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Teachers' Awards (2009-2010)

Teachers Details
Prof. Yeung Wai Ho, Raymond Appointed as Changjiang Chair Professor by Xidian University, Xian.

Teachers' Awards (2008-2009)

Teachers Details
Prof. Huang Jianwei Selected for the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2009.
Prof. Chen Minghua Best Paper Award at the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Prize Paper Award 2009.
Prof. Chen Minghua Best Paper Award at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2009).
Prof. Li Shuo Yen, Robert Appointed as “名譽教授” by Xidian University, Xian and as “榮譽講座教授” by National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Prof. Tang Xiaoou, Sean

Won the best academic paper award at the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2009. (It is the first time ever for Asians to receive this top honour since the establishment of the conference 25 years ago).
Prof. Tang Xiaoou, Sean Elected as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to pattern recognition and video processing (effective from 1 January 2009).

Students' Awards (2008-2009)

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Mr. He Kaiming Won the best academic paper award at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Tang Xiaoou, the paper title is "Single Image Haze Removal Using Dark Channel Prior". 
Ms. Qian Liping Received grants from the Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence - CNOOC Grants for 2008-09.
Ms. Fu Liqun Received grants from the Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence - CNOOC Grants for 2008-09.
Mr. Li Weiliang Received grants from the Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence - CNOOC Grants for 2008-09.
Mr. Ng Cho Yiu Received the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships for Postgraduate Research Students 2008/09.

Teachers' Awards (2007-2008)

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Prof. Jaggi Sidharth Offered the Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellowship by the University of Texas at Austin (2007-2008) in Aug., 2007.
Prof. Wong Po Choi Received the Quality Education Fund Outstanding Project Award in April 2008 (Project Title: VChina).
Prof. Chiu Dah Ming, Winston Elected as an IEEE Fellows for contributions to distributed resource allocation algorithms in computer networks (effective from 1 January 2008).
Prof. Chan Yuen Yan, Rosanna 2007 New Faculty Fellow, Center for the Advancement and Scholarship of Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering.

Students' Awards (2007-2008)

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Mr. Cheng Man Fai, Jordan 1) Received the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008 under the category of
    Best Innovation & Research Award:
    - Best Innovation & Research Silver Award
    - Certificate of Merit: Best Social Responsibility
2) Received the Certificate of Merit for the APICTA – Asia Pacific ICT
    Awards 2008 (International).
3) Won the First Runner up at the IEEE CI Chapter Final Year
    Project Competition.
4) Won the Gold Medal and Best Presentation Award of his Final
    Year Project “Innovative Multi-touch Surface” (supervised by
    Professor Michael Chang) at the 2008 Amway Pan-Pearl River
    Delta Region University IT Project Competition (Hong Kong
    Region) held from June 28 to 29, 2008 in Nanchang, China.
5) Winner of the Champion of the 2008 Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta
    Region Universities IT Project Competition (HK).
6) Received the United College Group Sense Innovation and
    Entrepreneurship Award
    - Champion
    - The most creative plan
7) Recipient of the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Award 2008 for a
    Certificate in merit.
8) Recipient of the Champion and Most Creative Plan Award from the
    United College Group Sense Innovative and Entrepreneurial
    Project Award 2007/2008.

Teachers' Awards (2006-2007)

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Prof. Li Shuo Yen, Robert Outstanding Patent Prize (優質專利獎) awarded by the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan on November 1, 2006.
Prof. Li Shuo Yen, Robert Elected as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to network coding and switching theories (effective from 1 January 2007).
Prof. Yeung Wai Ho, Raymond Recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.
Prof. Zhang Ying Jun, Angela Winner of the 2006 Young Scientist Award in Engineering Science granted by Hong Kong Institution of Science.

