astronomy

Zhang Zhang

Zhang Zhang is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zhang Zhang rather than just read about it. In short: Zhang Zhang (章张) is a Distinguished Professor of Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) & China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB), and acts as Associate Director of the National Genomics Data Center (NGDC), which is part of BIG & CNCB. Education Dr.

Key takeaways

Zhang Zhang belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Zhang Zhang to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Zhang Zhang from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Zhang Zhang (章张) is a Distinguished Professor of Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) & China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB), and acts as Associate Director of the National Genomics Data Center (NGDC), which is part of BIG & CNCB.

Education Dr. Zhang obtained his PhD degree in Computer Science from Institute of Computing Technology, CAS in 2007, with a bioinformatics joint program with BIG, under the supervision of Jun Yu. Prior to joining BIG, he worked as Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University (advised by Jeffrey Townsend) in United States from 2007~2009 and Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (advised by Vladimir B. Bajic) in Saudi Arabia from 2009~2011.

Research In 2011, Dr. Zhang was appointed as Professor in the CAS 100-Talent Program by BIG. He focuses on biological data integration & curation and development of multi-omics data resources and new algorithms & tools. In 2016, Dr. Zhang co-founded the BIG Data Center and served as Executive Director responsible for the center development. In this role, he led the center team to construct a family of database resources and computational methods and to provide a range of data services in support of worldwide research activities. Importantly, he led the center development by setting the organizational structure and directions, establishing the scientific advisory board composed with global field experts, and building interactions and collaborations with worldwide institutions to maximize the scope of data sharing. Based on the BIG Data Center, NGDC and CNCB were officially founded in 2019. Over the past several years, Dr. Zhang developed more than forty database resources and computational tools, organized a series of scientific conferences for promotion of computational biology & bioinformatics domestically and internationally, and raised the general awareness of significant value of database resources as a fundamental infrastructure for biomedical research. Dr. Zhang published more than 130 papers and his research achievements have been selected in the "Top 10 Advances in Bioinformatics in China". He was an Executive Committee member of the International Society for Biocuration (2015-2018) and now serves as Asian Regional Editor for Briefings in Bioinformatics (2017-) and Associate Editor-in-Chief for Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics (2012-). Towards a new paradigm from data to theory, he also works on theoretical biology with new algorithms, models and laws for deciphering basic principles of life.

References

External links Zhang Zhang publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zhang Zhang

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zhang Zhang claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zhang Zhang before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zhang Zhang ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zhang Zhang

In research: Zhang Zhang appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zhang Zhang in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zhang Zhang is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1980 births, Chinese bioinformaticians, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zhang Zhang outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Zhang Zhang in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Zhang Zhang means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Zhang Zhang in simple terms?

Why does Zhang Zhang matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zhang Zhang?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zhang Zhang.