Assistant Professor Ouyang Zhongkun from the Institute for Ocean Engineering at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) recently received the Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award presented by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), making him this years sole global recipient.The award was presented at the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), held on June 18 in Vienna, Au

From May 28 to June 5, 2026, faculty members and students from the Institute for Ocean Engineering at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) carried out the 2026 research expedition in the northern South China Sea. The voyage was conducted under the framework of the Twilight Zone of West Pacific: Ecosystem Research Project (TOWER), an initiative endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030).The expedition focused on three

A delegation from Chulalongkorn University, led by Vice President Manoj Lohatepanont, visited Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) on June 9 to deepen cooperation.During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on deepening cooperation, expanding priority areas of collaboration, and promoting two-way faculty and student exchanges.Tsinghua SIGS Associate Dean Fu Haohuan delivered a welcoming speech.In his remarks, Chulalongkorn UniversityVice President Manoj Lohatepan

From June 16 to 19, the 15th IEEE Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop (IEEE IVMSP 2026)was held at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS). Under the theme Image and Video for Multimodality AI,the workshop brought together researchers and experts from around the world to share the latest advances, emerging technologies, and applications in intelligent visual signal processing.The opening ceremony featured remarks from the workshops General Co-Cha

Two international students from Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) have been appointed as international student building liaisons in Taoyuan Subdistrict, supporting local social services.They are among seven international students in Shenzhen with strong Chinese-language skills selected to form the citys first team of international building liaisons, jointly contributing to community services.A ceremony was held in April to mark the official establishment of the inte

In March 2026, Associate Professor Zheng Haitao of Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). A month later, he was named an RSA Life Fellow by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), in recognition of his outstanding academic contributions and industrial achievements in artificial intelligence, knowledge engineering, and large language models.IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for en