CAMAGÜEY.- Dr. C. José Ramón Saborido Loidi, Minister of Higher Education in Cuba, received this Friday the category of Guest Professor in Hebei Foreign Studies University (HFSU), in China, during the gala for closing his visit to this Asian institution, along with a delegation of executives from the University of Camagüey (UC) Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz.
The information was released by Yailé Caballero Mota, director of International relations in the UC, who added that, during the evening, also took place the symbolic inauguration of the International Institute of Research in Artificial Intelligence that is being built in that campus and that will be led by professors from Cuban universities, specially from Camagüey.
“In this cultural gala devoted to Cuba, which paid tribute to Che, Fidel and the Revolution, and Cuban rhythms were danced, a strategic agreement was signed by the University of Camagüey and the HFSU that comprehends all the actions developed jointly by both institutions and other higher education centers in Cuba”, added Caballero Mota.
“Other than the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, there also points out the proposal for the adaptation of the Program for the Doctorate in Computer Science coordinated by the Central University of Las Villas (UCLV) and the master’s degrees in Applied Computer Science and Computer Science coordinated by the UC and the UCLV, as well as the proposal for receiving Camagüeyan researchers in Hebei Foreign Studies University to develop doctoral and postdoctoral researches”, said the source.
On this last day, the Cuban delegation also held a meeting with the vice governor of the province of Hebei, who stated his total support for the development of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and all the cooperation actions developed currently and in the future between Cuban and Chinese universities.
Before leaving for Beijing on Saturday October 26, to continue strengthening the cooperation with Belgian universities and the VLIR projects, the delegation from the University of Camagüey met with the mayor of the city of Shijiazhuang.
- Translated by Elianna Díaz Mendieta