84-year-old Turing Award winner dedicated to undergraduate education in China

STORY: 84-year-old Turing Award winner dedicated to undergraduate education in China DATELINE: August 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of John Edward Hopcroft 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award STORYLINE: John Edward Hopcroft, an 84-year-old Turing Award winner, has recently returned to Shanghai where he continues to work hard to promote undergraduate education. In the past decade or so, Hopcroft has spent about one-third of each year in China. This year, he plans to stay here for six months. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award "I've worked in China now for probably about 15 years. Gradually I've developed contacts that I can have a bigger impact, not just on a few universities, but on helping improve the educational system. One of the things, I got permission to evaluate computer science education in the top 4

CHINA-BEIJING-ZGC FORUM-PLENARY MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZGC FORUM-PLENARY MEETING (CN)

(230526) -- BEIJING, May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- John Hopcroft, 1986 ACM A.M. Turing Award winner, emeritus professor of Cornell University and visiting chair professor of Peking University, speaks via video during the plenary meeting of the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) in Beijing, capital of China, May 26, 2023. Themed "Open Cooperation for a Shared Future," the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum held a plenary meeting here on Friday. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)