Professor Cédric Villani from Lyon University, Fields medalist in 2010, was invited to visit Xiamen University from April 2 to April 6, and delivery a talk on "Of stars, Particles and Eternity" on April 4, 2016.

 President Assistant of Xiamen University, Professor Shaobin Tan and more than 100 faculty members and students from the School of Mathematical Sciences attended the talk.