A Summer Encounter · Cross-Cultural Exchange Across Borders: Annika's Farewell Reflection in HUST
下面带来的是牛津大学学生安妮卡（Annika）在华科的研学生活感悟。她用真挚的文字记录下自己对武汉的初印象、在校园里的点滴日常、丰富的文化体验以及在科研学习上的收获与成长。让我们了解她在夏令营的研学经历和感想吧！
Here is Annika’s reflection on her study and research experience at HUST. With heartfelt words, she captured her first impressions of Wuhan, her daily life on campus, her rich cultural experiences, and her academic growth. Let’s take a closer look at her journey and reflections during the summer program!
Annika的夏令营研学感悟 Annika’s Reflections
我在rabey雷竞技度过了一段非常愉快的时光，在中国期间一直感受到无比热情的欢迎。这是我第一次有机会到访东亚，这段经历无疑令人难以忘怀。在华科的研究推动我更加深入地探索了机器学习中的概念，远远超出了我在大学课程中所学的范围。这不仅增强了我对编程的理解和自信，也让我初步接触到科研的实际过程。我的能耗预测项目延续并发展了课题组之前的研究，同时让我更加理解这一工作的意义——帮助减少能源消耗。
华科的校园十分美丽，设施齐全，完全能够满足我们的需要。国际学生宿舍位置优越，临近学习空间、咖啡馆和食堂。同时，骑车出行非常方便，校园范围广阔，我尤其喜欢和课题组同学一起骑车到校园的远端，探索这里的一切。
成为ICARE 部门的一员让我受益匪浅，他们尽力为我们这些实习生创造了最佳体验。在短短两周时间里，他们安排了丰富的学术与文化活动，让我们深入体验中国的生活，同时也更多地了解了中国的可再生能源。这些活动包括中国民乐、点心制作、中文课程和功夫学习，都非常有趣，让我们对中国文化有了更深认识。此外，企业参观也非常有启发性，让我得以一窥中国科技的未来。我尤其喜欢在武汉参观 MHero 办公室和汽车展厅的经历，我们不仅试驾了汽车，还体验了无人驾驶车辆。
能在中国停留的机会非常难得，而其中最大的亮点之一就是可以在周末旅行，感受中国丰富多样的自然风光和城市文化。武汉地理位置优越，位于中国中部，可以方便地前往全国各地。我们旅行中的亮点包括随 ICARE 参观南京的企业后，周末前往上海游玩。武汉本身也有很多美景，夜游黄鹤楼、傍晚骑行东湖，都是难以忘怀的体验。
最后，我要特别感谢我的学生助手张同乐（Tommy），在过去几周中，他给予了我极大的帮助，从安排抵达华科、住宿安顿，到组织每周的组会与汇报。他不仅帮助我们了解其他博士生的研究，也让我们有机会展示自己的研究进展。同时，这些交流也为我们提供了分享英国生活和学习经历的机会，与中国同学开展了文化交流，了解不同的节日、地方特色，以及 ICARE 的历史和华科的校园生活。也要感谢陈教授，给予我这样一个学习与研究的机会，让我能参与到对未来可再生能源意义重大的研究中。
Thoroughly enjoyed my time at HUST and have felt unbelievably welcome my entire time being in China. I had never had the opportunity before to travel to East Asia and this whole experience has been incredible. My research at Hust has pushed me to explore in much greater detail concepts in machine learning that go well beyond the curriculum taught to me in university. This has helped strengthen my understanding and confidence on coding as well as introducing me to how research is conducted. My project in energy forecasting allowed me to develop previous research done by the group as well as understand further why this work is important in order to reduce energy consumption.
The Hust campus was incredibly beautiful with all the possible facilities we required. The international accommodation was especially well located with very close proximity to great study spaces, coffee shops and canteens. As well as this it was extremely easy to cycle around campus which spanned a great distance. I especially enjoyed cycling to the far side of the campus with my lab group to see all the campus had to offer.
Being a part of the ICARE department was brilliant and they made sure to give all of us interns the best experience ever. Over the span of 2 weeks, they organised daily academic and cultural activities that really immersed us into life in China as well as teaching us more about the renewable energy in China. The organised activities including Chinese orchestra, pastry making mandarin lessons and kung fu were extremely fun and helped us learn more about Chinese culture. As well as this the enterprise visits were insightful and was a good look into the future of tech in China. I especially enjoyed the enterprise visit in Wuhan to see the MHero office and car showroom where we were able to go on a test drive then also later experience driverless cars.
The opportunity to stay in China was amazing and one of the main highlights was being able to travel around China. The weekends were a great opportunity to experience the huge range of nature and cities that China has to offer. Wuhan itself has an amazing location as it is in the centre of China and gives you easy access to cities all around China. The highlights of our travels included being to go with Icare to Nanjing on an enterprise visit then being able to spend the remainder of the weekend in shanghai. Wuhan itself had so much to offer and seeing the yellow crane tower at night as well as cycling around east lake during sunset were unforgettable experiences.
Finally I would like to thank my student helper tommy who has been of tremendous help over the last few weeks from organising out arrival at Hust to making sure we settled into accommodation. As well as this he organised weekly meetings and presentations with our lab group that allowed us to be able understand more about the research conducted by the other PHD students as well as present our progress so far. It also allowed us an opportunity to explain more about our life in England and experiences studying in the UK and have a cultural exchange with Chinese students learning about different festivals, local specialities as well as the history of icare and student life at HUST. Thank you also to Professor Chen for the opportunity to study and research here and to work on a project meaningful to the future of renewable energy.
