CHOI Fu Wing Harry 蔡富榮
BEng 2009 (United College), MPhil 2011
2009計算機工程學畢業
2011計算機科學與工程系碩士畢業

Software Engineer
Harmonic Technologies (HK) Limited
軟件工程師
哈雷科技（香港）有限公司

My first impression on the orientation day for undergraduate admissions 2005 is that this Department is a wonderful place with nice people, and Computer Engineering is my first choice of JUPAS 2006. It is my honor to learn from this great family of friendly staffs and students, and I sincerely appreciate our honorable Department for her warm care! I think that there is a frequently asked question: why apply Computer Science and Engineering? To me, I believe that “we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” and “no pain, no gain”.

Our Department kindly not only improves our career prospects but more importantly gives students a lot of opportunities to make in front and put in charge, for instance, Departmental services and student societies. There is no honey moon in study, and engineering is no exception. Let us keep our eyes on the goal and our cool friendship. If we have tried hard in CSE then, I would like to quote from our former chairman’s words: believe me, there will be a beautiful rainbow at the end of our journey, and you will find that it is both educational and worthwhile.

我於本科入學資訊日2005的第一印象是這學系地靈人傑，並於聯招2006首選計算機 工程學。我榮幸地在這大家庭從良師好友學習，並衷心感謝我們 貴學系的照顧！ 我認為有一常見問答：為何選報計算機科學與工程學？對於我，我認為「我們靠收 入過活，但我們靠 付出生活」和「一分耕耘，一分收穫」。

我們的學系不僅提升我們的職業前途，但更重要地給學生很多機會，例如，系內 服務和學生系會。書中沒有蜜月，工程學也不例外。 讓我們持我們的目光在目標 和我們的友誼。如我們已奮力在計算機科學與工程學，我想用我們前主任的話： 相信我，在我們前路的終點有一美麗的彩虹，你會發現它是既有教育和值得的。

LAM Chi Fai David 林智輝
BSc in CS 2007
2007年計算機科學學士

Current PhD student in CSE
現為計算機科學與工程學博士研究生

I studied in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK for my past seven years, I have learned about computer science theories and have gained a lot of real-life practical experiences. After I got my bachelor degree, I enrolled in PhD program. I am very much delighted to apply both my knowledge and experiences in the world-class high impact Bioinformatics researches.

七年在計算機科學及工程學系的生活，難免會遇上不少的嶄新科技與挑戰。在首 三年本科的課程，體驗克服種種的挑戰，讓我可以體會到有關電腦理論的真髓以 及得到真正實踐的機會。以上知識和經驗，使我有機會於本科畢業後的四年，繼 續在中文大學進行有關生物資訊學的研究。

LI Shun Pun 李純濱
BSc in CS 2011
2011年計算機科學學士

Current M.Phil. student in CSE
現為計算機科學與工程學碩士研究生

During the past few years in CUHK, I have learnt many things from my study and got the opportunities to participate in different activities and international competitions. It really made my student life meaningful. Compare with other majors, Computer Science is really hard. When the others are enjoying their holidays, mostly likely, we still cope with projects and assignments. Undoubtedly, coding and debugging became part of our life and took away much of our spare time. But I believe the solid training is a key to success in the future.

過去幾年的時間，我在學習的過程中獲益良多，而且有機會在不同的活動和國際 比賽中發揮所長，使校園生活更有意義。相比其他學系，計算機科學這個學科要 求更高也更刻苦。當大部分學生正在享受假期的時候，我們仍然埋首在報告和作 業之中。無疑學業佔據了我大量的時間，但我相信這些嚴格的訓練是為了日後的 成功作最好的準備。

陳翠瑩
2010年計算機科學畢業

轉眼間，已踏入大學第四年。

回想起當時中六的時候，已被中文大學優美的環境及電腦室齊全的設備所吸引， 所以當時毫不猶疑，便選定中大計算機科學系，為我升大學的首選。

學習上，中文大學的教授每位都很友善，講解詳細。雖然每節上課時間不多，但 只要你願意問，他們都樂意在課後和你討論學習上，甚至課本外的科技問題。 而大學住宿的生活，更令我樂然忘返。宿舍，不單是睡覺的地方，而且是我第二 個家﹗和宿友每天一起聊天、一起?飯、考試時一起鼓勵打拼，他們已成為我的 家人了﹗宿舍上各種活動，如糖水會、體育節等，令大學生活更添色彩。

