computer science

Zhou Zhi-Hua

Zhou Zhi-Hua is a computer science 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua rather than just read about it. In short: Zhou Zhihua (周志华; born November 20, 1973) is a Chinese computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science at Nanjing University. He is the Standing Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, and Founding Director of the LAMDA Group.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Zhou Zhihua (周志华; born November 20, 1973) is a Chinese computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science at Nanjing University. He is the Standing Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, and Founding Director of the LAMDA Group. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining.

Biography Zhou Zhi-Hua received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Nanjing University in 1996, 1998 and 2000, respectively, all with the highest honor. He joined the Department of Computer Science & Technology of Nanjing University as an assistant professor in 2001, promoted to associate professor in 2002 and full professor in 2003. He was appointed as Cheung Kong Professor in 2006.

Research Zhou is known for significant contributions to ensemble learning, multi-label learning, and learning with partial supervision (semi-supervised learning, multi-instance learning, etc.). He has authored two books and published more than 150 scientific articles in premium journals/conferences. According to Google Scholar, his h-index is 102. He also holds 18 patents.

Services Zhou founded the ACML (Asian Conference on Machine Learning), and served as Advisory Committee member of IJCAI (2015-2016), General co-chair of ICDM'2016, Program Committee Co-Chair of IJCAI'2015 Machine Learning track, etc. He served for editorial boards of many journals, including Executive Editor-in-Chief for Frontiers of Computer Science. He is/was Chair of CCF-AI (2012-), chair of the IEEE CIS Data Mining Technical Committee (2015-2016), chair of the CAAI Machine Learning Technical Committee (2006-2015). He founded the LAMDA, a famous research group in machine learning and data mining in China.

Awards Zhou received various award/honors including the National Natural Science Award of China (premium science award in China), the IEEE ICDM Outstanding Service Award, the PAKDD Distinguished Contribution Award, the IEEE CIS Outstanding Early Career Award, the Microsoft Professorship Award, etc. He is a Fellow of the ACM, AAAS, AAAI, IEEE, IAPR, IET/IEE and CCF.

Books Ensemble Methods: Foundations and Algorithms. 2012 Machine Learning. (in Chinese). 2016

References

External links Zhi-Hua Zhou homepage Zhi-Hua Zhou publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zhou Zhi-Hua

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zhou Zhi-Hua claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua

In research: Zhou Zhi-Hua appears in computer science 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua 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: Zhou Zhi-Hua is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1973 births, Artificial intelligence researchers, Chinese computer scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zhou Zhi-Hua 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Zhou Zhi-Hua matter?

Because it connects several computer science 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 Zhou Zhi-Hua?

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.

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