In the night of September 15th, the Dean of the International Campus, Professor OUYANG Hongwei gave the report, titled " Academic Standards and Innovations " as the “First Class” of the new academic year, for all new graduates on Campus, in order to further improve campus graduates’ cognition to the academic research, set up the idea of academic standards and inspire innovative thoughts.
Prof. OUYANG discussed topics such as how to view research, how to carry out research and how to build a research team and the ideas and methods of academic innovation by combining his own experiences and multiple innovation cases. "Thinking depends on problems and challenges. Meanwhile, interdisciplinary is the best way to evolve," he said. The core competence that the graduate students require is " the ability to face the unknown problems and deal with them".
He hoped the graduates to understand, "erudite and informed and comprehend by analogy”. Furthermore, he hoped them to take the end as a new beginning, not forget one’s own root, open to new ideas, do something meaningful and become a happy person by both taking vertical view of history to review past wisdom and observe the future trend, and taking the lateral thinking to explore the unknown, innovate the spark of interdisciplinarity.
In addition, Prof. OUYANG emphasized the importance of following academic norms and explained the basic submission process. Behaviors such as fraud, plagiarism, infringement and non-compliance with research ethics will have serious consequences on researchers, he said, adding that exploration and innovation in academic must follow the rules.
During the interactive session, Prof. OUYANG gave detailed answers to the questions raised by students, such as "how to face pressure from academic and peers", "how to look upon the utilitarian factors in interdisciplinary research" and "whether it is necessary to expand the scope of interdisciplinary knowledge". He pointed out that the most fundamental characteristic of interdisciplinary lies in the complete grasp of the original subject issues, so as to effectively internalize and apply knowledge. The graduate students should learn search and research, so as to eliminate fear, conquer the unknown, deal with the future and enjoy the happiness within.
Translation: SUN Rongjia