CityU IT, digital media students flying high
CityU IT, digital media students flying high
Around 30 City University of Hong Kong (CityU) students benefited from the IT exchange programme managed by Cyberport Digital Media Centre. Students travelled to
The College of Business, College of Science and Engineering and School of Creative Media students were sponsored by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer of the HKSAR to go on two-week to four-month tours. The programme fulfilled CityU’s mission of providing professional education.
Marco Po Wing-pong, a Year 3 student of the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Creative Media programme, and Chris Yan Chon-wan, a recent graduate of the same programme, spent a rewarding month in
Marco and Chris had the privilege of working under the direct supervision of InterGrid CEO Mr Scott Houston. Their main job was to develop two websites for the company. They added new features such as blogs and forums to the “Green Button” website and also created a new website for the “Raygun Rendering Competition” organised jointly by InterGrid, HP and Weta Digital. They created various website functions so that users could register accounts and vote for the works they liked most.
“The tasks have helped strengthen our web development skills because we were able to apply what we learned at school in real situations,” said Marco. “It was also an incredible experience for us to be able to work with a team at the forefront of this technology.”
Oliver Leung Fu-shing, a Year 2 student from the Department of Information Systems, and four students from the same department were offered the valuable opportunity to visit NTT docomo and KDDI, the two largest mobile phone companies in
Oliver and his classmates learnt about a number of high-end communication technologies, such as electronic coupons and the world’s first three-dimension high vision theatre. Oliver pointed out that
The CityU team also visited the Tokyo Institute of Technology and
Notes to editors: Photos sent via email and available for downloading at CityU’s website (www.cityu.edu.hk/media).
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Caption: CityU information systems students visit NTT docomo during their
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Caption: Marco (left), Chris (second left), Mr Scott Houston (third left) and the InterGrid team.
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