Students' Awards (2006-2007)
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Mr. Hui Ka Yu, William (Leader),
a joint-U team:
with a HKU and a LNU student
Won the Best Presentation Award, Grand Finalist under the supervision of Professor Ng Wai Yin at the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge 2007 organized by the Commission of Poverty, HKSAR (www.sechallenge.hk). Project name is "Schoolala Academy".
Mr. Luo Bing
Mr. Wan Yujie
Mr. Wang Fei
Awarded the 1st Runner-up Team held by Communications Association of Hong Kong (CAHK Trophy Inter-universities Quiz Competition) and Honorable Sin Chung-Kai, Legislative Councillor (IT).
Mr. Zhang Sheng (Leader)
Mr. Chen Jiawei
Mr. Wang Xiaoyu
Mr. Zhang Jiene
Mr. Zhao Xiaoyu
The 1st Runner-up of the Undergraduate Group Entries of the Vice-Chancellor's Cup of Student Innovation 2007, selected by the Expert Panel (project title: "Mobile Chinese Characters", under the supervision of Prof. Wai-Yin Ng)
Mr. Lin Dahua Winner of the 2006 Outstanding M.Phil. Thesis Award, paper titled "Discriminant Feature Pursuit: from Statistical Learning to Informative Learning" under the supervision of Prof. Tang Xiaoou
Mr. Liu Wei Won the Microsoft Fellowship 2006 in Sept., 2006.
Mr. Deng Ning Champion of the Best Paper Award at the 7th IEEE (HK Section) LEOS Postgraduate Conference held on December 9, 2006.
Mr. KU Yuen Ching Recipient of the Best Presentation Award at the 7th IEEE (HK Section) LEOS Postgraduate Conference held on December 9, 2006.
Mr. Deng Ning Winner of the 2006 LEOS Graduate Student Fellowships (top award for students in IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society).
Mr. Ku Yuen Ching Best student paper award in the 11th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, held at Kaohsiung, Taiwan during July 3-7, 2006. The paper title is "Patterning Effect Avoidance of SOA-based Demultiplexer in 80-Gb/s OTDM System Using RZ-DPSK Modulation Format", co-authored with Dr. Kit Chan, Prof. Chun Kit Chan and Prof. Lian Kuan Chen.
Ms. Hu Yan Best student paper award in the 10th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2006), held at Vancouver, Canada during April 3-7, 2006. The paper title is "Adaptive Flow Aggregation - A New Solution for Robust Flow Monitoring Under Security Attacks", co-authored with Prof. Dah-Ming Chiu (IE Dept.) and Prof. Chi-Shing Lui (CSE Dept.).

Teachers' Awards (2005-2006)

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Prof. Li Shuo Yen, Robert
Prof. Yeung Wai Ho, Raymond
Winner of the 2005 IEEE Information Theory Society Best Paper Award. Paper entitled "Linear Network Coding" by Prof. S.-Y. Robert Li, Prof. Raymond W.H. Yeung, and Dr. N. Cai.


Students' Awards (2005-2006)

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Mr. Ho Kwok Shing, Michael Won the best student paper award with the paper titled "Capacity Planning of Link Restorable Optical Networks Under Dynamic Change of Traffic" in the Subcommittee of Network Architecture, Management and Applications in the Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Conference and Exhibition held from Nov.6 to 10, 2005 in Shanghai
Mr. Ng Ping Chung Winner of the 2005 Outstanding M.Phil. Thesis Award, paper titled "Offered Load and Stability Controls in Wireless Multi-Hop Ad-hoc Networks" under the supervision of Prof. Soung-Chang Liew.
Mr. Ng Tung
Won the 8th place in the Regional ACM Programming Contest held in Hangzhou contest.
Mr. Cheng Yuk Pong (INE)
Mr. Chan Hiu Yeung
Mr. Chan Chiu Yeung
Won the honorable mention (32nd place) in the Regional ACM Programming Contest held in Hangzhou contest.

Teachers' Awards (2004-2005)

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Prof. Liew Soung Chang Best paper award in IEEE Conference. Paper entitled "Offered Load Control in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks", co-authored by IE MPhil student Ng Ping Chung, presented at the 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor System, Oct., 2004.
Prof. Liew Soung Chang Best paper award in IEEE Conference. Paper entitled "Re-routing Instability in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks", co-authored by IE MPhil student Ng Ping Chung, presented at The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Network, Nov., 2004.
Prof. Yeung Wai Ho, Raymond
Best paper award. Paper entitled "Multisource Network Coding with Two Sinks", co-authored by IE MPhil student Ngai Chi Kin in the area of Communication Theory, presented at the 2nd International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS 2004) held in Chengdu, China.
Prof. Chang Ming Yuen, Michael Winner of the Best Teaching Award (2004-2005)
Prof. Lee Tong, Tony Elected as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to high-speed scalable packet switching technology for broadband telecommunications networks.
Prof. Yue On Ching Elected as an HKIE Fellow

