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Best Paper Award in the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS 2017)
Mr Solomon MENSAH, a CS PhD student, together with his supervisor Dr Jacky KEUNG, received the Best Paper Award for their co-authored paper titled "Investigating the Significance of Bellwether Effect to Improve Software Effort Estimation" in the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS 2017) held in Prague, Czech Republic in July 2017.
Sponsored by the IEEE Reliability Society, QRS 2017 is one of the main international conferences for engineers and scientists to present their ongoing work, relate their research outcomes and experiences, and discuss the best and most efficient techniques for the development of reliable, secure, and trustworthy systems.
Third Prize in Hong Kong University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition 2017
Mr WONG Nok Ching and Mr XU Yaohai, BSc Computer Science final year students, won the Third Prize in the "Challenge Cup" National Competition - Hong Kong Regional Final, Hong Kong University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition 2017 for their project titled "FastLSH: A Similarity Search Engine on High-Dimensional Big Data", under the supervision of Dr Sarana NUTANONG. The awardees will receive a cash prize of HK$3,000.
Organized by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, the Competition provides an opportunity for academic exchanges and also a platform for the search of innovation and entrepreneurship talents from the tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.
Jonathan L. Gross Award for Academic Excellence 2017
Mr Rudra Gopinath, a BSc Computer Science student participating in the Joint Bachelor's Degree Program between City University of Hong Kong and Columbia University. Mr Gopinath, currently studying in Columbia University after having completed three years of study at CityU, has been selected to receive the Jonathan L. Gross Award for Academic Excellence, which is awarded annually to the most distinguished General Studies major in the Department of Computer Science of Columbia University.
Champion in Social Innovation (SI) CEO Competition 2017
Mr SZE Cheuk Fai Francis, a BSc Computer Science student, won the Champion in the Social Innovation (SI) CEO Competition for Tertiary Students 2017, along with three other CityU students from the Department of Information Systems and the Department of Marketing, for their business plan titled ElderTreks. The business idea is to offer local tours that hire elderly as guides and use a mobile app to let participants explore genuine community culture in different dimensions. The achievement has demonstrated synergy and fruitful results generated from cross-disciplinary collaboration among students.
The Champion team will receive a start-up fund of HK$150,000 to carry out their business plan, with CEO guidance and professional advisory services for idea implementation, in addition to a 9-day social innovation trip to the UK to visit social innovation projects and a two-month corporation internship offer.
Jointly organized by the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (SIE) Fund and Youth.gov.hk, the Competition aims to enhance understanding of "poverty relief" and "social innovation", inspire innovative ideas and actions to tackle social and poverty problems.