On December 4th, a high-level delegation from Google visited ShanghaiTech, led by CEO Sundar Pichai, and met with President Jiang Mianheng. President Jiang welcomed them expressed his wish to explore new possibilities of cooperation with Google.
Vice President and Provost Yin Jie presented an overview of ShanghaiTech. Sun Yuhan, Director of Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science & Engineering, CAS; Chen Feili, Deputy Chief Engineer of Shanghai Alliance Investment; and Xue Min, Chairman of the Board & CEO of Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare were specially invited and gave introductions as well. Chairman and CEO of China Media Capital Li Ruigang, who will be the dean of School of Creative Arts also attended the meeting.
Afterwards the Google delegation visited ShanghaiTech’s VR and Computer Imaging Lab. Pichai expressed his interest in ShanghaiTech and its partnerships and said he anticipated potential future cooperation.
Sundar Pichai, a Stanford MA and Wharton MBA, assumed the position of Google CEO from October 2015.
