Engineering Professor as the First Asian to Win Best Paper Award at International Flagship Computer Vision Conference
2009-05-27 [ view ]

Prof. Tang Xiaoou and his PhD student, Mr. He Kai-ming, of the Department of Information Engineering and Dr. Sun Jian of Microsoft Research Asia won the Best Paper Award for the paper entitled ‘Single Image Haze Removal Using Dark Channel Prior’ at the prestigious IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2009. It is the first time ever Asians receive this top honour since the establishment of the conference 25 years ago. Details could be found here....

Professor Jie Huang has been elected the IFAC Fellow
2009-05-25 [ view ]

Prof. Jie Huang of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has been elected Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for his ‘contributions in teaching and research on nonlinear control theory and design, and its applications to flight control and guidance, electro-mechanical systems, and neural systems’. This year, nine scholars were conferred worldwide and Prof. Huang is the only one from the Greater China. Details could be found here....

Mrs. Regina Ip talked on
2009-03-12 [ view ]

The Faculty of Engineering held its Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony 2009 on March 7, 2009 to present the prizes and awards received by its teachers, students, and staff achievers last year. It is the great pleasure and honour of the Faculty to have The Honourable Mrs. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, GBS, JP, Member of the Legislative Council, to be the Guest of Honour of the Ceremony this year to give an address and to present the prizes. The topic of Mrs. Ip's address is on " Innovative Economy". With the kind permission of Mrs. Ip, a copy of her slides on similar topic is posted here for those who are interested. The delightful moments of the Ceremony were also captured in the photos shown here....

CUHK Engineering Professors has just won the ICT Awards
2009-02-12 [ view ]

Both of the "Non-contact Electro-cardiogram Monitoring Bedsheet' and "Health Shirt" developed by the research team under Professor Zhang Yuan-ting of the Faculty of Engineering has just won the Best Lifestyle Gold Award (Home Life and Healthy Living) from the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008. Two other professors from the Faculty are also on the ICT awardees list. Professor Charlie Wang's "From Styling Design to Fabricated Wetsuit" won the Best Lifestyle Bronze Award (Work Life and Professional Services). Professor Hui Kin-chuen's "Sustainability Voyage" also won the Best Digital Entertainment (Digital Entertainment Software) Certificate of Merit. Details could be found here....

Two More Professors from the Faculty have been awarded the prestigious IEEE Fellows in 2009
2009-01-16 [ view ]

Prof. Liu Yun-hui and Prof. Tang Xiao-ou of The Faculty of Engineering have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2009 for their extraordinary accomplishments in their respective research areas: (1) Prof. Liu Yun-hui (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering) - for contributions to robotic multi-fingered grasping and adaptive visual servo systems. (2) Prof. Tang Xiao-ou (Department of Information Engineering) - for contributions to pattern recognition and video processing. This year, 302 scholars were elected IEEE fellows worldwide. With the two newly-elected fellows, there is a total of 23 current teaching and emeritus/honorary professors of the Faculty who are IEEE Fellows. Details of the news could be found here. Congratulations to Prof. Liu and Prof. Tang!...

CSE Student Li XU has received the Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award
2008-10-29 [ view ]

Mr. Li XU, one of our PhD students in CSE Department under the supervision of Prof. Leo, Jiaya Jia, was awarded the Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship this year (2008-2009). The fellowship program is designed to empower and encourage PhD students in the Asia-Pacific region to realize their potential in computer science-related research as well as recognizing and awarding outstanding PhD students....

JUPAS Admission Questionnaire
2008-06-25 [ view ]

The Faculty has launched an online questionnaire (http://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/jupasaq/) which aims to help JUPAS applicants to match their interest with the suitable Major Programme(s) within the Faculty of Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. To attempt the questionnaire, please answer all the questions. After answering all the questions of the questionnaire, the system will automatically process your input and list out the Major Programme(s) which might match with your aptitude. It is expected that the new initiative would help you with your choice of programmes for further study....

SEEM Students won YDC E-Challenge
2008-06-23 [ view ]

Congratulation to the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management! The VMiner team formed by SEEM Students has won the champion of Young Entrepreneurs Development Council Entrepreneurs' Challenge business plan competition (YDC E-Challenge) on 20th June. VMiner has defeated more than 240 teams of students from all universities and tertiary institutes in Hong Kong....

Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering received the 2007 Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit
2008-03-28 [ view ]

Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering was awarded the Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit of the 2007 Hong Kong Awards for Industries, issued by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, for their high level achievement of intellectual property development, technological innovation, commericalisation and the fostering of technology culture....

Engineering Student received the First Prize in IEEE Hong Kong Section 2007 Postgraduate Student Paper Contest
2008-02-22 [ view ]

Ms. Mable Fok, a postgraduate student of Department of Electronic Engineering supervised by Prof. Chester Shu, received the First Prize in 2007 Postgraduate Student Paper Contest organized by the IEEE Hong Kong Section. Her awarded paper entitles "Tunable Optical Delay Using Four-Wave Mixing in a 35-cm Highly Nonlinear Bismuth-Oxide Fiber and Group Velocity Disperson". The Paper Contest aims to encourage IEEE student members in Hong Kong to apply their engineering knowledge to research projects in electrical and electronic engineering....