On January 6, the 2018 SUSTech Global Scientists Forum of Southern University of Science and Technology opened grandly in Shenzhen Kylin Villa. The forum attracted more than 220 outstanding experts and scholars from home as well as abroad. This forum aims to provide a platform for brainstorm and academic exchanges among experts and scholars, to promote multi-disciplinary cross-convergence and academic innovation.

Opening ceremony

Group photo

In the afternoon, experts and scholars came to various departments to participate in the sub-forums and conducted a two-day academic exchange with professors from different departments. The sub-forum of Computer Science and Engineering Department was held at Nanshan i-Park, talents from Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, Nanyang Technological University, University of Technology Sydney, The University of Queensland, Monash University, University of Florida, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Melbourne, National University of Defense Technology, Sichuan University, excelling in the computer field of well-known universities domestically and abroad, as well as outstanding talents from top international IT companies such as Apple Inc. and NEC, were invited to participate in the forum and gathered together with professors from CSE Department to discuss the latest research. Professor Yao Xin, Director of the Department of Computer Science, presided over the sub-forum.

Dr. Kezhi Li from Imperial College London gave an academic report

Participants for academic report

Sub-forum site

Tea break

In the sub-forum, twenty-one guests made speeches in the field of computer frontiers research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, computational vision and smart medical. The speeches were entitled “Noisy Black - Box Optimization: Resampling Methods and Portfolio”, “Similarity regularized sparse group lasso for cup to discratio”, "Towards Efficient Analytic Query Processing in Main-Memory Column-Stores", "Bridging the Gap between Database and Multimedia for Surveillance Video Search" and "Angle - Closure Glaucoma Assessment in Anterior Segment OCT" They have made academic reports, and in-depth discussions with the department professors from our department.

The Department of Computers has built an efficient and cutting-edge academic exchange platform through the Forum. At the same time, it has successfully recruited talents from the computer field through the forum, which has enriched the computer department wing.