HANGZHOU—On October 16 and 17, the College of Media and International Culture (CMIC) of Zhejiang University and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will jointly organize the 2020 PhD Symposium online. The symposium is themed “Media and Communication” in which doctoral students from both universities will discuss the dissemination of the latest topics from different academic perspectives.

Agenda

DAY 1

09:00-09:15
Opening Address by Prof. May O. Lwin, Chair of WKWSCI
09:15-11:15
Lecture given by Prof. Edson C Tandoc Jr. from NTU, moderated by Prof. Siyue Li from ZJU. Topic: “Mixing methods, mixing perspectives: How multi-method research and collaborations can make research fun and exciting”
11:15-11:45
Q&A
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-15:00
Lecture given by Prof. Richard Seyler Ling from NTU, moderated by Prof. Siyue Li from ZJU. Topic: “Social Science in the age of machine learning”
15:00-15:30
Q&A

DAY 2
09:15-11:15
Lecture given by Prof. Jung Younbo from NTU, moderated by Prof. Siyue Li from ZJU. Topic: “A path to academia: My story, research and the trends”
11:15-11:45
Q&A
11:45-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:40
4 PhD students research presentations, (20mins presentation+5 mins report review per student).
Respondents: Prof. Chen Lou, Prof. Hyekyung Kim from NTU
15:40-15:55
Break
15:55-17:10
3 PhD students research presentations (20mins presentation+5 mins report review per student).
Respondents: Prof. Chen Lou, Prof. Hyekyung Kim from NTU
17:10-17:15
Closing Address by Prof. Lu Wei, Dean of CMIC