Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2006

Information Sciences 13 I nformation Sciences are the foundation for the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the technology required for information processing, in particular the use of computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information. ICT is vital for participation in global markets, improvement of service delivery, and exploring of opportunities for development. ‘When it comes to defining major areas, the Faculty of Engineering must give credit to the senior management of the University for its vision. At a time when the IT industry was commonly believed to be suffering a downturn, the University leaders had the foresight to define Information Sciences as a major area for strategic development. Instead of looking at transient data or data of two or three years, they set their sights on what this entire region would need in 10 or 15 years, and they were confident that whatever the trend, good technology and the right technology would survive. They were right. There is now a shortage of expertise for IT jobs in the market. Another wave of opportunity is coming our way and we are well geared to ride it,’ say the Information Sciences experts at the CUHK Faculty of Engineering.