Department Events 2021
Information Session by KTO and RO
The KTO session discussed collaborations with industry and entrepreneurial related activities, while the RO one highlighted the updates of research grants and service support of RO. The informative sharing facilitated faculty to better prepare and plan for their research and knowledge transfer activities.
EE High School Principal Nomination Scheme (PNS) 2020 Closing Ceremony cum EE Gifted Education Fund Project Launching Ceremony 2021
The AIoT Coding and Engineering Skills Education Programme aims to develop students’ engineering skills to develop Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) devices and inspire students about the role of System on Chips (SoC) and Integrated Circuit (IC) in the AI domain, the programme is now opened for application for Form 4 and Form 5 gifted students in Hong Kong until April 15, 2021. Seats are limited for this programme.
DSE SOS (Sharing of Strategy) Session
Current EE students were there to cheer examinees up by sharing their thoughts the exam flow, describe their personal experiences and offer practical advices regarding preparation strategies for the DSE. Wishing all a big success in the coming DSE!
Technology Expert Apple Communication Hubs (T.E.A.C.H.) Programme by HKACE
Out of 130 applicants, 30 teachers were selected to join the 4-day teacher training in March at CityU. During the opening ceremony, Prof Stella Pang, EE Head was delighted to share CityU EE as a hub for knowledge sharing between industry, professional organization, and high school network, she also highlighted the upcoming Education Bureau supported Gifted Education Fund (GEF) Project 2021.
EE Soft Skills Seminar – “Professor Says Series - Overcoming Adversity to Succeed in Life (克服逆境 邁向人生)”
Professor Chen shared how he found ways to jump over hurdles and get around roadblocks, so that they did not stop him from moving forward and he hoped his stories could shed some light onto positive thoughts of students when facing adversity in life. Students actively participated in the Q&A session after the seminar.
EE Honor Society Machine Learning Contest
The competition used ML to create a model that predicts if one has suffered from pneumonia with medical image processing and various ML techniques. The ranking was based on the average score given by our judge of faculty team including Dr. CHIU Bernard, Dr. SUN Yanni and Dr. YUAN Yixuan.
Congratulations to the winning teams of Machine Learning Contest!
| Ranking | Team Name | Team Member |
| 1 | E核为贵 | YAN Boxun, LIU Jierui, RUAN Yuyan |
| 2 | Unemployed Soon | PANI Anupam, RAJNIKANTH Ajay |
| 3 | emmm | HE Houbo, YANG Hao, XU Tianxiao |
| 4 | MJ | TSANG Martin, YAM Yat Wa |
| 4 | Rocket Run as One | WANG Kewei, TONG Jingyi |
| 4 | Byte Bros | DING Zhiyuan, KONG Xin, RAHMAN Alvi |
| They received cash coupons as prizes ranging from $250 to $1,200. | ||
Farewell to Three Retiring Faculty
Unfortunately, farewell party could not be arranged given the COVID situation. Nevertheless, the Department has secured an occasion to honor their commitments and substantial contributions rendered to the Department and the University in the past 29 – 31 years, and a souvenir was presented to them as a token of thanks and appreciation. Our best wishes to them in their new page of life!
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| Dr Ricky Lau 30 years of service |
Mr K T Ng 31 years of service |
Dr Derek Pao 29 years of service |
CityU Joint Lab with six world-renowned enterprises to promote innovative technology
President Way Kuo was delighted to witness the commencement of phase three of the joint laboratory project and hoped this will contribute to more innovative technologies in the future and help promote technology transfer and commercialisation to benefit our community.
Since its establishment in 2019, the CityU EE Joint Lab Programme has connected with a total of 16 CityU EE Joint Lab Partners. A series of cooperative and technical projects have been/will be launched with these partners.
Front row, from left:
Dr Brian Li (Gold Peak), Prof Stella Pang (EE Head), Prof Way Kuo (President), Ms Cally Chan (Microsoft), Mr Peter Ng (ASM)
Back row, from left:
Dr Alfred Ng (SUGA), Mr Stephen Chau (SmarTone), Mr Andrew Young (Sino)
News reports in: Hong Kong Commercial Daily, HK01 Company Limited, H K CHINA NEWS AGENCY LIMITED, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Economic Journal Company Limited, WENWEIPO.COM LIMITED, Bastillepost, CityU News Centre, Oriental Daily News, CityUpdate
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| Joint Lab Phase 3 Opening Ceremony 2021 | Joint Lab Phase 3 Welcome Speech by Professor Stella Pang, EE Head |
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| Joint Lab Phase 3 Welcome Speech by Professor Way Kuo, President & University Distinguished Professor | Sharing from Mr Peter Ng (ASM) |
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| Sharing from Dr Brian Li (Gold Peak) | Sharing From Ms Cally Chan (Microsoft) |
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| Sharing From Ir Andrew Young (SINO) | Sharing From Mr Stephen Chau (SmarTone) |
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| Sharing From Dr Alfred Ng (SUGA) | CityU EE: Joint Lab Phase 3 Closing Remarks by Professor Stella Pang, EE Head |
Bridging EE Students/Faculty with Friends from Industry
The gatherings were very fruitful and constructive in a way that good exchanges on university-industry collaborative proposals were carried out for a number of career-related student projects and program, namely Design Projects, Industrial Attachment Scheme, Final Year Projects, Professional (one-year) Internship Program, Career Coaching, Dissertation, Summer Internship for MSc students, and University-Industrial 3+2 PhD Scheme. Opportunities on research activities with faculty were also explored.
