On September 13, 2018, the Faculty of Information Technology (FI) held IT Frontiers 2018 The 2nd FI PhD Student Seminar 2018 at Block C, Rooms 408 and 404. IT Frontiers 2018 provides an academic exchange platform for FI PhD students at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). The purpose is to let PhD students meet together and discuss their research findings and the latest advancements in their own disciplines. More than 60 PhD students and Professors (including FI dean, Prof. Du Zhang, and the seminar chair, Prof. Qinglin Zhao) attended this seminar.
Prof. Du Zhang gave an opening talk in the seminar
Prof. Qinglin Zhao introduced the seminar agenda
The group photo of the seminar was taken
Professors discussed questions with one PhD student in the seminar.
At the beginning of the seminar, Prof. Du Zhang gave an opening talk. He points out that attending seminars and giving presentations is a very good way to exchange ideas with academic colleagues. Therefore, he hopes that each PhD student should take this opportunity to introduce his research findings and share his research outcomes. Next, 30 PhD students who were enrolled in 2017 presented their research findings and 4 professors evaluated these presentations. The whole seminar lasted for 4 hours and 30 minutes. After the seminar, 3 PhD students were selected to receive 3 research awards, respectively. They are Fangxin Xu (who won the Best Paper Award), Jinlai Zhao (who won the Best Innovation Award), and Junliang Li (who won the Best Presentation Award). Finally, all PhD students and professors attended the seminar luncheon at The Seasons. During the luncheon, FI dean, Prof. Du Zhang, issued research award certificates to the three PhD students and excellent-service award certificates to 7 student volunteers of the seminar including Guangcheng Li.
Prof. Du Zhang (left) issued a certificate to Fangxin Xu winning the Best Paper Award
Prof. Du Zhang (left) issued a certificate to Jinlai Zhao winning the Outstanding Innovation Award
Prof. Du Zhang (left) issued a certificate to Junliang Li winning the Best Presentation Award