Students' Awards (2004-2005)

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Ms. Chau Man Ping, Grace
Mr. Hui Ka Hung
Awarded the Yu-Luan Shih Awards 2004/2005
Ms. Chau Man Ping, Grace
Mr. Hui Ka Hung
Awarded the Academic Creativity Awards 2004/2005
Mr. Ng Ping Chung Best paper award in IEEE Conference. Paper entitled "Offered Load Control in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks", co-authored by Professor Soung-Chang Liew, presented at the 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor System, Oct., 2004.
Mr. Ng Ping Chung Best paper award in IEEE Conference. Paper entitled "Re-routing Instability in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks", co-authored by Professor Soung-Chang Liew, presented at The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Network, Nov., 2004.
Mr. Tse Hok Man 2nd Place Winner of Image Cup 2005 Competition in software design (organized by the Microsoft HK Ltd.), team award (together with 2 EE M.Phil. & 1 EE UG students).
Mr. Ip Yin Ki Wilson
Mr. Chan Chun Kelvin
2nd Runner-up of the Undergraduate Individual Projects, CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Cup of Student Innovation 2005
Ms. Chau Man Ping, Grace Awarded the Epson Foundation Scholarship 2004/05

Teachers' Awards (2003-2004)

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Prof. Chang Ming Yuen, Michael Winner of the Best Teaching Award (2003-2004)
Prof. Wei Keh Wei, Victor ISI Highly Cited: Top 250 Most Cited Computer Scientists in last 20 years, by SCI-JCR (Science Citation Index - Journal Citation Report)
Prof. Yue On Ching A US patent by Professor On-Ching Yue and his former colleagues at Bell Labs for improving the VoIP service quality was named one of 2003's top five patented new technologies by the prominent magazine MIT Technology Review

Students' Awards (2003-2004)

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Ms. Dai Shuyao
Mr. Wang Xiaoyu
Ms. Deng Jiean
Mr. Long Fei
Ms. Chen Juanzi
Mr. Cai Dongfang
2004 IE Award to non-local students
Mr. Ng Tung Silver Medal, The 2004 ACM Asia Programming Contest - Shanghai (team award, together with 2 students of CSE Department)
Mr. Chan Chi Pan
Mr. Wong Chi Hang
Mr. Yu Wing Fung
Bronze Medal, The 2004 ACM Asia Programming Contest - Shanghai
Mr. Cheung Man Hong (MPhil) 2004 Outstanding Thesis Award under the supervision of Professor L.K. Chen
Mr. Huang Renbin 「第三屆海峽兩岸知識大賽」- 全國知識賽, 榮獲二等獎 -- 由中央電視台及台灣中天電視台合辦
Mr. Pang Yin Hay 「第九屆全國大學生網球錦標賽」甲組男單冠軍、男雙亞軍及體育道德風尚獎 – 由四川省成都市西南石油大學舉辦.
Mr. Ngai Chi Kin (MPhil) Best paper award - paper entitled "Multisource Network Coding with Two Sinks", co-authored by Prof. Raymond W.H. Yeung in the area of Communication Theory, presented at the 2nd International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS 2004) held in Chengdu, China.
Mr. Ho Wai Kit
Mr. Wong Chi Yeung
(CU Cube Team Name)
Bronze Award, 4th HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur Awards.
Mr. Chan Ho Tat
Mr. Ip Shun Yin
(Toguro Team)
Certificate of Merit, 4th HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur Awards.
Mr. Wang Xiaogang (MPhil) Honorary mentioning of the 2003 Outstanding M.Phil. Thesis Award under the supervision of Prof. Sean X.O. Tang.
Mr. Chan Chi Pan
Mr. Cheng Yuk Pong
Mr. Ng Cho Yiu
Mr. Ng Tung
Mr. Wong Chi Hang
Mr. Yu Wing Fung
「逸仙杯」 2003大學生程序設計競賽銅獎 – 由中山大學舉辦.
Dr. Yang Yang (PhD)
2003 Young Scientist Award in Physical/Mathematical Science issued by Hong Kong Institution of Science.