除此以外，去年於美國邁亞密交流一年，除了英文進步外，更令我體會不同的經 歷﹕參加龍舟比賽、竹舞表演、現場看美式足球比賽，這些都是在香港很難參加 的。另外，於美國學習，令我得悉香港學生與美國學生不同的地方。香港學生， 大部份都比美國學生聰明，可惜我們都不敢發問問題。美國學生，勇於向教授發 問、解答問題、甚至質疑教授所教的理論，經過彼此討論，他們學習得很快、很 好。我覺得，學習要經過思考、討論，才能令根基穩固，才能將知識靈活運用。 香港學生，應該要敢於發問。才能學習得更快更好。

中文大學是很好的學校，希望大家也能進入這個大家庭，好好享受大學生活。

梁國信
2010年計算機工程學畢業

從我中學開始，就很嚮往大學的生活，所以我想盡量多參與大學的活動，去享受 大學生活。於是，我參加了計算機工程學系會，更當上了主席。學系會主席的職 務主要是準備活動，供系內的同學參與。在一班志趣相投的莊員的協助下，很高 興我們的活動辦得相當成功。系內的同學都很支持我們大大小小的活動，我也很 高興看到計算機工程學的學生亦因為多了聯誼的機會，而變得融洽起來。

另外，我亦參加了全港大專生機械人大賽。那是個用一年時間準備的機械人比 賽。我們一組計算機工程學學生，聯同其它工程學系，用了一年時間，一同經歷 了許多的成功、失敗，建成了三台機械人。雖然我們最後都沒有得到任何獎項， 但我們都為中文大學機械人隊技術和成績一年比一年進步，而感到十分滿足、高 興。很高興可以和一班志同道合的朋友一起為共同的目標奮鬥。希望來年能吸引 更多同學參與，為中文大學爭取更好的成績。

于爽
2010年計算機科學畢業

我於0六年加入中大，這里的教授不僅在學業上提供悉心指導，更從生活上給予 許多建議和關懷。校園里有很多交流機會，例如，我0九年到美國伊利諾伊大學 香檳分校學習，在那里，我感受到了異國學府的嚴謹學風，也認識到了美國人對 團隊、合作精神的強調；這促使我對自身文化不斷思索、比較，而在這比較的過 程中，我既為我們的文化自豪，也探索著完善自我的方向。中大的校園生活多姿 多彩，能在這樣的優秀學府學習，我深感榮幸。

DENG Hongbo
PhD 2009

CUHK offers an excellent environment for students to conduct world-class cutting-edge research, which makes it possible to achieve a tremendous progress in a short three years. I really enjoy the time studying in CUHK.

MA Hao
PhD 2009

Research Engineer
Microsoft Research
Redmond WA USA

Before joining CUHK, I had a good job at Intel Shanghai. When I got the Ph.D offer from CSE department, I was very excited and quitted my job without any hesitation since I knew CUHK can help pursue my dreams. It turns out it was the wisest decision I have ever made. I am grateful that my supervisors did everything they can do to shape me towards my target. The experience in CUHK are priceless treasures that will always guide my future.

WANG Yue
PhD 2009

Lecturer
School of Information
Central University of Finance and Economics
Beijing, China

It was fortunate to enter Department of Computer Science and Engineering in CUHK for my PhD study. Here I received top-level trainings on research,writing and speaking.I really appreciate the instructions of my PhD supervisor Prof. John C. S.Lui and another professor, Prof. Dah Ming Chiu in our group.I still remember the inspiring experience to work with them and some talented students, many of which now are doing quite well overseas.Last but not least, I love the big and beautiful campus very much!

XU Yuedong
PhD 2009

Studying in CUHK is one of the most special moments in the journey of my life. CUHK has opened a new world for me. I feel immense gratitude to my advisor who has shaped my research path. CUHK is also a beautiful place. I always miss our campus, friends and old days.

