CityU graduate awarded prestigious scholarship by Japanese government
CityU graduate awarded prestigious scholarship by Japanese government
A computer science graduate from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has been awarded a prestigious scholarship by the Japanese Government, enabling her to pursue postgraduate research in artificial intelligence (AI).
Pau
The Monbukagakusho Scholarship, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in
“I am really delighted by the news,” Ms Chui said. “
She will go to
“I fantasized about incorporating a computer into the human brain which would then give me a highly-accurate memory capacity, like a computer, while at the same time retaining the learning ability of a human being,” she said. When she learnt about the AI course offered at CityU, she knew immediately where she should study.
In addition to achieving first-class honours, Ms Chiu has been awarded several scholarships for her academic performance.
In her innovative Final Year Project under the supervision of Professor (Chair) Horace
Ip Ho-shi
another student to devise a web-based electronic tourist guide that helps find routes and gives out travel information.
“The design is based on the knowledge that we learned in the Intel
Professor Ip praised Ms Chui’s ingenuity. “Her project involved a range of advanced technologies, including techniques for mobile location tracking, AI and computer graphics for a mobile PDA device as well as server-side programming. She learnt these technologies very quickly and completed the project with flying colours. I hope this has given her a solid foundation to face the challenges ahead in her research,” he said.
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