- High interest from local college students continues with an education suitable for the needs of the times for digital core practice and data science

(Photo 1) Group photo of 2023 Data Analytics Camp in Cambodia

As part of the UNESCO UNITWIN project, Handong Global University (President Do-Soung Choi) held ‘Data Analytics Camp’ for the students in Cambodian university at the Handong-ASEAN Start-up & Innovation Center located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 13^th to the 17^th of this month.

This camp focused on big data, artificial intelligence (AI), regression analysis, and simulation data analysis methods for five days in morning, and afternoon sessions. The enthusiasm for acquiring data analysis skills was so passionate that more than 260 local college students pre-registered from the recruitment of camp. Pin Richard, a student from Panasatra University who participated in the camp, said, “It was a time to meet students with same passion, form a good network, and gain knowledge to share with freshman who had no chance to take the camp.” Another student from the National Business School named Kane Lysang said, “I’m working to support female entrepreneurs, and the data analysis technology I learned at the camp helped me a lot in my career.”

In order to respond to the 4^th industrial revolution, developing countries such as Cambodia need capabilities related to the use of data and the application of digital technology, but there is an absolute lack of professional teaching staff and practice equipment. Handong Global University provides necessary education to students of Cambodian universities through the UNESCO UNITWIN program, and strives to strengthen the construction of major books and educational infrastructure in Cambodian universities.  

(Photo 2) Local college students listening to a lecture

Emeritus Professors Dae Sik Kim and Dae Yeon Cho of Handong Global University, who participated as faculty members at this camp, gave theoretical lectures and practices to analyze and utilize data in practice to provide high-quality education in cooperation with computer science students of Handong Global University(Hyun Jin Kim, Jeong Hoon Park, and Yu Jin Jang). Although it was an intensive 6 hour camp schedule over 5 days, 71 local university students (National Business University, Panasastra University, Life University, Royal Law School, Royal University of Phnom Penh, National Technical University, etc.) participated and gave a high acclaim.

Meanwhile, Handong Global University has visited the Royal College of Agriculture, the Royal College of Law and Economics, and Panasastra University to discuss joint curriculums with the President and Head of the department to review cooperative programs and devise ways to develop them.

UNESCO UNITWIN (UNITWIN, UNIversity, TWInning, and Networking) was established by UNESCO in 1992 for the purpose of reducing the knowledge gap and fostering self-reliance in developing countries by the educational method of supporting university and research institutions in developed countries through a network between developed and developing countries’ universities. In Korea, Handong Global University was designated as the first UNITWIN host university in 2007.

In addition to this, Handong Global University is accelerating the promotion of internationalization through various ways. It was designated as the first OECD intern dispatch university in Korea (2008), recognized as the host university of the UN Academic Impact, and named as UN depository library operating university. Also, it was acknowledged as a host university for UN NGO meeting (2016) and opening of UNAI Ban Ki Moon Institute for Global Education was followed. (2019).

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