According to news on the official website of Wuhan University, Zhang Pingwen, President of Wuhan University, recently visited the School of Computer Science for research and discussion.Zhang Wenping said that in terms of the construction of Lei Jun’s class and robotics department, he hopes that the college will improve its position and plan for the future, and play an important role in Lei Jun’s alumni donations.Make full use of the talent attraction and recruitment functions of Wuhan Institute of Mathematics and Intelligence, National Multimedia Software Engineering Technology Research Center, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute and other platforms, prosper the college with talents and strengthen the college with disciplines, continuously improve the comprehensive strength of the disciplines, and work together to build the School of Computer Science into a well-known domestic and world-class academic highland at an early date.
Wuhan University just announced the establishment of a Department of Robotics not long ago. It was established jointly with Xiaomi under the proposal and donation of the Lei Jun Foundation.
According to domestic media reports, the office staff of the School of Computer Science at Wuhan University responded to the news about Lei Jun’s class:"After this year's college entrance examination, Lei Jun's class will recruit 15 undergraduate students from all over the country, majoring in computer science, and will attract the best and ambitious students to study, and provide them with comprehensive training."
He introduced that Lei Jun’s class is different from other ordinary undergraduate classes in that all aspects of training are highly configured.
It is reported that Wuhan University is the alma mater of Xiaomi founder Lei Jun. He also announced on the 130th anniversary of Wuhan University on November 29 last year,An individual donated 1.3 billion yuan to his alma mater, setting a new record for the largest single donation since the founding of Wuhan University.
Lei Jun said at the time that the donation mainly focused on three directions: supporting basic research in six major disciplines: mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature, history and philosophy, supporting scientific and technological innovation in the computer field, and supporting the training of college students.