On the afternoon of March 3, Prof. David Hogg, vice president of the University of Leeds paid a visit to our department for academic communication and cooperation. Prof. Guo Minyi and Prof. Zhang Liqing received him.
Prof. Zhang made a general introduction of our department to Prof. Hogg, and elaborated on our undergraduate and postgraduate education. He also introduced the main research directions and representative achievements of the department.
Prof. Hogg briefly introduced the discipline of computer science at the University of Leeds, and discussed with Prof. Guo and Prof. Zhang about the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automatic driving. The two sides then discussed about future research cooperation, joint education of postgraduates, and joint application of research programs, hoping to promote the cooperation between the SJTU and the University of Leeds.