大專生組隊研發機械人龍爭虎鬥　中大奪冠將代表本港赴印度出戰

香港科技園今（26日）舉辦「全港大專生機械人大賽2022」，來自八間大專院校，共200位跨學科大專生，以自家研發、創新精密的機械人進行攻防競賽。中文大學的「黃金入球」隊成功擊敗其餘13個隊伍奪冠，並將代表本港出戰印度新德里舉行的國際大賽。

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Monday, July 4, 2022
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HK01
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CUHK FinTech Seminar Series Fintech-banking Collaboration Using Open API - a Glimpse at Mainland and Hong Kong

Topic:  Fintech-banking Collaboration Using Open API - a Glimpse at Mainland and Hong Kong

Date: 19 July 2022 (Tue)
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Format: Live virtual class (zoom)
Language: English

Register: https://cefar.cuhk.edu.hk/fintech-seminar-series

Fee: Free Registration

Panelists : (in surname's alphabetical order):
•Mr. Terry Chan, Senior Manager, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA);
•Mr. Alan Cheung, Senior Director, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI);
•Mr. Andrew Lim, Head of IT, Hang Seng China

Moderator:

•Prof. Raymond Tsang, Associate Professor of Practice / Career Advisor, Centre for Financial Engineering, CUHK
 
Abstract:
In this panel, we have invited leaders from the regulator, commercial bank and technology research institute to explore this fintech topic with the participants.  HKMA has been a long time advocator of smart banking initiatives, especially in the area of Open Application Programming Interface (API).  Hang Seng Bank (China) has leveraged on Open API to facilitate collaboration with fintech companies in the mainland.  ASTRI has also developed secured portals for third party service providers to access clients’ bank systems with client authorization.

Through our panel discussion, we would investigate how a technology research institute can provide a secured environment for the related parties to access the Open API, how a commercial bank can benefit from this tool to facilitate bank-fintech collaboration, while understanding and meeting customer needs, and how the regulator can foster an innovative and collaborative habitat and at the same time manage the risk in various aspects.  We will also compare how such development goes in the mainland and Hong Kong markets.

 

Biography:

Mr. Terry Chan has been appointed to the present position from 2017 with responsibilities for facilitating the healthy development of the Fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong and promoting Hong Kong as a Fintech hub in Asia.   He has worked in different areas of HKMA’s Fintech initiatives, including Open Application Programming Interface (API) for the Banking Sector, Fintech Supervisory Sandbox, Commercial Data Interchange, digital corporate identity and Hong Kong FinTech Week.

Mr. Alan Cheung is the Senior Director of the Trust and Artificial Intelligence technologies division in ASTRI. He leads the division in driving ASTRI’s initiatives, particularly in Fintech and Smart City areas with innovative applications such as blockchain systems, cybersecurity, secure fintech services, federated learning, risk assessment and multimedia data analytics.

Mr. Andrew Lim is currently IT head of Hang Seng Bank (China) and has stationed in CN since 2005. His responsibility is to oversee all IT functions of the Bank covering IT Development/Operations/security/Compliance. Prior to that he worked at IT dept of HangSeng Bank and held positions of different IT services such as Index, FX Trading and e-banking.

Prof. Raymond Tsang received his M.S. degree in Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago, USA.  He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).  In 2015, Mr. Tsang joined the Centre for Financial Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Senior Lecturer/Career Master.

Venue
Live virtual class (Zoom)
Date: 
Monday, June 27, 2022
Time
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 to 18:30
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中大與螞蟻合作 推校園版「10×1000」金融科技普惠計劃

香港中文大學工程學院金融科技應用研究院近日與螞蟻集團簽署合作備忘錄，就本港年輕科技人才培訓展開深度戰略合作，增強學界與商界聯繫，共同培育本地金融科技精英，並計劃於今年下半年合作推出首個校園版「10×1000」金融科技普惠計劃，以配合國家和香港特區政府將香港建設成國際創科中心和推動大灣區發展的大方向，透過「官、產、學、研」相互配合，促進年輕科技人才的培育。

Date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Media: 
星島網
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中大與螞蟻合推科技人才培訓　助獲選學生建立科技工作基礎

