Prof CHAN Kin Wai Received Educational Impact - Silver Award at Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022

  • Prof. Keith Chan attended the poster presentation at the Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022 which was held from 14 Dec 2022 to 16 Dec 2022 and received “Educational Impact – Silver Award” for his e-learning platform (https://www1.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/stady/).

    Every year the poster awards recognize the best efforts in teaching and learning in higher education, research, poster designs and presentations at the annual Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo.

    More details can be found at the following link:
    https://www.expo.elearning.cuhk.edu.hk/expo2022-poster-award


Zhang Wenyu Won the Champion with his Teammates in Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 HKSAR


CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence 2021/22


Science Faculty Young Researcher Award 2021

  • Young Researcher Award 2021: Prof. WEI Yingying

    The Award was established in 2002 with the aim of recognising the research achievements of young faculty members of the University, and nominations from each Faculty features a young faculty who produces the best research output for the award.


Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Output Award 2020/2021

  • Our former PhD student Dr. Yan Tingjin (currently an Assistant Professor in East China Normal University) who was supervised by Prof. Wong Hoi Ying was awarded the Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Output Award 2020/2021 in recognition of his remarkable and impressive accomplishment in research studies.

    The Faculty Award Ceremony will be hosted on 27 August 2022.


Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2021

  • Prof. CHAN Kin Wai has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2021.

Joint-University Algo FX Trading Challenge 2021 (Global)

  • Our QFRM student Mr Cheng Kak Chi (team Plutus) won the Awards for

    • Best Return
    • Best Sharpe, and
    • Best Strategy Design

    in the Joint-University Algo FX Trading Challenge 2021 (Global) organised by Algo Challenge Association.

    Approximately 200 contestants from prestigious institutions in Hong Kong and all around the world have taken part in the global event started on November 2021.

    More details can be found:
    https://algochallenge.org/globalfx2021/


Itarle Scholarship 2020/21

  • Our former PhD student Dr. Yan Tingjin (currently an Assistant Professor in East China Normal University) who was supervised by Prof. Wong Hoi Ying was awarded Itarle Scholarship 2020/21. Itarle is a sponsor of PhD awards at CUHK. The Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science each have an award for the Student with outstanding performance in their thesis. An internship at Itarle (Hong Kong) will also be offered to each prize winner.

    More details can be found:
    https://itarle.com/itarle-sponsors-phd-awards/


Presentation Awards: 2021-22 Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Day

  • The Faculty’s annual postgraduate research day was held on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 in face-to-face mode. The event provided a platform for postgraduate students to gain exposure in the seminar, to present their innovative research results and to share research ideas and experiences.

    Two students of our department were presented on the event and they both won the Presentation Award.
    Champion: WANGWU Jiaxuan, Statistics PhD student. Presentation Title:
    scAMACE: Model-Based Approach to the Joint Analysis of Single-Cell Data on Chromatin Accessibility, Gene Expression and Methylation.

    Second Runner-up: LEUNG Cheuk Wai, Dominic, Risk Management Science MPhil student. Presentation Title: Testing Variance Change under Varying Mean Structure.

    For details, please visit: http://www.sci.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/research/seminars/pg-research-day.


Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 and Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2020

  • Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 in recognition of his distinguished teaching performance. The Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order.


Distinguished Author Award 2020


CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2019 and RGC Early Career Award 2019


W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing in JSM 2019

  • Prof. Yingying Wei and her former PhD student Dr. Xiangyu Luo (currently an Assistant Professor in Renmin University of China) have been awarded the W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing in JSM 2019 for their publication “Batch Effects Correction with Unknown Subtypes, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 114 (526) 581-594.”

Further Reading: https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/W-J-Youden-Award-in-Interlaboratory-Testing.aspx


ASA Student Award

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  • Mr. Fangda Song (Supervisor: Prof. Yingying Wei) has been awarded the 2019 ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics’ Distinguished Student Paper.
  • Title of paper: Flexible experimental designs for valid single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments allowing batch effects correction

Early Career Award 2019/20

  • Professor Chan Kin Wai received Early Career Award 2019/20 from Research Grants Council. Among the 166 approved projects of the Early Career Scheme, seven projects were rated “outstanding” and also had their education plans rated “satisfactory”. The Principal Investigators of these seven outstanding projects would receive “The Early Career Award 2019/20” and also additional funding for engaging in educational activities.

Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science

  • Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been appointed as Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science on a concurrent basis with effect from 1 August 2019. The University will provide $50,000/year to Professor Wong for 5 years to support his research activities.

Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2018

  • Dr. John Alexander Wright has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2018.

The IMA Journal of Management Mathematics Best Paper of 2018

  • Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been awarded “The IMA Journal of Management Mathematics Best Paper of 2018” for the paper entitled “Optimal Investment for Insurers with Correlation Risk: Risk Aversion and Investment Horizon”. It is the annual prize for the best paper published in the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. The award was presented in the summer of 2019.

2018 International Quant Championship

  • The team of Science and Engineering graduates has won the National Winner in the ‘International Quant Championship 2018’ held in Beijing in July 2018. The team would compete in the Global Final to be held in Singapore.
    Besides, Statistics major student Ho, Ngok Chao has awarded the Outstanding Students Award 2018.
  • Ho, Ngok Chao BSc in Statistics (Team Leader) Kou, Seng Pan BSc in Mathematics Choi, Ka Chon BSc in Computer Science Lin, Hao BSc in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management

Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2017

  • Professor WEI Yingying has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2017.

Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award & The Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2016

  • Professor Lin Yuanyuan has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2016. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 83rd Congregation scheduled for 16 November 2017.

Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award & The Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2015

  • Professor WONG Hoi Ying has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2015. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 81st Congregation scheduled for 17 November 2016.

Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) 2015

  • Congratulations to our Year-3 QFRM student XI Yiru on awarding the first prize at the 2015 Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM). Yiru joined the competition with another two CUHK students from Math major and CS major. The CUMCM is an annual national competition, and is one of the largest mathematical competitions in modeling.

Choh-Ming Li Professor of Statistics

  • Professor Shao Qiman has been appointed as Choh-Ming Li Professor of Statistics with effect from 1 August 2015 in recognition of his distinguished scholastic performance. The University will provide $100,000/year to Professor Shao for 5 years to support his academic and research activities.

Best Student Research Paper Award 2015

  • Mr. Pun Chi-seng, our Year 3 Statistics PhD student, recently won the 2015 Best Student Research Paper Award for a paper he presented at the 2015 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, the USA. This is the first time ever a PhD student from the Asia Pacific region has won this international competition. Mr. Pun Chi-seng’s award winning paper entitled “Combined Estimation-Optimization (CEO) Approach for High Dimensional Portfolio Selection. For more details: https://www.informs.org/Community/Finance.(See also theCUHK Press Release. )

Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2013

    • Professor Poon Wai Yin has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2013. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 76th Congregation scheduled for 20 November 2014.
    • In addition, Professor Poon has been appointed as Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science on a concurrent basis with effect from 1 August 2014. The University will provide $50,000/year to Professor Poon for 5 years to support her research activities.

Our hearty congratulations to Professor Poon!


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