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Adventures in temporary online instruction – what’s worked at XJTLU
Second in a two-part series. Part one here. Dr Chun Zhao, XJTLU's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering After stepping off into the unknown of emergency, all-online teaching a month ago,...
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How China’s example can help the world in tackling COVID-19
The same week that the United Kingdom banned meetings of more than two people due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of newly reported cases in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the...
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Annual Qingming festival adapts in the year of the coronavirus
To accommodate the need for social distancing, an app, along with other adaptions, will enable people in China to participate in this week’s Qingming Festival, says Dr Keping Wu, of Xi’an...
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Treatments could follow research into cancer evolution
New treatments designed to prevent cancer from developing, based on changing the microenvironment in which cancer cells evolve, could be both feasible and effective. This is the outcome of research...
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Prize winning epidemic themed App at 2020 XJTLU Hackathon Final
The 2020 XJTLU AI Innovation Hackathon Preliminary, which was held in February, saw 24 teams consisting of 169 students from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and other universities (including...
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XJTLU wet laboratories prepare to re-start research
As university research laboratories around the world shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the impact on scientific research could be considerable. News the last few weeks included reports of...
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Research shows how recommendations can be made without user history
Recommender Systems (RS) are widely-applied in everyday life. For example, on online shopping and video platforms, RSs predict users’ preferences and make personalised recommendations by analysing...
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XJTLU leader: Post-crisis, industry-tailored education key
In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, international education will transform, said Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s Professor Stuart Perrin at a virtual conference this month organised by the...
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Hope for treating elderly people infected with flu virus
A research discovery into why elderly people have worse symptoms and suffer more when infected with a virus such as the flu has found that blocking the action of a particular hormone could provide...
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Why copper is a key consideration in conserving Lake Taihu
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University research designed to limit harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Taihu is expected to have impact on the conservation of the lake, which is one of the largest...
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Unique innovation centre, XJTLU Learning Mall, launches Friday
Students in a state-of-the art classroom in China wear virtual reality (VR) headsets, gesturing in the air as they work on a design. Students at home in Abu Dhabi, in London, and in Ireland do the...
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Careful thought, planning lead to effective assessments
Today, end-of-semester examination days begin for Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University after an unprecedented move to all-online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. As evidenced by the words of...
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Students top-of-mind for XJTLU instructors
This has been a semester of "firsts" for many students and instructors as they navigated the rapid move to the online environment. These "firsts" include some new ways to assess how well students have...
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New Languages Dean: Language is like the air we breathe
According to the incoming Dean of the School of Languages at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, any language is vital for life like the air we breathe, and we cannot live without it. This includes...
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Study: Mongolian-ethnic Chinese students positive about trilingualism
A scholar's own trilingual background was the inspiration for a master’s thesis on how Chinese students of Mongolian ethnicity feel about the ability to speak three languages: Putonghua (Mandarin),...
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XJTLU staff elected to new RIBA China Chapter Committee
John Latto, teaching fellow in the Department of Architecture and Design at XJTLU, has been elected as a member of the chapter committee of the Royal Institute of British Architects China Chapter....
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XJTLU leader: Hybrid learning the next step
According to the associate principal of XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed universities to use existing technology at a new...
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Research shows how recommendations can be made without user history
Recommender Systems (RS) are widely-applied in everyday life. For example, on online shopping and video platforms, RSs predict users’ preferences and make personalised recommendations by analysing...
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Holistic approach to global travel restrictions indicated
A new holistic view of global human mobility to better coordinate international movement restriction would benefit governments and policy makers and is the key to understanding the virus spread...
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Research aims to help robots better perform sorting tasks
The research of a team at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University could further the possibilities of robots performing sorting tasks, such an assembly line or a postal service work scenario.Professor...
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