AIS Welcome Party
Held on 31 Aug, the AIS Welcome Party was a delightful event that marked the arrival of new postgraduate (PG) and undergraduate (UG) students into the AIS family. As the first Welcome Party after IPO being renamed as AIS, it provided an opportunity for new students, faculty and staff to come together and join activities such as experience sharing and mass games.
The AIS Welcome Party started with a warm and inspiring address by Prof. Huamin QU, Dean of AIS, followed by greetings from faculty members and a career advising introduction by Ms Vanessa CHAN, AIS Career Advisor. An ice-breaking session and an AIS quiz were also organized to get the students involved in the event.
Afterwards, parallel sessions were held for PG and UG students respectively. At the PG session, Prof. Huamin QU presented the Best Research Award to recognize PG students who had conducted exceptional research:
| Category | Award | Awardee | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD Category at Hong Kong campus | First prize | CHU, Mengyuan (PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Year 4) | Transportation Emission & Air pollution measurement |
| Merit prize | ZHANG, Wentai, (PhD in Atmospheric Environmental Science, Year 3) | Quantifying Marine BVOC emissions Using Satellite Remote Sensing | |
| PhD Category of Guangzhou Pilot Scheme | First prize | GAO, Ziqi (PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Data Science And Analytics), Year 2) | Graph Machine Learning and AI-aided Drug Discovery |
| Merit prize | TAO, Chengyu (PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Smart Manufacturing), Year 2) | Quality Control and Data Analytics | |
| MPhil category | First prize | ZHUANG, Qinru (MPhil in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Class of 2022) | Sustainable city and green infrastructure planning |
| Merit prize | JIANG, Xiaohui (MPhil in Public Policy, Class of 2022) | The Effects of Data Governance on Innovation for Smart Cities in China |
The awardees further shared more about their research to inspire fellow students to pursue their own research endeavors.
At the UG session, Prof. Arthur LAU, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) of AIS, presented the Outstanding Student Ambassador (SA) Award to 5 AIS SAs who were committed and had outstanding contributions to AIS SA Program:
- SUN Zihan (Environmental Management and Technology, Year 2)
- CHEAH Ian Yi Chen (Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management, Year 2)
- SAM Siu Chuen (Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management, Year 2)
- NG Tsz Long (Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management, Year 2)
- HUI Hoi Hung (Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management, Year 2)
Mass games brought the UG students closer together and built up their team spirit. Through a series of fun activities, students not only had a blast but also had the opportunity to connect with their fellow AIS peers on a deeper level.
We wish all AIS new students a happy and fruitful study life at AIS!
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
