47th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals
An Engineering student team was honoured with a Certificate in 47th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals. The contest was hosted by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in April 2024. It is one of the most prestigious international university programming competitions in which students from all over the world compete to showcase their problem-solving, programming, and teamwork skills.
Team name: I am not in danger. I am the danger.
Team members:
Che LIU, BEng in Computer Engineering (Year 2)
Anzhe WANG, BEng in Computer Engineering (Year 4)
Jiahe JIANG, BEng in Computer Science (Year 4)
Coach: Hao XIE, Department of Computer Science (PhD candidate)
For more details, please visit:
https://www.cs.hku.hk/news-events/news-and-announcements/20240607-icpc2024
IEEE RAS Quadruped Robot Challenges 2024
An Engineering student team won the Second Place in Tele-operation at the IEEE RAS Quadruped Robot Challenges 2024 organised by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in May 2024.
The competition focuses on advancing robotic technology in unstructured environments. The challenges progress from remote-controlled to autonomous navigation of robots over various terrains and obstacles, culminating in mobile manipulation tasks.
Team name: ARCLAB
Team members:
Jiahui Zhang, Zeren Luo, Yimin Han, Liu Zhao, Ji Ma
Advisor: Professor Peng Lu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Talent Development Scholarship 2023-24 and Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students
Congratulations to 20 students from Department of Computer Science for receiving Talent Development Scholarship 2023-24 and Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students.
Talent Development Scholarship 2023-24
It aims to give recognition to students not only of outstanding academic performance, but also with achievements and talents in non-academic areas and provide support for these students to further develop their talent and potential.
Awardees’ list:
CHEN Fernando, CHEANG King Hang, CHONG Ezen, CHUI Wai Chun Victor, HUI Wai Po, KURNIAWAN Nicholas Wilson, LAW Pui Huen, LEE Ka Ying, LEE Sze Choi, LO Ian Leong Ting, NAMSRAIJAV Dorjderem, SHI Boao, TSUI Tsz Ching, WANG Songyue, and WU aoyuan
Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students
It was set up as a perpetual endowment to support scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering and the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU. Only the annual investment income generated from the endowment will be used to award the scholarships.
Awardees’ list:
LEI Yuheng, QU Ge, WAN Qianyong, WU Chengyue, and YU Dongjie
For more details, please visit:
https://www.cs.hku.hk/news-events/news-and-announcements/20240702-awards-jan-june-2024
ACM-HK Programming Contest
An Engineering student team won the 2nd Place Team Award at ACM-HK Programming Contest organised by the ACM Hong Kong Chapter.
Team name: Cargo, Run!
Team members:
Anzhe WANG, BEng in Computer Engineering
Jiahe JIANG, BEng in Computer Science
Shengyao SUN, BEng in Computer Engineering
Coach: Qipeng Kuang, PhD Candidate
For more details, please visit:
https://www.cs.hku.hk/news-events/news-and-announcements/20240626-acmhk