From June until early August I was lucky enough to research in the Computer Science department of the Dalian University of Technology in northern China. 2019 is auspicious for DUT which celebrates its 70th birthday this year. I was generously hosted by Professor Na Lei who extended every hospitality to make my stay very pleasant. It was a productive couple of months where I submitted three first author papers. One was accepted at the “International Symposium on Visual Computing” (ISVC 2019) with the other two currently under review.