All EE Events
Past Events
Jul
04
2018
“Girls Go Tech”
Prof Stella Pang, Head and Chair Professor of EE Department, was invited to deliver welcoming remarks at the Closing Ceremony of the programme which was held on 4 July 2018 at CityU.
We are so honored to be a partner of the Women’s Foundation to help encourage junior secondary school girls from under-privileged backgrounds to pursue traditionally male-dominated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) related subjects to maximize their future career options through the year-long school-based “Girls Go Tech” programme. Prof Stella Pang, Head and Chair Professor of EE Department, was invited to deliver welcoming remarks at the Closing Ceremony of the programme which was held on 4 July 2018 at CityU. Our Dr Ray Cheung (Associate Professor) is also a member of the Steering Committee of the programme in 2017-18 to guide the development and implementation of the programme. There were 520 F.1-F.2 girls from 13 schools benefited from the programme in the 2017-2018 cycle, showing significant improvements in their interest in and confidence around STEM, intention to study or work in STEM related fields, and enhanced proficiency in problem solving skills, analytical skills or communication skills. May the youngsters continue to flourish and enjoy in tech.
Jul
03
2018
A Full House of Students joining JS1205 Programme Information Session and its complementary mBot Workshop
This year the JUPAS Programme Information Session and its complementary 1-day mBot workshop for JUPAS applicants, both of which had a full house of participants, were held on 3 July and 4 July respectively.
Jun
22
2018
EE Honor Society Annual Dinner 2018 – Light Up!
It was the first Annual Dinner cum Inauguration Ceremony of its Executive Committee of the EE Honor Society, which was founded in February this year.
A group of high-performing students, who aspire to become truly stand-out individuals by challenging themselves to step outside of their comfort zone, are foundation of this new student society. Like its theme of the event – Light Up, the evening was lighten up by the speech of the VIP, Mr. Peter Koo, National Leader of IT Advisory Services of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, who made himself available for the event as well as the host of the inauguration ceremony.
Jun
08
2018
Pre-qualifier Mini-conference for First Year PhD Students
A mini-conference specially arranged for first year PhD students has been held on 8 June 2018 on campus. This is the first time having such an occasion for first year students to present their research work to faculty, research staff and peers in a form of poster. This is a pre-qualifying exhibition providing students a platform to get feedback from a wider audience and the opportunity to present work early on during their studies. Students enjoyed the exchange and discussion which inspired and steered their research direction.
Jun
04
2018
A Technical Visit to Qianhai New District: Tencent, Huawei, CityU Shenzhen Research Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology
A 2-day trip to Qianhai New District, Shenzhen to pay a visit to the two heavyweights of the Chinese IT industry – Tencent and Huawei, was organized for a group of EE students. The kind of excitement our students experienced from this trip, mainly due to the enticing prospect of the R&D and career development opportunities in the area, was beyond words.
May
23
2018
EE Alumni-Student Connection 2018 – Alumni Career Conversations
Our alumni discussed with our current students how to utilize the advantage as an EE graduate for career development, the potential career fields of their interest, and job searching and career strategies that work. Prof Henry Chung, Dr Wallace Tang and Dr Rosa Chan felt grateful for alumni’s active participation in this meaningful event.
Apr
30
2018
Novelty and Originality of Student Project Work Manifested in Final Year Project Competition 2018
The Final Year Project Competition 2018 was successfully held on 30 April 2018. A total of 30 projects entered semi-final of the competition which was a poster session. Six of them were immediately selected after the semi-final to compete in the final round held on the same day. Both semi-finalists and finalists were such professional and well-prepared to present their novel and innovative ideas in their project works to the judging panels and audiences.
Apr
27
2018
CityU Scored the Highest “Expected Output Index” in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
CityU has been put at the top of the list worldwide for the field “Electrical and Electronic Engineering” by scoring “expected output index of 2.6”, according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It means that 26 percent of CityU’s scholarship in this area was in the top 10 percent of cited publications from 2014 to 2017.
News report by Times Higher Education: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/data-bites/top-universities-and-scholars-electricalelectronic-engineering
Apr
14
2018
The First Joint-School Student Symposium (第1屆“兩地三校”青年學生論壇)
The first 2-cities-3-universities (City University of Hong Kong, Harbin Institute of Technology and Sun Yat-Sen University) undergraduate student forum was held on 14 April 2018 at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen).
The event was well participated by about 50 students coming from the three universities; among them, 14 were EE students of CityU. The forum discussed several timely Hi-Tec issues on both industry and education. The host also invited Tencent (Machine Learning) Research Engineer to share his views and Hi-Tech perspectives at Tencent with students. The event is highly successful enabling EE students in broadening horizons on Hi-Tech and Hi-Tech education in China and overseas.
Apr
06
2018
Launch of Bi-weekly EE Multidisciplinary Research Forum
Recently a bi-weekly departmental forum, focusing on multidisciplinary research, is successfully launched in the format of a faculties’ lunch greeting at Electronic Engineering Department. The forum consists of two sections of free discussions (before and after the talk) and a 20-30 min research-sharing presentation.
