 The
Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC), formerly known as the
Information Networking Laboratories (INL), was established in
January 1999. Serving as a pioneer of technology transfer between
the academia and the industry, INL was restructured to CINTEC with
an expanded scope to cover the whole Faculty of Engineering, and the objectives to facilitate technology transfer and to help transform Hong Kong into
a regional centre for innovation and technology.
We engage actively
in technology transfer with aims to:
- emerge as an advanced applied R&D
center
- actively contribute to and
collaborate with industry in the development of high value added
technological activities and to identify commercially relevant
research topics together
- provide high-quality training for
professionals in innovative research initiatives and engineering
entrepreneurship
- foster greater collaborations
with the Mainland for the advancement of state-of-the-art
technology
- provide a synergistic environment
leading to innovations and technology advancement
Wisers
Information Limited
The founders of
Wisers came from two research projects in the Faculty of
Engineering. The first project, Information Processing On Chinese (IPOC),
was led by Prof. K.F. Wong, the current Director of CINTEC. The
second project, Electronic News Media & Publishing System (ENMPS),
was led by Prof. K.W. Cheung, former Director of CINTEC. In 1997,
both projects were transferred to CINTEC for further development.
The team thought of an application scenario - electronic news
clipping, which was first of its kind at the time. In July 1998,
Wisers was incorporated to launch the services to the market.
DINASTech
The core technology of
DINASTech was originated from a research project, VIOLA, in
Department of Information Engineering. The project was transferred to
CINTEC in 1999 and was led by Prof. K.W. Cheung, former Director of
CINTEC. In 2001, the project received angel fund from two private
investors and was successfully spun-off in March 2001. DINASTech is
a technology company providing infinitely scalable video-on-demand
solutions.
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