In this talk, he shared his substantial experiences on writing a good research paper and discussed how to present it in a more professional and readable fashion. Valuable tips were shared to address some common problems that hinder a student from writing up a high-quality and attractive paper for publication.

The valuable key takeaways covered by Dr. Wang and Dr Yuan included whether students should go for graduate school and their expectation, pros and cons of graduate schools in the US and HK, criteria for a successful application to US graduate schools and to HKPFS and the current global situation changes the prospects of graduate school applications.

The valuable key takeaways covered by Dr Hung included the factors and policies that favor technology start-ups in the U.S., suitable models of technology start-ups in the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong, and the unique challenges and opportunities in the high-tech industries in Hong Kong.

Career advising is one of the emphases the Department specially put resources in. With the support from the industry, on 7 March 2016, delegates from renowned IT Companies were invited to give career talks on-campus to our final year undergraduate and master students. 

Mr Lau was invited to be a guest speaker of a panel discussion, titled “Hong Kong Youths’ Local and Global Challenges: From Frustration to Inspiration & Innovation”, which was moderated by Prof Stella W Pang, Head of EE Department, on 4 October 2016. 

Apart from individual presentation on our graduates, there were also prize presentation, graduate sharing session, tea reception for get-together and graduation photo taking. The graduates and professors tasted the many good collective memories that were communicated to all participating guests throughout the event.

Out of academic side, they had been to some famous landmarks in Taipei such as Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and National Palace Museum to taste the history and culture of Taipei.

Break-out sessions were also arranged to let our students know more in-depth about the companies and the jobs, as well as facilitating the on-site applications.

The talk was facilitated by Dr Ray Cheung, EE Associate Professor.

A total of 23 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.