Build YouTube on the Blockchain Seminar
The Co-Founder of LINO Network, Dr. Qifeng Chen, shared about his LINO's platform and business model in a seminar on 19th September in LT-C, HKUST. Around 300 students attended this event to know more about blockchain and how the platform could be a revolutionary tool for content/individual creator. Attendees also got to know more about Dr. Qifeng Chen's entrepreneurial experiences and challenges.
Dr. Qifeng Chen is our Assistant Professor of CSE and ECE Department at HKUST. He received his PhD in computer science from Stanford and his bachelor's degree in computer science & maths from HKUST. He Co-Founded LINO Network with two of his Berkeley alumni friends. LINO is a decentralized live streaming platform with 500,000 monthly active users and the start-up has managed to raise $20 million from top investors such as Zhen Fund.
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.
