Prof. Alessandro Sepe, Head of the Scientific Computing Program at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences was awarded the Chinese Government Friendship Award at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September. 30^th 2024.

Prof. Sepe's main research direction is synchrotron Big Data science. So far, he has published nearly 40 papers in internationally renowned journals and had prominence and recognition within the international scientific community.

He has led his team carrying out a series of innovative research and development works culminating in the architecting, design and deployment of the BDSC at the SSRF, while making a number of core technological breakthroughs in the design and development of scientific computing infrastructures, and in the research and development of automatic data processing pipelines.

Furthermore, Prof. Sepe has actively used his overseas research network to promote SSRF's foreign exchanges and cooperation.

Established in 1991, the Friendship Award is the highest honor to commend foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China's modernization drive. 100 winners are awarded the 2024 Chinese Government Friendship Award. Acting as experts in the field of international communication, they have made great contributions to making the voices of China better heard in the world.