In today’s world of big data, our phones and computers need to be faster and use less power. Scientists have found a way to connect electrical and magnetic signals in a special material, opening the door to new types of energy-efficient devices. Recently, a team led by Professor Kou Xufeng from the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) at ShanghaiTech University, together with ...

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), a flagship event in human-computer interaction (HCI) and an A*-rated conference in the CORE Conference Ranking, was held in Yokohama, Japan, from April 26 to May 1, 2025. Recognized as an A-class conference by the China Computer Federation (CCF), CHI attracts global researchers to showcase cutting-edge innovations. At this ye...

A research team led by Assistant Professor Liu Song from the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) at ShanghaiTech University, in collaboration with Professor Wang Zuankai’s team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has developed an innovative droplet manipulation technique called “acousto-dewetting.” This advancement overcomes the traditional reliance on specif...

At ShanghaiTech, encouraging undergraduates to step into labs and dive into research isn’t just a slogan—it’s a tradition that’s been around since day one. Recently, Wang Yuhan, a Class of 2023 undergraduate from the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) and now a PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, made waves with two research achievements from his undergraduate y...

Assistant Professor Yang Hengzhao’s Energy Storage Laboratory (ESL) at the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), ShanghaiTech University, develops a dual-mode supercapacitor fast charger. By employing continuous and fine-tuned pulse currents, the charger significantly accelerates the supercapacitor charging speed.As an energy storage technology, supercapacitors feature a high power...

Recently, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE CASS) announced the list of scholars selected for its 2025-2026 Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP). This year, a total of 10 scholars from around the world were chosen for the prestigious program. Associate Professor Liang Junrui from the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) at ShanghaiTech University earned his place on t...

Figure 1. A screenshot of the Nature Communications paper.Synthetic lethality (SL), a genetic interaction where simultaneous mutations or perturbations in two genes lead to cell death whereas mutation of a single gene does not produce this effect, has emerged as a promising strategy for cancer treatment strategy. By targeting SL partner genes of genes with cancer-specific mutations, researche...

The mid-infrared (MIR) band shows significant promise in various fields, including thermal imaging, spectroscopy sensing, infrared countermeasures, and free-space communication, due to its distinctive characteristics. Despite substantial efforts to develop on-chip photonic integrated circuits for MIR applications, which aim to miniaturize systems and expand their application scopes, the challenge ...

Recently, the Annual ShanghaiTech Symposium on Information Science and Technology (ASSIST) 2024 concluded at the University Auditorium. The conference, themed “Information, Intelligence, and Sustainable Development,” spanned two days and featured speeches from five academicians and over 40 distinguished guests from top institutions such as the University of Hong Kong, University of Washington, P...

Recently, Associate Professor Liang Junrui at the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) has been elected as a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).ASME was founded in 1880. It is an engineering society, a standards organization, a research and development organization, an advocacy organization, a provider of training and education, and a nonprofit organization. F...

Microbubble cavitation-based focused ultrasound therapies can non-invasively open biological barriers temporarily, such as the blood-brain barrier and blood-tumor barrier. This emerging new type of therapy is undergoing a huge number of clinical investigations for drug delivery and for removing pathological tissues without opening the human body, and has great potential for the treatment of brain ...

 The development of artificial intelligence relies, primarily, on deep neural networks, and the large-scale neural network language models like ChatGPT have posed great challenges to the electronic computing chips based on the von Neumann architecture. As a promising solution, optical computing can boost energy efficiency and reduce computation latency. In recent years, a large variety o...

Associate Professor Zheng Jie’s lab in SIST has recently proposed an advanced artificial intelligence model named KR4SL. By integrating knowledge graphs and explainable graph neural networks, KR4SL has made strides in identifying anti-cancer drug targets based on synthetic lethality. This work has been formally published as a Proceedings paper in the top international bioinformatics conferen...

Recently, Assistant Professor Wang Chundong’s research group in SIST independently discovered a covert channel based on the fsync function within computer storage and named it Sync+Sync. The result was published in an article entitled “Sync+Sync: A Covert Channel Built on fsync with Storage”, and was accepted by USENIX Security 2024, one of the top four international conferences in the field of...