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中国大学开除被指控伪造计算机芯片研究的科学家

Paul Mooney报道
美国《高等教育纪事报》2006年5月19日

　　上海交通大学星期五宣布，一位担负项目负责人的科学家因为伪造开发出被
吹捧为中国首个国产计算机芯片，而被开除学术职务。

　　学校在贴在其网站上用愤怒的语气写成的通报中，说其微电子学院前院长陈
进欺骗了由学校和资助“汉芯”项目的国家和地方机构的人员组成的鉴定专家。

　　学校官员说，他们在去年12月收到一封举报陈进研究有假的信件，立即开始
了调查。校方没有说明该信的来源。

　　主持一个已揭露了数百起学术腐败事件的网站的科学学者方是民说，该举报
首先出现在几个读者众多的互联网论坛上，后来又出现在中国主要门户网站之一
新浪网。

　　学校官员在意识到问题的严重性后，于1月28日邀请教育部、科技部和上海
政府参与调查。

　　由这些机构组成的调查组在经过2个月的调查之后，认定陈进伪造了汉芯数
字信号处理器的研究，并不能实现其声称的功能。官方通讯社新华社宣称陈进也
从一家外国公司盗取了技术。

　　记者没能找到陈进发表看法。

　　清华大学自动化系教授赵南元对陈进能够欺骗这么长时间感到惊讶。“能制
造这么多假芯片，并通过了几次鉴定和调查，这说明我们的体系不够严格，”赵
南元说，“我们的评估体系存在问题。”

　　这一事件让中国政府感到难堪，在2003年它曾宣布汉芯芯片的研发标志着上
海正在成为世界芯片制造业的中心。包括温家宝总理在内的政府高级官员都曾经
视察过陈进的实验室。

　　上海交大开除了陈进的院长和教授职务。科技部和国家发展改革委称他们将
终止资助陈进的研究项目，并收缴他从政府获得的研究经费。

（方舟子译）

Chinese University Dismisses Scientist Accused of Faking Computer-
Chip Research
By PAUL MOONEY

Beijing

A leading Chinese scientist has been dismissed from his academic
positions for fabricating the development of what was highly touted as
China’s first homegrown computer chip, Shanghai Jiaotong University
announced on Friday.

In an angrily worded statement on its Web site, the university said
that Chen Jin, the former dean of its Microelectronics School, had
deceived technological appraisal teams from the university and from
national and local government agencies that had financially supported
the Hanxin, or China chip, project.

University officials said that they had received a letter in December
claiming that Mr. Chen’s research was fraudulent, and that they
immediately began an investigation. The university did not identify
the letter’s source.

Fang Shi-min, a scientist who runs a Web site that has exposed
hundreds of cases of academic corruption, says the allegations first
appeared on several popular Internet bulletin boards, and later on
Sina.com, one of China’s leading information portals.

Realizing the severity of the problem, on January 28, university
officials invited the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science
and Technology, and the Shanghai government to join the investigation.

After a two-month investigation, a panel involving those agencies
determined that Mr. Chen had faked the research on the Hanxin digital
signal-processing chips, which it said did not perform as claimed. The
official Xinhua News Agency alleged that Mr. Chen had also stolen
technology from a foreign company.

Mr. Chen could not be reached for comment.

Zhao Nanyuan, a professor of automation at Tsinghua University,
expressed surprise that Mr. Chen would have been able to deceive
people for so long. Making so many fake computer chips, and passing
several appraisals and investigations, shows that our system is not
rigorous enough,” said Mr. Zhao. “There’s a problem in our evaluation
system.”

The incident embarrassed the Chinese government, which in 2003 had
heralded the development of the Hanxin chip as a sign that Shanghai
was poised to become a world center of chip manufacturing. Senior
government officials, including Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, have
visited Mr. Chen’s lab.

The university has dismissed Mr. Chen from his positions as dean and
professor. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the State
Development Reform Commission said they would stop financing Mr.
Chen’s research projects, and they ordered him to return research
funds received from the government.

Chronicle of Higher Education, From the issue dated May 19, 2006
 
(XYS20060516)

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