Data acquisition is a process of collecting and measuring information on relevant variables based on an established, systematic approach. Data acquisition is essential no matter what the subject area. In this workshop we will help you to better understand and improve your skills in this area.

When we need to work on a dissertation, it can be difficult to know where to start. And this workshop we will learn what steps can help make our research more smooth and efficient.

This workshop introduces fundamental R language concepts. It covers installation of R & RStudio, basic syntax, data types and structures, programming tools, functions and packages, and basic plotting. The workshop aims to help you quickly understand and get started with using the R language.

This workshop is designed to introduce essential AI tools that can significantly enhance academic research. It covers a range of topics, including generative AI, AI for literature searching and review, AI for translation and paraphrasing, and prompting tips. By presenting a variety of AI platforms and tools, the workshop aims to help researchers improve their efficiency in conducting Scholarly research.

In this session, we will introduce the basic concepts of mobile communication standards, detailed the 3GPP organization and its role, analyzed the technical specification structure, and looked forward to the 6G technology scenario.

In this session, we will introduce the patent application and examination process, covering key steps from preparing materials to submitting the application, examination, and authorization.

Topic modeling refers to a statistical model that uses natural language processing to mine topics in specified texts. This workshop will briefly introduce the development history and different models of topic modeling, and focus on how to use Gensim, a topic modeling tool. Two chapters of the English-translated text The Analects will also be selected to introduce how to extract topic keywords from the text through Gensim. This will be used as an example to introduce how to deal with the research of the topic of the text.

Social network analysis is a research direction that evaluates the impact on individuals and groups from the mutual relationships between individuals and groups. This workshop will briefly introduce the development history of social network analysis, and focus on Gephi, an image-processing tool. It will also focus on text analysis in the field of social history, taking the topic of Empress Lv's social relationship network presented in The Historical Records as an example to introduce the application of social network analysis through Gephi.

A geographic information system is a system that uses computer hardware and software to acquire and store geographic-related data for analysis and presentation. This workshop will briefly introduce the development history of geographic information systems, and focus on QGIS, a geographic information system processing tool. We will also take the topic of the distribution of SZDNET as an example to introduce map production and the use of spatial analysis through QGIS.

Corpus linguistics refers to the branch of linguistics that uses corpora as an analytical tool to study language. This workshop will briefly introduce the historical development and application fields of corpus linguistics, and focus on how to use the Sketch Engine corpus. It will also focus on the application of corpora in the field of translation studies. It will select a chapter from The Analects and take the topic of differences in translation styles reflected in different English translations as an example to introduce how to use Sketch Engine to research this type of topic.

Digital humanities is a scientific research direction that uses digital technology to conduct humanities research. This workshop will review the development of digital humanities from its birth to the end of the twentieth century. At the same time, the current applications of digital humanities will be introduced, including digitization, text analysis, data visualization, and spatial representation, and typical cases of each application will be introduced. Finally, we will discuss the debate over the importance of digital methods and humanities insights in digital humanities.

We will learn about data resources that Library. This part of the resource is biased in the direction of SME.

We will introduce how to manage Citations in a research paper by EndNote & NoteExpress. In the first half of the session, we will briefly go over the knowledge of citation, including the rule of citation and major citation styles. In the second half of the session, we will focus on how to use EndNote & NoteExpress, including how to import documents from databases, how to group imported documents, and how to insert citations in Word.

We will learn how to use library resources to search for documents. As we know, before we start a research project, we need to collect a lot of documents. But how can we collect the document quickly? Let’s learn about the Web of Science, Scopus, and other ways to access library documents quickly.

Patents are a new carrier of technological innovation. In this session, we will learn patents from following three aspects: basic concepts of patents, resources for patent search and paten search methods.