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HKUST 2014-2015
Annual Report
CALENDAROF EVENTS
2014
• Vice-President for Institutional
Advancement Dr Eden Woon
and Prof James She, Department
of Electronic and Computer
Engineering, held seminars at
the 2014 Tencent Forum on “Big
Data Connections in the Future”
in Beijing.
• The Department of Computer
Science and Engineering co-
organized the 10
th
International
Conference on Multimedia
Information Technology and
Applications (MITA 2014) at
HKUST, together with the Korea
Multimedia Society and Yonsei
University.
• HKUST signed a memorandum
with Guangdong University
of Technology on co-hosting
the 2015 “National Challenge
Cup”, a competition originating
in Mainland China and known
as the “Olympiad of Science
and Technology” for university
students. It was the first time
a Hong Kong university had
arranged to co-host the event in
the Cup’s 25-year history.
JULY
AUGUST
• A HKUST IdeasLab session on
emerging technologies was
held at the Annual Meeting
of the New Champions of the
World Economic Forum, known
as the “Summer Davos”, in Tianjin.
Four School of Engineering
professors took part.
• The University co-hosted the
second My Toy Design
Competition with the Hong
Kong Toys Council and The
Toys Manufacturers’ Association
of Hong Kong Limited.
SEPTEMBER
