Lionel M. Ni appointed vice rector for academic affairs by UM

The University of Macau (UM) has appointed Lionel M. Ni as vice rector for academic affairs, the institution announced yesterday. Prof. Ni is a computer scientist who formerly headed the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and was dean of the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to work with an excellent senior management team to realise the vision and mission laid out by the University Council”, said Prof. Ni of his appointment. The rector of the University of Macau, Wei Zhao, praised Mr. Ni after the announcement, saying, “I’m very confident that Professor Ni’s intellectual prowess and his rich administrative experience will intellectually and administratively strengthen all aspects of our academic programmes, and set the University of Macau on the road to becoming a world-class university”.