HKUST Programming Team Will Advance to World Finals of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest 2008
The HKUST Programming Team comprised of CHUI Sung Him (CPEG Yr.2), YAN Zhepeng (COMP Yr.1) and WU You (COMP Yr.1), led by Dr. YI Ke and PG Coach LI Rui, will advance to the World Finals to be held from April 8-12, 2008 at Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta.To enter the World Finals, our team has beaten more than 6,000 teams from countries all over the world. This is also the first time in the recent 12 years HKUST enters the World Finals of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research 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. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
