News

February 2024

by Ian Or

printers in yeung building
With the feedback received from a student survey that many students wanted more convenient printing facilities in the YEUNG Academic Building, two student fast printers were installed on the 4th floor of the YEUNG Academic Building in February 2024. The newly installed printers are located near the ...

December 2023

by Annie Yu

ChatGPT seminar
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly become one of the most widely discussed topics today. In order to offer CityU staff and students a unique opportunity to enhance their understanding of Generative AI and ChatGPT, the Central IT (OCIO, ESU, and CSC) has organised two seminars. These ...

by Ian Or

all-in-one computers
Enhancing the teaching and learning environment in computing studies is our utmost commitment to both our faculty and students. Over the past two years, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has undertaken extensive renovations to upgrade all teaching studios and a computer theatre, catering to the ...

November 2023

by Joe Chow

Voicebot
The Central IT leverages Speech AI (Artificial intelligence) and Generative AI/ChatGPT technologies to develop a Service Desk Voicebot. This Voicebot is capable of comprehending and addressing human voice commands, presenting a novel approach to IT technical support. By allowing users to simply ...

October 2023

by Sunny Wong

EOS Win 10
Windows 10 follows Microsoft’s Modern Lifecycle Policy, which implies that the operating system will reach the end of its support on 14 October 2025. However, until that date, monthly security updates will continue to be released for Windows 10. It is important to note that without these security ...

August 2023

by Joe Chow

LI-4304
The Computing Services Centre (CSC) would like to introduce two new meeting rooms, LI-4304 and LI-5401. We tentatively named them as Global Meeting Rooms. These rooms are designed to facilitate globalised hybrid meetings with state-of-the-art technologies that enhance collaboration, communication ...

June 2023

by Annie Yu

Central IT forum - thumbnail
Effective communication is essential for the success of any organisation, and the Central IT, which includes the OCIO, the ESU, and the CSC, is no exception. To facilitate a dialogue between user departments and Central IT, the first Central IT Forum was conducted in June last year, and quarterly ...

March 2023

by Kin Cheng, Deep Batra and Dickson Leung

LI-5405
A number of meeting rooms on the 4/F and 5/F of Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building (LI) have been refurbished with new furniture and an audio-visual (AV) system that supports the “new normal” operations. The refurbishment of these meeting rooms illustrates the commitment from the Computing ...

by Ming Leung and Dr Crusher Wong (OCIO)

chatgpt
Everybody is talking about ChatGPT, even if he or she is not one of the 100 million users who can talk (via typing) to the chatbot directly. Instead of gathering information online, we asked ChatGPT to provide a self-introduction. Please see below. ChatGPT wants to help students with homework ...

February 2023

by Tony Chan and Deep Batra

quick assist
The Computing Services Centre (CSC) is a user-focused support centre devoted to helping users in different service areas. Providing better support to users is the top mission of our centre. Besides supporting through phone and on-site visits, Remote Support software gives our support staff the ...