A technology company founded by professors and graduates of ECE department received three honors in the 2006 Hong Kong Awards for Industries, organized by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries
Perception Digital, a technology company founded by professors and graduates of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (now Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering) in 1999 and launched under the HKUST Entrepreneurship Program, have received three honors in the 2006 Hong Kong Awards for Industries, organized by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.
The company, which focuses on research, development and design of high-end audio-visual consumer products, received a Consumer Product Design Award for its All-in-one Harddisk Multimedia Player (PD-3000), a Consumer Product Design Certificate of Merit for its Ultra-Compact 1” Harddisk Thumb Drive (PD-1606) and a Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit.
The founder, Prof Jack Lau, had completed his PhD degree in 1994 and became the first PhD to graduate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 2000, he received the 10 Most Outstanding young Person Award in Hong Kong, and awarded as one of the Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong in 2005.
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