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Prof. Wong Ching-ping, Dean, Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has been elected a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), in recognition of his remarkable contributions in the field of electronic engineering.  The same honour has been bestowed on a few eminent Chinese-American scholars including Pei Ieoh-ming, [...]

The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Printed Electronics was recently held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).  The high-level activity brought around 200 academic and industrial researchers in related fields from different parts of the world including mainland China, Japan and the US, to present their latest accomplishments, discuss and share [...]

香港中文大學(中大)與微軟亞洲研究院共同成立的「香港中文大學利群計算及界面 科技教育部—微軟重點實驗室」(「利群」重點實驗室)今天(11月20日)於大學校園舉辦研討會,介紹有關大數據(Big Data)的最新研究成果及發展。中大在研討會上更宣布成立大數據決策分析研究中心,並嘉許最新獲選為「微軟學者」的兩名中大工程學院博士生,以及十個獲 微軟亞洲種子基金資助的前沿科研項目。研討會由中大校長沈祖堯教授、微軟亞洲研究院院長兼「利群」重點實驗室總監洪小文博士,以及「利群」重點實驗室聯席主任兼中大系統工程與工程管理學系教授蒙美玲教授主持。 中大與微軟亞洲研究院於2005年共同成立聯合實驗室,致力開發先進的計算及界面科技,以提升人類的生活質素,以及培育高質素的科研專才。實驗室於2008年獲國家教育部授予重點實驗室地位,證明其豐碩的科研成果備受國家認同和肯定。 詳情

Six teams of students of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) swept top awards in the 13th Challenge Cup held at Soochow University recently, and won the Hong Kong and Macau Cup again this year. The University was the only institution in Hong Kong to receive this highest honour in the region for 6 [...]

Prof. Charles K. Kao, former Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), celebrates his 80th birthday today (4 November).  Prof. and Mrs. Charles K. Kao have had an enjoyable morning at a birthday party held on CUHK campus, meeting many old friends and colleagues at CUHK who conveyed their best wishes and respect [...]

A postgraduate engineering student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), LI Chak-man, under the supervision of Prof. LAU Wing-cheong, Department of Information Engineering, has developed ‘Authenticated Paper’ – an anti-counterfeiting technology that is cost-effective, simple-to-use and secure.  The technology can be used to create authenticated paper-based documents or credentials which can be easily [...]

A genetic engineering team formed by 14 undergraduate students of science and engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has won a silver medal at the iGEM  (international Genetic Engineered Machine) Asia Regional Jamboree.  They also won the Best New BioBrick Part or Device (Engineered) Award and were qualified to compete for the [...]

Prof. Hon Ki TSANG and Prof. Jian-Bin XU and their research team of the Department of Electronic Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have successfully constructed a new device for detecting light in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region. This groundbreaking work is expected to enable a new generation of high efficiency, low [...]

Researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Microsoft Corp. have successfully developed a new system, WISER (White-space Indoor Spectrum EnhanceR), that improves indoor access to radio frequency spectrum which can enhance the performance of wireless technologies. In most places, radio spectrum is allocated by strict licensing to different wireless applications in a [...]

Prof. Zhang Li of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and his collaborators have successfully developed a novel type of magnetic microrobots capable of transporting cells and delivering drugs to specific locations inside the body.  The new technology has the potential to revolutionize minimally invasive medical [...]