FEAT Early Career Researcher Symposium gathers nearly 150 scholars for experience-sharing
(Provided by Department of Finance) The College of Management at NSYSU and the Financial Engineering Association of Taiwan (FEAT) organized the 2020 FEAT Early Career Researcher Symposium, with nearly 150 participating scholars from 30 universities in Taiwan. It was an unconventional conference on finance and accounting, during which internationally-recognized top academicians of the field of finance gave keynote speeches. The speakers shared their rich collaborative research experience with young Taiwanese scholars, encouraging them to cooperate in research.
The convener of the Symposium, Professor Wei-Che Tsai and Associate Professor Pei-Shih Weng of NSYSU Department of Finance pointed out that this academic symposium emphasized the experience sharing and discussion on collaborative research. It saw the participation of the following speakers: Vice Dean of the Department of Finance at the College of Commerce at National Chengchi University (NCCU) Distinguished Professor Robin K. Chou, Distinguished Professor Hua-Wei Huang of the College of Management at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Yehning Chen – discipline coordinator of the discipline of finance and accounting at the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Vice Director Prof. Keng-Yu Ho of the Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications (CRETA) at National Taiwan University.
Professor Yehning Chen said that the project plan should not be too long and pay attention to the research methodology; what should be emphasized is the project’s main contributions and importance. The budget should be estimated accurately – nor too high nor too low. As the editor of The International Journal of Accounting, Distinguished Professor Hua-Wei Huang shared his point on submitting research articles on accounting to journals. He said that now, universities in Taiwan focus on international rankings and thus scholars have to consider different circumstances when submitting articles to journals, and often tend to go for quantity rather than quality; he and asked young scholars to reconsider that. By the end of the Symposium, the editor in chief of the finance section of the Journal of Management and Business Research, Professor Keng-Yu Ho of the Department of Finance at National Taiwan University shared his advice on how to write a good review with the participating young scholars. Professor Ho said that a review allows to quickly understand the current research achievements in a certain field; he encouraged young scholars to take review requests, as it is a valuable learning opportunity.
In addition to research exchange between young scholars, the events of the Symposium concentrated on cross-generational experience sharing. The keynote speech was given by Distinguished Professor Robin K. Chou, who talked about his 20-years academic research experience, writing and submitting articles. Professor Chou advised young scholars against following trends when searching for research topics, and concentrating on their fields of interest instead, and digging into details when doing research. He said that overly concentrating on complicated analysis methods can produce a result opposite of the desired and that the key to successful research in the fields of finance and accounting is to tell a good story. Finally, Professor Chou advised young scholars to “walk out”, and emphasized the importance and indispensability of collaboration and exchange in one’s academic career development.
Dean of the College of Management, NSYSU, Professor San-Yih Hwang said that the main topic of the Symposium was academic exchange and research cooperation in the new era, and the main goal was to establish an exchange platform promoting collaboration between young scholars. He said that 2020 FEAT Early Career Researcher Symposium was an unconventional finance and accounting conference, putting scholars’ fields of expertise or interest in the center, reporting their academic achievements and topics that could initiate future research collaboration. The organizers expressed their hopes that the Symposium would be an inspiration for cross-field academic collaboration to respond to rapid changes in the academic environment.
Professor William T. Lin – former Director-General of FEAT, the Symposium organizer, gave an opening speech on behalf of FEAT. He appreciated the meaningful main idea of the Symposium and the unique opportunity of academic exchange for young Taiwanese scholars. NSYSU Senior Vice President and Chair Professor Mitch Chou and Associate Dean of the College of Management Professor Jui-Kun Kuo gave speeches, conveying words of encouragement to young scholars, hoping to jointly inject more funds into Taiwan’s academic capacity.
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
The convener of the Symposium, Professor Wei-Che Tsai and Associate Professor Pei-Shih Weng of NSYSU Department of Finance pointed out that this academic symposium emphasized the experience sharing and discussion on collaborative research. It saw the participation of the following speakers: Vice Dean of the Department of Finance at the College of Commerce at National Chengchi University (NCCU) Distinguished Professor Robin K. Chou, Distinguished Professor Hua-Wei Huang of the College of Management at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Yehning Chen – discipline coordinator of the discipline of finance and accounting at the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Vice Director Prof. Keng-Yu Ho of the Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications (CRETA) at National Taiwan University.
Professor Yehning Chen said that the project plan should not be too long and pay attention to the research methodology; what should be emphasized is the project’s main contributions and importance. The budget should be estimated accurately – nor too high nor too low. As the editor of The International Journal of Accounting, Distinguished Professor Hua-Wei Huang shared his point on submitting research articles on accounting to journals. He said that now, universities in Taiwan focus on international rankings and thus scholars have to consider different circumstances when submitting articles to journals, and often tend to go for quantity rather than quality; he and asked young scholars to reconsider that. By the end of the Symposium, the editor in chief of the finance section of the Journal of Management and Business Research, Professor Keng-Yu Ho of the Department of Finance at National Taiwan University shared his advice on how to write a good review with the participating young scholars. Professor Ho said that a review allows to quickly understand the current research achievements in a certain field; he encouraged young scholars to take review requests, as it is a valuable learning opportunity.
In addition to research exchange between young scholars, the events of the Symposium concentrated on cross-generational experience sharing. The keynote speech was given by Distinguished Professor Robin K. Chou, who talked about his 20-years academic research experience, writing and submitting articles. Professor Chou advised young scholars against following trends when searching for research topics, and concentrating on their fields of interest instead, and digging into details when doing research. He said that overly concentrating on complicated analysis methods can produce a result opposite of the desired and that the key to successful research in the fields of finance and accounting is to tell a good story. Finally, Professor Chou advised young scholars to “walk out”, and emphasized the importance and indispensability of collaboration and exchange in one’s academic career development.
Dean of the College of Management, NSYSU, Professor San-Yih Hwang said that the main topic of the Symposium was academic exchange and research cooperation in the new era, and the main goal was to establish an exchange platform promoting collaboration between young scholars. He said that 2020 FEAT Early Career Researcher Symposium was an unconventional finance and accounting conference, putting scholars’ fields of expertise or interest in the center, reporting their academic achievements and topics that could initiate future research collaboration. The organizers expressed their hopes that the Symposium would be an inspiration for cross-field academic collaboration to respond to rapid changes in the academic environment.
Professor William T. Lin – former Director-General of FEAT, the Symposium organizer, gave an opening speech on behalf of FEAT. He appreciated the meaningful main idea of the Symposium and the unique opportunity of academic exchange for young Taiwanese scholars. NSYSU Senior Vice President and Chair Professor Mitch Chou and Associate Dean of the College of Management Professor Jui-Kun Kuo gave speeches, conveying words of encouragement to young scholars, hoping to jointly inject more funds into Taiwan’s academic capacity.
(Edited by Public Affairs Division)
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