The Faculty of Data Science of City University of Macau has grandly launched the Honors class for the bachelor's degree program in the 2024/2025 academic year. Members will be selected from freshmen to junior students of the Bachelor of Computer Science Programme and the Bachelor of Intelligence Technology and Services Programme. The Honors Class creates an innovative talent training model. All outstanding students who enter this class will have the opportunity to receive one-on-one guidance from elite scholars from City University of Macau and Shenzhen X-Institute, as well as participate in academicians Zheng Weimin, Zheng Quanshui, Fang Binxing, and Zhou Wanlei. Cutting-edge classes by professors and other well-known experts and scholars. In addition, students will have the opportunity to intern at well-known technology companies and academic institutions such as Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, and Huawei to cultivate innovative thinking and the ability to solve practical problems. We welcome students to enroll in the bachelor's degree programmes of the Faculty of Data Science, so that they can master cutting-edge academic knowledge in an international learning environment and grow up to be practical and high-end talents with an innovative mindset!
Welcome to click on the link to enter the enrollment page:
https://forms.office.com/r/DkvCwQtJ8P (CityU account only).
https://forms.office.com/r/4hcjkjgkGm (universal version, can log in without a CityU account).
Frequently Asked Questions: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Honors Class
Course features are distinctive
As a typical embodiment of interdisciplinary courses, the Bachelor of Intelligent Technology and Services Programme focuses on cultivating the comprehensive development of knowledge, skills and innovation of practical professionals, and focuses on the integration of professional skills, service literacy and humanistic qualities.
Welcome to click the following link to enter the programme introduction page: https://fds.cityu.edu.mo/en/BITProgramme
The Bachelor of Computer Science Programme cultivates students with a profound and broad global worldview, the ability to communicate and cooperate across cultures, and the ability to collaboratively solve complex problems and challenges faced by mankind, and cultivates the fields of data science, artificial intelligence and information security required for the development of the country and Macao., practical professionals who combine theory with practice, analysis, and application.
Welcome to click the following link to enter the programme introduction page: https://fds.cityu.edu.mo/en/BCS
Outstanding advantages of class
1. Innovative talent training model
Based on the 15-year training experience of Tsinghua University's QIAN Xuesen Class (Tsien Excellence in Engineering program), City University of Macau has joined hands with Shenzhen X-Institute, academicians, and a team of national and international experts to create a new model of innovative talent cultivation in the direction of data science. The global team of mentors and elite instructors will accompany the students who have dreams and the courage to be innovative to grow up together.
2. Leadership on Challenging Problems at the Frontiers
The X-Challenge programme will be conducted by a team of top teachers who are international and national experts, and will discuss with students on cutting-edge challenging issues. The large team of master teachers, including Academician Cheng Weimin, Academician Zheng Quanshui, Academician Fang Binxing, Professor Zhou Wanlei and other experts in the fields of computing, artificial intelligence, and data science, will help students grow into pioneers in the new field.
3. Advanced research and deep learning system
The newly designed Advanced Learning System, starting from primary research training to independent research training and advanced overseas internships, will continuously stimulate students' endogenous motivation and enthusiasm, and cultivate their comprehensive and innovative abilities. During the training process, students will be trained with new knowledge and challenges in a gradual and orderly manner to enhance their comprehensive innovative qualities.
4. Elite Mentors
Each student will receive one-on-one long-term mentoring from outstanding mentors from City Univeristy of Macau and Shenzhen X-Institute. Mentors include Associate Professor Xu Luping, Associate Professor Ding Wenbo, Associate Professor Xu Guangyuan, Associate Professor Yang Chun, Associate Dean of Shenzhen X-Institute; Professor Zhu Tianqing, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Data Science, Professor José Alves, Dean of the Faculty of Business; Professor Cheung Wai Kong g, Professor of the Faculty of Finance; Professor Wang Po Hsun, Professor of the Faculty of Innovation and Design, Professor Sun Pei, Professor of the Faculty of Health and Wellness, and so on. More than ten elite scholars will have a dialogue with the students, study theories, and create sparks of wisdom in the exchange of ideas.
5. Explore the cross-fusion field
To stimulate students' curiosity and enthusiasm in exploring the frontiers of innovation and technology. Encourage students to explore freely in the fields of artificial intelligence, data security, brain computing, financial technology, smart city, bioinformatics, and supercomputing. Cultivate students' creativity and practical ability and guide them to play an important role in future technological innovation.
6. Internships in well-known enterprises
City University and Shenzhen Zero X-Institute have established strong partnerships with renowned technology companies and academic institutions such as Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Huawei, DJI, Huada, Gree, Pangcheng Laboratory, Wave Group, Shaoyin Technology, etc., which provide students with a wealth of internships. Students can experience the culture of the workplace, understand the cutting-edge of industry, cultivate innovative thinking and the ability to solve practical problems, laying a solid foundation for future employment.
