During the seminar, Dr Wang shared with students some his stories on research career development, in particular during his PhD years. His genuine sharing of facing ups and downs provided insights to students on how to plan for PhD study and how to conduct good and solid research work. The session rounded up with active discussion and full of encouragement.
Students interacted with executives and employers to learn about relevant job opportunities, as well as gain insights from their iconic products. They actively asked questions during the visit to know more about the company and were excited by the job opportunities and the challenges ahead.
The judging team for final presentation was composed of three faculty members and three guests from the industry who had donated all the cash prizes for this competition.
The sessions successfully attracted 196 student counts. By joining the sessions, students got more thorough understanding about the features and curriculums, learning opportunities, career prospects of graduates, comparison of majors, etc. of the three majors being presented by our Year 1 and Major Programme Leaders – Dr Sammy Chan (Year 1), Dr Yanni Sun (CDE), Dr Andy Chan (ELEL), and Prof H C So (INFE).
Winners may be further selected to join the ACM-HK Programming Contest 2021. Congratulations to the following winners! Prizes were presented to them by Dr Albert Sung and Mr Van Ting, Departmental Coordinator of ACM-ICPC Competition, on 12 March 2021.
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.
Both speakers Mr. SONG Xiangchen, who will start as a PhD student in Carnegie Mellon University and Miss LI Yuqi, who is currently studying at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a PhD student are 2017 ECE graduates, they generously shared their experience in applying graduate studies, undergraduate research and tips about how to find good research topics. They also talked about how to improve communication skills, problem solving skills and the ways to find initiatives. The talks ended with interactive and informative Q&A among participants.
EE Honor Society (EEHS) has carried out its member recruitment in March, all students with good academic performance (CGPA > 3.5) are welcome to apply. In this round of recruitment, we are glad to have additional 11 EEHS members. The next round of recruitment will be held in coming September.
During the lab tour, students actively participated and learned to produce a diving robot in a workshop. All participants felt fruitful and learned a lot through this event.
A total of 39 submissions were received and 24 were shortlisted for v