Cao Shihua elected as a WAPS academician

Professor Cao Shihua, leader of the smart health industryAwarded as a fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Sciences

The World Academy of Productivity Sciences (WAPS) is an important component of the World Confederation of Productivity Sciences (WCPS). The World Confederation of Productivity Sciences was established in 1969 with the goal of promoting productivity in various sectors of the national economy, improving the quality of work, raising living standards, and creating world peace and prosperity through productivity advancement.

Cao Shihua, a postdoctoral fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is a professor and a senior engineer. He is the dean of the Nursing College of Hangzhou Normal University Qianjiang College. He is a member of Hangzhou's 131 Talent and Hangzhou's D-level high-level talent. He is also a leading talent in science and technology in Suzhou High-tech Zone. He has long been engaged in research, teaching and scientific research in the fields of smart health and medical Internet of Things. The systems he has developed, such as "Non-contact Vital Sign Monitoring System and Application", "RFID Electronic Baby Burglar System", "Mobile Outpatient Infusion System", have been successfully applied in the medical and health care industry. He has won the second prize of the Science and Technology Invention and Entrepreneurship Achievement Award of the China Invention Association, the third prize of the Hangzhou Science and Technology Progress Award, and other awards. The "Intelligent Monitoring Pad" has hosted more than 30 national, provincial and various horizontal science and technology projects. He has published 90 international and domestic academic papers, published 6 monographs and textbooks, obtained 30 international and domestic patents, and won more than 30 teaching, scientific research and innovation awards. He is the head of the Production, Teaching and Research Cooperative Education Project of the Ministry of Education, the head of the first-class discipline of Nursing Science and the first-class course of Nursing Informatics in Zhejiang Province, and the head of the Hangzhou Nursing Informatics Production, Teaching and Research Practice Base. He has guided students to publish more than 30 international and domestic academic papers and participated in more than 50 international and domestic nursing information innovation competitions and awards. He is an outstanding teacher, the most beautiful teacher, and an outstanding instructor at Hangzhou Normal University. He is also a pioneer in the education, scientific research and practice of nursing informatics in China.

Research Contributions: Professor Cao Shihua has hosted “National Digital Health Key Technology and Regional Demonstration Application Research”, “Non-contact Vital Sign Monitoring System and Application”, “Application of COMSOL-based Biomechanical Simulation Technology in Pressure Injury Assessment and Prevention of Lying Position”, “Low-cost and widely accessible health data collection, processing, and service system for grassroots level”, “Non-contact vital sign monitoring key technology and application” and other sub-projects of the “11th Five-Year Plan” scientific research support project, as well as more than 30 national, provincial, and municipal scientific research projects. He actively carries out industry-university-research cooperation and has rich experience and resources in industry-university-research cooperation services. He has developed the “Mobile Nursing Information System”, “RFID Baby Electronic Anti-theft System”, and “Mobile Outpatient Infusion System” in cooperation with enterprises, which have been successfully applied in more than 300 hospitals in China, achieving significant economic and social benefits. He has applied for more than 50 international and domestic patents and software patents, and has published more than 90 academic papers (including more than 30 SCI and EI papers); edited and published four books including “International Development and Research Hotspots in Nursing Informatics”, “Sensor Technology Application for Internet of Things”, and “Big Data Technology Application”. He has repeatedly won the honorary title of "Top Ten Scientific Researchers" at Qianjiang College.

Social part-time job: Mr. Cao Shihua serves as the director of the Nursing Branch of the China National Health Association, the executive director of the Hangzhou Medical and Gerontology Society, the expert of the discipline evaluation of the Ministry of Education for degree and postgraduate education, the head of nursing informatics of the National Medical Information Technology Talent Training Office, the director of the branch of the China Association for Traditional Chinese Medicine Information, the director of the Nursing Branch of the China National Health Association, the vice president of the Health and Disability Technology Research Institute of the Zhejiang Provincial Invention Association, and also serves as the editorial board member of the "Medical Information", " Chinese Journal of Integrative Nursing", "Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing ", the reviewer of "Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence", "IEEE MWCL", "Applied Physics Letters", "IEEE ACCESS", "Chinese Nursing Management","Journal of Nursing Science".

