China News Service, March 28. According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", research teams in Singapore usually communicate scientific research knowledge in English, but a group of researchers from the National University of Singapore produced six videos in Chinese to explain the treatment with artificial intelligence technology to the public. Cancer, and research in biomedical technologies such as rehabilitation robots.
The videos were co-produced by four PhD students and two research assistants from NUS's Department of Biomedical Engineering and Yeo Loo Lin School of Medicine.
They participated in a pilot project led by Assistant Professor Dai Jiaping from the NUS Institute of Health Innovation and Technology and Department of Biomedical Engineering, hoping to introduce scientific research that can help improve human life to the public in an easy-to-understand manner.
Dai Jiaping said in an interview: "We have observed that most of the scientific and technological information released by companies or schools is mainly in English, but this makes it difficult for people who do not speak English to understand the convenience brought by new technologies. We want to use the pilot project to explain scientific knowledge in Chinese.”
With the support of the National Library Administration team, fellows will curate the content presented according to their respective research projects from August 2021.
After they completed the English video draft, they also had to translate it into Chinese. In the video of about three to four minutes, they explained obscure scientific concepts in colloquial vocabulary.
To make cancer better known to the public, NUS Biomedical Engineering PhD student He Qinwei (26) likens tumors to ecosystems in the video.
He uses different animals to symbolize cancer cells, white blood cells and fibroblasts, etc., to explain the interaction of different cells in cancer patients.
He Qinwei said: "By making this video, I learned to simplify abstract concepts and scientific terminology into a presentation that is easy for the public to understand. This allows the public to understand more complex scientific research and how research results can help cancer patients, thereby Confidence in the research we do."
In addition to local Singaporeans, the research team also includes three researchers from Thailand, the United States and China.
NUS Biomedical Engineering Research Assistant Huang Changji (25), who came to study here from Thailand in 2019, presents the basics of rehabilitation robotics in a video showing how a prosthetic limb equipped with tactile sensors can provide amputees with artificial sense of touch.
Although Huang Changji had been exposed to Chinese when she was in middle school, the most challenging part was to have her introduce her research in Chinese in the video.
She said: "It's easy for me to get nervous, not to mention the fact that I have to face the camera this time and explain scientific concepts in Chinese, which I am not so familiar with, so the process of filming the video is even more difficult. However, this time the experience was strengthened. improved my English and Chinese communication skills.”
He Qinwei and Huang Changji both look forward to helping more people from different fields experience the value and significance of scientific research through these videos.
"We hope to provide the public with an interesting way to explore science, and stimulate the interest of the younger generation in science, so that they can continue their research on new technologies," said Huang Changji.