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2016-12-07
Prof. Xiankai Sun’s Research Named One of the World’s 30 Breakthroughs in Optics in 2016
Optical isolators allowing for unidirectional light transmission are an important building block in photonic computation and communication. Such devices are widely used in optical and photonic circuits and systems, e.g., to control the photon flow on a photonic chip or to prevent light from reflecting back into a laser emitter. ... -
2016-11-23
Prof. Helen Meng Elected Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association in 2016
Prof. Helen Meng has been elected Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association in 2016, "for contributions to multilingual, multimodal human-computer interaction and language-learning technologies." In 2007, ISCA launched its Fellows Program to recognize and honour outstanding members who have made significant ... -
2016-11-21
Prof. Helen Meng Receives 2016 IBM Faculty Award
Prof. Helen Meng, Chairman of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, received the 2016 IBM Faculty Award in recognition of her contributions in research and fruitful partnership with IBM. The IBM Faculty Awards is a competitive worldwide program intended to foster collaboration between researchers at ... -
2016-11-14
Department of Computer Science and Engineering Organizes ACM-ICPC Asia Hong Kong Regional Contest
The 2016 ACM-ICPC Asia Hong Kong Regional Contest was held during November 5-6, 2016, as one of the Faculty of Engineering 25th anniversary celebration events. The ACM Programming Contest is an annual international event with a long history. The Hong Kong Regional Contest, hosted by the Department of Computer Science and... -
2016-11-02
CUHK Faculty of Engineering Partners with the German Consulate General Hong Kong to Organize Exhibition on Germany’s Energy Transition
The German Consulate General Hong Kong and the Faculty of Engineering and Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability of The Chinese University of Hong Kong are jointly organising an exhibition on Germany’s Energy Transition (“/Energiewende”/ in German) which is a touring exhibition and has already been shown overseas. ... -
2016-10-31
Faculty of Engineering Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence in Education and Innovation
The Faculty of Engineering staged a series of celebration events and showcased recent achievements in education and research to mark its 25th anniversary on 8 October 2016. The celebration day of the Faculty’s 25th anniversary began with an achievement exhibition featuring 20 ... -
2016-10-20
2016-17 First Lunch Gathering for ELITE Student
Over 80 ELITE students joined the first lunch gathering on 28 Sept 2016 to meet with Prof. Wong Ching-ping, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Irwin King, Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Engineering, and Prof. Anthony So, ELITE Stream Director and Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Engineering. Both ... -
2016-09-15
Come to Take Part in the Faculty's 25th Anniversary Celebration on 8 October 2016!
The Faculty of Engineering is calling on its alumni, students, staff and friends to take part in the Faculty's 25th anniversary celebration on the university campus. Please come and join the Faculty, colleagues, classmates and friends for an unforgettable get-together. ... -
2016-09-14
A Breakthrough in Storage and Transmission of Renewable Energy
Prof. Wong Ching-ping has been leading a cross-institutional research team to conduct a five-year research project entitled ‘Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage and Utilization’. The research team of CUHK has successfully invented the most efficient supercapacitors and the flow batteries with the highest volumetric capacity reported ... -
2016-08-31
Prof. Helen Meng Awarded MSR Outstanding Collaborator
Prof. Helen Meng was a recipient of a Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award. On the occasion of Microsoft Research turning 25, the Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator award highlights 32 academics who have worked with Microsoft Research over these 25 years. These contributions have had an outstanding impact on the ...
