ASI Global (GEC Academy) 2025 April Newsletter
Meeting GEC’s Reimagined Logo！
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Featured Story
GEC Academy Unveils New Logo, Embracing the Future of Education and Infinite Possibilities
On March 24, 2025, GEC Academy unveiled a new logo at its annual gala in Beijing, marking a shift in both its visual identity and its vision for the future. Replacing the traditional dot with an infinity symbol, the new logo represents the endless possibilities ahead. This rebrand is a key milestone in GEC Academy’s ongoing commitment to innovation and growth, and leading the way in shaping an innovative and forward-thinking educational landscape in the AI-driven era.
LUMINAI Public Lecture Recap
ASI Global Launches LUMINAI Lecture Series with Professor Jonathan Michie on Lifelong Learning in University Strategy
In response to the rising impact of artificial intelligence on global education, ASI Global has launched the LUMINAI Public Lecture Series, a revamped initiative that builds on the foundation of the long-standing Global Top Scientists Forum. On April 9, the LUMINAI Lecture featured an insightful online talk by Professor Jonathan Michie. In his talk, Making Lifelong Learning Central to University Strategy, Professor Michie underscored the imperative of repositioning lifelong learning to the core of university strategic planning in order to meet the evolving needs of individuals, societies, and economies in the age of intelligent transformation.
Faculty Work Gallery
This month, we introduced a paper from Prof. Panos Parpas, Reader in Computational Mathematics at Imperial College. If you are interested in showcasing your research, grants, book releases, conference presentations, or any work you deem valuable and interesting to share, please feel free to contact us.
Abstract:
The training of neural networks can be formulated as an optimal control problem of a dynamical system. The initial conditions of the dynamical system are given by the data. The objective of the control problem is to transform the initial conditions in a form that can be easily classified or regressed using linear methods. This link between optimal control of dynamical systems and neural networks has proved beneficial both from a theoretical and from a practical point of view. Several researchers have exploited this link to investigate the stability of different neural network architectures and develop memory efficient training algorithms. In this paper, we also adopt the dynamical systems view of neural networks, but our aim is different from earlier works. Instead, we develop a novel distributed optimization algorithm…
GEC Culture Story
GRIT, Growth, and AI-Powered Education: Highlights from GEC Academy’s 2024 Annual Gala
On March 24, 2025, GEC Academy hosted its highly anticipated 2024 annual gala in Beijing, bringing together GECers from across China. The gathering was a chance to reflect on the past year’s achievements and look ahead to the exciting possibilities of the future. With a focus on innovation, growth, and the transformative power of AI in education, the 2024 annual gala set the stage for the next chapter of GEC’s journey.
Amazing Work From GEC Students
Each month, GEC will introduce some of our exceptional students’ work in a specific research area to our audiences. This month, we selected two articles from our previous students in the field of Arts.
Reimagining Eighteenth-Century France: An Examination of a Secrétaire by Martin Carlin
This article uses a secrétaire made in 1776 by Martin Carlon as a case study to explore the historical reasons and social symbolism behind the flourishing of this French furniture form in the 18th century. By analyzing the source of raw materials, functional design, and meaning of this secrétaire, this article concludes that the French colonial history, the nobility’s fascination with Oriental art, and the emergence of innovative technology all contributed significantly to the advancement of furniture. In addition, the secrétaire, as a writing instrument, symbolized gender and class and later evolved into a symbol of female literacy, taste, and social status.
The Expression of Female Artists in Intimate Relationships: Marina Abramović’s Expression of Female Emotions in Performance Art
Close relationships play an important role in meeting people’s needs for emotional support, security and belonging. The theory of interdependence states that individuals unconsciously give in relationships to satisfy their partner’s needs, and that this giving is in line with their inner self-awareness, which in turn increases their satisfaction with the relationship. However, this interdependence may also lead people to unconsciously seek more attention and emotional value from their partners. This article discusses why female artists regard the intimate relationship of their partners as the core of their artistic creation, and think that the intimate relationship is an important part of their lives, reflecting their personal life experiences.
What Programs does GEC Offer in March & April 2025?
In March and April, GEC launches a total of 60 online research programs in the areas of Computer Science, Finance, Environmental Science, Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, Data Science, Cultural Industry Management and so on, partners with 13 Chinese universities to develop students' global competence through the GEC Global Competence Development Course. In both months, GEC also provides 10 personalized programs for Huaqiao University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Hubei University of Technology, Yunnan Vocational College of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Second Normal University and sets up 3 customized lectures for South China University of Technology.
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Join Us at ASI Global Technical Sponsorship Conferences: Open Calling for Committee Members & Speakers
We are enthusiastic about extending invitations to more of our esteemed GEC Faculty members and Teaching Fellows, encouraging your active involvement as committee members or innovative speakers and storytellers, who are passionate about sharing innovative ideas with the brightest minds, providing enriching insights, offering innovative experiences, and sharing real-world examples, among other valuable contributions to ASI Global technical sponsorship conferences.
For April, we have 1 technical sponsorship conference covering data science, data engineering, data-driven technologies, data privacy and fairness and beyond. Please click HERE to explore these exciting upcoming events!
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