Winning first prize at technological contest
A UIC student team from the Division of Business and Management (DBM) won the First Prize at the 16th Challenge Cup Competition in Guangdong in July.
Assistant Professor of DBM, Dr Gary Zhan, guided the student team. They designed a risk control and evaluation system based on big data and deep learning. This system can help manage earthquakes, financial risk, and other emergencies and reduce economic losses caused by disasters.
The student team winning First Prize
Over 3,636 pieces of work from 142 universities and more than 100,000 students participated in the Challenge Cup Competition.
Two teams achieve good results in SODiC Competition
Guided by the Guangdong government, the 2021 SODiC Competition in Zhuhai ended on 16 July. During the fierce competition, a student team and a teacher team from UIC both received awards.
The student team, guided by Assistant Professor of Division of Culture and Creativity (DCC), Dr Xi Wang, won the Second Prize in the Hengqin special competition track. The team researched the current tourism situation and solutions of Chimelong in Hengqin by systematically analysing 100,000 pieces of data. The innovative, extensive data analysis methods got affirmation from experts and scholars.
The UIC student team win Second Prize
UIC teachers also participated in this competition. They included DBM Dean Prof Steve Wenbin Liu, Assistant Professor Dr Gary Zhan, Liu Luyang and Zhu Fuyuan from UIC-WingChain Blockchain Research Centre, as well as Zheng Yi from the University of Science and Technology of China. Their project focused on helping the government build a new system to strengthen its management and public service capacity. Their project was based on Knowledge Graph and Deep Learning. As a result, their team won the Honourable Mention.
This competition was held to collect innovative application solutions and algorithmic models about big data. Also, this competition vigorously promoted the construction of digital government in Zhuhai and high-level connectivity in the Greater Bay Area. More than 1000 teams from all over the world participated in it.
From MPRO
Reporter: Deng Bowen
Editors: Samuel Burgess, Deen He
