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Press & Honors

Newspaper, online and TV coverage of the road maintenance AI platform and OPC practice, plus team honors.

In the press

  1. Jiangsu Economic News

    科产融合打头阵,江苏“AI优先”底气足

    Science-industry integration leads the way as Jiangsu puts AI first

    In a report on AI and industry integration in Jiangsu, Jiangsu Economic News cites Wang Houzhi's AI platform for asphalt road coating and maintenance as a case of researchers using the OPC model to apply technology, translate research and start ventures.

    Reporter: 洪姝翌

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  2. Nanjing DailyA02 · News

    第十四届“创业江苏”大赛总决赛举行

    一批科创项目“借赛搭桥”加速落地

    Science and tech projects use the competition as a bridge to speed up deployment

    Nanjing Daily reports that Wang Houzhi won second prize in the AI OPC track of the 14th Chuangye Jiangsu competition with an industry-level AI platform for road maintenance, covering how the platform links materials R&D, engineering decisions and maintenance work, and the partnerships with science parks and banks that followed.

    Reporter: 张安琪

  3. Xinhua Daily

    第十四届“创业江苏”科技创业大赛收官,60个项目获奖

    一片“土壤”与一群“种子”的相互成就

    The 14th Chuangye Jiangsu competition closes with 60 winners: how the soil and the seeds lift each other

    In its closing report on the 14th Chuangye Jiangsu competition, Xinhua Daily features Southeast University faculty member Wang Houzhi's AI platform for asphalt road coating and maintenance and its second prize in the OPC track, as an example of AI helping research reach industry.

    Reporter: 胡安静

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  4. Yangtse Evening Post / Purple Cow News

    “一人成军”也能拿奖——第十四届“创业江苏”大赛总决赛在宁收官

    A one-person team can win too: the 14th Chuangye Jiangsu final wraps up in Nanjing

    Yangtse Evening Post / Purple Cow News reports Wang Houzhi's second prize in the AI OPC track for his road maintenance AI platform, how he uses the OPC model to translate research, and the platform's use in materials R&D, engineering decisions and maintenance work.

    Reporter: 徐媛园

  5. Nanjing Broadcasting CorporationTV report

    第十四届“创业江苏”科技创业大赛总决赛在宁举行

    The final of the 14th Chuangye Jiangsu science and technology startup competition held in Nanjing

    Nanjing Broadcasting Corporation covers the final and award ceremony of the 14th Chuangye Jiangsu competition, where 60 hard-tech startup teams and companies won awards and frontier projects were showcased.

  6. Nanjing Daily

    我国道路养护领域首个行业级AI平台在宁发布

    China's first industry-level AI platform for road maintenance launched in Nanjing

    Nanjing Daily reports on Asphalt.AI, the platform whose development Wang Houzhi leads, and its decision-making for road maintenance across distress detection, condition assessment, plan generation, materials matching, experimental validation and construction.

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Honors

  • China Highway & Transportation Society Science and Technology Award, First Prize (2023)

    Project: 跨海长大混凝土桥梁长寿耐久铺装建设养护关键技术

    Team award; Wang Houzhi is the second-listed contributor

  • China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2023), National Gold Award

    Project: 环途长青—国产环氧沥青多场景铺面开拓者

    One of the faculty supervisors

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