Academician Ma Yuqiang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial CPPCC and Chairman of the Provincial Committee for Democratic Progress, and his delegation visited the Smart Medical Research Institute for investigation
- IMIC Lab
- News , Comprehensive news
- April 22, 2023
On the afternoon of April 12, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman, Chairman of the Provincial Committee for the Advancement of Democracy and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Ma Yuqiang and his delegation went to Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology-Zhongda Hospital Smart Medical Research Institute for research and guidance. Zhu Yimin, full-time deputy chairman of the Provincial Committee for the Democracy and first-level inspector, and Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Committee for the Democracy Yuan Linwang, Vice President of the Committee and Nanjing Normal University, relevant persons in charge of the Party Affairs Office of the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Graduate Office of the Provincial Department of Education, members of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, relevant persons in charge of the Suzhou CPPCC Committee, specially appointed researchers of the Provincial Committee for Democracy and persons in charge of the Research Office participated in the survey. Liu Bo, Vice President of our school, Chen Tao, Member of the Standing Committee of the School Party Committee and Director of the United Front Work Department of the Party Committee, and Lai Peng, Deputy Director of the Discipline Construction Department, accompanied him.
Professor Xu Jun, deputy dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence (College of Future Technology) and executive director of the Smart Medical Research Institute of our school, introduced in detail the construction background, concepts, goals and research fields of the Smart Medical Research Institute. He introduced the development prospects of the Smart Medical Research Institute through industrial background, geographical location, faculty, development opportunities and trends, analyzed the current problems and difficulties, and introduced in detail the research work and related results of the Institute in the construction of interdisciplinary medical and engineering fields, and pointed out the importance and potential clinical value of artificial intelligence technology in empowering the medical field. Immediately afterwards, Xu Jun led the delegation to visit the Smart Medical Research Institute and shared the latest research results being carried out by many institutes, including computational pathology, intelligent analysis of medical images, micron resolution OCT imaging, surgical robots, brain science and neuroimaging, medical big data analysis, and full-stack AI multi-omics solutions.

Xu Jun introduced the development history, technical characteristics and cutting-edge research fields of the Smart Medical Research Institute

Xu Jun introduces the liver CHESS research platform of the Smart Medical Research Institute


Investigate and visit the institute’s surgical robots and related research results

Xu Jun introduced the research institute’s interdisciplinary construction of industry, academia, and medicine, as well as its future development direction.


Xu Jun introduced the background, philosophy, goals and research areas of the Smart Medical Research Institute
During the exchange, Ma Yuqiang and his delegation affirmed the achievements of the Smart Medical Research Institute in the interdisciplinary field of medicine and engineering, believing that this is an important measure to vigorously promote the “Healthy China” strategy. He emphasized that the interdisciplinary construction of medicine and engineering is an important area for the development of higher education. It is necessary to continuously explore and innovate, strengthen interdisciplinary integration, cultivate compound and innovative talents, and make greater contributions to the development of national health undertakings. At the same time, it is also hoped that the institute will further strengthen discipline construction, expand cooperation and exchanges, actively carry out scientific and technological innovation, and form its own advantages and characteristics for development, so as to make more contributions to promoting the national health cause.
Translated from the original Chinese source.


