CSE Programming Team Wins First Prize in ACM Asia Contest
In the ACM Asia Regional Programming Contest that was held in Ho Chi Minh City, the HKUST programming team comprised of CSE students CHEN Chen, CHEN Qifeng, and WU You won the first prize and was ranked at the 4th place. All top 4 teams solved the same number of questions, but the HKUST team unfortunately just used slightly more time. The same team also got the 6th place in the Taipei site.
Other teams have also obtained very good results in the regional contests at various sites:
-Team of CHEN chen (COMP-PHYS), CHEN Qifeng (COMP), and WU You (COMP):
First prize (4th place) in Ho Chi Minh, and 6th place in Taipei;
-Team of QIU Qianhao (COMP), LI,Qingxi (COMP), and Hung Chiu Lung (CPEG):
Third prize (10th place) in Ho Chi Minh, and 9th place in Taipei;
-Team of WONG Wai Shing (CPGBM), CHUI Sung Him (CPEG), YEUNG Yuen Chuen (BBA):Honorable Mention in Taipai ;
-Team of CHUI Sung Him (CPEG), YEUNG Yuen Chuen (BBA), and LI Yuliang (COMP):Honorable Mention in Chengdu.
The teams are led by coaches Dr. YI Ke and PG student LUO Ji.
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.
