In order to explore the latest technological advances and future trends in the field of large language modelling and cyber security, City University of Macau organised the ‘Innovation and Practical Application of Cyber Security Technology’ academic seminar today at Taipa campus, attracting many experts and scholars from academia and industry to start in-depth exchanges and discussions around the theme, and further promoting the integration of academic research and industry development. The symposium was jointly organised by City University of Macau, Inspur (Longchao) Cloud Information Technology Company Limited and Inspur (Longchao) Yunzhou Industrial Internet Company Limited, and hosted by the Faculty of Data Science of City University of Macau and Guia-Inspur (Zhuhai Hengqin) Digital Technology Company Limited.
The seminar was attended by guests including Pik Kei Song, member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, Zaiquan Wu, vice chairman of the City University of Macau Board of Directors, Wanlei Zhou, vice president of City University of Macau and Dean of the Faculty of Data Science, Tianqing Zhu, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Data Science of City University of Macau, Sujin Wu, general manager of the Hong Kong and Macau Center of Inspur Yunzhou Industrial Internet Co., Ltd. and chairman of Rongguan Yunzhou (Zhuhai Hengqin) Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Li Cong, director of the Security Products Department of Inspur Cloud Information Technology Co., Ltd., Zhuyin Yang, founder and general manager of Macau Wis Technology Co., Ltd., Xiang Chen, general manager of Rongguan Yunzhou (Zhuhai Hengqin) Digital Technology Co., Ltd., and Yuechan Xu, director of the Innovation Business Development Department of Bowei Smart Technology Co., Ltd.
In his opening speech, Mr. Choi Kun Ung Vice Chairman said that cyber security has become an increasingly important issue in the wave of digitalisation. City University of Macau actively participates in the construction of the national public blockchain ‘Starfire-Chain’ and expects this seminar to contribute to the development of Macau's applications in the field of cyber security, and at the same time, promote the co-operation with Inspur (Longchao) to apply for the national key laboratories.
During the seminar, Vice President Wanlei Zhou, Mr Cong Li, Director of Inspur (Longchao) Cloud Information Technology Company Limited, and Mr Xiang Chen, General Manager of Inspur (Longchao) Cloud Information Technology Company Limited, delivered keynote speeches covering hot topics such as the development trend of big language modelling, the challenges and prospects of AI applications, and the innovative application of security big models in the Sino-Portuguese trade platform. Participants had in-depth exchanges on cybersecurity education, policy development and cross-border cooperation, and shared their experiences in trade applications in Portuguese-speaking countries, with a view to further exploring the differences in the environment between the Mainland and Macao, and fostering co-operation between the two places in the areas of trade, security, and technology, so as to promote the development of regional economic integration.
Under the theme of ‘New Approaches to Trade Security Empowered by Big Models’, the roundtable discussion focused on the environmental differences between the Mainland and Macau and the related co-operation opportunities, and explored the synergistic development paths between the needs of enterprises and academic research. The opportunities and challenges presented by the participants will help enterprises to better understand market demands, adjust their business strategies, enhance their competitiveness and improve their position in the international market. At the same time, universities will be able to better meet the needs of enterprises, promote in-depth co-operation between academia and industry, and nurture more professionals to meet the needs of the market.
The symposium successfully built a communication platform that combines academia and practice, demonstrating City University of Macau's scientific research strength in the field of cyber security and artificial intelligence. The event has given the participating experts and enterprise representatives more confidence in future co-operation, as well as a clearer understanding of City University of Macau's industry needs and research direction, and we look forward to taking this opportunity to deepen multi-disciplinary co-operation in the future, and to promote Macau to become a leader in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Bay Area in terms of cybersecurity technology innovation and application.
Also attending the seminar were Luyao Wang, Marketing Director of Hong Kong and Macau Centre of Inspur (Longchao) Yunzhou Industrial Internet Company Limited; Mingjie Jin, Minister Fei Jao, Jin He, Yang Li and Xu Han; Zuobin Ying, Programme Coordinator of Doctoral Programmes of the Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau; Shuai Zhou, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau.