Postgraduate, Researcher and Faculty Workshops

• Use the two multi-disciplinary databases, EBSCOHost and ProQuest, to discover research information in your research field
• Use the Advanced search features in the databases
• Register for a free account to enjoy the personalized features and services

This workshop you will learn how to:

• Use Scopus to discover quality research information in your research field
• Search with topic, keyword, author, author identifier, etc.
• Find the citation counts of research papers
• Set up alerts to receive the most updated information automatically by email

This workshop you will learn how to:

• Use Web of Science to discover quality research information in your research field
• Search with topic, keyword, author, author identifier, etc.
• Find the citation counts of research papers
• Set up alerts to receive the most updated information automatically by email

This workshop you will learn:

• Why we need to search for theses
• How to locate theses and dissertations from universities in:
  • Hong Kong (CUHK & other local universities)
  • China & Taiwan
  • Other Countries

Medium of Instruction: English
Enquiries: Email to eref@cuhk.edu.hk

This workshop you will learn:

• Why we need to search for theses
• How to locate theses and dissertations from universities in:
  • Hong Kong (CUHK & other local universities)
  • China & Taiwan
  • Other Countries

Medium of Instruction: English

Speaker: Dr. Yvonne Loong, Senior Lecturer, ILC

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to concerns important to the planning of research and thesis writing. Overall thesis structure and language features of major thesis sections will be covered. Citation issues, styles and useful tools will be mentioned.

Medium of Instruction: English

Speaker: Dr. Felix Chao, Senior Lecturer, ILC

If the thesis is not written and formulated in the right way, its key ideas will not be able to be communicated effectively. In this workshop, you will study the good language features of a thesis written in Chinese and learn how to avoid the common errors. You will also be introduced to the skills and choice of words for stating your research and theorizing your arguments. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss how to write definitions for key terms, the introduction and the conclusion.

Medium of Instruction: Cantonese supplemented with Putonghua

Speaker: Dr. Yvonne Loong, Senior Lecturer, ILC

You will learn how to summarize the most important information in your research as well as describe the most significant contributions that your research has made in a concise, readable and impressive manner. Both the structure and language of the thesis abstracts will be discussed during the workshop.

Medium of Instruction: English

Speaker: Dr. Paula Hodgson

Presenting your research at conferences is a powerful way to share your work and build professional networks. This workshop will equip you with essential skills to excel in both poster and paper presentations. You will learn to:

(1) Design visually appealing posters with clear layouts and concise information;

(2) Organize a logical flow of concepts in presentations,

(3) Communicate confidently with appropriate tone and pace, and

(4) Handle Q&A time professionally.

Medium of Instruction: English

Speaker: Dr. Felix Chao, Senior Lecturer, ILC

In this workshop, you will learn about various types of oral presentations for academic purposes. You will discuss how to make the best use of the presentation format, and will examine the issues that you will need to pay attention to when presenting in Cantonese. You will also discuss the use of multimedia tools and how to deal with difficulties that you might experience during oral presentations.

Medium of Instruction: Cantonese supplemented with Putonghua

This workshop will cover the article metrics:

• What are the research metrics for journal articles, and how can I find them on the Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Scite?
• What are the alternative metrics, and how can I find them?
• How can I use article metrics responsibly?

Author Identity Management can help you distinguish yourself from others with similar names so you can showcase your research outputs and activities. This workshop will also cover the author-level metrics:

• What are ORCID, WoS Researcher Profile, Scopus Author Profile, and Google Scholar Profile, and how can I set up my profiles?
• How can I record and update my research outputs and activities in these profiles?
• What is an h-index, and how can I find it?
• How can I view my profile in SciVal for a comprehensive analysis?
• How can I use author-level metrics responsibly?

Journal metrics are used to quantify a journal’s research impact in scholarly publishing. The workshop will introduce journal metrics and tools to identify suitable journals for your work.

• What are journal metrics, and how can I find them?
• How can I find a journal list in a subject area and evaluate a journal’s performance?
• How can I find suitable journals for my manuscript submission?
• What is a predatory journal, and how can I avoid it?
• How can I use journal metrics responsibly?

