In the lecture, associate Professor Sun Mingru focused on the opportunities and changes that artificial intelligence will bring to the financial field, enumerating the applications of artificial intelligence such as NUMERAI, GLOBAL ANALYTICS, ALPHASENSE in the financial industry. And from the aspects of machine learning and statistical model, she describes the application and expansion of artificial intelligence in fund management, risk management, anti-financial fraud, financial cost management and so on and learning from machines. She hopes that students do not be confined to the study of textbook theory, take the initiative to understand the forward development trend of the industry, make career planning in advance and actively respond to the development and change of the industry in the future in order to adapt to the progress of the society. Finally, she introduced the academic advantages of accounting, finance and other majors at Birmingham City University, as well as the curriculum, industry qualification and employment prospects of graduates.

Many students said that they have learned a lot from the lecture and began to have new thinking about the future of their academic and professional careers. By inviting well-known experts and scholars from foreign cooperative colleges and universities to hold high-quality academic lectures, integrating resources both inside and outside the school the international college has set up a platform for teachers and students to have a zero-distance understanding of the latest international research results and grasp the frontiers of discipline development, broaden academic horizons, and improve professional literacy.