余子豪
2007年計算機工程學畢業
2009年計算機科學與工程系碩士畢業

在計算機工程學生活，充滿了挑戰。

全班同學在實驗室中「連夜奮戰」趕功課的情境，至今仍歷歷在目：程式編寫習 作、設計小型機器人、撰寫專題研習報告……計算機科學及工程學系的實驗室， 就如我的另一個家。說這裡是家，不僅是因為在其中渡過了無數通宵達旦工作玩 樂的日子，也是因為這裡一群並肩作戰的伙伴。彼此間之友誼，是在每一個睡眠 不足的晚上熬出來的。雖然課程並不輕鬆，但我在此得到的，是真正能夠應用到 工作或學術中的「真功夫」，和認識了一群志同道合的好朋友。正因如此，每個 完成課程畢業的同學，都是能在計算機科學或工程專業中獨當一面的人才。

邁步走出實驗室，學系亦提供許多在課堂外體驗之機會，如國際性比賽，交流計 劃，企業實習等。在本科二年級時，我參加了「英特爾杯」電子設計比賽，到北 京及上海與從全國一流大學的學生切磋交流，擴闊自己的眼界。後來攻讀碩士課 程，指導老師蒙耀生教授給予我很大的研究自由；而我亦得到機會親身到美國， 日本和意大利等國家參與國際性的學術會議，發表研究成果。這些獨特的經驗， 無疑對升學的機會，或事業發展均大有幫助。

計算機科學及工程學系能助你達成夢想．你準備好隨時接受這挑戰嗎？

ZHU Jianke
PhD 2009

I am always missing those busy days and nights spent in the engineering building, and can't help recalling the happy moments with friends on campus and trekking trails. It's a wonderful experience of being a PhD student with the warm-hearted people at CSE department of CUHK. I sincerely appreciate the faculty members and students, who supported me all the time.

CHAN Fai
MPhil 2008

I studied in the CSE department of the CUHK for the past five years. I remember that computer-related subjects were not my first JUPAS choice and I was admitted to Computer Engineering, which was my third choice. From the start I studied hard to obtain a high GPA as I was considering changing to another department. It was not easy for me to obtain good grades in the competitive environment that I faced and it motivated me to try even harder.

Someday in spring semester of my first year study, Prof. Moon, one of my course teachers and my MPhil supervisor, encouraged me to participate in Intel Cup, a contest held in Shanghai focused on application design in embedded system. I found it very interesting and I joined this competition with two of my classmates. Our application was a mobile fingerprint-based logon system. The original system took less than 1 second to execute on a desktop computer but 60 seconds on our mobile device. Prof. Moon stimulated our mind: "One computer, one application, how can you fit the application with the best use of that computer?" At that moment I realized the essence of computer engineering: make the best use of computers in constrained situations. Using numerous techniques, we optimized our design to finish the task less than one second on the mobile device, and were awarded a second class honor prize in the competition.

Just after the competition, I received a transfer offer from a top-tier program in the Faculty of Business, the one I originally desired. I struggled with the question since I now found Computer Engineering very interesting. After much thought I turned down the transfer offer and continued in Computer Engineering. I have now obtained both Bachelor and MPhil degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and will shortly work in an engineering company on video streaming.

Thanks to the CSE department and especially my supervisor, Prof. Moon, I have been given tremendous opportunities and support. I have participated in numerous oversea events, helped in coordinating teams for Intel Cup twice, and we finally won the Intel Cup Championship in 2006. This project was then presented as a business plan in the "Idea to Product" global competition, held at the University of Texas in Austin and drew attention from famous companies, such as PenPower in Taiwan.

We are currently living in a computer-aided world, I.T. will continue to grow, regardless of the economics. You cannot live without computers and computer technology cannot advance without computer engineers. If you are into creative thinking, the CSE department at CUHK should definitely be one of your top choices!

陳碧華
2004年計算機科學與工程系碩士畢業
2008年計算機科學與工程系博士畢業

我在數年的課程中得到邏輯思考及分析能力的訓練，並學會許多電腦知識。 計算機工程學課程教授豐富的理論和提供學生實踐的機會，這些訓練使我們 成為知識充沛的工程師。而課程不只教授理論，包括電腦製作、運作系統， 還有實習上的訓練，如程式設計、機械人創作及專題研習等。當中的過程 雖辛苦，但也教人感到滿足。

這課程同時鼓勵學生進行研究。我們在最後一年所做的畢業論文，讓我們 清楚知道自己想做些什麼，也接觸到最新的科技。我們更因此而明白到做 研究的重要性，而我亦選擇繼續攻讀碩士及博士課程。

高海鋒
2008年計算機工程學畢業

計算機科學與工程學碩士研究生

轉眼間在計算機工程學系中生活了五年。回想起自己還在讀中學的時候，有機會 參觀學系不同的實驗室，看到很多不同的有趣項目，便希望有一天自己也可以參 與其中。在入到計算機工程學後，很高興可以結識到很多志同道合的同學，我們 也一起參加了不同的比賽。而印象最深刻的就是「全港大專生機械人大賽」以及 「英特爾杯」電子設計比賽。

