BEng FinTech student, XU Xiang won the 2018-2019 General Education Best Essay Award – Silver Awards (2018-19 List of awardees for the Best Essay Award).
About the Student Seminar and the Best Essay Award
The 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 GE Student Seminar celebrates the innovations and critical thinking brought to bear on student essays written for the two General Education Foundation (GEF) courses, In Dialogue with Humanity and In Dialogue with Nature. Twenty essays (2018-19) and twenty-two essays (2019-20) from over 300 keen submissions per year are receiving the Best Essay Award. The student seminar will feature eight of them. These papers comprise argumentative essays as well as original attempts at short story and Platonic dialogue as alternative approaches to integrate classics from various times and to examine their relevance to the contemporary world.
The team “Second” led by Choi Ho Yin Issac (SEEM/4), and 3 students from other majors in CUHK, won the 1st Runner-up in the Citibank Disruptive Client Experience in the Digital Banking Era organized by HKGCC Business Case Competition with a monetary prize of $20,000.
The team strives to enhance the user journey by revamping Citibank HK mobile app, introducing Calendar Banking, integrating with mobile OS ecosystems, and redefining Relationship Management with the use of data and algorithms. They observed the current pain points for customers in traditional banks are long queue and phone wait times, sluggish online experience, and no consolidated view of all finance positions. They are proud to introduce our solution with three essential aspects, namely instant, lively, and personalized. They capitalize on digital banking technology to penetrate and blend into every second in everyone’s life, driving all individuals in the mass market to our digital transformation journey. Members of the team would like to thank Prof. CHAN Chun Kwong for being such a wonderful mentor.
More Reference:
Citibank Disruptive Client Experience in the Digital Banking Era
In memory of Prof LI Duan and to carry on his unswerving pursuit of both research and education, the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) will establish a memorial scholarship fund under Duan’s name. The scholarship will be given to selected candidates in SEEM. We are now soliciting donations and contributions to this scholarship fund.
We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn about the passing of Professor Duan Li, a dear colleague and friend. Professor Li has made tremendous contributions to our Department as a faculty member and also as past Department Chairman. He will be sorely missed. Please accept our sincerest condolences.
The team consisting 1 Year 4 BEng FinTech student, CHIU Long Kwan and 3 students from other majors in CUHK and HKUST, won the first runner up in the Tencent Finance Academy Fintech Competition 2020 with a monetary prize of $50,000.
DATE: Nov 02, 2020 Monday
TIME: 09:30 – 17:30
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Press Releases:
CUHK Faculty of Engineering Holds Virtual Financial Technology Conference 2020 on How FinTech is Transforming Organisations
Job Description (Professoriate Rank):
Department/Unit: Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Closing Date: Until the posts are filled
The Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) under the Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for the faculty posts at the levels of Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in operations management and operations research, financial engineering and technologies, service engineering, and other related disciplines.
CUHK is one of the top universities in Asia. The Department of SEEM hosts one of the best research groups in operations management, financial engineering and technologies, service engineering, and information systems. In addition to competitive salary and housing benefits, the Department also provides strong research support.
Applicants should have a relevant PhD degree and a good scholarly record demonstrating potential for teaching and research excellence. Substantive track appointments will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 2021, which, subject to performance and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation later. Non-substantive track appointments will initially be made on contract basis for one to two years, renewable subject to performance and mutual agreement. The exact start date will be negotiated with the successful applicants.
Applicants please submit applications at the CUHK Personnel Online Application System https://www.hro.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/career/career-opportunities – Professoriate, Teaching & Research Academic Posts for the Job Number of 200000J8, the full resume with a cover letter, copies of academic credentials, publication list with abstracts of selected published papers, a research plan, a teaching statement, together with names and e-mail addresses of three to five referees to whom the applicant’s consent has been given for their providing reference, and send the application materials to Department Chairman via email: seem-chairman@se.cuhk.edu.hk.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to submit their applications soon for early informal online interviews. Formal interviews will be conducted by SEEM faculty members on the CUHK campus if possible.
For general inquiry and further information about the Department of SEEM, please contact Ms. Monica Ho at monica@se.cuhk.edu.hk.
