South China University of Technology Held a Development Exchange Meeting for the Academy of Future Technology/ Academy of Electronics and Information
time: 2021-03-23

   On March 21, the development seminar and exchange meeting of the Academy of Future Technology/ Academy of Electronics and Information of South China University of Technology was successfully held in Duxing Building through the online + offline method.Academy leader Li Zheng, vice president,director Zhu Yongdong, Development Planning Office,professor Xu Xiangmin, dean of the Academy of Future Technology and secretary of the Party Committee of the Academy of Electronics and Information,professor Xue Quan, dean of the Academy of Electronics and Information,professor Wei Gang, director of the National Mobile Ultrasonic Detection Engineering Technology Research Center, and representatives of key teachers of the Academy of Electronics and Information attended the meeting.The meeting was chaired by professor Zhang Xiuyin, vice dean of the Academy of Electronics and Information.

   Through the cloud conference, the exchange meeting invited 22 nationally renowned universities and scientific research institutes, including Tsinghua University and Fudan University, school/institute leaders, college deans, and famous experts in related fields to attend.

Fig 1 Scene of the seminar

    Vice president Li Zheng briefly introduced to guests the running situation of the International Campus of South China University of Technology.He pointed out that the Academy of Future Technology was established on the International Campus in January this year in order to better adapt to the major needs of the time, industries and regions. It is an important method to implement the Ministry of Education's construction guidelines of academy of future and promote the school's double first-class construction.He said that our school has attached great importance to the construction of the Academy of Future Technology, and he expects all experts to contribute ideas and seek common development to the Academy of Future Technology.At the same time, he also took this opportunity to thank all the leaders and experts for their continuous care, help and support for the Academy of Electronics and Information, one of the main support units for the construction of the Academy of Future Technology.

Fig 2  Speech by Vice President Li Zheng

President Xu Xiangmin reported the preparation of the Academy of Future Technology and introduced its construction requirements, construction plan and recent work in detail.He said that the goal of the Academy of Future Technology is to become a high-level talent reservoir for the development of the future technology industry, a leading innovative power source, and a powerful startup booster.Academy of Future Technology mainly relies on the construction of the Academy of Electronics and Information, Software, Economics and Finance, and carries the training of talents in artificial intelligence, big data technology, and financial technology to adapt to the economic and social development of our country under the new situation.

Dean Xue Quan reported the current situation and development of the Academy of Electronics and Information in recent years to the experts from the aspects of discipline overview, talent training, faculty, scientific research and social service, etc., which was recognized by the experts attending the meeting.

In the following session of expert discussion, more than 20 experts had a heated exchange and discussion on the construction and development of the two academies.The experts put forward many constructive suggestions on the core issues such as the innovation mechanism, the attraction of the academy, the development direction of disciplines and the construction of the group of teachers.In particular, they proposed that the development of the academy should do a good job in top-level design, have outstanding innovation mechanism, focus more on the future, concise construction direction, major scientific and technological achievements and industrial application, with the goal of serving the implementation of major national strategic tasks and key projects, support and solve the neck technical problem.It must provide solid technical support for the realization of independent and controllable key and core technologies, the modernization of industrial and supply chains, and high-quality development.

    Finally, Dean Xu Xiangmin expressed his sincere thanks to the experts for their valuable comments.He said that this conference provides a good idea for the long-term development of the Academy of Future Technology.All faculties will definitely consider expert opinions, plan well, try first, sort out the experience in various aspects and try best to do a good job in promoting the Academy of Future Technologyaccording to the personnel training requirements of the Ministry of Education and the construction standards of the academy.