RPGs Learning Support Group - Crafting Your Research Future: First Steps to become an Effective Researcher

Date: 
Thursday, 21 February, 2013 - 09:30 to 10:45
Event Type: 

Speaker: Prof Qiang Yang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Date:  21 February, 2013 (Thu)
          22 March, 2013 (Fri)
          19 April, 2013 (Fri)

Time: 9:30am-10:45am

Venue: Room 3037 (Lift 1, next to the Bank of China, 3rd floor)

Seminar Overview:

In this series of seminars, Prof Qiang Yang (author of the book “Crafting Your Research Future: A Guide to Successful Master's and Ph.D. Degrees in Science & Engineering”) will share and discuss some essential skills to be a successful young researcher.  In specific, Prof Yang will discuss how to explore and identify good ideas for research, how to conduct solid research to verify such good ideas and how to formulate the ideas into high-quality articles to be published in journals and conferences.  Do not miss this golden opportunity to learn first-hand from a distinguished scientist in a step-by step manner with concrete examples.

Date Topic Speaker Time Venue
21 February, 2013
(Thu)
Novelty of Research
How to explore and come up with NEW ideas
Prof
Qiang
YANG
9:30 am -
10:45 am
Room
3037
(Lift 1)
22 March, 2013
(Fri)
Significance of Research
How to validate and implement research ideas
19 April, 2013
(Fri)
Publishing Research
How to submit research to
journals/conferences

You are encouraged to read Prof Qiang Yang’s book before the seminar.

English version: “Crafting Your Research Future: A Guide to Successful Master's and Ph.D. Degrees in Science & Engineering” can be downloaded in pdf format from our library.

http://ustlib.ust.hk/search/?searchscope=10&searchtype=t&searcharg=Crafting+Your+Research+Future%3A+A+Guide+to+Successful+Master%27s+and+Ph.D.+Deg&SUBMIT=Search

Chinese version: http://product.dangdang.com/main/product.aspx?product_id=22907057

About the Speaker:

Prof Qiang YANG is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Director of the Noah's Ark Research Lab of Huawei.  His research interests include Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining, with specialization in transfer learning and sensor-based activity recognition. He is an IEEE Fellow, IAPR Fellow, AAAS Fellow, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist.

ALL RPGs ARE WELCOME!

*Light breakfast will be served


Registration for seminar on 22 March, 2013 will start in March. For enquiries, please contact Miss Phoebe Mok (2358-6297, ctmyc@ust.hk)

Organized by:
Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching (CELT)

 

Workshop Materials:

PowerPoint Presentation