On July 27, 2025, the undergraduate global scientific expedition project of our college, Frontier Exploration of Artificial Intelligence and Large Models from an International Perspective, successfully completed its academic exchange mission at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.On July 27, 2025, the undergraduate global research project of our college, Frontier Research on Artificial Intelligence and Large Models from an International Perspective, successfully completed its academic exchange at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The one-week overseas study activity came to a successful conclusion.The one-week overseas study program came to a successful conclusion.
This scientific expedition was jointly organized by the School of Intelligent Science and Technology of Nanjing University and the School of Computer Science and Data Science of Nanyang Technological University.This scientific expedition was jointly organized by the School of Intelligent Science and Technology of Nanjing University and the School of Computer Science and Data Science of Nanyang Technological University. It focused on the cutting-edge applications of large model technology, including multimodal, agents, and reinforcement learning. It focused on the cutting-edge applications of large model technology, including multimodal, agents, and reinforcement learning. Through immersive exchanges, teachers and students broadened their horizons and deepened their understanding, laying a solid foundation for further international cooperation in the future. Through immersive exchanges, the teachers and students broadened their horizons and deepened their understanding, laying a solid foundation for further international cooperation in the future.
Record of the scientific expedition process
Expert Lecture
Based on the six cutting-edge special lectures presented by experts and scholars, Professor An Bo, the Chancellor's Chair Professor, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Department, and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Cross-Research Institute of Nanyang Technological University, further shared with the students the experience and thoughts on choosing research topics, providing specific guidance for their scientific research training.Based on the six cutting-edge special lectures presented by experts and scholars, Professor An Bo, the President's Chair Professor of Nanyang Technological University, the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Department, and the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Cross-Research Institute, further shared with the students their experiences and thoughts on choosing research topics, providing specific guidance for the students' scientific research training. Professor An combined his own research and teaching experiences to offer guidance on how to discover and identify problems, and from a global perspective, introduced the research atmosphere of different countries and the current cutting-edge development directions in the field of AI. Professor An combined his own research and teaching experiences to offer guidance on how to discover and identify problems, and from a global perspective, introduced the research atmosphere of different countries and the current cutting-edge development directions in the field of AI. He also used the development of his doctoral students under his guidance as an example to provide valuable suggestions for the students' future development plans. He also used the development of his doctoral students under his guidance as an example to provide valuable suggestions for the students' future development plans.
Dr. Cao Yuzhou from the School of Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University presented a cutting-edge research sharing on the learning theory of Loss Function. Dr. Cao Yuzhou from the School of Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University presented a cutting-edge research sharing on the learning theory of Loss Function. Dr. Cao first provided an overall introduction to the unified paradigm for training deep neural networks, and using a simple multi-classification problem as an example, explained the categories and design of loss functions during the model training and testing phases. Then, focusing on this issue, Dr. Cao first provided an overall introduction to the unified framework for training deep neural networks, and using a simple multi-classification problem as an example, explained the categories and design of loss functions during the model training and testing phases. Then, focusing on this issue, Dr. Cao shared his two research works on how to design loss functions that are more conducive to optimization, namely the design of loss functions for multi-classification problems with rejection and the design of Convolutional Fenchel-Young loss functions in a more general context. Cao shared his two research works on how to design loss functions that are more conducive to optimization, namely the design of loss functions for multi-classification problems with rejection and the design of Convolutional Fenchel-Young loss functions in more general cases.
During the interactive session, Dr. Cao had an in-depth discussion with the students about the significant role of the loss function in deep learning and large model training. He also shared more of his understanding of this research field and the reasons for choosing this direction. This provided the students with some new thoughts on how to find their research directions.
Project Completion Report
On the last day of the expedition, the students, based on the theme and training content of this expedition, combined with their own research interests and academic foundation, each chose an artificial intelligence-related research issue for in-depth investigation. They also carefully prepared a six-minute presentation on aspects such as current pain points, feasible solutions, and research plans. During this period, the students also conducted group discussions and exchanges around the report topics, further refining their research ideas and expanding their academic perspectives through collective wisdom.
Subsequently, each student presented and shared their research findings. Professor Anbo listened carefully to each student's report and provided detailed comments.Subsequently, each student presented and demonstrated their research content. Professor Anbo listened carefully to each student's report and provided detailed comments. He highly praised the scientific research skills and practical abilities demonstrated by the students during the scientific expedition, especially the innovative thinking and rigorous attitude shown in the topic design and experimental verification. He also gave positive evaluations and valuable suggestions, enabling the students to have a deeper understanding and reflection on their research questions. He highly affirmed the scientific research literacy and practical ability demonstrated by the students during the scientific expedition, especially the innovative thinking and rigorous attitude shown in the topic design and experimental verification. He also gave positive evaluations and valuable suggestions, enabling the students to have a deeper understanding and reflection on their research issues.
Finally, Professor Anbo presented the graduation certificates to each student one by one.
After the successful completion of the scientific research project, the team leader of our university, Li Wenbin, made a summary speech. He stated that this scientific research activity achieved more fruitful results than expected. The students demonstrated the excellent professional abilities and teamwork spirit of the students of Nanjing University. He encouraged everyone to take this as an opportunity, convert the research achievements into specific scientific research results, and further deepen the research through methods such as writing academic papers and participating in subject competitions, making this scientific research experience an important milestone in the academic growth path of the students.
Summary
After the successful completion of the scientific research project, the team leader of our college, Li Wenbin, made a summary speech. He stated that this scientific research activity achieved more fruitful results than expected. The students demonstrated the excellent professional abilities and teamwork spirit of the students of Nanjing University. He encouraged everyone to take this as an opportunity and convert the research achievements into specific scientific research results. They can further deepen the research through methods such as writing academic papers and participating in subject competitions, making this scientific research experience an important milestone in their academic growth journey.
