Professor from the People's Republic of China visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

From October 4 to 11, as part of the Visiting Professor program, the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno hosted Professor Ren Zhilei of Dalian Polytechnic University (PRC), PhD in Mathematics, Professor of the School of Computer Science and Engineering.

During the visit, the professor gave lectures on the disciplines of "System Programming" and "Software Engineering" to students of the 2-3 course of the specialty "Software Engineering". The lectures covered the full cycle of modern software development with an emphasis on automation and the use of artificial intelligence tools. Students delved into such leading areas of software engineering as search-based engineering (SBSE) and repository data analysis (MSR) and the application of large language models (LLM) to help programmers. In practical classes, Ren Zhilei showed how these methods are used to automatically find and fix errors in compilers and assembly systems.

The professor held a scientific seminar for the teaching staff, where he spoke about his research in the field of developing automated error detection methods in compilers, the most fundamental development tools. He also shared the results of research on the development of automated testing methods for the Gazebo robot simulator, a fundamental tool in robotics.

The round table "Scientific research and projects of the School of Computer Science and Engineering of Dalian Polytechnic University" was also held within the framework of the meeting, which was attended by the faculty and students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. The professor held meetings with representatives of the Center for Internationalization of Education, the head of the research department, Anton Glazev, and the head of the Technology Transfer Center, Elena Opekun. The meetings discussed the possibilities of cooperation in the fields of education and science, as well as options for financing projects of Belarusian-Chinese research teams.

A separate meeting was organized for students from China studying at YKSUG under an experimental training program specializing in Information Technology Software. They discussed with the professor the topics of their theses and received consultations on diploma design.

The visit resulted in agreements on maintaining cooperation with the School of Computer Science and Engineering of Dalian Polytechnic University, searching for common scientific interests and those interested in active scientific cooperation.