2018 The Third International Seminar between
Huizhou University and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
was Held Successfully
2018-10-25
For the purpose of strengthening cooperation with universities in countries along the
Belt and Road Initiative and creating opportunities for collaborative research, HZU
held the 3rd International Seminar between HZU and UTM on October 18th. This year’s
Seminar was attended by 14 UTM scholars whose research interests include biology,
mathematics, big data science, information technology, business and physical education.
In the opening speech, Dr. Xu Wanhong, Vice President of HZU, extended his warmest
welcome to all delegates from UTM and congratulated on the opening of this year’s event.
He said that China and Malaysia have enormous potential for carrying out higher education
cooperation under the support and guidance of China’s Ministry of Education, and thus the
cooperation with UTM, an important partner of HZU, will surely have a brighter future.
Since the signing of the MoU in 2015, the seminar, aiming at promoting communication and
cooperation between two institutions, has been organized twice in September 2016 and
November 2017 respectively. Having put into lots of efforts to communicate and discover,
several research areas with mutual interests and foundations have been detected, paving the
way for following collaborative research. Dr. Xu concluded his speech by hoping that
researchers from HZU and UTM could make full use of this Seminar and explore larger
room for cooperation.
On behalf of UTM delegates, Dr. Norma Alisa delivered a speech. She said, in the context of
frequent and growing China-Malaysia exchange, that conducting communication and
cooperation in the area of higher education not only enhances understanding of researchers
of both countries, but also facilitates the process of education internationalization. In the
past three years, scholars and researchers at UTM and HZU have drawn opportunities from
the Seminar and engaged in active communication with a mutual intention to conduct
collaborative research. To end her speech, she hoped that more forms of cooperation,
including staff and students mobility, can be explored, so as to uplift the level of two
institution’s internationalization.
Dr. CHUA Lee Suan from UTM presented a keynote speech titled “Malaysian herbs for
better future”, and AP. ZENG Wei from HZU presented “Study and practice of the patterns
for fostering scientists and researchers under new situation”. In the parallel session,
more than 30 researchers from both universities had in-depth discussion and friendly
exchange of ideas regarding various research topics. Some highlights included
“Bioactive protein hydrolysate from Ficus deltroidea”, “Herbal plant value via
Proteomic approach”, “Underwater Void Avoidance Energy-Efficient Pressure-Based
Routing”, “Accelerating Digital Transformation Strategy in Higher Education Sector”, “Energy
metrics for opportunistic routing in underwater sensors”, “Influences of organizational culture
on talent management practices: Case study in Malaysia research university”,
“Intellectual Capital, Innovation and Firm Performance”, “Big Data Simulation-driven Analytics
to Guide High-resolution Visualization and Decision Making”, “Parallel Algorithm for Multi-slice
Parametric Surface Fitting on SIMT Architecture”, “Study of flow in microgravity
environment: g-jitter effect”, and “Targeted and non-targeted effects of ionizing radiation
on cells”.
It is noteworthy that several research areas with mutual cooperative foundations, which had
gone through ample exchange, were further advanced after in-depth communication during
the Seminar. This Seminar will mark the beginning of two universities’ cooperation in
collaborative research, which will significantly promote HZU’s research capability and enhance
the development of science and engineering subjects.
Further Reading on this Series Seminar
1st ISHU in 2016: Holding an International Seminar with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
2nd ISHU in 2017: HZU Delegates Attended the 2ndInternational Seminar between Huizhou
University and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia