Programmes
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Building Realities – Jordan Cheng’s venture into the metaverse
You knew more about the metaverse than you think—long before Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his tech empire around it and made it the buzzword of 2021. The younger ones of us will have all taken refuge in the fantastical worlds of video games, escaping from the tedium and discipline the adults imposed. Those who came before us, too,……
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Prof. Rosanna Chan Awarded the IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education in 2021
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Rosanna Chan has been awarded the IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education in 2021 for her contributions to the field of learning technologies for special education needs. The mentioned award is to recognize significant contributions over a period of years in the fields of……
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Congratulations to CUHK Team for Winning the PwC HackaDay 2021
We were delighted to know that the CUHK team “404NoBrain” won the Championship in PwC Hackaday 2021 on 1 Dec 2021. The winning team is composed of two CS and two IE students. This is the third time our IE students won this event since its inauguration in 2017 – Champion for 2017, 2018 and……
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IE PhD student Lihao Zhang Won the Best Student Paper Award in IEEE CPSCOM 2021
We are excited to announce that the paper “Speeding up Block Propagation in Bitcoin Network: A Cut-through Relaying Scheme” by Lihao Zhang, Prof. Taotao Wang and Prof. Soung Chang Liew, has been selected for the Best Student Paper Award of the IEEE CPSCOM 2021 Conference. The team redesigns the current Bitcoin’s networking protocol to increase……
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IE MPhil Alumnus Xingqin Lin Received the 2021 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Early Career Award
We are excited to share another piece of good news from IE MPhil alumnus Xingqin Lin: he has received the 2021 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Early Career Award for his contributions to mobile communication systems and connected aerial vehicles. The Early Career Award recognizes outstanding young scientists or engineers under age 35 who have contributed to……