Hu Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang Hu is a Chair Professor at Peking University, China, and previously held professorships at the National Institute of Informatics, University of Tokyo, and SOKENDAI. He specializes in bidirectional transformation, functional programming, and software engineering. His research focuses on foundational theories and applications in programming languages, including parallelization and formal methods.

Education:

• BSc, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1988)
• MSc, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1991)
• PhD, University of Tokyo (1996)

Research Interests:

• Development of bidirectional languages and frameworks
• Optimization of functional programs
• Automated parallelization techniques
• Formal verification of transformations

Awards:

• Yangtze River Scholar (2015)
• ACM Distinguished Scientist (2016)
• Basic Research Achievement Award (2015)
• Multiple Best Paper Awards including Takahashi Awards (1997, 2008)

Grants & Leadership:

• PI of 14 national grants totaling over 250 million Yen
• Founder and Chair of NII Shonan Meetings (2010-2018)
• Leadership roles in ICFP, MODELS, APLAS, and other top conferences

Labs/Teams: Active in the NII Shonan Meetings, fostering collaborative research in informatics and software engineering.