Team Takes Microsoft Championship
First year Computer Science MPhil students Ting Cham-Ho and Chan Kin-Kong have won this year's prestigious Microsoft Server Championship. The student track competition is open to under-24 year old, and 39 teams from institutions across Hong Kong competed, including seven from HKUST.
After the rigors of the preliminary rounds, the final saw teams compete to perform tasks related to the deployment of Microsoft Windows Server and Security. The champions' prizes included HK$20,000 and a summer internship at the Microsoft Advanced Technology Center in Shanghai.
"Studying at HKUST gave us the theoretical foundation essential for solving the problems posed during the competition," said Ting and Chan. "We are really looking forward to the 8-week internship, which will be an important step for us building successful careers."
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.
