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Jul 28, 2021

Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2019 -2020

(From left) Dr Henry Y.K. Lau, previous Associate Dean (Innovation) and Dr Match W.L. Ko

Dr Match W.L. Ko, Lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was awarded the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual) 2019-20.


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(From left) Dr Ryan C.P. Wong, Dr K.H. Law, Professor Quentin Z.Q. Yue, Dr Ray K.L. Su and Dr Alex S.H. Lau

Professor Quentin Z.Q. Yue (leader) and his team Dr Ray K.L. Su, Dr K.H. Law, Dr Ryan C.P. Wong and Dr Alex S.H. Lau of the Department of Civil Engineering was awarded the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Team) 2019-20.


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(From left) Dr Cheng Yao, Dr H.H. Cheung, Dr S.H. Choi, and Dr Ray Y. Zhong

Dr H.H. Cheung (leader) and his team Dr S.H. Choi, Dr Ray Y. Zhong and Dr Cheng Yao of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering was awarded Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award (Team Award – Teaching Innovations in Engineering) 2019-20.

The Outstanding Teaching Award is grant to teacher who have demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching, engagement with students, and curriculum design, renewal and innovation.

 

Long Service Awards Presentation Ceremony 2021

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The University of Hong Kong held a Long Service Awards Presentation Ceremony in Loke Yew Hall on June 16, 2021. Professor Xiang Zhang, HKU President and Vice-Chancellor, officiated at the ceremony and presented awards to long-serving staff members of the University.

Award recipients from the Faculty:

After 40 Years of Service
Mr. Leung, Ming Cheung (Department of Civil Engineering)
Mr. Tsui, Sai Ho (Department of Civil Engineering)
Mr. Wong, Mathew Ka Keung (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

After 35 Years of Service
Professor Kwan, Albert Kwok Hung (Department of Civil Engineering)
Dr. Chow, Kam Pui (Department of Computer Science)

After 25 Years of Service
Mr. Chan, Tai Chau (Department of Civil Engineering)
Ms. Tsang, Betty Lai Chu (Department of Civil Engineering)
Mr. Tse, Chiu Ho (Department of Civil Engineering)
Professor Kao, Chi Ming (Department of Computer Science)
Professor Wang, Cho Li (Department of Computer Science)
Professor Yiu, Siu Ming (Department of Computer Science)
Mr. Liu, Tsz Kwan (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

Professor T.H. Tse and Team Selected as Grand Champion of Most Influential Paper Award

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The 2010 paper titled “Adaptive Random Testing: The ART of Test Case Diversity” by T.Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, R.G. Merkel, and T.H. Tse has been selected as the Grand Champion of the Most Influential Paper Award by the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS). The journal is ranked by Google Scholar as the second in h5-index among international publication venues in software systems.

A retrospective of the significance and influence of the article is available in the 2021 blog post titled “Diversity, Diversity, Diversity: Three Words that Summarize the Impacts of Adaptive Random Testing”, which received 1.6K claps from supporters.

The papers and blog posts of shortlisted finalists for the award were reviewed by all the JSS editors and editorial board members. The ultimate decision was made by the Editors-in-Chief on the basis of paper quality, citation counts, paper and blog post readership statistics, and impacts on practice. The championship was officially announced in the JSS Happy Hour on April 16, 2021.

Prof. T.H. Tse is an honorary professor of the Department of Computer Science after retiring from his full professorship in July 2014. He is also a steering committee member of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wings.

2010 Paper

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2009.02.022 

Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2021

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Professor Reynold C.K. Cheng, of the Department of Computer Science won the Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award with his project “HINCare: A Heterogeneous Information Network for Elderly-Care Helper Recommendation”.

The Faculty KE Award was to recognise Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations.