The first “Industry Connects University” biannual forum on digital transformation cum CSE Get-together on October 25 drew 140 industry partners, faculty members, alumni and students. The occasion marked the first event that took place at the newly renovated Engineering Commons after its official opening on October 17.
Assistant Professor Chen Hao (center) and PhD student Qiu Zelin (second right) from the School of Engineering, HKUST; Prof. Zhao Yinghua (third left), Dr. Xie Zhuoyao (first right) and other members of the research team from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University.
Prof. Tim Cheng (center) received a 2024 CCF Overseas Outstanding Contribution Award by China Computer Federation (CCF) from Prof. Sun Ninghui (right), CCF President, and Prof. Li Xiaoming (left), CCF Chairman of Awarding Committee, at the award presentation ceremony on October 25, 2024.
A total of five HKUST students, spanning the fields of science, engineering, business, social science and interdisciplinary studies, were awarded the prestigious Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2024.
(From left) Prof. Ma Xiaojuan (HKUST), Prof. Sun Yuling (East China Normal University), and Prof. Tong Xin (Duke Kunshan University) received a Best Paper Award at the ACM CHI Conference 2024.
President Prof. Nancy Ip (fourth left), Provost Prof. Guo Yike (fourth right), Dean of Engineering Prof. Hong K. Lo (second right), Prof. Zhou Xiaofang (first right), Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Prof. Percy Dias (third right), Chair of Committee on Undergraduate Core Education, Prof. Nam Sai-Lok (first left), Academic Director (Undergraduate Core Education), Prof. Kenneth Leung (center), Prof. Ben Chan (third left), and Mr. Paul Lavigne (second left)