這兩個比賽除了讓我們可以一起運用創意利用科技解決問題外，還提供了機會給 我們認識本港其他大學以至中國不同院校的同學，擴闊我們的眼光。參與這些比 賽後，令我更明白基礎知識的重要性，在「實戰」中可能會遇很多不同的問題， 但若果我們能明白系統最底層的運作原理，便會更容易解決那些問題。 因此我 覺得這幾年所學到的對我十分有用。

希望未來同學們也可以在計算機工程學系中一邊學習，一邊實踐自己的意念吧。

WONG Chi-Wing Raymond
BSc 2002, MPhil 2004, PhD2008

CUHK has the largest university campus in Hong Kong. I pursued my undergraduate and postgraduate studies under this green environment. I still remember the fresh air and the shiny sunshine along "Million Boulevard" with lots of trees. During my studies at CUHK, I was very delighted to meet many good friends. They gave me a joyful and wonderful time in my research.I was really lucky to meet with my supervisor, Prof. Ada Fu.She not only taught me how to conduct research but also gave me a lot of advices in my life.

XIAO Xiaokui
PhD 2008

Sometimes I cannot help thinking what I would have become if I had not gone to CUHK for my PhD. Maybe I would have had an easier life in those few years; Maybe I could still excel in one way or another. But I am sure that I won't achieve what I have achieved today. It is the unique experience at CUHK that shaped me into what I am, and I am truly grateful for the faculty members and fellow students at CUHK that helped me make things happen.

CHEN Jiansheng
PhD 2007

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electronic Engineering
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China

My five years with CSE, CUHK is a precious piece of memory I'd like to cherish forever. There, I met great professors, fellow students, colleagues and friends. There, I learned how to formulate ideas and achieve them through efforts and cooperation. There, I obtained skills and knowledge for building my future career path. There, I enjoyed the beautiful campus and the harmonious atmosphere. There, I understood how to face failures and frustrations in this real and complicated world. All these had encouraged my choosing to be a teacher, because I believe that education, in the way that I had experienced in CUHK, is meaningful and helpful to our society.

NGIA Cheuk Han
PhD 2007

I always miss my days at CUHK. Studying at CUHK has been one of the most valuable and enjoyable experiences in my life. Its world-class faculties, excellent facilities, ambitious students and beautiful campus create a perfect environment for research and education. I really appreciate the guidance and support from my advisor, many professors and my dear friends there..

TIAN Ye
PhD 2007

Associate Professor
School of Computer Science and Technology
University of Science and Technology of China
Anhui, China

I always miss my days at CUHK, which is a great place to study, live, and think.

WAN Liang
PhD 2007

The years at CUHK are certainly one of the most essential periods in my life. This memorable experience helped me to set my career goal and provide me with enough space to realize it. Whenever I recall this period of time, I am full of gratitude to my supervisor, collegues, and faculty members at CUHK.

WANG Guangyu
PhD 2007

I feel so lucky to spend 6 years at CUHK, which is a great place to make your dreams come true.

WU Di
PhD 2007

The years at CUHK contributed a lot to my selection of academic career. I am sincerely grateful to my advisor and all other CSE professors for their insightful advice and constant support. The days at the beautiful CUHK campus had been one of the most memorable parts in my life!

HOI Chu Hong
PhD 2006

After obtaining my bachelor degree in 2002, I decided to choose CUHK's CSE graduate programme for my graduate study. At that time, I did not realize this was one of very important decisions in my life. Today, when I look back to my past graduate study, I can never be thankful enough for having theopportunity of studying and doing beloved research at CUHK and enjoying wonderful campus life in Hong Kong.

HU Xuelei
PhD 2006

I will always cherish my time at CUHK/CSE and sincerely thank my supervisor, faculty members, and my dear friends there. After spending four years at CUHK, I would like to say: CUHK is a really great place to study and research.

