On November 6, Professor Herbert Hamers, Vice Dean of Education and Professor of Game Theory and Operations Research at Tilburg School of Economics and Management, and Omid Feyli, Manager for marketing and recruitment, visited Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dean Fangruo Chen, Associate Dean Xi Qu and Janet Chen, Acting Director of International Office, attended the meeting. Following the meeting, Professor Hamers gave a lecture titled “Game Theory and Operations Research” to Antai faculty and students.

During the meeting, Dean Chen introduced Antai's work at the intersection of technology and business, along with its initiatives in international education and short-term student programs. Professor Hamers outlined the academic programs and international partnerships of Tilburg School of Economics and Management. Building on their existing student exchanges, the two schools discussed expanding two-way mobility, joint undergraduate education and double-degree cooperation. They also exchanged views on arrangements for students to study at both institutions in stages and possible links between their master's programs.

In the subsequent lecture, Professor Hamers presented research on “Influencing Opinion Networks: Optimization and Games” and “Power Indices for Feature Selection.” He explained approaches to analysing influence in opinion networks and identifying important features in machine learning models. Antai faculty and students engaged with him during the lecture, gaining further insight into applications of game theory and operations research.

The visit strengthened ties between the two schools in education and research and created new opportunities for academic exchange between China and the Netherlands.