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2019-03-05
Collaboration of CUHK Faculty of Engineering and SenseTime on AI Education
The Faculty of Engineering and SenseTime Group Ltd (SenseTime) have recently launched a new collaboration on Artificial Intelligence (AI) education with the signing of a collaborative agreement. AI is the technology that uses machine intelligence to simulate human intelligence in performing tasks and solving problems. The application ... -
2019-01-04
CUHK Appoints Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
The Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has approved the appointment of Professor Martin D.F. Wong as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering with effect from 4 January 2019. He will serve for a term of 5 years. Professor Wong is also appointed as Choh-Ming Li Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Professor Martin D ... -
2019-01-04
Two CUHK Engineering Professors Elected IEEE Fellows 2019
Prof. Tsang Hon Ki and Prof. Irwin King Kuo Chin, Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), have been elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2019, for their research contributions to “nonlinear silicon photonics and advanced waveguide grating couplers” and... -
2018-11-21
Faculty of Engineering Launches Master of Science in Financial Technology in Hong Kong
Financial Technology (FinTech), an emerging industry that enhances convenience and efficiency in financial activities through the adoption of data-oriented and smart technologies, is bringing revolution to the financial service sector. The development of innovations such as virtual bank and blockchain ... -
2018-10-15
Faculty of Engineering Launches Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence: Systems and Technologies
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering will launch a new four-year undergraduate programme in Artificial Intelligence: Systems and Technologies (JUPAS code: 4468) in the 2019-20 academic year with the aim of nurturing professionals and leaders for the age of artificial intelligence. AI becomes ... -
2018-09-24
Mourning Professor Sir Charles K. KAO
Dear Colleagues and Students, It was with great sadness that we received the news that Professor Charles Kao, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2009 and former VC of the University, has passed away yesterday. Professor Kao has been an outstanding scholar, a ... -
2018-06-04
Faculty of Engineering Receives Awards in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
Research teams from four projects have been awarded in the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. Here is a summary of CUHK award-winning projects: *Gold Medal* * *Prof. LIAO Wei Hsin, Mr. GAO Fei *and* Mr. LIU Yannan,* Department of ... -
2018-04-30
Engineering Students Receive Championship at Hacking Contest
A team of students has won in the VXCTF 2018, a Capture-the-Flag (CTF) hacking contest hosted by the international hacker conference VXCON in Hong Kong. During the competition, participants were required to exercise different skillsets in Information Security and Computer Science for challenges including web, cryptography, reverse ... -
2018-04-11
Two Innovative Projects Win Awards from FinTech Hackathons
The rapid growth of science and technology boosts financial services around the globe. Teams from Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management have won the Championship in the Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) FinTech Hackathon and received First runner-up in the UHackFin, organised by the Hong Kong University of ... -
2018-01-04
Three Engineering Professors Elected IEEE Fellows 2018
Prof. Jiaya Jia, Prof. Chandra Nair and Prof. Jianbin Xu from the Faculty of Engineering have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2018, for their remarkable accomplishments in “deblurring techniques in computational photography”, “network information theory” ...
