Department Events 2020

The talk was very inspiring and received a record high registration with over 330 Form 1 to Form 6 secondary students participated in this event. The basic principles of IC design, CPU Design, and the importance of solid foundation in Mathematics and Science education in high school were taught in the talk.

This is the second talk from our EE department, about CPU Design in Smart Phone.

It was transformed into virtual workshops this year due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The workshops held on 27 July 2020 attracted about 30 students from top universities in mainland China joining us. Apart from the introduction of the Department and the PhD programme, twelve 15-min research seminars presented by EE professors were arranged, covering topics in the area of Applied Electromagnetics, Optoelectronics, Electronics, Power, Nanotechnology, Biosystems, Networking, Wireless Communications, Computer Engineering and Control Systems. The discussion and exchange over the Zoom platform was lively. We look forward to having face-to-face exchange with these students at CityU when they join our PhD programme next year.

The following faculty participating in the workshop :

Dr Leanne Chan, Dr Nelson Chan, Dr W S Chan, Dr Ray Cheung, Dr Young Jin Chun, Prof Lin Dai, Dr Joshua Lee, Dr Ehsan Nekouei, Dr Yanni Sun, Dr Chaoliang Tan, Dr Cheng Wang, Dr Alex Wong, Prof Hong Yan

Close to 220 F.6 students who were serious in their final choice of studies joined the event, which comprised an inspirational talk in EE discipline, a programme information session about JS1205 and the bloom of EE sector in the recent job market, student sharing on their university life and different enriching learning opportunities. The event ended with a breakout group interviews with the faculty. In the hours of event, the participants showed to us their enthusiasm in EE studies and how they are impressed by the prevailing technologies and their applications in all areas of life.

Another Student Recruitment Session was held a week after with a smaller student group for a more in-depth exchange and sharing. The Head of EE Department Prof Stella Pang kick-started the session by exposing to the students the endless opportunities and prospects in different technological fields. What followed were a sharing session by our graduate, and conversations with the admission team.

Best wishes to all the F.6 students in their DSE results and future studies!

The following faculty participated in the sessions:

Dr Sammy Chan, Dr Rosa Chan, Dr Leanne Chan, Dr Ray Cheung, Dr Bernard Chiu, Dr Derek Pao, Prof H C So, Dr Wallace Tang, Dr Steve Wong, and Dr Alex Wong

Dr. LM Cheng joined EE in 1989, he served as the Team Leader of Computer Engineering and worked on industrial relations and industrial projects. Dr. SH Leung joined EE in 1987, he contributed substantially as EE Associate Head, Team Leader of Digital and Mobile Communications, and Lead of EE Laboratories. Dr. Alan Yeung joined EE in 1990, he was the Director of EE Computer and Networking Support Team and IE Assistant Programme Leader. They are devoted faculty, very helpful to students, and very supportive of the department.

A farewell party was organized for them on June 18, 2020 to thank their untiring services. The party was joined by more than 90 faculty and staff. Some sharing faculty joined on site and the others joined through Zoom. In the party, our EE Head, Professor Stella Pang acknowledged their contributions and dedicated services for over three decades. Dr. Cheng, Dr. Leung and Dr. Yeung also provided sharing of their long career and their retirement plan. All the participants enjoyed this warm moment and sent their blessings to them for a happy retirement life.

(From left to right) Dr. Alan Yeung, Dr. SH Leung, Professor Stella Pang, Professor Lin Dai and Dr. LM Cheng	Participants joined the party on site and via zoom

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The PNS scheme aims to
1) Promote the importance of engineering study;
2) Engage the nominated F4 / F5 / F6 students from the school principals and provide mentorship;
3) Attend Guest lectures by EE Faculty members;
4) Gain hands-on experience in Lab session;
5) Develop CityU-EE Principal Nomination Scheme (PNS) community at High Schools.

Under this research, a library of spreading profiles and corresponding model parameters is to be established based on the current results obtained for more accurate estimation of future outbreak in a specific population. Current progress has included Europe, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and more.

News release in Sing Tao Daily on March 19, 2020.

When teaching and learning all to be conducted online in this semester, Department keeps interacting with students in various ways. Course lecturers are the frontline ones to keep close contacts with students taking their courses through user-friendly electronic platforms. We also invited all EE students to do a survey for the first two-week of online teaching to let us know how they have learnt. During the mid of the semester, the respective five programme teams together with Head of the Department met with student representatives of different majors/programmes (both undergraduate and postgraduate ones) via Zoom to hear their feedback and concerns. Technology keeps us connected and voices from students are always the foundation and drive for the Department to do better and further.

The EE workshop titled 「精靈寶可夢的人工智能工作坊」conducted by Dr Ray Cheung, Associate Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, attracted over 70 participants as an exciting kick-start for the workshop series. Students found the online teaching platform interactive which got them an early taste of prevailing technological topics such as Artificial Intelligence in EE.

News release in Sing Tao Daily on March 5, 2020. We are pleased to share Dr. Ray Cheung’s recording clip.