CUHK ACTIVITY

Dinner with Engineering Alumni

Prof. K.F. Wong joined the alumni dinner with Dean Prof. C.P. Wong on 4 July 2016. The dinner was hosted by PVC Prof. Michael Hui and 15 Engineering alumni had joined the dinner.

CUHK Engineering Summer Camp 2016

CUHK Engineering Summer Camp 2016 for elite secondary students was held on 5-8 July this year. On the first day of the camp, Prof. K.F. Wong attended the opening ceremony and gave a speech to welcome all participants. CINTEC also prepared gifts for students, and introduced Innovation and Technology Student Club which welcome all interested students to join.

Programming and Playing with Intelligent Robots

With the support from Prof. K.H. Wong, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CINTEC coordinated with World Class Arena to provide the captioned workshop to more than 30 secondary school students and teachers in Foshan and Hong Kong during 14-16 July 2016.

Participants were able to learn basic logic gates, write Arduino programme and build a robot car in the 3-day workshop. After completing the robot car, a competition was held to allow the participants to control their cars and form teams to play ‘basketball games’.

 

OUTREACH ACTIVITY

Meeting with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University

Delegation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University visited CUHK on 19-22 June 2016. To facilitate knowledge transfer and collaboration between CUHK and two universities respectively, Prof. K.F. Wong, Director of CINTEC, had a meeting with the delegates to discuss future collaboration of big data projects.

Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair 2016 in Chengdu

Prof. K.F. Wong was invited by Chengdu Municipal People’s Government to attend the Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair 2016 in Chengdu on 23-25 June. The fair gathered leaders of ministries of the central government and representatives of world-renowned entrepreneurial cities, world-famous higher education, research and investment institutions, and top incubators.

Prof. Wong, represented CUHK, to be one of the speakers in the forum “Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer”. The global trend of innovation and entrepreneurship, elements of innovation and entrepreneurship were discussed in the forum.

Launching Ceremony of the University-Government-Industry Consortium for Sustainable Urban Development

Prof. K.F. Wong, Director of CINTEC, attended the captioned ceremony on 6 July 2016. The Consortium is established to facilitate and promote research collaboration among universities, government and industrial organizations in support of the sustainable development of Hong Kong and other high-density cities.

17th Consumer Culture Study Award

Prof. K.F. Wong was invited by the Consumer Council to attend the 17th Consumer Culture Study Award (第十七屆消費文化考察報告獎) in Hong Kong Baptist University on 20 July 2016. Together with other guests of honor, Prof. Wong presented awards to outstanding teams winning the competition.

International Mathematical Modeling Challenge 2016

Prof. K.F. Wong, represented Faculty of Engineering, attended the International Mathematical Modeling Challenge 2016 (IMMC2016) Global on 24-30 July 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. Faculty of Engineering hosted the IMMC2016 Greater China Final in CUHK in May. Winning teams of the competition were supported to participate in the 13th International Congress of Mathematics Education (ICME-13). As parts of ICME-13, IMMC2016 Award Presentation Ceremony, Workshop and Discussion Group were held.

 

ITSC ACTIVITY

IT Exploration Tours for Secondary Students

ITSC organized IT Exploration Tours for secondary students during the post-examination period. The IT Exploration Tours were successfully held during 28-30 June 2016. More than 250 participants attended the events. The programme was organized to stimulate students’ interest in IT. Participants were arranged to explore IT facilities and learnt applications of technologies at CUHK.

Summer camp

ITSC has organized summer camp for members since 2009. This year, with full support from Mitsubishi Electric (HK) Ltd., a four-day summer camp themed “GREEN x ENGINEERING x ENERGY CRISIS” was held on 18-21 July 2016. Over 30 members joined the event. With 7 CUHK students as mentors, participants enjoyed the 2-day day camp on 18-19 July and 1-day hostel in United College. Participants were able to learn to different technologies, such as photoplethysmogram, robotics, sustainable energy … in a various kind of activities and workshop.

Summer Technology Visits and Workshop

In July, ITSC has arranged 2 technology visits for members and 2 workshops for members, including DNA Workshop, Writing Computer Games Workshop, Visit to Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and Visit to Civil Aviation Department.

 

ARTICLES

Prof. K.F. Wong, Director of CINTEC wrote review or commentary articles for different newspaper:

2016年05月至06月: “一帶一路一網 互聯互通互惠”,紫荊論壇第27期 (p.59-62)

2016-06-02-2016-06-08: “互聯網加劇「代溝」問題” ,資本壹週 《專資專知 》 (page 71)

2016-06-04-05: “打響「.hk」招牌 促港網絡經濟” ,經濟日報 A19 《國是港事》

2016-06-18-19: “效貴州 將大數據產業變鑽礦” ,經濟日報 A21 《國是港事》

2016-06-19: “優化STEM教育 配合中學大學銜接” ,星鳥日報 A11 《來論》

2016-06-23-2016-06-29: “加強香港創科創業的人才培訓” ,資本壹週 《專資專知 》 (page 71)

2016-06-25: “互聯網拉大代溝 變社會計時炸彈” ,星鳥日報 A20 《來論》

2016-06-30-2016-07-06: “非真實資訊乃大數據死穴” ,資本壹週 《專資專知 》 (page 71)

2016-07-17: “先就業取經 減初創風險” ,星鳥日報 A10 《來論》

2016-07-27: “Pokemon GO港熱爆 創意O2O商機巨” ,經濟日報 A20 《國是港事》

2016-07-31: “縮小沿線「數字鴻溝」 免礙「一帶一路」發展” ,星鳥日報 A12 《來論》

2016年07月: “面對第四次工業革命─互聯網經濟發展” ,明報月刊 Page 61-62

2016年07月至08月: “深化普及STEM教育 培養科創人才” ,紫荊論壇第28期 (p.102-107)