First HKUST-Kaisa Autonomous RC Car Racing Competition Successfully Held
Being the first of its kind in the university, the HKUST-Kaisa Autonomous RC Car Racing Competition held on 1 April 2021 has drawn together a pool of young talents in artificial intelligence (AI). The competition was sponsored by Kaisa Group and co-organized by School of Engineering, Robotics Institute, Intelligent Autonomous Driving Center, HKUST-Kaisa Joint Institute and Entrepreneurship Center.
The competition aimed to promote and demonstrate interest and application potential of autonomous radio-control vehicle and cultivate young talents with different knowledge. Close to 100 participants including undergraduate and postgraduate students and alumni who are ready to showcase the possibilities of technological innovation to the HKUST community have joined the event.
Mr. Kwok Ying-Shing, Chairman of Kaisa Group attended in person to show his strong support, and congratulated the students for what they have achieved and encouraged them to keep striving for excellence in their future endeavors.
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.
