CUHK Faculty of Engineering’s Professor Raymond Yeung elected 2022 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

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Professor Yeung Wai-ho Raymond, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering, and Co-Director of the Institute of Network Coding at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for his consistent, profound contributions to the field of information theory and network coding. Professor Yeung will be inducted at the Fellows Induction Ceremony at NAI’s 12th annual meeting in June 2023.
 
Professor Yeung said, “I am humbled by this recognition specifically for my research works that have led to real-world applications. Network communication has become an integral part of our daily life, and I am most excited to be part of the advancement and evolution of our global network. My team will continue to explore new wireless network protocols, particularly in the applications of BATS code in 5G and 6G, and many other applications for the benefit of society.”
 
Professor Yeung is a leading expert in the information theory community and a co-founder of the field of network coding, making a significant impact on a variety of practical scenarios such as data storage and network communications. The Institute of Network Coding that he co-founded has evolved into a key contributor to Hong Kong that explores and deploys the promises of network coding in practical scenarios. Professor Yeung had invented the BATched Sparse code (BATS code) that improved the network transmission rate of networks with packet loss. His current research focuses on applying information theory and network coding ideas to develop better coding algorithms. 
 
Professor Yeung has received numerous international awards for his fundamental contributions to information theory and pioneering work in network coding and its applications, including the 2022 Claude E. Shannon Award, the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Richard W. Hamming Medal, the 2018 ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Paper Award and the 2016 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the IEEE. He also holds 10 patents on BATS code.
 
The NAI Fellows Programme highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society. NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. The 2022 Fellow class hails from 110 research universities and governmental and non-profit research institutes worldwide. They collectively hold more than 5,000 U.S. patents. Among the new class of Fellows are members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Fellows of the AAAS and other prestigious organisations, Nobel laureates, recipients of other honours and distinctions, as well as senior leaders from universities and research institutions.
 
The full list of 2022 class of NAI Fellows is available here.

Professor Raymond Yeung Wai-hoe

 

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網絡編碼專家 楊偉豪膺美發明家學會院士

中大卓敏信息工程學講座教授兼網絡編碼研究所聯席所長楊偉豪（圖），獲選為美國發明家學會院士（National Academy of Inventors Fellow），以表彰他在信息論及網絡編碼領域的貢獻

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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MingPao Daily
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Name: 
LONG Yi
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Global STEM Scholar and Professor
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Electronic Engineering
email: 
ylong [at] ee.cuhk.edu.hk
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3943 8286
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Riding on Digital Innovation to Achieving Winning Position

Topic: Riding on Digital Innovation to Achieving Winning Position

Date: 17 January 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 
Venue: Sapphire Room, CUHK Business School Town Centre (Unit B, 1/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong)

Language: English

Registration link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=1812287

Synopsis

Digital transformation is one of the key conversations across businesses, however, there have been many failure cases. Can companies really ride on digital innovation to build successful business models and gain winning market position? In the sharing, we use real cases to illustrate how digital innovation brings new experience to users and helps companies to grow business opportunities and sustain their leadership.

Speaker
Ms Jennifer Tan,
Chief Executive of Alipay Financial Services (HK) Limited
Executive Vice President – Strategy Development and Government Affairs, GBA of Ant Group

Moderator

Prof. Chun Kwong Chan, 
Programme Director, MSc FinTech, Faculty of Engineering
Professor of Practice in FinTech
Secretary, CUHK Engineering FinTech Applied Research (CEFAR) Academy

BIOGRAPHY
Ms Jennifer Tan
Chief Executive of Alipay Financial Services (HK) Limited
Executive Vice President – Strategy Development and Government Affairs, GBA of Ant Group

Jennifer is a highly respected accounting professional and Fintech leader who has taken on senior management roles for over two decades. She is recently elected as the Global Council Member of ACCA for 2022-2025. In 2021, she was winner of the Outstanding Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs Award and was named by the Fintech Magazine as one of Fintech’s Top 100 Leaders in a global league table. In 2019, she was named ACCA Advocate of the Year, both for Hong Kong and Greater China, and was the Chairlady of ACCA Hong Kong for 2021/22. Jennifer is also the consultative and advisory panel member of Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation and the EXCO Member of the FinTech Specialist Group of Hong Kong Computer Society

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Sapphire Room, CUHK Business School Town Centre (Unit B, 1/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong)
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 to 18:15
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BME Student awarded Link University Scholarship 2022/23

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2022-12-07
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Tiffany Choi from the Department of Biomedical Engineering has won the $20,000 Link University Scholarship in recognition of her outstanding achievements in academic studies and community services. Although schoolwork has been keeping her busy, she still manages to find time for volunteering. This summer she took part in Link’s volunteer month activities.
 