This session will cover:

• Scite data and service
• Browser extension and Scite badges
• Citation report
• Literature search
• Collections, insights and alerts
• Assistant by Scite – AI search
• Q&A

Speaker: Mr Eric Colteau, Implementations Lead at Research Solutions

Digital humanities is a new form of research increasingly embraced by scholars in arts and humanities. This seminar will show you:

1. Concepts of digital humanities research and the research methods used
2. How to apply popular digital tools on GIS, text mining and analysis, data and network visualisation, etc. in digital humanities research
3. Examples on digital humanities research projects from worldwide to illustrate the use of research methods and tools used.

Invited speaker: Mr. Cyrus CHU, GIS Analyst, Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Conducted by ArcGIS vendor, this seminar will introduce the concept of Geographic Information System (GIS) and its use in research. It will also cover the use of the software ArcGIS with illustration from examples of research projects.

Research data management (RDM) encompasses the collection, organization, analysis, storage, sharing, preservation, and reuse of research data throughout the research lifecycle. This workshop will introduce the key principles and best practices of RDM, including effective approaches to managing, documenting, and depositing research data. Participants will also learn how responsible data sharing and reuse can enhance research visibility and increase the overall impact of their research.

This online workshop will introduce the concept of text analysis and a few examples of text analysis tools. An online text analysing tool – Voyant Tools (http://www.voyant-tools.org/) will be demonstrated to give handy results of textual materials, no matter they are in text file or online.

Networks are powerful tools for understanding relationships and connections within complex data.  This workshop provides an overview of network analysis concepts and explores how network visualisation can reveal patterns, communities, and influential actors. Participants will gain insight into common analytical measures and learn how network graphs can be used to investigate social, scholarly, organisational, and information networks. The session highlights the value of network analysis as a method for uncovering hidden structures and generating new perspectives from interconnected data.

A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a written document that outlines how research data will be collected, managed, shared, and preserved throughout the lifecycle of a research project. Many funding agencies require researchers to prepare and submit a DMP as part of their grant applications.  As an institutional partner of DMPTool (https://dmptool.org/), CUHK provides access to the CUHK Data Management Plan Template as well as templates from several major funding agencies. This workshop will introduce the purpose and benefits of data management planning and guide participants through the process of developing a DMP using DMPTool.

Invited speaker: Dr. Kwong-cheong WONG, Senior Lecturer, Data Science and Policy Studies Programme, CUHK

Vibe Coding is an innovative approach that uses natural language to interact with AI tools for generating, testing, and deploying code. Without needing to manually write every line, Vibe Coding makes programming more intuitive and accessible than ever before.

This interactive two-session workshop will take participants on a fun and practical journey into Vibe Coding using AI tools like Cursor. Along the way, they’ll first build a foundation in Python and then develop hands-on skills to confidently explore the possibilities of AI-powered software development.

Remarks:
Participants will need to bring their own device for hands-on practice.

The CUHK Research Data Repository (CUHK RDR) (https://researchdata.cuhk.edu.hk/) is the University’s institutional research data repository. It enables CUHK researchers to deposit, publish, curate, and preserve their research data, while promoting the discovery, access and reuse of these data by the global research community. This workshop will introduce the key features of the CUHK Research Data Repository and demonstrate the effective practices for managing research data, including publishing and sharing datasets and depositing data for peer review purposes.

• Identify keywords of your topic and formulate a search statement for searching resources;
• Use LibrarySearch to search for resources, particularly theses;
• Understand different types of library databases, and use Scopus to discover quality research information; and
• Find a journal to publish in and increase the visibility of a published article.

(All groups are identical. Please only register for one group)

• • Fundamental concepts of RDM;
  • Key benefits of effective RDM;
  • Core components in RDM;
  • RDM practices in the CUHK context; and
  • Data depositing and sharing in the CUHK Research Data Repository.

*These sessions are identical, please join only one session.

• • Fundamental concepts of DMP;
  • Benefits of creating a DMP;
  • Core components in a DMP; and
  • Detailed steps on how to create a DMP using the CUHK DMP Template in DMPTool.

*These sessions are identical, please join only one session.

(All groups are identical. Please only register for one group) 

(All groups are identical. Please only register for one group)