As time goes by, 2011 is coming soon. At this beautiful moment of bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new, on behalf of the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), we are delighted to extend New Year wishes to all teachers, students, overseas schoolfellows and friends all over the world!

SIST has been 10 years old until 2010. In October, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of SIST by organizing a series of activities and events which include the 10th Anniversary Ceremony, Doctor Academic Forum, the Forum on Future Information Science, Technology and Education, and a Music and Dance Show. Alumni from all over the world gathered together to witness the glory years of SIST.

Looking back to 2010, we together with friends overseas overviewed the 10-year-history of SIST regarding the research and achievements and looked forward to the future development. “Reform” and “Development” are the key words for 2010. In this year, we issued the “SIST Discipline Development Plan for the Twelfth Five-Year Period”, and established the Platform for Technology Innovation. We laid emphasis on international perspective, and greatly optimized the structure of teaching staff by recruiting talents from the National 1000-Top Talents Scheme. The younger generation of academic leaders was emerging. At the same time, we aimed at frontier technologies of the world and the nation’s major needs in the development of science and technology. We kept on seeking new opportunities, exploring new directions, and always being ready for new challenges.

2010 is a memorable year for Shanghai. In this year, 275 students from SIST served at Shanghai Expo as volunteers. Their performance showed the philosophies of Shanghai Expo which are “understanding, communication, togetherness and cooperation”, and demonstrated the spirit of Fudan University students. Also in this year, taking the occasion of the 10-year Anniversary of SIST, we set up a special award for Alumni who once studied or worked at Fudan to appreciate their kind care and great support for the school.

Looking back to the past, we were diligent and we gained; looking to the future, we are confident and ready to go. We will keep on doing our best for the goal of establishing a well-known Information School both domestically and internationally, and look forward to writing a new chapter to make a more outstanding achievement.

With the coming of the first ray of sunshine in the dawn of 2011, we would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year!

Dean: Li-Rong Zheng
Party Secretary: Jianyi Zhu
SIST, Fudan University
2010-12-31