Technology entrepreneurship: Professor Cao Shihua has long been engaged in the research and application of medical health IoT technology. Noticing that intelligent health and intelligent aging are the future development trends, he founded Hangzhou Aoxin Technology Co., Ltd. in July 2018 after graduating from the Macau University of Science and Technology. The company mainly engages in the research and production of medical IoT technology and medical health monitoring products. After market research both at home and abroad, Cao Shihua developed a non-contact vital signs monitoring system using high-sensitivity and low-power sensor arrays and advanced data acquisition and recognition algorithms. This project has received funding from the 5213 Outstanding Overseas Talent Program in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, and the Hangzhou Science and Technology Pandemic Finding Program. The system can continuously monitor patients' heart rate, respiration, and sleep without their awareness, and can also provide reminders and alarms for abnormal and emergency events. It effectively overcomes the impact of wearing a monitoring product on a patient's physical activity and provides a new solution for monitoring the health and sleep of patients, especially the elderly. The system has been successfully applied in hospitals, nursing homes, and community homes. The system has obtained 20 domestic and foreign patents and software copyrights for non-contact vital signs monitoring, medical health data analysis and other core technologies, obtaining intellectual property standard certification, national chronic disease appropriate technology promotion product certification, as well as national high-tech enterprise, national small-medium-sized enterprise of science and technology, national software enterprise certificates.

Teaching: Professor Cao Shihua is the subject leader of nursing informatics in Qianjiang College, and has hosted multiple teaching research projects including the collaborative education project of the Ministry of Education, the scientific research project of the China Education Development Strategy Research Association Teacher Development Professional Committee, the first-class discipline of nursing in Zhejiang Province, the higher education research project in Zhejiang Province, the first-class undergraduate course of nursing informatics in Zhejiang Province, and the key subject of IoT engineering in Hangzhou. He assumes the teaching tasks of nursing informatics, nursing research, computer culture foundation, and new media technology application. He has edited 4 textbooks including "Nursing Informatics", "Nursing Information Technology Application", "New Media Technology Application and Practice", and "Body Temperature Management", which are used by many universities and medical institutions across the country with good market feedback. His teaching achievements have won many awards including the National Smart Nursing Demonstration Application Award, the National Education Technology Multimedia Achievement Award, the Zhejiang Province Teaching Innovation Award, and the Zhejiang Province Teacher Education Technology Achievement Award.

Student guidance: Professor Cao has guided students to publish more than 30 papers at international and domestic conferences including "Nursing Informatics International Congress", "JMIR Serious Game", "Sustainability", "People's Liberation Army Nursing Journal", " Journal of Nursing Science", "Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing ", "Nursing and Rehabilitation Journal", and "Medical Information". His students' projects such as "Intelligent Bed Mat Monitoring System", "Infrared Thermal Imaging Body Temperature Monitoring System", and "Internet + Chronic Disease Management" have won more than 10 awards including 2 projects supported by the Zhejiang Province New Talent Program, 10 projects supported by the university's Star Plan, and 20 projects supported by the college-level scientific research project. They have also won more than 30 awards in national and cross-strait college student medical information technology skills competition, including championship, special prize, first prize, second prize, and third prize. His students have applied for more than 10 patents.

Awards and honors: Professor Cao has been awarded as the Advanced Individual in Service for Elderly in Hangzhou, the Outstanding Teacher in Hangzhou Education Bureau System, the Most Beautiful Teacher in Hangzhou Education System, the "My Favorite Teacher" in Qianjiang College of Hangzhou Normal University, the Favorite Club Guidance Teacher in Hangzhou Normal University, the Excellent Social Practice Guidance Teacher in Hangzhou Normal University, the Outstanding Class Advisor, the Model Teacher in Hangzhou Normal University, and the Excellent Gardener Award in Hangzhou Normal University. He has also won provincial and municipal scientific and technological progress awards, and won many national and provincial multimedial technology awards for many times.