UNNC 7th Postgraduate Research Conference successfully held

UNNC 7th Postgraduate Research Conference

On 18 March 2023, UNNC 7th Postgraduate Research (PGR) Conference was successfully held on the theme Illuminating the future with your research.

This year, we have 59 PGR presentations submitted to the conference, including 5 from top Chinese universities (e.g., Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Xiamen University, and the University of Science and Technology of China). Nearly 700 students and academics participated in this event offline and online.

UNNC Vice-Provost for Education and Student Experience, Professor Philip Seltsikas, gave an opening speech to the participants and warmly welcomed the presenters and guests. He then introduced general information about UNNC PhD education and the PGR Conference. He also briefly shared some of his PhD journey experience during the speech.

Keynote speaker

Professor Hao Wu, Distinguished professor in Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a keynote speech on Statistical methods for biomedical big data: modelling, inference, and application.

Professor Alain Chong, Dean of Graduate School and Global Engagement, UNNC, delivered a speech on Building a sustainable research career: reflections from a ‘Hai Hao’（还好）researcher.

The PGR Conference was further divided into 5 parallel sessions based on which faculty the presenters were from. The Judging Panel, consisting of professors from each faculty of UNNC and partner institutes, provided rigorous evaluation and gave marks and feedback to all the presenters during the academic presentation.

Judging Panel at the PGR Conference

After the parallel sessions, an award ceremony was held. Alain Chong, Dean of Graduate School and Global Engagement, and Evelyn Lin, Director of Graduate School, presented the award certificates and trophies to the prize winners: 3 Best Presenters from each faculty, 3 Second Prize winners, 5 Third Prize winners, and 5 Excellent External Speakers.

Professor Alain Chong delivered a closing speech to express his appreciation for everyone's participation, his congratulations to the winners, and his gratitude to the supporting team and student interns.

UNNC 7th PGR Conference Winners Group Photo

The PGR Conference was an occasion to share our research to other fellow PhD students and professors, and get exposed to their research too.

Tanguy Sindihebura, the Best Presenter from NUBS China

I obtained useful comments and suggestions from the judging panel and audiences, which will motivate me to improve my work. It is also a great opportunity to learn about how people do research in other disciplines, through which I seek the chance to extend my research topics and find potential collaborators.

Ying Chen, the Best Presenter from FHSS

From the feedback we've collected after the PGR Conference, audiences also stated that "it was a good chance to practice their research presenting skill in front of an intellectual community" and "the conference is definitely worthwhile".

Special thanks to the panel, internal and external participants, the conference committee, and the student interns: the conference couldn't have run smoothly without your efforts and support, and your invaluable contributions are greatly appreciated.

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Published on 23 March 2023

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