HK Tech Forum

A forum on “Advanced Matter and Materials” from 19 to 20 September will focus on the microelectronic packaging and mechanical behaviour of materials, the potential for linking microelectronic devices to biomedical applications, and the utilisation of copper cloth with (111) uni-directionally oriented nano-twin copper as a new electronic packaging matter for rapidly inactivating the COVID-19 virus; as well innovative approaches in alloy design to overcome the limitation of materials performances. The event is held under HK Tech Forum, which provides a platform for discussing new strategies and approaches to major challenges in science and technology. 



New Faculty Orientation

Around 50 new faculty members were welcomed to an orientation on 26 August by President Way Kuo. There were sessions on “Being Successful and Engaged”; “Teaching and Learning, and Quality Assurance”; “Research and Postgraduate Studies”; “CityU Scholars”; “SGS, PhD matters and Mainland Joint PhD schemes”; and “Preventing Sexual Harassment”. The event ended with an evening reception for new faculty and deans, department heads, faculty mentors, and senior management in the Lau Ming Wai Academic Building.



Kudos

Dr Tsui Lik-hang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese and History, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK. A University of Oxford and Peking University graduate, Dr Tsui researches Chinese history, digital humanities, and epistolary culture and manuscripts.

Two young faculty from the Department of Computer Science have been recognised for their notable achievements and outstanding research potential in the field of Computer Science. Dr Xu Weitao, Assistant Professor, has received the Rising Star Award 2021 from the China Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems; while Dr Wang Shiqi, Assistant Professor, won the 2021 IEEE Multimedia Rising Star Award for his outstanding early-stage career achievements in the area of compact video representation.

Chan Ho-chung and Meng Xinmin of the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), under the supervision of Dr Ray Cheung Chak-chung, Associate Professor in EE, won 3rd place in the CCF TCARCH Customized Computing Challenge 2022. The event was hosted by CCF TCARCH and jointly organised by the Center for Energy-Efficient Computing and Applications at Peking University and AMD-Xilinx. The aim of this national competition is to nurture computer architecture talents, stimulate students' interest in computer architecture, and develop students' innovative spirit. 

Wynona Chan Wing-lam, Florence Yiu Pui-ting and Christopher Fong Fu-san from the School of Law (SLW) won 1st place in the Outstanding Delegation Award and the Best Teamwork Award (as “Team China”) at the International Model United Nations (UN) Human Rights Universal Periodic Review Competition held online on 8 August. The SLW team outperformed students from the University of Hong Kong, University of Tokyo, International Christian University, Japan, Korea University, and more. The competition was co-sponsored by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea. The SLW students were trained by Dr Stephenson Chow Pok-yin, Assistant Professor, under the auspices of CityU’s Public Law and Human Rights Forum.

A team of five Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) students/graduates supervised by Dr Tsang Kim-fung, Associate Professor in EE, won the First Runner-Up prize in the Tertiary Education Category of the Hong Kong Electronics Project Competition (HKEPC) 2022. The winning project was titled “An Optimized Radio Replication Combined Load Balancing Scheme for Network Server Cluster in Large-Scale LoRaWAN”. The team members were Lee Yo-che (Information Engineering), Liu Yucheng (PhD), Wang Hao (PhD), Wei Yang (PhD) and Mr Zhang Zhifu (Information Engineering graduate 2022). The annual HKEPC promotes the advancement and exchange of information and creative ideas related to electronic engineering. It is organised by the Electronics Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. The theme for HKEPC 2022 was “Advancing Innovation & Technology in New Normal Smart City”.