wang is currently a full professor in the School of Computer Science at Fudan University. He received his BS degree in information theory and MS degree in communication and electronic systems from Xidian University, China, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He received his PhD Degree in computer science from Shizuoka University, Japan. In 1995 and 1998, he had worked on China’s first telecom-level video conferencing systems and DVB-S systems, in Huawei Tech. Ltd., Shenzhen, China. His research interests include quality of network service, next-generation network architecture, mobile Internet and network coding. He is a senior member of CCF, and a member of IEEE. Currently he is in charge of research projects from Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China high-tech project plan (863 Program), Shanghai Municipal R&D Foundation and etc. Now he leads the joint Android Lab of Fudan-Google.