The 2019 Annual Academic Conference of the China Instrument and Control Society and the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Society Held in Beijing

On March 29-30, the annual academic conference of the China Instrument and Control Society was held in Beijing Friendship Hotel. The theme of the conference is: instruments and measurement in the era of quantization and intelligence. More than 600 representatives of academia and industry from the fields of instrument, measurement control and cross-integration attended the meeting.

The conference is sponsored by the China Instrument and Control Society, the Assessment Group of Instrument Science and Technology Discipline of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council and the Instrument Specialty Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, and co-hosted by Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Chongqing University, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Zhejiang University, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Shanghai Institute of Process Automation& Instrumentation (SIPAI) and SUPCON.

The conference was chaired by academician Wang Wei (China Aerospace Science and Technology Group), chairman of the academic committee and vice-chairman of the China Instrument and Control Society.

Speeches were delivered by academician You Zheng, president of the conference, president of the China Instrument and Control Society and vice president of Tsinghua University, and Professor Wang Yongsheng，president of Beijing Information Science and Technology University on behalf of the co-sponsors.

In his welcoming speech, academician You Zheng emphasized that when we face the future, the intelligent demand of application scenarios, the quantum transformation of measurement and sensing, the basic research direction of instrumentation discipline, technological innovation and industrial path are all worthy of in-depth discussion. Expanding the boundaries of disciplines and building an open, integrated and harmonious communication platform are the goals of the annual academic conference.

In 2018, at the 26th CGPM, a resolution on the revision of the international unit system was adopted. New measuring principles, methods and instruments will emerge in the future. In the keynote report Research on Constancy of International Basic Units and China's Response, the honorary chairman of the China Instrument and Control Society, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and researcher of the National Institute of Metrology Li Tianchu introduced the concept of quantization-constancy evolution of length unit meter (m) and time unit second (s) in the international system of units, and took the research of the National Institute of Metrology as an example to illustrate the recurrence methods and development trend.

Intelligent micro-system technology is an important component of intelligent manufacturing that will drive the strategic technology in the future and introduce human society to the era of intelligence. Professor You Zheng, president of China Instrument and Control Society, academician of China Academy of Engineering and vice president of Tsinghua University, made a keynote report on Intelligent Manufacturing and Intelligent Microsystems.

Professor Li Xiangyang, Executive Dean of School of Computer Science and Technology, USTC made the keynote report Internet of Things under the Tide of Artificial Intelligence: a Preliminary Study of Intelligent, Passive and Security Issues, and introduced the latest research and discovery of passive sensing and passive wireless network based on RFID, as well as the security challenges of Internet of Things.

Professor Yan Yong from University of Kent, in his report Smart Condition Monitoring and Instrumentation through Advanced Sensing and Digital Signal Processing, introduced a series of methods of intelligent industrial monitoring status application using general sensors, digital signal processing and related image processing technology.

Sensors with high sensitivity and high performance and high precision actuators play a key role in intelligent manufacturing. The performance of sensors and actuators mainly depends on the performance of functional materials and optimal design. Professor Cao Wenwu of Pennsylvania State University, in his report The Important Role of High-end Piezoelectric Materials in the Age of Intelligence, introduced the latest progress in the field of piezoelectric materials and the possible improvements in the performance of sensing and displacement actuators.

The conference set up 11 sub-forums for space exploration and instruments, chemical measurement and instruments, marine meteorological detection, life and health and medical instruments, precision instruments and intelligent manufacturing, intelligent sensing technology, electronic measurement instruments and technologies, automatic detection and control technology, industrial safety technology, young scholars and education.

This annual conference coincides with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the China Instrument and Control Society. On the evening, commemorative activities were held. All the participants celebrated the birthday of this big family together.

Professor Yu Ruqin from Hunan University, representative of the first council of the society, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Zhou Zhaoying from Tsinghua University, initiator of the China Instrument and Control Society scholarship, reviewed the past and expressed their best wishes on behalf of the participants

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Jin Guofan of Tsinghua University, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Ye Shenghua of Tianjin University, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Zhou Liwei of Beijing University of Technology, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Wang Liding of Dalian University of Technology, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Wei Fusheng of China National Environmental Monitoring Centre, Professor Jiang Guibin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries and Eco-environment Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Zhang Guangjun, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Southeast University, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Tan Jiubin of Harbin University of Technology and other academician experts attended the annual academic conference and commemorative activities.