➭Overview of the Program

This short-term program offers international students a well-designed course of modern photonics, at the same time, a dive into Chinese culture.

Discover how light can solve complex scientific and engineering challenges in this dynamic summer course. Photonics is revolutionizing fields from telecommunications to medicine by combining classic principles with cutting-edge computational tools like machine learning. This hands-on program equips you with specialized numerical methods—more efficient than general techniques—to model light-matter interactions in advanced materials and nanostructures.

Why Join?

Bridge Theory and Practice: Learn through a blend of foundational concepts and Python-based simulations, applying them to real-world examples like photonic crystals, metasurfaces, and optical sensors

Customize Your Learning: Choose one of three tracks to match your goals:

- Engineering Track: Use provided code to tackle practical problems.

- Computational Track: Develop and optimize your own numerical solvers.

- Theoretical Track: Dive into analytical derivations and physical models.

Gain a Career Edge: Master skills highly valued in industries like renewable energy, biophotonics, and data communications

Course Highlights

Project-Based Learning: Reinforce concepts with demonstrations, exercises, and mini-projects.

No Advanced Prerequisites: Suitable for undergraduates with basic physics/math background.

Chinese Culture Experience: Dynamic experiences of Chinese cultural heritages, such as wood carving, Han embroidery, and calligraphy.

➭Introduction of the Host

This program is hosted by HUST School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation (AIA). AIA’s mission is to advance the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Control Science through integrated excellence in bachelor-to-postgraduate education and frontier research. By building interdisciplinary and cross-domain research innovation teams and strengthening research platform development, AIA has sharpened its focus on key research areas such as computational intelligence, intelligent perception and cognition, and intelligent control and decision-making.

➭Lecturers

➭Duration and Schedule

June 1st, 2025 – June 14th, 2026 (14 days)

➭Eligibility

1. Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with valid passports.

2. Current university students between the ages of 18 and 45.

3. English proficiency.

4. Interested in Information and Communication Technologies, and the digital transformation of China in the past decades.

➭Application

Link:  https://v.wjx.cn/vm/eUWytJ7.aspx#

Deadline:

➭Contacts

Miss Xiangyu Lai (Ceci), laixy@hust.edu.cn

➭Notes

1. Participants of the Digital China Program are managed according to the relevant regulations of Chinese Government Scholarship.

2. The School of International Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology is responsible for the interpretation of the scholarship granting procedures and regulations.