At the invitation of the School of Information Science and Engineering of ECUST, Professor Qin Sizhao from the University of Southern California paid a visit to ECUST and delivered an academic report titled “Process Data Analytics for Troubleshooting of Feedback Controlled Manufacturing Plants” on January 9th, 2018. The report meeting was presided over by Professor Du Wenli, Dean of the School of Information Science and was attended by teachers and students of the School of Information Science. After the report, Professor Qin Sizhao   held a heated discussion with the teachers and students present on the current hot issues related to the frontiers of the discipline.