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NetDragon and M.U.S.T. Jointly Established Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center Launch Ceremony and Project Signing Conference Successfully Held

On March 20, the launch ceremony of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center jointly established by NetDragon and Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) was grandly held at M.U.S.T. in a combination of online and offline ways. Dr. Tong Ka Lok, Vice President of M.U.S.T., Mr. Lin Tong, Vice President of NetDragon and Co-Deputy Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center, Professor Zhang Zhiqing, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of M.U.S.T. and Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center, and Professor Yin Hong, Dean of Academy of Film of M.U.S.T., attended the launch ceremony.

 

Launch Ceremony of Digital Innovation and Humanities EducationResearch Center

 

Professor Zhang Zhiqing, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of M.U.S.T. and Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center, stated in his speech that the Digital Innovation Center was built with the support of Vice President Tong Ka Lok and Dr. Liu Dejian, Chairman of NetDragon. Based on the forefront of international digital technology development, the center will assist in the development of university education and empower the digital development of education and industries in Macau and the Greater Bay Area through basic applied research and interdisciplinary integration. In the future, the Digital Innovation Center will collaborate deeply with digital laboratories of universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Shandong University, as well as relevant institutions such as JP UNIVERSE. The future development will be full of vitality, creativity, and imagination.

Dean Zhang Zhiqing said, "There are still some projects being researched and incubated. Suggestions for the development of the center and your participation are warmly welcome.

 

Professor Zhang Zhiqing, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of M.U.S.T. and Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center Delivers a Speech

 

Lin Tong, Vice President of NetDragon Network Company and Co-Deputy Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center, stated in his speech that NetDragon will adhere to the principle of win-win cooperation, continue to provide funds, technology, and personnel support, deepen college-enterprise cooperation, promote the flow of talents, continuously expand research fields, integrate high-quality educational resources, and strive to build the research center into an international first-class digital innovation and humanities education research platform.

 

Lin Tong, Vice President of NetDragon and Co-Deputy Director of the Digital Innovation and Humanities Education Research Center Delivers a Speech

 

At the launch ceremony, the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of M.U.S.T. and NetDragon signed two cooperation agreements to jointly build the "Film and Game IP Integrated Innovation Practice Base" and develop the online course on “New Media and Short Video". Vice President Tong Ka Lok, Vice President Lin Tong, Dean Zhang Zhiqing, and Dean Yin Hong witnessed the signing.

 

Signing Agreements

 

In addition, Ms. Yang Shaomeng, Project Director of NetDragon Digital Education Town, and Ms. Huang Ying, Assistant Professor of Academy of Film of M.U.S.T., jointly launched an AI based New Audiovisual Creation Competition for college students. The competition is jointly presented by the Academy of Film of M.U.S.T and NetDragon's global online smart learning platform Edmodo Academy, and aims to collect original short video works from all over the country. In addition to providing bonuses, winners of the competition will also be invited to participate in the NetDragon Training Camp and the award ceremony at the M.U.S.T. Youth Film Festival. The award-winning excellent works will be showcased to more learners around the world through the online smart learning platform Edmodo Academy.

 

Plan of New Audiovisual Creation Competition Released

 

Guests from academia and relevant industries, as well as students from the doctoral program in digital media and film management, participated in a roundtable forum on "Artificial Intelligence, Digital Life, and Virtual Reality", where they engaged in multidimensional discussions on the impact of the booming artificial intelligence on human society.  

Roundtable Forum

 

Ms. Yang Shaomeng, Project Director of NetDragon Digital Education Town, Mr. Liang Junjie, Director of NetDragon IUR Project, Professor Ye Feng from Beihang University, Associate Professor Zhang Linming, Assistant Dean of Academy of Film, Associate Professor Meng Xiaoqing, Course Director of the Academy of Film, as well as teachers and students from the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, also attended the launch ceremony.

Mr. Hajime Tabata, CEO of JP UNIVERSE Co., Ltd., Mr. Yukio Nasu, CDO Akira Iwata, CFO Ms. Yumi Namiki, as well as Ms. Mami Sakamoto, Representative of IG JAPAN, attended the launch ceremony of the Digital Innovation Center online.