Home now after a busy week in Shanghai for the GCA conference at Tongji University, where I spoke about AI dementia representation. A strong showing from Lancaster, including online talks from @TonyMcEnery.bsky.social and @DrJoeBurton.bsky.social, too. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Home now after a busy week in Shanghai for the GCA conference at Tongji University, where I spoke about AI dementia representation. A strong showing from Lancaster, including online talks from @TonyMcEnery.bsky.social and @DrJoeBurton.bsky.social, too. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
"The goal for these kinds of organization, says Fan Xiudi, an educational-policy specialist at Tongji University in Shanghai, China, seems to be to build a facade of legitimacy, and then use that to sell memberships and awards to early-career researchers, particularly in China."
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Oh look more and more elaborate scams using artificially generated and digitally manipulated content to prey on academics and researchers.
Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"The goal for these kinds of organization, says Fan Xiudi, an educational-policy specialist at Tongji University in Shanghai, China, seems to be to build a facade of legitimacy, and then use that to sell memberships and awards to early-career researchers, particularly in China."
Chiiiiiile
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"The goal for these kinds of organization, says Fan Xiudi, an educational-policy specialist at Tongji University in Shanghai, China, seems to be to build a facade of legitimacy, and then use that to sell memberships and awards to early-career researchers, particularly in China"
Oh look more and more elaborate scams using artificially generated and digitally manipulated content to prey on academics and researchers.
Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"The goal for these kinds of organization, says Fan Xiudi, an educational-policy specialist at Tongji University in Shanghai, China, seems to be to build a facade of legitimacy, and then use that to sell memberships and awards to early-career researchers, particularly in China"
„Prof. E. H. (Tongji-Univ.), Dr.-Ing. E. H., Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Klaus Fischer“. 🫠
March 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
„Prof. E. H. (Tongji-Univ.), Dr.-Ing. E. H., Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Klaus Fischer“. 🫠
Tongji University finally inaugurated its own research vessel!! 🚢
January 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Tongji University finally inaugurated its own research vessel!! 🚢
Kowloon's Gate makes "tongji" タンキー as some sort of voodoo. It's actually a form of divination involving a shaman being possessed in a physically-demanding ritual. On the other hand, voodoo is practised in Hong Kong in the form of "villain hitting" 打小人, where dolls are smacked with shoes.
July 19, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Kowloon's Gate makes "tongji" タンキー as some sort of voodoo. It's actually a form of divination involving a shaman being possessed in a physically-demanding ritual. On the other hand, voodoo is practised in Hong Kong in the form of "villain hitting" 打小人, where dolls are smacked with shoes.
Death by managent and hyper surveillance, or a Uni President who wants to leave a mark before the exit? Pick your options.
Tongji abolishes tenure: #AcademicSky
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/earthqu...
Tongji abolishes tenure: #AcademicSky
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/earthqu...
‘An earthquake in Chinese academia’: Tongji abolishes tenure
Shanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit?
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Death by managent and hyper surveillance, or a Uni President who wants to leave a mark before the exit? Pick your options.
Tongji abolishes tenure: #AcademicSky
🧪
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/earthqu...
Tongji abolishes tenure: #AcademicSky
🧪
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/earthqu...
Growing plants on roofs can serve as an effective way to remove microplastics from the air.
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater
A small team of researchers at Tongji University, working with a colleague from the Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, both in China, has found that growing plants on roo...
phys.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Growing plants on roofs can serve as an effective way to remove microplastics from the air.
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com
4th page (part 3):
通济桥 (Tong Ji Qiao) Tongji Bridge by 路航 Lu Hang
无面之城 (Wu Mian Zhi Chen) Faceless City by 杨晚晴 Yang Wan Qing
通济桥 (Tong Ji Qiao) Tongji Bridge by 路航 Lu Hang
无面之城 (Wu Mian Zhi Chen) Faceless City by 杨晚晴 Yang Wan Qing
February 17, 2024 at 10:02 PM
4th page (part 3):
通济桥 (Tong Ji Qiao) Tongji Bridge by 路航 Lu Hang
无面之城 (Wu Mian Zhi Chen) Faceless City by 杨晚晴 Yang Wan Qing
通济桥 (Tong Ji Qiao) Tongji Bridge by 路航 Lu Hang
无面之城 (Wu Mian Zhi Chen) Faceless City by 杨晚晴 Yang Wan Qing
p.s. The turn-key doll in KG's spiritual successor Planet Laika is a reference to the Tongji Doll ☯️
July 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
p.s. The turn-key doll in KG's spiritual successor Planet Laika is a reference to the Tongji Doll ☯️
The first generation of conceptual artists dissected and analyzed language’s limitations with the gravity of a brain surgeon. Tongji Philip Qian does the opposite.
Tongji Philip Qian Finds the Comedy in Conceptual Art
He differs from most conceptual artists and their self-imposed strategies: even when he follows the rules, he undermines himself.
hyperallergic.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The first generation of conceptual artists dissected and analyzed language’s limitations with the gravity of a brain surgeon. Tongji Philip Qian does the opposite.
