On the afternoon of June 24, the Proposal Defense and Evaluation Meeting for the 2023 Master’s Degree Candidates of the Kazakhstan Branch of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) was held in Conference Room 1 of the International Conference Center at Youyi Campus. Professor Cui Helei served as the Chair of the Defense Committee for this proposal defense session. Professor Shang Xuequn, Dean of the School of Computer Science at NPU, Professor Xia Yong, Associate Dean, Professor Guo Bin, Associate Dean, Professor Pan Yongsheng, along with Karymsakova Nurgul and Khaniyev Bakyt from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, jointly acted as defense committee members. Associate Professor Chen Yaxing took on the role of defense secretary. Three graduate students from NPU Kazakhstan Branch and two graduate students from the School of Computer Science participated in the on-site proposal defense.
The proposal defense and evaluation is a crucial component of postgraduate education for master’s candidates. It not only marks the starting point of a student’s academic journey, but also serves as an important platform to examine and guide the research direction and methodology of postgraduate students. The candidates delivered detailed presentations on their respective research topics, which covered multiple cutting-edge fields of computer science including artificial intelligence, big data, and medical image processing. Each candidate provided a comprehensive introduction to the research background, objectives, expected outcomes, and potential challenges of their projects. The panel of professors offered meticulous comments on the feasibility, innovativeness, and existing issues of the proposed research topics, fully affirmed the candidates’ research directions, and put forward valuable suggestions on optimizing research methods and deepening research depth. This face-to-face communication mode has greatly helped the candidates clarify the improvement directions and strategies for their future research.
This proposal defense session has deepened the candidates’ understanding of their selected research topics, further helped them clarify their research directions and sort out research ideas, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent writing of their degree dissertations. It is of great significance for promoting the continuous improvement of the quality of postgraduate education and training. It also marks a solid step forward in the development of the Kazakhstan Branch by the School of Computer Science. Going forward, the School will continue to introduce more high-level faculty resources to the branch and provide students with more learning and development opportunities.
