2022年11月29日下午，新加坡南洋理工大学陈晓东教授应邀为我校师生作题为“Artificial Sense Technology”的线上学术报告。会议由国际前沿科学研究院副院长张助华教授主持，郭万林院士和前沿院及相关学院近百名师生参加了此次学术活动。

       会议伊始，张助华教授首先对陈晓东教授表示热烈欢迎，并简单介绍了陈晓东教授的学术背景、研究方向和科研成果。随后，陈晓东教授从材料开发、传感器制造、信息处理和系统集成的角度详细介绍了有关人工感知的研究内容。人工感知是模拟人类的基本感觉，并将其同化为功能性的设备和系统，从而帮助我们理解和感知周围的世界。他提到，人工感知的研究内容是跨学科的，是材料科学、生物工程、医学、电气工程和计算机科学的交汇点。

目前，一些人工感知的实际用例，包括增强感官能力以克服人体的生理限制，改进机器人性能和具有智能信息处理的诊断，以及改善生活质量的假肢和健康监测设备等正在引起人们的广泛关注。陈晓东教授还通过视频演示的方式向我们介绍了人工皮肤电信号处理以及仿生植物电信号处理等研究成果。他坚信人工感知将成为构建下一代智能设备和系统的一种新的赋能技术，为先进的机器人、复健设备、假肢等应用奠定基础。

陈晓东教授用生动有趣的方式讲解了人工感知技术的原理和取得的研究成果，他的报告引起了师生们的强烈共鸣。在最后的交流互动环节中，师生们反响热烈，并就材料、电信号、仿生技术等方面的科学问题踊跃请教，陈教授均一一解答。此外，作为ACS Nano期刊的主编，陈晓东教授还详细解答了师生们关于投稿方面的问题。他强调ACS Nano比较看重论文的创新性、系统性和实验可重复性等，并对如何提高编辑对稿件的兴趣给出了建议。报告之后，在场师生纷纷表示收获颇多，有助于启发他们产出更多高质量、有影响力的研究成果。

报告人简介：

       Professor Xiaodong Chen is the President’s Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy) and Medicine (by courtesy) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), and Scientific Director at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He is the Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) at NTU, the Director of Max Planck – NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, and the Deputy Director of Singapore Hybrid-Integrated Next-Generation μ-Electronics (SHINE) Center. His current research interests include mechano-materials science and engineering, flexible electronics technology, sense digitalization, cyber-human interfaces and systems, and carbon negative technology. So far, he has published more than 380 high-profiled papers and filed/applied more than 40 patents.

       He is the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano, a flagship journal in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and serves as editorial advisory board member for various international journals, including Adv. Mater., Small, and Nanoscale Horizons. He has been elected as Fellow of Singapore National Academy of Science and the Academy of Engineering Singapore. In addition, he was recognized by multiple prestigious awards and honors including Singapore President’s Science Award, Singapore NRF Investigatorship, Small Young Innovator Award, Singapore NRF Fellowship, Nanyang Research Award, Lubrizol Young Materials Science Investigator Award, Mitsui Chemicals-SNIC Industry Award in Materials and Nano-chemistry, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, and Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society.