Past News & Events

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  Metagenomics: a crossroads of opportunity for environmental protection and management

  William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor James Tiedje

  Jul 8, 2016

  Professor James Tiedje, University Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, gave a lecture on July 8, 2016 titled “Metagenomics: a crossroads of...
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  HKU team awarded Best Live Demonstration Prize at the Surgical Robot Challenge in London

  by Dr. Ka-wai Kwok, Mechanical Engineering

  Jul 8, 2016

  Surgical Robot Challenge is a world-renowned event open for application to showcase the latest innovations in the field of surgical robotics. This international event is annually organized by The Engineering...
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  Best Artistic Design Award to the HKU Robocon Team

  by Dr. K C Cheung, Mechanical Engineering

  Jul 4, 2016

  Robocon is an annual robot contest with participating teams from HKU, HKUST, CUHK, Poly U, City U and IVE (Tsing Yi). This year's contest theme is quite special. A robot has to go up a ramp, navigate...
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  Wearable organic semiconductor sensors for health monitoring applications

  by Dr. Paddy Chan, Mechanical Engineering

  Jun 30, 2016

  Thanks to the highly flexible and stretchable properties of organic semiconductors, a new class of smart sensors based on organic field effect transistor (OFETs) have been developed. Different from the...
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  HKU’s DJI Developer Challenge Team reaches top 15

  Jun 24, 2016

  A team of 4 MSc and 1 BEng students from the Department of Computer Science has been ranked in the Top 15 teams competing in the 2016 DJI Developer Challenge. The DJI Developer Challenge seeks to simulate...
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  Two Engineering students participated in the Harvard Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

  Jun 19, 2016

  Wong Ho Ching, Harry Civil Engineering, Year 4 Visiting the New England Aquarium with other REU participants I participated in the Harvard Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) last summer and worked...
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  Designing computers that are aware of security threats

  William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor Ruby B. Lee

  Jun 14, 2016

  Professor Ruby B. Lee, Forrest G. Hamrick Professor in Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Affiliated faculty, Computer Science, Princeton University, gave a lecture on June 14, 2016 titled...
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  Data Ethics: A Socio-Technical Framework for Doing Big Data Right

  William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor H.V. Jagadish

  Jun 13, 2016

  Professor H.V. Jagadish, Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan, gave a lecture on June 13, 2016 titled “Data Ethics: A Socio-Technical Framework for Doing Big Data Right”. In...
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  Reunion at the Races 2016

  Jun 10, 2016

  The "Reunion at the Races 2016" was held on June 5, 2016 (Sun) at 12:00pm in the Sha Tin Racecourse. This event was organised by the HKU Foundation in conjunction with the HKU Alumni Association Challenge...
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  Celebrating with long serving Faculty staff

  Jun 7, 2016

  The University of Hong Kong held a Long Service Award Presentation Ceremony in Loke Yew Hall on June 6. The President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson officiated at the ceremony to present...