Education

 

 

 

 

1978 - 1979: University of Science and Technology of China (I had that as the first choice in my application - second choice was Beijing Univ and third choice was Tsinghua Univ);

1979 - 1980: Stockholm University, Sweden;

1980 - 1984: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; (Received M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics);

1983 - 1986: Royal Institute of Technology; Postgraduate study in Statistics;

1985 - 1987: Linkoping University, Sweden; Received Licentiate in Engineering in 1986 and Ph.D. in Quality Technology in 1987.

And I am a 10th generation descendant of Gauss (Gauss的第十代弟子). My advisor's advisor's ... advisor also include the famous Bessel (function), Schwarz (inequality), Kummer (surface), Cramer (theorem), etc.


After the public oral defense of PhD thesis - Dr.Xie with Prof Bo Bergman (PhD thesis supervisor, first chair of the Professorship in Quality in Sweden) and Prof Bent Natvig (opponent in thesis defense - Norwegian champion in marathon in 1970, winner of London marathon in >40 class in 1987; yes - he is a full professor at University of Oslo ). 


My 20-years (educational life) as "guinea-pig":

In 1968, I was "sent" to school when I was four (ok, it was because I was not afraid of anyone except teacher)...

In 1978, I was in the first group of students of Special Class of Gifted Youngs (Shao-Nian-Ban) who entered the university (I was 14)...

In 1979, I was in the first group of students "sent" to Sweden for undergraduate study when I was 15...

In 1987, I was the first PhD graduate in Quality Technology in Sweden under the supervision of Prof Bo Bergman...

(finally THE END of a happy student-life, and now it's real life...).