Professor Lu Xiaobin, the Associate Dean of School of Information Resource Management, attended the meeting on behalf of the iSchool at Renmin University of China, made a report on the progress of data science education in the iDeans’ Forum, and attended iDeans’ business meeting in the Asia Pacific region to participate in the presidential election mechanism in the Asia-Pacific Chapter discussions, election of the host of next annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Chapter, Asia Pacific branch academic exchange arrangements and other discussions.

iDeans’ presentation session

iDeans business meeting

    During the meeting, Professors Xiaobin Lu conducted friendly exchanges and initially explored the possibility of carrying out student exchange, academic exchange and cooperation with iSchools chair-elect, Sam Oh, Professor from Sungkyunkwan University; Professor Micheal Seadle, Executive Director of iSchools Alliance, Library and Information Science, University of Berlin, Germany; Professor Miguel Nunes, chair-elect of the iSchools Alliance Asia Pacific Chapter, Dean of School of Information Management, Sun Yat-sen University; George Buchanan, Director, Human-Computer Interaction Design Center, City University London, United Kingdom; Dr. Sally Jo Cunningham, director for iSchools Affairs, School of Computer and Mathematics, Waikato University, New Zealand; Dr. Sam Chu, former director of the Department of Informatics, the University of Hong Kong; and Professor Yijin Wu, Institute of Library and Information Science, Taiwan Normal University.

 

    Dr. Yan Hui, Associate Professor from iSchool @ RUC, attended the meeting and made an academic report on the development of community informatics in mainland China.

Dr. Hui Yan

    The visit by Professor Xiaobin Lu and Dr. Hui Yan enhanced the dialogue and contacts with fraternal units in Asia-Pacific and Europe, and further expanded its influence in the Asia-Pacific region and the iSchools alliance.