上海临港科技创新发展基金会

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2026-05-12

Laurent LAFFORGUE: From the Langlands Program to Topos Theory, A Mathematician on Two Frontiers

Twice a silver medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad in his youth, crowned with the Fields Medal at the age of 35, he later turned his attention from academic triumphs toward foundational education and artificial intelligence. Leaving the traditional academic world behind, he joined a Huawei research laboratory. In Lingang, he offered a simple message, […]

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2026-04-30

Noga ALON: First Appearance at the 2025 World Laureates Forum, Building Bridges to the Future Across the Landscape of Discrete Mathematics

At the Shanghai Lingang venue of the 2025 World Laureates Forum, a scholar in a dark suit leans slightly forward, quietly listening to a question from a young scientist. His gaze is gentle, his demeanor composed, as if time itself has slowed in his presence. This first-time participant is Noga ALON, recipient of the 2024 […]

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2026-04-23

Jeffrey M. FRIEDMAN: First Appearance at the 2025 World Laureates Forum, the “Father of Leptin” on the Truth About Obesity

> In 1994, he discovered leptin, fundamentally reshaping the course of obesity research. > Thirty-one years later, the “father of leptin” arrived in Shanghai Lingang and, for the first time at the 2025 World Laureates Forum, shared this decades-long journey of exploration. His account ranged from X-ray films developed late at night in the laboratory, to the […]

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2026-04-14

John E. HOPCROFT: From an “Accidental” Lecturer to an Algorithmic Pioneer—and a “People’s Scientist” Rooted in China for Fifteen Years John E. HOPCROFT

At the Shanghai Lingang Center, under the spotlight, John E. HOPCROFT stepped onto the podium as Chair of the International Engineering Intelligence Conference at the 2025 World Laureates Forum. As the applause rose from the audience, few might have known that this 86-year-old “master of algorithms” was once, quite literally, pulled onto the lectern by chance. […]