{"id":1287,"date":"2023-10-24T16:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:45:41","slug":"congratulations-to-jason-cong-for-the-2023-outstanding-scientist-award-from-the-chinese-association-for-science-and-technology-usa-cast-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations\u00a0to Jason Cong for receiving the 2023\u00a0Outstanding Scientist Award from the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=1635302301  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jason-Cong.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jason-Cong.jpeg 481w, https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jason-Cong-238x300.jpeg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Prof. Jason Cong received the Outstanding Scientist Award from the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA) at its 31st<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Annual Meeting and Global Innovation Summit on\u00a0October 14, 2023, in Irvine, CA. Past winners of this award include distinguished Chinese-American scientists, including Prof. Shing-Tung Yau\u00a0(Harvard University, Fields Medalist), late Prof. Shoucheng Zhang (Stanford University, recipient of the Dirac Award, and Yuri Basic Physics Prize and Franklin Medal), and Prof. Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard University, recipient of the NAS Award for Scientific Discovery and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0More information about the award is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cast-usa.us\/single-post\/the-year-s-high-profile-cast-awards-are-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Prof. Cong also delivered a keynote speech titled \u201cCan We Automate Integrated Circuit Design?\u201d at the Summit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA) has over 20,000 members from diverse fields, including technology, culture, education, law, finance, and the humanities.\u00a0 With sixteen local chapters and professional associations throughout the United States, their members are a driving force behind scientific research, technological advancements, and cultural preservation in many US companies, universities, and research institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Jason Cong received the Outstanding Scientist Award from the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA) at its 31st\u00a0Annual Meeting and Global Innovation Summit on\u00a0October 14, 2023, in Irvine, CA. Past winners of this award include distinguished Chinese-American scientists, including Prof. Shing-Tung Yau\u00a0(Harvard University, Fields Medalist), late Prof. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}