7. Multicultural environment
As the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures, Macao combines the profoundness of Chinese culture with the vitality and diversity of Western culture and contains a unique cultural heritage. Macao also frequently holds various international conferences, forums, and exhibitions, becoming an important window for international exchanges. A multicultural background enables students to broaden their horizons and provide opportunities for rapid growth.
8. Research award funding system
Selected students will receive long-term research funding. Through the support of research projects, students will devote themselves to learning and scientific research and release unlimited potential in the diligent pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.
Well-known mentor team
Academician Zheng Weimin
He is an expert in the field of supercomputing, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University, and the director of the High-Performance Computing Institute. He has successively served as Chairman of the China Computer Federation, Director of the Academic Working Committee of the China Computer Federation, Chairman of the Awards Committee of the China Computer Federation, and other social positions.
Zheng Weimin is mainly engaged in research on high-performance computer architecture, parallel algorithms and systems, and network storage systems. He is a pioneer and leader in the field of network storage in China. He has researched scientific issues such as storage system scalability, reliability, and intensification. In terms of engineering technology, it has achieved creative results recognized by peers at China and abroad and promoted scientific and technological progress in the storage field. He has published 10 books including "Computer System Architecture" and "Fundamentals of Computer Applications" and published 560 papers in top international conferences and journals in the field. He has presided over the completion of more than 50 scientific research and engineering projects such as 973, 863, and Natural Science Foundation, and won 1 first prize, 2 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 second prize of the National Technology Invention Award, and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award, the first China Storage Lifetime Achievement Award, and 13 provincial and ministerial level science and technology progress awards.
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Academician Zheng Quanshui
He is an expert in solid mechanics and micro-nano mechanics, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a professor at the International Graduate School of Tsinghua University. He is currently the dean of Shenzhen X-Institute, vice director of the Teaching Committee of Tsinghua University, the founding chief professor of the Tsien Hsue-shen Mechanics Class at Tsinghua Academy, and the founding director of the Super Sliding Technology Institute of the Shenzhen Tsinghua University Research Institute; he once served as the director of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University and the founder of Tsinghua University. Secretary-General of the Academic Committee, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Society of Mechanics’ flagship magazine Acta Mechanica Sinica and Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Mechanics, etc.
Zheng Quanshui created a complete constitutive equation tensor function theory in the 1980s and 1990s, solving many classical mechanics problems that have long plagued the academic community. His theoretical research in this field has reached a rare depth and completeness. After 2000, he pioneered the structural super-slippery theory and the application of super-slippery microsystems, as well as the research and application of extreme hydrophobic science and technology and is committed to cultivating top innovative talents. He was funded by the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth in 1995, won the China Young Scientist Award in 1996, was selected as the Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education in 2000, and won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2004 and 2017 (the first winner). In 2018, he won the first prize for national teaching achievements and in 2021, he won the annual outstanding teaching award.
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Academician Fang Binxing
Information network and information security expert, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, deputy to the 11th National People's Congress, and member of the Standing Committee of the 14th Beijing Municipal People's Congress. He is currently the deputy director of the Network and Information Security Committee of the National Informatization Expert Advisory Committee and a member of the Expert Committee of the State Internet Information Office. Member of the National 863 Plan “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” Expert Committee and Vice Chairman of the China Communications Society. He once served as president of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, director and chief engineer of the National Computer Network and Information Security Management Center, director of the Internet Emergency Response Coordination Office of the Ministry of Information Industry, director of the Science and Technology Committee of the National Computer Network and Information Security Management Center, and chairman of the China Cyberspace Security Association.
His main research includes network security, information content security, parallel processing, Internet technology, etc. He first proposed the concept of building a national network and information security infrastructure and organized the development and implementation of the corresponding system. As the first completer, he has won 1 national prize and 2 second prizes for scientific and technological progress.
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Professor Zhou Wanlei
He served as Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Technology, Sydney, Chief Professor of Information Technology at Deakin University in Australia, and Vice Minister of the Department of Science, Engineering and Architecture (in charge of international scientific research cooperation). He served twice as Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Deakin University. He has also taught at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Monash University in Australia, and the National University of Singapore; as a visiting professor, he has worked at the City University of Hong Kong, Aizu University in Japan, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and the National University of Singapore; and has worked at Hewlett-Packard Company in the United States.
Professor Zhou specializes in research directions such as network security and privacy protection, computer networks, and online teaching. In recent years, he has presided over and completed 13 Australian national research projects (ARC) and successfully trained 30 PhDs. Professor Zhou has published more than 400 academic papers in a series of international journals and international conferences, participated in the editing of 7 monographs, published 4 monographs, and served as the moderator of more than 30 international computer conferences.
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