On July 11, 2020, Van Lang University held a Seminar “Identifying problems in applied scientific research and international publication” – an activity of the Emulation Division 23 2020.

The seminar had the presence of Ms. Ngo Thi Hoang Cac  – Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs, Deputy Head of Ho Chi Minh City’s Emulation and Commendation Committee; Ms. Luong Thi Hong Hoa, Deputy Head of the Division of Emulation and Rewarding Operations; Assoc. Dr. Cao Hao Thi, Rector of Saigon University of Technology, Head of Emulation Division 23 in 2020; Dr. Le Dinh Luong, Chief of Office of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology; MSc. Nguyen Van Xanh, Deputy Head of Postgraduate Training Department – University of Foreign Languages ​​and Informatics (Huflit); Dr. Thong Van Thai  – Deputy Head of Technology Department of Nguyen Tat Thanh University; Mr. Nguyen Dang Duy – representative of Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University. Leaders of Van Lang University, including Assoc. Dr. Tran Thi My Dieu – Rector; Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Van Ang – Vice Rector, along with a large number of staff – teachers – staff of the school also attended the Seminar.

Scientific research activities and international publications of the teaching staff at Vietnamese universities have now made significant contributions to the overall achievement of the university, contributing sources of lectures and reference materials. serving education, and is one of the criteria for evaluating and ranking universities. At Van Lang University, besides many activities to ensure training quality, scientific research activities are interested in promoting both quality and quantity; The school encourages articles for international publication, organizes seminars to share experiences in international publication, organizes training courses on research methods, and equips lecturers with scientific research skills.

Assoc. Dr. Tran Thi My Dieu – Rector of Van Lang University – opening speech of the Seminar:  “No university is confident that its scientific research activities can fully solve the problems of society. Meanwhile, applied scientific research has become one of the most important tasks of the university. Where are the bottlenecks of applied scientific research in universities? I hope today’s seminar is a start to exchange and discuss the story of how university’s scientific research can be really applied, contribute to society and further bring the image of the university. Scientific research from Vietnam to the world. I also hope that universities can join forces in scientific research, at least those in the 23rd Emulation Block, to create a more influential result”

The seminar “Identifying problems in applied scientific research and international publication” is an opportunity for scientists and lecturers from universities in the 23rd Emulation Block to share experiences in organizing scientific research. and publish international articles. Here, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung – Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIRTECH) – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Dr. Phung Van Dong – Director of the Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam (AIT Vietnam) presented valuable presentations on applied scientific research and international scientific publication, orienting many lecturers on research. applied science in Vietnam.

GS. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung: Prestigious international publication – problems and solutions

Dr. NGUYEN XUAN HUNG
– Director of CIRTech Institute of Interdisciplinary Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. HCM.
– President of Association of Computational Mechanics and Vice President of Vietnam Mechanics Association.
– Visiting professor at Southern Queensland University (Australia), Taichung Medical University (Taiwan), Sejong University (Korea).
Member of Editorial Board of Composite Structures (Q1), Underground Space (Scopus), Biomedicine (CMU-Scopus), CMC: Computers, Materials & Continua (Q1), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (Q1) Q3).
– Published more than 240 articles, of which more than 190 articles in the SCIE catalog with most of Q1. The main research area is computer simulation computing that combines machine learning and high-performance computing applied to engineering.
– The only Vietnamese scientist for 6 consecutive years in the top 1% of highly cited influential scientists. Georg Forster Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) 2016 and many other prestigious awards.

According to GS. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, in order to have international publication, universities need policies, finance and people – three inputs to put into the “optimal filter”, from which the output is the article and invent. However, most universities lack consistent policies on factors: human resources, budget, infrastructure, research mechanism. The solution proposed by him is that universities can link together or link with other resources to supplement the missing elements in their system, thereby forming inter-university cooperation blocks in scientific research. applications and spearhead research groups in universities.

Lecturers are the university’s research team, but with schools today, the time spent on teaching is taking up the majority. So, according to GS. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, leaders of universities need to inspire lecturers to jointly achieve strategic goals in scientific research. To maintain long-term research is a tireless effort of both the faculty and the school; and so, the school needs to accompany the lecturers to solve the bottlenecks in each person’s research, such as perfecting the database system to evaluate scientific research, the process of carrying out scientific research and international publication, etc.

 

Dr. Phung Van Dong: Applied scientific research and technology revolution 4.0

Dr. PHUNG VAN DONG
– Director of Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam (AIT Vietnam)
– PhD in Information Systems – University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
– With more than 19 years of experience in researching and implementing IT solutions in the fields of Education and Smart Cities, he has contributed and led many successful domestic IT projects.
– Participating in reading and reviewing articles for many prestigious international journals and conferences; is currently a regular reviewer for Taylor & Francis Magazine, Emerald Publishing House and IGI Global Publishing House.
– 02 Best Paper Awards of Class A Seminar on Information System and Emerald Publishing House in 2017.

With many years of experience in researching and implementing IT solutions in the fields of Education and Smart Cities, and is pursuing research on 4.0 digital technology solutions such as AI, Big data, Digital Transformation, developing applications and training programs for Smart Cities and Digital Transformation, Dr. Phung Van Dong shared the relationship between applied scientific research and the 4.0 technology revolution in the digital technology era. According to Dr. Phung Van Dong, 4.0 technology certainly affects everyone and in that affects researchers, changing traditional research. Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Science can be well combined with traditional scientific research, and in the 4.0 trend, scientific research will increasingly develop in an interdisciplinary direction, setting new ideas and new directions for researchers.

 

 

After 2 in-depth discussions, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung and Dr. Phung Van Dong continues to have interesting exchanges with officials and lecturers of universities in the 23rd Emulation Block

Inspired by the sharing of two speakers who are prestigious scientists, who have had many international studies and publications, many university lecturers have asked questions to continue to deepen their knowledge. problems related to applied scientific research.

Many interesting questions related to new trends in scientific research such as 3D printing technology, interdisciplinary research and application of data science in interdisciplinary research, research prospects and international publication in the field of science and technology. the field of economics or social – humanities, open access trends in international scientific publications,… were set out by the lecturers and answered enthusiastically by two speakers. The path of applied scientific research and progress to international publication is challenging but attractive to most lecturers, therefore, many “eternal” stories in research are still set out in the seminar. such as how to start choosing a good research topic, how to improve research quality according to the standards of international publications, how to restore spirit and energy for scientific research to overcome periods of depression…

With in-depth and practical content, the Seminar “Identifying bottlenecks in applied scientific research and international publication” created an atmosphere of excitement and inspiration, motivating and revealing the award. solutions for many lecturers as well as for universities in the 23 Emulation Block on scientific research work, towards international publication, in the direction of bringing this activity into depth, raising the position of the world. Vietnamese science in the world.