On 7 November, the Innovation and Development Conference of the College of Computer Science and Technology at Harbin Engineering University (HEU), alongside the launch ceremony of the National Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform for Maritime Industrial Internet, was held in the multi-function hall of the university’s Qihang Activity Centre.
Academician QIAN Depei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; YAN Rujian, Vice-President of HEU; WANG Xingwei, Vice-President of Northeastern University; and LIU Daxin, former Head of the Department of Computer Science at Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute, attended the event and delivered addresses. All attendees viewed a promotional film chronicling the college’s development.
QIAN Depei noted that the accelerated digital and intelligent transformation of China’s shipbuilding industry has set new requirements for the computer discipline. He expressed hope that HEU would focus on key fields such as self-reliant and controllable computing power, accelerate the building of a domestically first-class computer discipline with distinctive features, deepen industry-education integration to strengthen the national innovation platform, and pool joint efforts from all sectors to advance the digital and intelligent upgrading of China’s shipbuilding industry.
YAN Rujian stated that HEU has steadily promoted high-quality development of its computer discipline, continuously improved its discipline and programme system, proactively undertaken national major scientific research tasks, and hosted a series of high-level academic conferences, resulting in steadily growing influence of the discipline. The university will continue to support the development of the computer discipline, contributing to its goal of building a world-class university with distinctive features.
WANG Xingwei remarked that the launch of the national platform will bridge academic research and industrial demands, speeding up the commercialisation of research outcomes. He expressed hope that Northeastern University and HEU would take the platform’s launch as an opportunity to deepen strategic cooperation, conduct joint research targeting complex marine engineering scenarios, and jointly build the platform into an innovation highland.
LIU Daxin voiced his hope that HEU would continue to strengthen its computer discipline, concentrate on tackling key digital technologies in the marine and shipbuilding sectors, deepen industry-education collaborative talent cultivation, and consistently nurture top-tier talents for the country.
Student representative LI Zewen said that HEU students will remain committed and dedicated to academic research, striving to grow into new-era young professionals who take root in the digital and intelligent fields and devote themselves to national development.
As the first national-level industry-education integration innovation carrier dedicated to the maritime industrial internet, the platform focuses on three core directions: internet of things and swarm intelligence computing for the shipbuilding industry, digital twin and industrial software, and maritime industrial internet. By connecting the talent chain, innovation chain and industrial chain, it will provide technical and talent support for the digital transformation of the shipbuilding industry.
During the conference, the HEU Alumni Industry Committee for Advanced Computing and Intelligent Software was inaugurated.
XIONG Zhang, an alumnus from the 1978 intake of Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute, said that committee members and alumni would leverage the industry committee as a platform to facilitate two-way empowerment between the university and alumni enterprises, jointly serve national strategic needs, and contribute wisdom and strength to the development of the university’s computer discipline and the cultivation of young talents.
YAN Rujian, together with representatives from 11 alumni enterprises, jointly launched the “Three-Year Action Plan for Two-Way Empowerment Between the University and Alumni Enterprises”.
MIAO Keliang, Chairman of Zhuhai Maike Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a speech on behalf of the alumni enterprises. He noted that the university’s computer discipline has made significant contributions to the development of China’s computer industry, and he felt deeply proud as an alumnus. He expressed anticipation for deeper industry-university-research-application cooperation with the university, and joint efforts to ensure the effective implementation of the three-year action plan.
Relevant officials from the College of Computer Science and Technology and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Heilongjiang Branch jointly launched the Premier-level Huawei ICT Academy. The college also signed university-enterprise co-construction cooperation agreements with multiple enterprises. A relevant official from the college delivered a development report for the college.
In the second phase of the conference, four parallel sessions were held simultaneously: a consultation meeting on the construction of the National Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform for Maritime Industrial Internet, a university-enterprise cooperation and development exchange forum, an industry-education integration talent cultivation forum, and a symposium for retired faculty and staff.
