Nick Zhang Explained

Nick Zhang
Birth Date:	30 August 1963
Known For:	CEO of Wuzhen Institute

Nick Zhang ((Zhāng Xiǎodōng); born 30 August 1963) is CEO of Wuzhen Institute and a writer.^{[1] [2] [3]} In 2017, his book A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence was awarded Top 10 Books of Southern Metropolis Daily.^{[4] [5]} In 2018, he won Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award.^[6]

Education

Zhang graduated from Tianjing University in 1985, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1992.^[7]

Career

Zhang worked at Harvard and HP in his early years. He moved to Silicon Valley in the mid 1990s. In 2010, he invested and helped startups in internet and artificial intelligence area.^[8] He has been partner at VC firms. He founded Wuzhen Institute in 2016 in Wuzhen, near Shanghai.^{[9] [10]}

Works

• Zhang. X. N.. Secure Code Distribution. Computer . 0018-9162. 30. 6. 76–79. 10.1109/2.587552. June 1997.
• Book: Xiao-Dong Zhang . October 1992. 146–150. 10.1109/PHYCMP.1992.615511. Workshop on Physics and Computation . Complexity of Neural Network Learning in the Real Number Model. 0-8186-3420-0. 60703857.
• Book: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence . zh:人工智能简史 . 9787115471604. 尼克. 2017 . Beijing. Beijing Book Co. . 1018448318.
• Book: Philosophical Monologue . zh:哲学评书 . 尼克 . 2014 . 浙江大学出版社 . 9787308129824. Hang zhou. 917643212.
• Book: UNIX Kernel Anatomy. 750530674X. 杨学良. 1990. 电子工业出版社 . Beijing. 768635388.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Your Exclusive Invitation: 2017 HYSTA Annual Conference – Silicon Valley New Technology Startups (Palo Alto, CA) Meetup. www.meetup.com. 2019-07-06.
2. Web site: China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence. www.cnas.org. en. 2019-07-06.
3. Web site: 张晓东：目前大数据主要应用在征信和风控上. 新浪财经. 2016-09-23. finance.sina.com.cn. 2019-07-06.
4. Web site: 南都2017年度十大好书-南方都市报·奥一网. epaper.oeeee.com. 2019-07-06.
5. Web site: 2018年度第八届吴文俊人工智能科学技术奖获奖名单公示. www.wuwenjunkejijiang.cn. 2019-07-06.
6. Web site: 第十三届文津图书奖(科普类). 2019-07-06.
7. Web site: Nick Zhang. www.svief.org. 2019-07-06.
8. Web site: 2014矽谷高科技創新創業高峰會（簡稱：2014矽谷高創會）. www.svief.org. 2019-07-06.
9. Cyranoski. David. 2018-01-15. China enters the battle for AI talent. Nature. EN. 553. 7688. 260–261. 10.1038/d41586-018-00604-6. 29345655. 2018Natur.553..260C. free.
10. News: China may match or beat America in AI. 2017-07-15. The Economist. 2019-07-06. 0013-0613.