Source: Nanfang Metropolis Daily 2011-05-04 PageA12
Author: Jin Yingshu

American Academy of Arts and Sciences published the name list of its 212 newly selected academicians on April 19th. Five Chinese American scholars were in the list, including two mathematicians graduated from universities in Guangzhou: Professor Zhang Shouwu, from Mathematics Department of Columbia University, graduated from Sun Yat-sen University; Professor Hou Yizhao, from Applied and Computational Mathematics Department of California Institute of Technology, graduated from South China University of Technology.

On the evening of May 2nd at 10:30 p.m. (US local time 9:30 a.m.), Prof. Zhang Shouwu made an overseas call from his office in Columbia University to the journalist of Nanfang Metropolis Daily and received an exclusive interview.Memory towards Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen University was an inclusive university, and he was grateful to SYSU, said Zhang Shouwu.

About Glory As for external awards and praise, Zhang Shouwu said modestly, an achievement in mathematics was usually the accumulation of several generations’ hard working, and the award-winner was just the terminator of the achievement. About Education “What does Nobel Prize and Fields Medal mean to China? Nothing, just two awards. The real problems that the education needs to solve are how to make students respect science and learn to think innovatively.” Zhang Shaowu said.