Group photo of the Competition Team

Display and Defense during the Competition

The Second Prize in National Level Competition

At the 17th China Computer Design Competition (Nanjing Division), which concluded on August 11, the international students' project "VR Experience and Evaluation System for Chinese Calligraphy," guided by Deputy Professor Yuan Qingshu from our school （SIST）, won the second prize. Two international students from our school（SIST）, SULAIMAN MOHAMMED ABDULLAH AL-AWADHI from Yemen and AIT BOULAKSOUTE TAYEB from Morocco, were the main team members who participated in the development, design, and presentation of the project. This marks the highest award won by our international students in the national level academic competition.

Since the School of Information Science and Technology （SIST）began enrolling international students in 2015, it has established a high-quality, English-taught teaching team led by national-level talents and developed a comprehensive English curriculum system. The teaching team was recognized in 2020 for its provincial-level, offline, international first-class course. In the talent cultivation process, the college emphasizes practical training and project-driven learning to enhance students' hands-on skills and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, the college has fostered a strong culture of academic competitions, encouraging international students to join laboratories in their junior year, integrate into existing competition teams, or form new teams to participate in events such as the International Collegiate Programming Contest, the "Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the China Computer Design Competition. This approach aims to improve students' professional competitiveness and innovation capabilities. Previously, students have won the bronze medal in the Zhejiang Provincial "Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the first prize in the Zhejiang Provincial Division of the China Collegiate Programming Contest.

The award-winning project is a VR-based platform for learning Chinese calligraphy. It combines the advantages of VR, such as immersion and interactivity, with the Geomagic Touch, a force feedback interaction device. Users wearing HTC Vive equipment can immerse themselves in a virtual ancient-style study room and experience the use of traditional calligraphy tools, including the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. The Geomagic Touch simulates the tactile experience of brush writing, while real-time data visualization provides insights into the abstract writing process. The system evaluates writing performance not only in terms of stroke order and character structure but also from the perspective of force application. This project offers a novel and effective solution to the challenges of Chinese character writing, with the potential to create interactive and realistic language learning environments, thereby promoting the dissemination of Chinese traditional culture and its excellence.