By Li Han
Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center
Professor Jun Murai, distinguished IT expert in Japan and Vice President of Keio University, was appointed TsinghuaGuest Professor on December 10.
Tsinghua Deputy Vice President He Jiankun attended the conferral ceremony and presented the honorary appointment book to Professor Jun Murai. Professor Sun Jiaguang, Dean of School of Information Science and Technology, also attended the ceremony.
“In the course of building the university into a world class university, we are keen on exchanging views and resources with other distinguished universities and scholars in the world,” said Deputy Vice President He.
After the conferral ceremony, Professor Jun Murai delivered a speech on the Next Generation Internet.
Professor Jun Murai is the Japan’s foremost IT expert and most authoritative policy-maker on informatization and industrialization. He has made significant contributions to internet development in Japan and the Asia Pacific Region and received many awards from international organizations and the Japanese government.
(Photo by Guo Haijun)
