Insightful university governance is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI), which is assisting institutions in launching a "revolution" that will change the educational process. The seminar "Artificial intelligence in the digital economy: Towards Smart Higher Education" was conducted on April 21 as a result of this development trend. It was organized by the University of Economics and Business (UEB), the International Francophone Institute - VNU (IFI), and the University of Technology - VNU (UET).
The seminar was held in the form of a hybrid, directly at Hall 801 E4 - University of Economics and Business - VNU and online via the Zoom platform combined with Facebook livestream attracting more than 200 attendees, who are delegates, experts, scientists, experts and learners inside and outside Hanoi National University.
Opening the seminar, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Truc Le, Party Secretary, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Economics and Business said that AI has recently emerged as a significant, quickly expanding and profitable research field. Meanwhile, AI is increasingly employed in many industries and calls for the necessary equipment in terms of skills, knowledge, and capacities related to AI.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Truc Le also hopes that the presentations in the seminar will provide information, and knowledge and share initial experiences on using AI in higher education and scientific research, and at the same time talk about the problems that AI technology poses.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truc Le speaking at the opening of the seminar
The seminar is a place to provide information, knowledge and share initial experiences on using AI in higher education and scientific research.
Dr Nguyen Van Vinh (University of Engineering and Technology - VNU) shared the presentation "Developing Applications based on large language models"
Assoc. Prof. Dr Le Trung Thanh, the Rector of UEB; and Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Anh Thu, the Vice Rector of UEB listened to the presentations of speakers
The audience asked questions to the speaker at the show
MSc. Nguyen Tien Chuong (UEB) presented a presentation with the content "Application of AI in economic research and training"
The topic "AI, Machine Learning, unstructured data and Applications in historical research and economic history" by MSc. Ho Bao Lam (UEB) introduced in the seminar
The audiences are lecturers and experts presented at Hall 801 to participate directly and listen to the presentations
Under the chair of Assoc. Prof. Dr To The Nguyen, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Political Economy (UEB), the seminar ended with a roundtable discussion among experts and scientists including Dr Ho Tuong Vinh, Vice Chairman of Science and Training Council (IFI); Dr Nguyen Van Vinh, Machine Translation Specialist (UET); Assoc. Prof. Dr Hoang Van Xiem, Head of the Department of Robotics Engineering (UET) and Dr Vu Quoc Hien, Faculty of Finance and Banking (UEB).
Speakers discussed in the roundtable discussion
Assoc. Prof. Dr To The Nguyen, Associate Dean, Faculty of Political Economics (UEB)
Dr Ho Tuong Vinh, Vice Chairman of Science and Training Council (IFI)
Dr Nguyen Van Vinh, Machine Translation Specialist (UET)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Hoang Van Xiem, Head of the Department of Robotics Engineering (UET)
Dr Vu Quoc Hien, Faculty of Finance and Banking (UEB)
Dr Phung Danh Thang, Dean of the International Francophonie Institute - VNU, gave the closing speech
The success of this seminar opens the direction of practical AI application, enhancing educational standards and accelerating technical advancement in the direction of smarter and more efficient training solutions. Based on this, the University of Economics and Business – VNU’s training programs will fully use the benefits that AI offers, providing students with a contemporary, digital learning environment with updated technology.