Optoelectronic scientist, CAS academician Wang Qiming spoke about “the Silicon Age in an Information Society” at UCAS on October 9. As part of the UCAS lecture series on developments in scientific frontiers, it was hosted by UCAS Vice President Gao Hongjun.
In his lecture, Wang, a respected pioneer of information optoelectronic research in China, discussed the connotations of informatization, the development and improvement of mainframe computers, and photovoltaic solutions for photovoltaic conversion and energy problems, all of which are frontier disciplines. He explained the abstruse concepts with readily understandable language and metaphors.
Wang also made the bold prediction that a “Carbon Age” may be arrive after the “Iron Age” and the “Silicon Age.” However, silicon remains an indispensable element with numerous potential applications. He urged all graduate students to be diligent and thereby bring to reality the Chinese Dream.
In the Q&A, Wang spoke highly of the development of blue light-emitting diodes, for which three Japanese researchers received the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics, calling it a “revolution in lighting” which is highly useful in energy, medical science, agriculture and military.
