We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of umagazine is now available. (With University of Macau Annual Report 16/17)
In this issue’s cover story, we interview Rector Wei Zhao and Vice Rector Lionel Ni, two experts on big data and the Internet of Things. They discuss how Macao can develop into a smart city and suggest what UM can do to produce experts prepared to embrace the smart future.
We also interview four faculty members, who were born and raised in Macao but received higher education overseas, namely Associate Professor Greta Mok from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Chao Kuang Piu College Master Lau Yun Tung, Assistant Professor Miranda Mak from the Faculty of Education, and Macao Fellow Anna Cheang. They disclose why they chose to return to Macao and what specific opportunities they envisioned would be available at the university. In the feature story, we write about a permanent exhibition in the hallways of the Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Other interesting articles that are not to be missed in this issue include ‘Bred in the Bone, Passionate to the End–Chang Jiang Scholar Xu Jie’s World of Chinese Linguistics’, ‘From a Brickmaker to a World-class Scientist: Interview with Concrete Expert Prof Li Zongjin’, ‘Why Is Prof Ren-He Xu Fascinated with Stem Cell Research?’, and ‘An Exclusive Interview with Prof Jin Shuh Ren on Psychological Counselling’. The ‘Faculty Contribution’ column features an article on the social applications of edge detection, written by Prof Kou Kit Ian from the Department of Mathematics, and another article on theatrical music, written by Prof Katrine Wong from the Department of English. Click here to read the e-version of umagazine.