It's #PalaeoPercs day! Join us at 1000 UTC to learn more about stromatolites and research opportunities in China with Viplove Rajurkar from Tongji University, China!
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It's #PalaeoPercs day! Join us at 1000 UTC to learn more about stromatolites and research opportunities in China with Viplove Rajurkar from Tongji University, China!
Autonomous vehicle miniature testing lab and Shanghai Tongji university
July 23, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Autonomous vehicle miniature testing lab and Shanghai Tongji university
# Moderator
Xin Xiangyang, Dean of the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University.
# Panelists:
Sun Wenqian, Director of Institute for Fashioning Innovation at Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Director fo the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.
Xin Xiangyang, Dean of the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University.
# Panelists:
Sun Wenqian, Director of Institute for Fashioning Innovation at Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Director fo the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.
September 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
# Moderator
Xin Xiangyang, Dean of the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University.
# Panelists:
Sun Wenqian, Director of Institute for Fashioning Innovation at Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Director fo the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.
Xin Xiangyang, Dean of the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University.
# Panelists:
Sun Wenqian, Director of Institute for Fashioning Innovation at Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Director fo the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.
Terrible news for academics in China who are already under immense work pressure. Let's hope this doesn't expand
‘An earthquake in Chinese academia’: Tongji abolishes tenure
Shanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit?
share.google
August 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Terrible news for academics in China who are already under immense work pressure. Let's hope this doesn't expand
Ich freue mich, meinen Beitrag zu materialistischer Geschichtsschreibung bei Walter Benjamin vorzustellen und die Architektur des Walter Benjamin Platzes bei diesem spannenden Symposium an der Tongji University in Shanghai zu diskutieren.
Hat jemand Shanghai-Empfehlungen und Hinweise für mich?
Hat jemand Shanghai-Empfehlungen und Hinweise für mich?
June 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ich freue mich, meinen Beitrag zu materialistischer Geschichtsschreibung bei Walter Benjamin vorzustellen und die Architektur des Walter Benjamin Platzes bei diesem spannenden Symposium an der Tongji University in Shanghai zu diskutieren.
Hat jemand Shanghai-Empfehlungen und Hinweise für mich?
Hat jemand Shanghai-Empfehlungen und Hinweise für mich?
[1/4] 2026-07-18 14:22:07 - [Fan Ling, Director of the Design Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Tongji University: AI is completing the leap from "tool" to "infrastructure"] According to news on July 18, Director of the Design Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Tongji
July 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
[1/4] 2026-07-18 14:22:07 - [Fan Ling, Director of the Design Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Tongji University: AI is completing the leap from "tool" to "infrastructure"] According to news on July 18, Director of the Design Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Tongji
#environment Why we need more green roofs:
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater
A small team of researchers at Tongji University, working with a colleague from the Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, both in China, has found that growing plants on roo...
phys.org
June 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
#environment Why we need more green roofs:
Maglev test centre in Shanghai Tongji university. Testing domestically produced vehicles for the Pudong line and future hs-lines
July 23, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Maglev test centre in Shanghai Tongji university. Testing domestically produced vehicles for the Pudong line and future hs-lines
New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
The change is being implemented within a context of rising surveillance and performance management of Chinese academic staff.
‘An earthquake in Chinese academia’: Tongji abolishes tenure
Shanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit?
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM
The change is being implemented within a context of rising surveillance and performance management of Chinese academic staff.
Chinese students and professors at Tongji University, Shanghai, sell their personal effects to buy rice for students whose homes were either destroyed or occupied by communist forces in the Chinese Civil War. January 1949, photograph by Warren Lee.
May 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Chinese students and professors at Tongji University, Shanghai, sell their personal effects to buy rice for students whose homes were either destroyed or occupied by communist forces in the Chinese Civil War. January 1949, photograph by Warren Lee.
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀?
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 - 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
USA: Futurific Studios and Untold, 2024.
Reviewed by:
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶, Tongji University, China
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 - 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
USA: Futurific Studios and Untold, 2024.
Reviewed by:
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶, Tongji University, China
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀?
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 - 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
USA: Futurific Studios and Untold, 2024.
Reviewed by:
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶, Tongji University, China
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...
𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 - 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚
USA: Futurific Studios and Untold, 2024.
Reviewed by:
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶, Tongji University, China
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...
Through his time-based limitations, such as producing a drawing during his lunch hour, Tongji Philip Qian conveys time as a form of imprisonment we cannot escape.
Tongji Philip Qian Finds the Comedy in Conceptual Art
He differs from most conceptual artists and their self-imposed strategies: even when he follows the rules, he undermines himself.
hyperallergic.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Through his time-based limitations, such as producing a drawing during his lunch hour, Tongji Philip Qian conveys time as a form of imprisonment we cannot escape.
the next train home was in the morning. we ended up going back to Tongji and walked on campus the whole night. took a little nap in one of the buildings before I went to the station again. can't remember why hotel was never an option, probably no money.
August 1, 2026 at 7:28 AM
the next train home was in the morning. we ended up going back to Tongji and walked on campus the whole night. took a little nap in one of the buildings before I went to the station again. can't remember why hotel was never an option, probably no money.