中文大學工程學院金融科技應用研究院近日與螞蟻集團簽署合作備忘錄，就本港年輕科技人才培訓展開深度戰略合作。根據合作協議，雙方將合作開展「10 ×1000」金融科技普惠計劃，獲選的中大學生可參與金融科技相關的網上課程及講座等，並與來自世界各地的業界導師及學員建立網絡、交流知識，為日後從事相關科技工作打下基礎。原文網址: 中大與螞蟻合推科技人才培訓　助獲選學生建立科技工作基礎 

Date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Media: 
HK01
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https://is.gd/2Q3enc

Ant Group, CUHK to Launch Campus Ver. of '10x1000' Inclusive FinTech Projec

Ant Group announced that it had recently inked a memorandum of understanding on a partnership with the Applied Financial Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Pursuant to the agreement, the two parties will jointly launch the first campus version of "10x1000" inclusive fintech project in 2H22, in order to facilitate the cultivation of younger talents in the field of technology in Hong Kong.

Date: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Media: 
AAStocks Financial News
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http://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1188927/recommend-news/HK6

CUHK Engineering FinTech Applied Research Academy and Ant Group sign MOU to develop young financial technologists by extending 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion programme to students

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2022-06-07
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Engineering FinTech Applied Research Academy (CEFAR) and Ant Group (Ant) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), strengthening their strategic partnership by launching the 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion programme, to attract and develop students interested in financial technology careers.
  
Scheduled to launch in the second half of 2022, the collaboration aims to foster a strong and growing FinTech ecosystem by bringing together key stakeholders from government, industry, academia and research, to contribute to young talent development, and strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an international innovation hub and accelerate the development of the Greater Bay Area, which are among the key priorities of the Central and HKSAR governments.
 
As part of the MOU, selected CUHK students can join Ant’s global FinTech training programme 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion, including enrollment in its online FinTech courses and dialogue series. Students who aspire to pursue a career in FinTech can also join the 10×1000 community to interact with trainers, tutors and other members globally, and exchange ideas and knowledge.
 
This collaboration builds on CUHK and Ant’s relationship exploring more possibilities for the application of digital innovations, which have included Ant’s offer of more than 100 R&D vacancies for CUHK graduates last year. Ant will also provide speaking opportunities where industry practitioners can share knowledge, in addition to offering internship opportunities and recruitment support. Later this year, Ant will sponsor two Industrial Projects for CUHK Master of Science in Financial Technology students, who will take up the challenges of solving real-life problems by applying the knowledge and skills they have learnt in class, with guidance and supervision from Ant. Topics for the projects include how FinTech will drive the further development of Ant’s business.
 
The MOU was signed by Professor Martin D. F. Wong, Dean of CUHK’s Faculty of Engineering, and Ms. Jennifer Tan, Executive Vice-President of Strategy Development and Government Affairs of Ant Group overseeing the GBA region.
 
Professor Wong remarked, “Since its inception in 2020, CEFAR has successfully undertaken many applied research projects. The collaboration with Ant means we have strengthened another connection with the industry, elevating our efforts to develop a larger pool of FinTech talents to meet the needs of Hong Kong’s future.” 
 
Ms. Tan added, “CUHK is a world-renowned university and its Faculty of Engineering is widely recognised as a pioneer in developing our next generation of technology leaders. Ant Group is honoured to partner with CEFAR to expand the range of opportunities that we can offer to the students in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area who will be shaping the FinTech industry’s future. As we work towards our shared commitment to strengthening Hong Kong’s position as an international innovation centre, we are excited to support academic exchanges, sharing of thought leadership, student internships, recruitment efforts and career counselling.”
 

Professor Martin D. F. Wong, Dean of CUHK’s Faculty of Engineering (left) and Ms. Jennifer Tan, Executive Vice-President of Strategy Development and Government Affairs of Ant Group overseeing the GBA region, sign a collaboration agreement.

 

Group photo of the representatives of CUHK Faculty of Engineering and Ant Group.

 

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Microrobot swarms in health race

Engineers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed an artificial intelligence navigation system that can allow millions of microrobots to gather in a human body for medical purposes.
The new system can allow millions of microrobots to behave like a bee swarm, autonomously reconfiguring their motion and distribution according to environmental changes, which allows them to go around obstacles inside a human body.

