On 7 April 2022, Professor Jianxin Pan, Dean of the Division of Science and Technology, UIC, gave a lecture on "Modelling and Learning Strategy for Medical/Health Data" to UIC students and faculty, introducinghis recent researchon data modelling in the field of medical and health. He was a Professor of Statisticsat the University of Manchester before joining UIC. Heis a Fell...

UIC's Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research and Application for Data Science has been approved by the Guangdong Science and Technology Department.The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research and Application for Data Science, led by Prof Pan Jianxin, Dean of UIC's Division of Science and Technology, mainly focuses on multi-modal data processin...

Receiving a liberal arts education at UIC inspired Dong Shengkun to firmly step on the road of scientific research and helped him lay the foundations to become an associate professor in a renowned university in China.Dong Shengkun, who graduated from UIC's Environment Science (ENVS) Programme in 2011, continued his Master's and PhD studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), US.

Scientific research could be a lonely and arduous adventure. Luckily, Luo Jiaqiang and Wu Tong have each other by their sides on their academic journey. The couple met at UIC and then went to Australia for their Master's and Doctoral degrees together. Wu Tong, 2014 FST graduate, obtained a Master's Degree in Food Sciences at the University of Melbourne, pursuing Doctoral...

In October 2021, Qiu Yitao started his journey at Imperial College London (ICL), a top research university globally, where he is exposed to new learning resources and opportunities. Having experienced the teaching pattern at UIC, which involved group work and an internationalised atmosphere, Yitao adjusted to postgraduate studies quickly.

UIC launched the new Math Learning Centre (MLC) on 15 December to facilitate math and statistics studies.Located at T3-101, the MLC is equipped with interactive teaching facilities. Students can come here to discuss math and statistics-related questions without making appointments, and there are teachers and student tutors on duty to help. Moreover, math learning workshops and sharing sessions ...

UIC Environmental Science Programme (ENVS) held the first Alumni Research Forum in November 2021. Twelve graduates working or researching in different fields were invited to share their stories, research directions and achievements.Group Photos of the ENVS teachers, graduates and studentsAccording to Dr Tsim Siu-tai, Programme Director of ENVS, around 30 ENVS graduates chose to pursue PhD degre...

On 27 November, the Urban Planning & Construction Bureau of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, UIC and the Zhuhai Bird-watching Society organised a promotional event on wildlife protection. The inauguration ceremony of the Biodiversity Research Centre of Hengqin was also held on the day.Launching the Biodiversity Research Centre of HengqinThe Biodiversity Research Centre of H...