Issue 3, Nov 2022

Issue 3, Nov 2022

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Dear Colleagues, Alumni, Students, Staff, and Friends,

It is time for a new term! I would like to welcome the new incoming students and also the returning students to begin the new academic year!

First off, we are proud to have graduated our batch of undergraduate students, MSc students, MPhil, and PhD students to finish off our previous academic year. On behalf of the department, I wish you all the success in your new endeavor as you begin a new chapter in life. Continue to strive for excellence that is exemplary of the CSE department!

The new term brings much excitement. New ranking results are out and we have done very well (see the related article) in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. I am honored and proud of this outstanding recognition based on the collective efforts of great colleagues from our department as well as the faculty.

One worthy tidbit of news that I would like to share is that we plan to commence the Outstanding Alumni Seminar Series highlighting our alumni’s achievements. Please look forward to these talks on their latest research development in the near future.

Last but not least, the famous proverb says, “A good beginning is half the success” (好的開始,是成功的一半) so I wish you all a great start to the term leading to a productive and fruitful academic year.

Irwin King

Prof. Irwin King
Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Achievements

CSE is Ranked No. 1 in Hong Kong in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence ranked No. 3 worldwide and No. 1 in Hong Kong while Computer Science ranked No. 26 worldwide and No. 1 in Hong Kong by U.S. News & World Report 2022.

Research team led by Professor Pheng Ann Heng has been awarded a grant of more than HK$50 million to establish a world-leading Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR.

Research team led by Professor Pheng Ann Heng has been awarded a grant of more than HK$50 million to establish a world-leading Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR.

Prof. Lyu made significant contributions on software reliability modelling, measurement, analytics, and applications.

In recognition of the exceptional contributions to engineering applications of neural networks.

In recognition of the exceptional contributions to engineering applications of neural networks.

The award aims to recognise Hong Kong leaders who innovate their way to excellence in science and technology, business model, social innovation, or culture and creativity.

Prof. Bei Yu Has Received the 2022 IEEE CEDA Ernest S. Kuh Early Career Award

In recognition of the substantial contributions to the area of Electronic Design Automation, particularly machine learning in physical design and design for manufacturability, in the early stages of his career.

Prof. Bei Yu Has Received the 2022 IEEE CEDA Ernest S. Kuh Early Career Award

In recognition of the substantial contributions to the area of Electronic Design Automation, particularly machine learning in physical design and design for manufacturability, in the early stages of his career.

Research Excellence

The award aims to support, inspire, retain, and encourage the importance of “Open-Source Software Services Ecosystems” for services computing R&D and long-lasting impact-making efforts.

Prof. Liwei Wang and his LaVi team attended the Semantic Video Understanding Track of the Language and Intelligence Challenge (LIC) 2022.
Prof. Liwei Wang and his LaVi team attended the Semantic Video Understanding Track of the Language and Intelligence Challenge (LIC) 2022.

For his paper “Software-defined Network Assimilation: Bridging the Last Mile Towards Centralized Network Configuration Management with NAssim”.

His paper “Neural Rendering for Stereo 3D Reconstruction of Deformable Tissues in Robotic Surgery” focuses on the reconstruction of the soft tissues in surgical scenes.
His paper “Neural Rendering for Stereo 3D Reconstruction of Deformable Tissues in Robotic Surgery” focuses on the reconstruction of the soft tissues in surgical scenes.

For his paper “Exploiting Functional Constraints in Automatic Dominance Breaking for Constraint Optimization”. 

His paper ‘MAT: Mask-Aware Transformer for Large Hole Image Inpainting‘ presents a novel transformer-based model for large hole inpainting, which unifies the merits of transformers and convolutions to efficiently process high-resolution images.
His paper ‘MAT: Mask-Aware Transformer for Large Hole Image Inpainting‘ presents a novel transformer-based model for large hole inpainting, which unifies the merits of transformers and convolutions to efficiently process high-resolution images.

The award recognizes and rewards an MPhil student each year, whose thesis has been identified by the Faculty’s Selection Panel.

Recent & Upcoming Events

New Alumni

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Zhenkun CAI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Pengguang CHEN

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Ran CHEN

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Yilun CHEN

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Ho Chit Savio CHOW

MPhil

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Jiequan CUI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Xinyan DAI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Chenyang HONG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Chenhan JIN

MPhil

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Ka Ho LAU

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Kang LI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Yichen LI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Zhuohua LI

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Yuhong LIANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Xutong LIU

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Shangqi LU

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Luyang LUO

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Pengcheng MA

MPhil

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Qi SUN

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Zhuotao TIAN

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Qiuping WANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Ran WANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Minshan XIE

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Xiaogang XU

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Zuoru YANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Mingxue ZHANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Xiaopeng ZHANG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Zixu ZHAO

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Dan ZHENG

PhD

Alumni 2022 Jul – Sep

Xubin ZHENG

PhD

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