 

Date: 
Monday, May 30, 2022
Media: 
The Standard
Media LInk: 
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/4/242158/Microrobot-swarms-i…

游走人體複雜環境 自動避障礙物 中大研發微型機械人擁蜜蜂集群導航智慧

蜜蜂、魚等都有非凡嘅集群智能，會根據實際環境，共同改變集群形態，穿越狹窄嘅通道，避開障礙物，甚至對敵人展開攻擊。中大團隊成功開發一種結合人工智能嘅微型機械人集群自動導航技術，係全球首次令微型機械人擁有蜜蜂一樣嘅智慧，可以成群結隊地，喺人體複雜環境游走，更具備自動躲避障礙物嘅自主巡航能力，非常厲害！

Date: 
Monday, May 30, 2022
Media: 
頭條日報
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https://is.gd/lUquk7

CUHK at cutting edge in science contest triumph

A miniaturized robotic steerable surgical drill invented by three PhD students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has won the top prize at a nationwide science and technology contest for the first time.
CUHK was the only Hong Kong university to receive the top and first prizes at the 17th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest (Challenge Cup) - famed as the Olympics for science, technology and innovation among university students in China.
Date: 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Media: 
The Standard
Media LInk: 
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/241972/CUHK-at-cutting-ed…

CUHK Engineering develops new redox flow batteries for extreme cold weather

Date: 
2022-05-20
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A research team led by Professor Yi-Chun Lu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering (MAE) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK), has successfully developed a new electrolyte that enables high power, long life flow battery applications at both room temperature and low temperatures down to –20℃. The new flow battery achieves a high power density of 282.4 mW cm-2 and stability over 800 cycles (more than 1,200 hours) without decay at –20℃. This work enables high power, long life redox flow batteries to be used in regions with cold weather or severe weather fluctuations, a significant step towards the practical application of redox flow batteries for grid-scale storage of renewable energy. The breakthrough has been recently published in Nature Energy, one of the world’s leading scientific journals.
 
Aqueous redox flow batteries are a promising technology for safe, long duration energy storage and are key to achieving massive utilisation of intermittent renewable energies such as solar and wind power. However, at temperatures below freezing, redox flow batteries cannot be used because of the freezing of aqueous electrolytes, low reaction rate and the limited solubility of active materials. These challenges not only preclude the use of redox flow batteries in cold weather regions but also make renewable electrical grids extremely vulnerable to severe weather fluctuations. For instance, the recent power failure in Texas caused by a devastating snowstorm affected many millions of people, highlighted the need for a more robust electrical grid and energy storage over a wide range of working temperatures.
 
The state-of-the-art vanadium redox flow batteries suffer from lower solubility and lower redox kinetics at decreasing temperatures. Therefore, most commercial redox flow batteries need to use expensive, energy-consuming heating systems for low temperature applications.
 
Professor Lu and her team describe a new active material, multi-electron heteropoly acid H6P2W18O62  (HPOM), which enables high power, long life aqueous redox flow batteries below freezing. The HPOM exhibits a low freezing point (–35℃) and a high conductivity (74.32mS cm–1  (–20℃)) , which makes it an ideal active material candidate for high-power-density flow battery application at low temperatures.
 
The new HPOM based redox flow batteries demonstrated a high capacity, record stability (more than 1,200 hours without decay) and power density (282.4 mW cm–2) at a low temperature of –20℃, which makes them the first high-power low-temperature redox flow batteries with industrially relevant cycling stability.
 
The full research paper can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01011-y 
 

The first-author Mr. Fei Ai (Ph.D. student) showing the prototype of the HPOM based redox flow batteries at 25℃.

The prototype of the HPOM based redox flow batteries at 25℃ (left) and –20℃ (middle) and in the refrigerator (right). Water (H2O) is provided for reference.

Design principles of HPOM based redox flow batteries for low-temperature applications. HPOM electrolyte exhibits i) multi-electron reactions with fast redox kinetics; ii) a low freezing point down to –35℃; iii) high ionic conductivity; iv) high solubility of redox active materials.

 

 

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