Panlab

we were thrilled by that professor fumiyuki adachi, known as the father of 
3g in japan, joined other panelists who shared their education, industry 
and academic experience with a full house of undergrad, master’s and phd 
students, as well as some academic and industry professionals. more info 
at http://panlab.cs.uvic.ca/web3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8613

also some students asked “I’d love to join the panel but I’m out of town 
on 23 August. I wonder if you would offer the notes taken from the meeting 
or the ministers of the meeting afterwards, so my friends and I wouldn’t 
be worried missing the panel but still learn from it.” so some raw notes 
 from the students and professionals: “Prof. Adachi: to talk with others 
and try to find something new! Thinking only by yourself is not possible!
Dr. Dingyi Fang: to combine your daily work with your initial dream. 
(i.e., to have a vision while focusing on your research)
Dr. Jianping He: when you feel pressed like waiting for offers, just focus 
on the things you can control instead of worrying about that which you can 
not control.
Dr. Rose Hu: to believe yourself and believe in your capability. Work 
hard! Be willing to change and never stuck. Build up strong passion! Don’t 
stuck in a tiny problem!
Dr. Ming ling: To be focused on your academic trajectory at the beginning 
of your career. To try your best to become a qualified principal 
investigator as soon as possible.
Matt: Don’t be afraid to challenge yourself. I encourage people to be 
uncomfortable and push yourself!
Dr. Humphrey Rutagemwa: Try to express yourself.” and “1. Dr. F Adachi – 
3G founder from Japan – told students to talk to each other and find 
something that is interesting to you…build communication skills
2. Dr.Dingyi Fang – Northwest uni China- Cyber Security. IoT….Big Data – 
Machine learning dyf@nwu.edu.ch – mentioned importance of intrinsic & 
extrinsic career motivation – long term and short term goals.
3. Dr. Jianping He – Shanghai Jiao Tong uni…postdoc from UVic….agreed with 
1&2, and discussed the importance of being open to change.
4. Dr. Rose Hu – Utah state uni – ECE – industry exp at Nortel & Intel – 
advises you should be willing to change – don’t get stuck because 
technology is always changing…
5. Dr. Ming Ling SE Uni China..microelectronics 2014/15 visiting scholar 
at UVic..expressed the importance of building a network of like minded 
people in your industry
6. Matt McKinney –ArcBlock in Seattle – Blockchain focus – Helped bring an 
industry perspective…the technology is the start , but monetarizing and 
marketing make it profitable in the long run. Brief comment on issues of 
health around 5G?
7. Dr. Humphrey Rutagemwa…..Communications Research Centre Canada (Federal 
Govt regulator) originally from Tanzania – grad degrees at Waterloo, spoke 
of importance of standards in industry and an understanding of effects 
that new technology has… (eg:5G?)”—not edited/reviewed by the panelists 
though. just for your info. hope it helps. cheers

Students Career Panel: What’s Beyond the Island?
Time: 11am–2pm, Friday, August 23, 2019
Location: UVic Engineering/Computer Science (ECS) building, room 660
RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/beyonduvic by August 23, 9am for pizza count

“What do I hope to be told while I was still in school?”
“What do I hope to be told when I started my career in (academia,
government, industry, etc)?”
“What have I found from my experience, observation and mentoring of
students, colleagues, etc?”
“(your questions here…)?”

A group of distinguished panelists around the world this week at UVic,
alphabetically:

Professor Dingyi Fang (UVic Visiting Professor and Professor at Northwest
University, Xi’an, China)
Professor Jianping He (Formerly UVic Postdoc and now Professor at Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China)
Professor Rose Hu (Associate Dean Research and Professor at Utah State
University, USA)
Professor Ming Ling (Formerly UVic Visiting Professor and Professor at
Southeast University, Nanjing, China)
Mr Matt McKinney (Marketing and Business Development Director of ArcBlock,
USA)
Dr Humphrey Rutagemwa (Research Scientist at Communications Research
Center, Canada)

invite you and your fellow students to a lively discussion and Q&A over
pizza. RSVP needed.