On March 7th, the inauguration ceremony of the Nankai University OpenHarmony Tech Club was held on campus.
The OpenHarmony Tech Club, under the leadership of the OpenHarmony Technical Steering Committee (TSC), is a collaborative effort between universities to build a platform for the development and sharing of terminal operating system technology and talent ecosystem. With the aim of "conducting innovative work and cultivating top-tier talent", the club invites experts to engage with students and faculty, encouraging their participation in the OpenHarmony open-source community. This initiative not only provides inspiration, honor, and growth opportunities for students and faculty but also strengthens the ties between academia and industry. Currently, a total of 25 prestigious universities across the nation, including Nankai University, have established OpenHarmony Tech Clubs.
Unveiling Ceremony Scene - Courtesy of Nankai University
During his address, Vice President Fang Yongchun expressed that the establishment of the OpenHarmony Technology Club at Nankai University marks a new stage in the university's research on open-source basic software. In the future, Nankai University will continue to deepen cooperation between industry, academia, and research, commit to the innovative development of basic software, cultivate more outstanding talents, and thrive in the open-source ecosystem. He hopes that Nankai students will use the OpenHarmony Technology Club as a platform to learn cutting-edge technology, enhance innovation capabilities, solve practical problems, and demonstrate the strength of Nankai on the path of self-reliance in science and technology.
Chairman of the OpenHarmony Project Group Working Committee and President of Huawei's Terminal BG Software Department, Gong Ti, expressed that universities are the cradle of talent cultivation. He looks forward to joining hands with major universities to gather industry, academia, and research, and to tackle challenges together using the wisdom of all sectors, to jointly build a deep-rooted and flourishing operating system foundation and open-source ecosystem, and to establish a talent highland for operating systems.
After the establishment ceremony, Gong Ti delivered a technical report titled "Leading Technology Builds Ecology, Connecting Everything for a Winning Future" to Nankai faculty and students. He stated that the development and growth of open-source HarmonyOS will bring huge opportunities to various industries and application software industries. In the future, Huawei will continue to participate in the co-construction of the HarmonyOS foundation and ecosystem, looking forward to more developers joining the HarmonyOS ecosystem, seizing the new opportunities of the era of connected intelligence, and contributing to the country's basic software field.
Chairman of the OpenHarmony Project Group Technical Guidance Committee and Huawei's Chief Scientist of Basic Software, Chen Haibo, delivered a technical report titled "Collaborative Research of Industry, Academia, and Research in Operating System Research and OpenHarmony Practice." In his report, he mentioned that operating systems have repeatedly driven waves of the information industry. In the current era of connected intelligence, we are ushering in new opportunities to overtake in the operating system industry and a good opportunity for high-level academic research development. Facing the era of connected intelligence, the OpenHarmony technology is deep-rooted and flourishing, and industry, academia, and research collaborate to forge ahead. The technology and talent ecosystem are thriving.
