The Department of Computer Science was established in 1984, and has evolved from a teaching-oriented department into one that excels in both teaching and research.
The Department launched its first BSc(Hons) in Computer Studies in 1987 (renamed and restructured as the BSc(Hons) Computer Science in 2000), followed by the MSc in Computer Science in 1991. The Department also produced its first PhD graduate in 1994.
In addition to offering traditional courses such as foundations of computer science, computer architecture and software engineering, our curriculum exposes students to the latest advances in distributed databases, parallel programming, Internet and mobile computing and high-speed networking...
CityU student wins Best Paper Award for new image search method
A Computer Science PhD student at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has proposed a new data processing method that allows a user to search through billions of pictures, photos and images on the web at a faster rate.
The innovative technique won Tao Liang the Best Paper Award at an academic conference on multimedia, beating more than 80 other research papers presented at the event. ...