Teachers' Awards (2002-2003)

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Professor Chang Ming Yuen, Michael Winner of the Best Teaching Award (2002-2003)
Prof. Yeung Wai-Ho, Raymond Elected as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to network coding theory.

Students' Awards (2002-2003)

Students Details
Ms. Chau Man Ping, Grace
2003 Lucent Global Science Scholar from Hong Kong
Mr. Au Yeung Ching Man Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award (2003) by Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Institute of International Education.
Ms. Tang Pui Yi, Caren Selected as the HKIE Scholar 2001/2002.
Dr. Yang Yang (PhD) Winner of the 2002 Outstanding PhD Thesis Award under the supervision of Prof. YUM Tak-Shing, Peter.
Mr. Chan Wah Kit Honorary mentioning of the 2002 Outstanding M.Phil. Thesis Award under the supervision of Prof. K.W. Wei.
Ms. Leung Ching-Man 2002 Lucent Global Science Scholar from Hong Kong.
Mr. Lam Ping-Fai
Winner of the Scholastic Programme Contest, ACM Hong Kong Chapter.
Mr. Tong Kwong-Bun (MPhil) Winner of the ACM Hong Kong Chapter Computer Chinese Checkers Competition 2002.
Mr. Ng Cho-Yiu
Mr. Lam Ping-Fai
Mr. Chan Chi-Pan
(the official team members)
1st and 3rd places - Champion of the ACM Hong Kong Chapter Scholastic Programming Contest.
Mr. Ho Tsz Hang
Mr. Lee Kai-Yip
Mr. Ng Tin-Yu
(the observer team)
The 3rd best team - Champion of the ACM Hong Kong Chapter Scholastic Programming Contest
Mr. Ho Ying-Fai IT Fellow for 2002-2003,
T.Y. Wong Innovation & Entrepreneurial Fellowship
Mr. Lau Kwok-Kei Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award by Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Institute of International Education
Mr. Yang Yang (PhD) 2nd Prize in IEEE (Region 10) Postgraduate Student Paper Contest 2002
Mr. Lau Kwok-Kei HKIE Scholar 2000/2001
Mr. Wong Chun-Kuen Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship Award 2001/2002

Teachers' Awards (2001-2002)

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Professor Wong Po Choi Awarded the Medal of Honor by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR for his valuable contributions to the promotion of IT in Education
Professor Wong Wing Shing Elected as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to estimation theory of nonlinear systems and application of system theory to communication and information processing problems. Also bestowed as Adjunct Professor, The Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Professor Yum Tak Shing, Peter Bestowed as Adjunct Professor, The Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Students' Awards (2001-2002)

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Mr. Yang Yang (PhD) 2nd Prize in IEEE (Region 10) Postgraduate Student Paper Contest 2002
Mr. Yang Yang (PhD) Honorable Mentions on the 2nd ACM Hong Kong Postgraduate Research Day
Mr. Yang Yang (PhD) First Prize in IEEE HK Section Postgraduate Student Paper Contest 2001
Mr. Lau Kwok Kei HKIE Scholar 2000/2001
Mr. Wong Chun Kuen (MPhil) Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship Award 2001/2002
Mr. Cheung Hoi Pang The Young Inventors Awards 2001 as a finalist
Mr. Sung On Loy & his team Champion of Young Entrepreneurs Development Council E-Challenge 2001
Mr. Wen Yong Gang
Honorary mentioning of the 2001 Outstanding M.Phil. Thesis Award under the supervision of Prof. L.K Chen
Mr. Tong Kwong Bun, Bruce Winner of the ACM Hong Kong Chapter Computer Chinese Checkers Competition 2001
Mr. Cheung Man Hong, Clement Outstanding academic and leadership achievements of Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program 2001
Mr. Tong Kwong Bun, Bruce Merit Prize in a Basic Law Web Page Design Competition organized by the Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR