The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) organised the offline part of a Designated Training for Interdisciplinary Course – Artificial Intelligence, Economics and Engineering of the University of South China from 28th to 31st July. This training course is a combination of offline and online courses, lasting a total of three months, and was taught by professors from the University of Macau.
During the four-day offline training, the students attended various professional lectures, topics include “The Green Economy and Green Trade of China and Global Implications”, “Theory and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence”, “Artificial Intelligence and Smart Cities”, and “Personal Privacy and Data Protection in the Big Data Era”. The students also visited different units of UM, including the UM Wu Yee Sun Library and UM Gallery. Outside UM, the students visited the Macao Science Center. Many of the students say they are impressed with the international teaching quality at UM and are willing to come back to UM for further studies.
CCE continues to develop training programmes with quality mainland universities to promote collaboration between UM and higher education institutions in Mainland China.