Arcade Publishing
Being Online: On Computing, Data, the Internet, and the Cloud by Wang, Jian
Being Online: On Computing, Data, the Internet, and the Cloud by Wang, Jian
Out of stock
Couldn't load pickup availability
Author: Jian Wang
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781951627799
About the Author
Dr. Jian Wang was the chief technology officer at Alibaba and founded its cloud, which ranks third as a public cloud provider globally and first in Asia. He was also the chief architect of Apsara, its computing foundation, and took the lead in proposing the industrial model of using computing as a public service. In 2016, Dr. Wang pioneered and led the nonprofit City Brain initiative to develop a new digital infrastructure for sustainable "smart" cities as his personal effort and was the architect of Hangzhou City Brain. He founded the Yunqi Academy of Engineering, a private nonprofit research institute with a focus on scientific research for City Brain, and the Yunqi Science and Technology Innovation Foundation, a philanthropic private foundation that operates the free 2050 museum, which envisions the future through technology innovation and organizes the 2050 event every year in April, promoting the vision of science and technology bringing people together. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and lives in Hangzhou, China.
Share
