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UM holds Second Macao Conference on Smart City Technologies
The Second Macao Conference on Smart City Technologies 2022, organised by the University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC), with assistance from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Smart Cities, was recently held online.
UM, China Southern Power Grid build joint laboratory to promote research and development of carbon-neutral power and energy systems
The University of Macau (UM) and China Southern Power Grid Co, Ltd (China Southern Power Grid) today (8 September) signed a collaboration agreement online on the establishment of the China Southern Power Grid – University of Macau Joint Laboratory of Smart Power and Energy for Carbon Neutrality and held a plaque unveiling ceremony for the laboratory.
UM’s first training programme in remote sensing attracts nearly 700 scholars from around the world online
A summer training programme titled ‘Remote Sensing Information Processing and Its Application in the Urban Environment’, jointly launched by the University of Macau (UM), the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), has begun online.
UM SKL-IOTSC’s Academic Committee holds meeting
The Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC), University of Macau (UM), recently held its fourth meeting online.
UM study proposes technical pathways for achieving carbon neutrality in Macao
A research team led by Yonghua Song, rector of the University of Macau (UM) and director of the university’s State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC), recently proposed technical pathways for accelerating the progress towards carbon neutrality in Macao’s energy system.
UM and Alibaba successfully develops Faker Pictures Crusher
To raise the awareness of online security among internet users, researchers from the University of Macau (UM) and a technical research team of Alibaba Security have jointly developed Fake Pictures Crusher, an image tampering detection technology, and has made it available to the public.
UM Rector Yonghua Song receives ‘highest engineering award in China’— Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize
The recipients of the 14th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize were announced today (30 May), the sixth National Science and Technology Practitioners’ Day, at the 16th General Meeting of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
Prof Hui Kong: Research about sensors, perception and high precision sensor positioning of autonomous mobile robot
Prof. Kong Hui joined the University of Macau in 2021 and currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and Department of Computer and Information Science of the Faculty of Science and Technology and a research member of the State Key Laboratory of Smart City Internet of Things.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Ao Ieong U visits UM and highly recognises the university’s work in technological innovation and science popularisation
A delegation led by Ao Ieong U, secretary for social affairs and culture of the Macao SAR, today (1 March) visited the University of Macau (UM).
UM scholar wins Best Paper Award of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy
Scholars in the University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) won the Best Paper Award of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy (iSPEC).