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2017-06-12
Prof. Wong Kam Fai’s Team Develops Hong Kong’s First Automatic Chinese Typographical Error Detection System
A system called Automatic Chinese Typographical Error Detection has recently been developed by a research team led by Prof. Wong Kam Fai, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. The system is the first of its kind in Hong Kong for local students. It has already been tested among primary and secondary school ... -
2017-04-27
CUHK Team Wins in HackUST 2017
The hackUST 2017 is a 24-hour coding competition open to all university students/ alumni in the world and is the largest university hackathon in Asia. There are 4 themes (Gaming, Transport, Economy, Healthcare) with different challenges available for the participants this year. Participants are free to select their theme and form their ... -
2017-04-13
Breakthrough in Energy Storage Technology
A high-energy-density zinc/iodine-bromide redox flow battery (ZIBB) has recently been developed by *Prof. Yi-Chun Lu*, Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and her research team. ZIBB achieved the highest reported energy density for ... -
2017-04-12
MAE Students Won the Champion at the 6th Greater China Design Competition 2017
A team of students from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering won the Champion in the 6th Greater China Design Competition. Hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Hong Kong Branch, the competition was held in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, on 25 to 26 March ... -
2017-04-03
Faculty of Engineering Honors 25 Distinguished Alumni
On the occasion of its silver jubilee, the Faculty was proud to honor its 25 distinguished alumni whose acheivements in their professional frields have brought remarkable impact to the University and society. The Awards Presentation Ceremony is held on university campus on 18 March 2017, and officiated by Dr. CHAN Yau Nam Ian, Director... -
2017-03-21
Prof. Huang Jianwei Proposes Innovative Business Models to Release Potential of Wi-Fi Networks
The Network Communications and Economics Lab (NCEL), led by Prof. Jianwei Huang from the Department of Information Engineering has recently proposed two innovative business models to explore the economic benefits of a Wi-Fi sharing community. These models not only benefit consumers but also create new ... -
2017-02-19
Prof. Wing Kin Ma Elected IEEE Fellow 2017
Prof. Wing-Kin Ma from the Department of Electronic Engineering has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2017 for his contributions to optimization in signal processing and communications. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a ... -
2017-02-11
FinTech Undergraduate Programme Day
The Faculty of Engineering has organized an information session at Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK, on 11 January 2017 for introducing the programme details. Prof. Chen Nan, the Programme Director, shared the program mission in it. He said, “The programme is devoted to nurturing leadership ... -
2017-01-04
CUHK Faculty of Engineering Launches First-ever FinTech Undergraduate Programme in Hong Kong
Financial Technology (FinTech) is a newly emerging interdisciplinary field between finance and engineering which has been demonstrating an unprecedented potential to revolutionise the traditional financial service sector. It focuses on employing cutting-edge developments in engineering, particularly ... -
2016-12-07
Prof. Xiankai Sun’s Research Named One of the World’s 30 Breakthroughs in Optics in 2016
Optical isolators allowing for unidirectional light transmission are an important building block in photonic computation and communication. Such devices are widely used in optical and photonic circuits and systems, e.g., to control the photon flow on a photonic chip or to prevent light from reflecting back into a laser emitter. ...
