Jieshu Wang

• Data / Social scientist
• Freelance Writer / Science (fiction) Fan / Science book translator
• Bibliophile / Art Lover
• Focuses: Social dimensions of Artificial Intelligence

Education

• Aug 2018 – : Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, U.S.
  • Ph.D. student of Human and Social Dimensions (HSD) of Science and Technology, School for the Future of Innovation in Society
• Sept 2016 – May 2018: Georgetown University, Washington DC, U.S.
  • Master of Arts in Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)
  • Thesis: What’s in your face? Discrimination in Facial Recognition Technology
• Sept 2014 – May 2016: University of Hong Kong, Beijing, China
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)
  • Graduate with Distinction, top one in the program
• Sept 2007 – June 2009: Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
  • Master of Engineering in Underground Engineering, top one in the program
• Sept 2007 – June 2009: Peking University, Beijing, China
  • Double Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, at China Center for Economic Research (CCER)
• Sept 2003 – June 2007: Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

Publications

• Books
  • Co-author of The Peak of Technology: In-Depth Interpretation of the 50 Breakthrough Technologies on MIT Technology Review
    • 17/50 Chapters include Deep Learning, Baxter: the Blue Collar Robot, Agile Robots, 3D Transistors, Magic Leap, Project Loon, Egg Stem Cells, Nanopore Sequencing, Internet of DNA, Agricultural Drones, etc.
• Translations
  • Tegmark, Max. 2017. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality. Translated by Jieshu Wang. Beijing, China: Cheers Publishing.
  • Kaplan, Jerry. 2018. Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know. Translated by Jieshu Wang. Beijing, China: Cheers Publishing.
  • Tegmark, Max. 2018. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. translated by Jieshu Wang. Beijing, China: Cheers Publishing.
    • One of the 30 Best Books in 2018 awarded by the Publishers Association of China.

Work Experience

• Mar 2016 – Aug 2016: Freelance writer for technology
• Aug 2015 – Mar 2016: Synced Technology Co., Ltd, Co-founder & Chief Operation Officer
• Mar 2014 – July 2015: Newton Science Magazine, Editor & New Media Manager
• Aug 2009 – Feb 2014: State Intellectual Property Office of China, Patent Examiner

Internship

• Mar 2009 – May 2009: Caterpillar (China) Investment Co., LTD, Marketing Intern
• Jun 2008 – Aug 2008: Hilti China LTD, Marketing Intern

Skills & Hobbies

• Language: Chinese (Native); English (Proficient);
• Computer Science: machine learning, data analysis, neural networks;
• Programming: Python (Intermediate), Pandas, Seaborn, Numpy;
• 3D Modeling: AutoCAD;
• Web: html, CSS, WordPress;
• Data Visualization: Tableau, Processing, Seaborn;
• Music
  • Soprano in Chorus 16‘ Choir, won Golden Medal in Beijing Choral Festival
  • Keyboard player & vocal in local bands
• Handicraft: fabric & leather art
• Digital Painting

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. – Niels Bohr