赵伟
沙迦美国大学科研总监（副校长）
Title: Studies on Cyber-Physical Systems (and IoT): an Emerging Academic Discipline
Abstract:
Cyber-Physical Systems have been a critical driving force for economic development during the 21th century. The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to become a global networking infrastructure for cyber-physical systems. An organized effort to define CPS research and development and to establish a funding program commenced in thirteen years ago. The first call-for-proposal of this new research program was announced by US NSF Division of Computer and Network Systems in Fall 2006 (NSF 07-504). The effort was quickly recognized by the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). In PCAST’s 2007 report, CPS was given a top priority for substantial research investment. In 2008, the NSF elevated its support for CPS research by launching a fully-fledged research program (NSF 08-611), which has now become a core NSF program jointly sponsored by multiple agencies. . Many other countries and organizations have since initiated similar efforts, triggering a large-scale, globally-organized effort to pursue CPS research, education, and development.
Through various activities (e.g., Annual US NSF CPS PI Meetings and this CPS Week of Conferences, etc), it is obvious that a community of CPS research and development is being formed and much progress in CPS R/D has been made. Studies on CPS is becoming an academic discipline which is critical for not only industrial technologies but also new generation of workforce.
报告人简介：
赵伟祖籍为苏州，出生于西安。1977年，在陕西师范大学物理系大学本科毕业。1983和1986年，在美国麻萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校获得计算机与信息科学的硕士和博士学位。
赵伟现任沙迦美国大学科研总监（副校长）。2008年到2018年，任澳门大学第八任校长。在此之前，先后担任过美国伦斯勒理工学院理学院院长，美国国家科学基金会电脑与网路系统分部主任，及美国德克萨斯A&M大学主管科研工作的资深协理副校长。他也曾执教于陕西师范大学、阿默斯特学院、阿德莱德大学和德克萨斯A&M大学。
在高等教育与科研管理的广泛领域内，赵伟教授有着丰富的经历。在众多中国留美的学者中，赵伟是在美国联邦政府和高校担任最高职位者之一。在港澳地区，他是第一位经全球招聘成为大学校长的内地华人。在担任德克萨斯A&M大学计算机科学系系主任期间（1997-2001），该系的科研经费翻了两番，该系本科教育在全美排名中跃升为十七名。在美国国家科学基金会任职期间（2005-2007），他主导启动了物理计算融合系统(Cyber-Physical Systems)的新科研领域，其领导的电脑与网路系统分部按期完成率提高了24%，项目经费和课题申请分别增了20%和14%。在他任澳门大学校长期间，澳门大学两次受到国家主席（胡锦涛和习近平）的视察，建成了一个比老校区大20倍新校区，世界排名从两千名跃升为三百七十名。2011年，赵伟被中国科技部任命为国家物联网973项目首席科学家。
为表彰赵伟在科学和教育的杰出成就， 中国旅美科技协会授予他“终身成就奖”， 中国计算机科学学会授予他“海外杰出贡献奖”，全球十二所大学授予他荣誉博士头衔，欧亚科学院授予他院士头衔。