At the Congregation 2024 held earlier, the University of Macau (UM) presented the Teaching Excellence Award to one faculty member in recognition of his outstanding teaching performance. The recipient for the 2023/2024 academic year is Wong Fai, associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST).

Every year, the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award is selected by a selection committee from nominees, who are faculty-level teaching award recipients, through a rigorous process. Selection criteria include the following: teaching philosophy, depth of knowledge in the subject area, outstanding communication skills and teaching effectiveness, outstanding contributions to the quality of curriculum development, the ability to promote student learning by stimulating and sustaining the intellectual development of students, innovative approach to teaching and learning, and leadership in promoting teaching excellence within and outside the university.

Prof Wong felt honoured to receive the award and expressed his gratitude to the university for the recognition. He is committed to curriculum reform, educational innovation, and the promotion of professional certifications. Regarding his teaching approach, Prof Wong implements research-based methods that integrate theoretical knowledge with practical applications, enabling students to apply their knowledge flexibly. Furthermore, Prof Wong promotes self-directed learning to empower students to take control of their education, thus developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Prof Wong believes that a good teacher should not only facilitate students’ academic development, but also nurture them into responsible citizens who can make achievements beyond the classroom and make active contributions to society.

Prof Wong joined UM in 1998 as a research fellow in FST. He obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UM, and earned his PhD from Tsinghua University. With research interests encompassing natural language processing, machine translation, computational linguistics, and machine learning. Prof Wong has published over 170 academic papers. His significant contributions to the field have been recognised with the Second Prize in the Technological Invention Award and the Second Prize in the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Macao Science and Technology Award, which he received in 2022 and 2012 respectively. The research projects supervised by Prof Wong have also received awards in competitions in Macao and the Asia-Pacific region. He was also awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by FST for the 2023/2024 academic year. One of Prof Wong’s notable achievements is the development of a pioneering Portuguese-Chinese machine translation system. He currently serves as the  head of the Natural Language Processing & Portuguese-Chinese Machine Translation Laboratory (NLP2CT Lab) at UM.

Source: Rector’s Office

澳門大學在畢業典禮上頒發“澳門大學卓越教學獎＂，表揚及嘉許一名在教學上表現出色的教學人員。經過嚴格遴選，2023／2024學年的獎項由澳大科技學院電腦及資訊科學系副教授黃輝奪得。

澳大表示，卓越教學獎的遴選及評審過程十分嚴謹，由具代表性的遴選委員會從眾多學院的提名中選出一名獲獎教師，獲提名者均為各學院優秀教師獎得主。評審準則包括教學理念；相關專業知識的深度；傑出的溝通技巧和教學成效；對課程發展有傑出的貢獻；具有激勵學生智力持續發展、引發其積極學習的能力；創新教學方法的運用；推動校內外卓越教學的領導才能。

黃輝對是次獲獎深感榮幸，表示這是一份極大的榮譽。他積極參與課程體系改革、教育創新和推廣專業認證。在他的教學方法中，他嘗試推動基於科研的教學模式，將理論與實際應用相互結合，令知識得以靈活運用。另一方面透過推動自主學習，讓學生深入參與並全面掌握課程內容，挑戰和激發學生的批判性思維及解難能力。此外，黃輝深信一名理想的教師應培養學生成為學術及社會責任感兼備的公民，讓他們在校內外均取得成功，積極為社會作出貢獻。

黃輝於1998年加入澳大，在科技學院擔任研究員。他分別在澳門大學獲得學士和碩士學位，並在清華大學獲得博士學位。他的專長於自然語言處理、機器翻譯、計算語言學、機器學習等領域，現已發表170多篇學術論文。基於黃輝在相關研究領域的重大貢獻，他分別於2022年和2012年獲澳門科學技術獎的技術發明獎二等獎和科技進步獎二等獎，在其指導下的研究項目亦屢獲殊榮，部分在澳門及亞太地區比賽中斬獲大獎。黃輝亦榮獲澳大科技學院頒發2023／2024學年優秀教學獎。他研發出首個“中、葡機器翻譯系統”，目前正擔任澳大自然語言處理與中葡機器翻譯實驗室（NLP2CT Lab）的負責人。

新聞來源：校長辦公室