Tiffany said, “I like to explore things outside of academic subjects. The more I see and learn, the more I can broaden my horizon.” She took part in the project of Food Angel, another Link-sponsored program, a few months ago. For the project, she went to fresh markets in Lok Fu to collect vegetables and fruits and turn them into meal boxes.  While taking part in the activities, she was stunned by the extent of the wealth gap between the rich and the poor in a prosperous city like Hong Kong. 
 
“If it wasn’t for this experience, I would have no idea about the number of people who are dependent on free meals. Their situations were made worse by the fifth wave of the pandemic, which has taken away many people’s jobs.”
 
Besides helping people, volunteering gives Tiffany the opportunity to see the different segments of society and to make friends with people from different background. This has greatly broadened her life experience. As for the $20,000 scholarship, Tiffany said part of it will be used to pay off tuition fee, while some will go into her savings – she plans to apply for the exchange program to Australia or Europe next year and would need money to cover her living expense abroad. She has also applied for this year’s Link Scholarship and she will continue to take time off her studies and learn more about things happening outside the campus.
 
Supported by Link Together Initiatives, the annual Link University Scholarship program aims to nurture young people and encourage upward mobility. Launched in 2015 and with no income screening requirement, it aims to support students who are the first among the three generations in their families to attend university. This year, 220 awardees were selected from over 2,000 applicants in the 11 universities across Hong Kong. 
 
(extracted from the news article issued on 7 Dec 2022 by HK01 and Link) 

Tiffany Choi

 

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領展奬學金培育大學生　助己助人

在每個人的成長階段，隨着生活圈子擴闊，對事物往往有不同的看法。在香港中文大學主修生物醫學工程的蔡學兒（Tiffany）便喜歡走出校園，認識不同背景人士和探索在校園看不見的社會另一面，從而擴闊眼界。

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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HK01
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Name: 
NGUYEN Viet Anh
Title ( post ): 
Associate Professor
Department: 
Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
email: 
nguyen [at] se.cuhk.edu.hk
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3943-8462
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https://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/prof-viet-anh-nguyen/
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CUHK Engineering Professors Elected IEEE Fellow 2023

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2022-11-22
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Three professors from the Faculty of Engineering have been elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2023. There are currently 41 IEEE Fellows in the Faculty of Engineering at CUHK.

 

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Department

Contribution

Professor Anthony Man-Cho So

Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

Optimization in signal processing and communications

Professor Fung Yu Young

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Electronic design automation in VLSI physical design

Professor Li Zhang

Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering

Micro-/nanorobot swarms and platforms for translational biomedicine

 

About IEEE

The IEEE is the world's largest professional organisation dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, with more than 409,000 members in over 160 countries. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognised by the technical community as a prestigious honour and an important career achievement. The total number of recipients each year does not exceed 0.1% of the total voting IEEE membership.

 
 

 

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XUE Tian Fan
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Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor
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Information Engineering
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tfxue [at] ie.cuhk.edu.hk
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3943 5255
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Fintech in Algo Trading and Asset Management

Topic: Fintech in Algo Trading and Asset Management
Date: 7 December 2022 (Wed)
Time:  4:30 - 5:30p.m.
Venue: Emerald Room, CUHK Business School Town Centre
(Unit B, 1/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong)
Language: English
Register:  https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=1799765
Fee: Free Registration

Speaker:
Dr. Alfred MA - Managing Director, CASH Algo Finance Group
 

Moderator:
Prof. CK Chan - Programme Director, MSc FinTech, Faculty of Engineering
Professor of Practice in FinTech
Secretary, CUHK Engineering FinTech Applied Research (CEFAR) Academy

 

Abstrast

In this talk, the speaker will share the future outlook of algo trading in Hong Kong from a perspective of a FinTech company focusing on algo trading for years. In particular, Dr Alfred Ma will share his point of view on how easy/difficult a retail investor can deploy their only algo trading strategies and what the implications would be accordingly. Some differences between algo trading at the retail level and institutional level will also be discussed. Academic research as well as his experience in algo trading started from 2009 will be shared.

 

Biography

Dr. Alfred MA

Dr. Alfred MA is a FinTech practitioner and researcher. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Columbia University, and an MPhil and BSc in Mathematics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a CFA charter holder, Professional Risk Manager (PRM), Associate of Society of Actuaries (ASA), and Chartered Engineer (CEng). He has more than 5 years of full-time and part-time teaching experience in quantitative finance area in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University. He has published more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Computational Finance, Journal of Financial Data Science, and Journal of Trading.


Alfred is now a managing director in CASH Algo Finance Group (CAFG) which started the first algo trading strategy in 2009 and officially entered the FinTech space at HKSTP in 2016. CAFG obtained the various FinTech awards including Fintech of the year 2018 (start up) by etnet. It managed funds both in Hong Kong and China. CAFG has also been training new algo trading strategists in Hong Kong and organized two times inter-university algo trading competition with participants from top universities in both Hong Kong and China including Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University.


 

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Friday, November 18, 2022
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