COM MA students with teachers (Left) MACNM Programme Leader, Dr Chris Shen; (Right) MAIMC Programme Leader, Dr Lin Wan-Ying In order to strengthen students' attachments with the Department, a meeting with MA students was held at the beginning of the semester. Academic advising arrangements were emphasized and students were encouraged to approach staff and faculty members for
In the 2019 National Conference on Social Computing (NCSC2019) held in Beijing on December 21, Prof. Jonathan Zhu was elected as one of the five Vice Chairs of the Social Computing and Social Intelligence Committee (SCSIC) of the Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). CAAI is a leading professional society on AI research, with SCSIC
In the latest competition for the Major Grants of National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC), Prof. Jonathan Zhu obtained a sub-contracted project on “Data-driven Methods for Computational Communication Research.” The project is one of the five sub-contracted projects of the Major Grant on “Theories, Methods, and Applications of Computational Communication Research in the Big
During the Christmas season, 13 students from the Department of Media and Communication and 10 students from the College of Business participated in the study tour arranged by the Central South University (中南大學). In the tour, the CityU students not only experienced the Hunan culture but also immersed themselves in the Chinese heritage. The
On 11 December, the Department held a briefing session on the Student Exchange Programme 2020/21 to provide students with guidelines on the application procedures. A presentation delivered by Dr Ki Joon Kim, the Department’s Academic Exchange Coordinator, included details of the selection process and eligibility, pre and post departure requirements, partner institutions, and funding supports.
