Past News & Events

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  HKUEAA 42^nd Annual Dinner & Dance

  Dec 31, 2017

  The H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association (HKUEAA) 42nd Annual Dinner & Dance was held on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel. We have been working closely to nurture and groom our...
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  ME student team wins international soft robotic challenge

  Dec 18, 2017

  A team of HKU Mechanical Engineering students supervised by Dr Wang Zheng won the “Soft Robotic Innovative Design Challenge” held in the 3rd Annual International Symposium on Soft Robotics in Shanghai...
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  Quantum physicist Dr Giulio Chiribella receives Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2018

  Dec 11, 2017

  Dr Giulio Chiribella, an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), received the Senior Research Fellowship 2018-19 by the Croucher Foundation.
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  CS Members receives Outstanding Paper Award at 2017 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

  Dec 8, 2017

  Dr Cui Heming and his second-year PhD student Jianyu Jiang together with five HKUCS students/graduates/staff received the Outstanding Paper Award at 2017 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference...
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  Sustainable lighting systems research brings new LED products and theory breakthrough

  Dec 7, 2017

  The project led by Professor Ron S.Y. Hui, Chair of Power Electronics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong on sustainable lighting systems has led to both theoretical and practical...
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  HKU Research Advises Government in Formulating MiC Policy

  Dec 1, 2017

  The HKSAR Government Policy Address 2017 pledged to support non-profit-making organisations to explore the feasibility of constructing prefabricated modular housing on idle sites and proactively promote...
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  Over 1,100 graduates attends the 198^th Degree Congregation Ceremony

  Dec 1, 2017

  The 198th Degree Congregation, Faculty of Engineering 2017 was held on December 1, 2017 at the Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. This year, the Congregation...
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  Spin-off artificial intelligence startup closes Series Pre-A round led by Horizons Ventures

  Nov 28, 2017

  Fano Labs, a Hong Kong based artificial intelligence (AI) startup specialising in speech and natural language processing (NLP) technologies and a spin-off from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has raised...
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  New Scenes by Decomposition and Reassembly

  William Mong Distinguished Lecture by Professor David A. Forsyth

  Nov 23, 2017

  Professor David A. Forsyth from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, gave a lecture on November 23, 2017 titled “New Scenes by Decomposition and Reassembly”. Professor Forsyth described methods...
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  No more laundry? Innovative and ideal liquid-repellent surfaces developed by HKU scientists could make the dream come true!

  Nov 14, 2017

  The dream of research and development on liquid-repellents is a structure that has robust liquid repellency, strong mechanical stability, and is inexpensive to produce on a commercial scale. However,...