霍嘉凌
2005

匯豐銀行
System Analyst Programmer

我們每天都要解決許多問題，包括程式及論文上的疑難。說實話，我認為 在這學系所學的是所有工程學系中最艱苦的，但也是充滿挑戰性的。我們 不只學會電腦知識，還有其他各種各樣的技能。在團隊中參與、撰寫研究 式的畢業論文，讓我得到全面的個性發展。教授及導師都很友善，他們會 鼓勵學生在課室內外多溝通、多分享。此外，學系的系會舉辦許多活動， 而我最喜歡的是C.S. Cup，因為當中有電子遊戲、羽毛球和拔河競賽。 總括一句，在這學系裡，我的學習生涯是充滿樂趣的。

SUN Haibin
2005

Member of Technical Staff
Microsoft, Redmond, USA

I graduated in Year 2005 and I am now working in Microsoft at Redmond, USA. Life goes too fast to give me the opportunity of retrospect. But I really would like to take this chance and this special peaceful time to look back my student life in CUHK.

For me, the student life in CUHK did give me a lot of sweet memories. I lived happily everyday, learnt quite a lot of interesting, very useful knowledge and skills, and developed good appreciation of new culture. I am glad to share my experiences with others.

I think besides the advanced facilities and equipment in the department, and the high-quality academic environment, I would like to stress and appreciate the freedom atmosphere as one of the most valuable feature in the CSE department of CUHK.

New students in the CSE department are allowed to choose their academic advisor freely. There is detailed profile of each professor on the website. Students can freely stop by any professors' offices and talk whatever they want. Thanks to this great policy that I found an excellent professor, Prof. John C.S. Lui, as my advisor for my study in CUHK. During these years of study, there are many courses that we could freely take. Students could talk with the teacher individually about the courses they would like to take, and get valuable and constructive advice. They could also freely and confidently choose their research direction (not just menial programming work). More importantly, students may have different career design or dreams nowadays, and the department really appreciates such diversity that encourages them to take their own decisions and shows them the right way towards their career path.

Finally, I enjoyed my life very much in CUHK. I believe the freedom atmospheree is really one of the most important positive features of an organization. Not only to students, but there are many good and young professors who are willing to come and work in such a wonderful organization.

陳家祺
PhD 2004

CEO
AfforTech Co. Ltd.

在修讀中大計算機工程博士學位之前，我已經在其他大學拿了電子工程 及應用物理的學位。我修讀的是研究型的博士課程，使我的技術更全面。 這對發明創新有很大的幫助。但這不表示每位發明家都應修讀相關之 研究學位。平心而論，發明天份很難單靠一個學位或課程修讀得來的。 最不幸的是，即使是擁有最著名大學的博士學位，也不能把發明天份 自動轉帳。但有一點可以肯定的：那些認真完成中大計算機工程學系 博士課程的人，不管是不是發明人才，也有一定的水平，因為他們都是 打過木人巷才下山的！

我很喜歡研究、發明等的工作。作為一個獨立而沒有強大背景支持的 發明家，只有申請專利保護，才能把自己的發明變成產品。否則，偉大 的發明只會淪為立心不良的人之發財捷徑。多年心血，附諸流水。一生 努力，朝不保夕！此外，我的夢想是擁有自己的國際級研究發明中心。 對當前人類面對的難題，如能源短缺、溫室效應和環境污染等作出更多 的貢獻。又同時給予那些正在艱苦經營的獨立發明家多一點技術及財政 上的支援。 (more...)

YAN Bo
PhD 2004

I really enjoyed my three-year PhD studying at CUHK, which helped me to lay a solid foundation for my academic career.

JIN Huidong
PhD 2002

My PhD study at CUHK has been one of most memorable periods in my life: wonderful research training, plentiful social events and beautiful environment.

WONG H. Y. Starsky
BSc 2000, MPhil 2002

Research Staff Member
IBM T.J. Watson Research

I am working in the wireless networking group in IBM T.J. Watson Research. IBM Research is an exciting place to work with as I can interact with so many talents around the world. After many years of studying and working aboard, I consider joining CUHK CSE department was the best decision I made in my life. CSE department provided me a world-class education and research experience, which helped me a lot in different aspects such as applying school, job hunting and conducting research. I would like to encourage all the CSE students to “work hard, play hard” as I can guarantee you will never regret.

CHEUNG Chak-Chung Ray
BSc 1999, MPhil 2001

Assistant Professor
City University of Hong Kong

In 1995, the Form 6 orientation day in the CSE department helped me to make an important decision. At that time, I wanted to acquire any knowledge related to computers and Max, the advisor, told me that the CEG program is the most comprehensive undergraduate program in Hong Kong for young computer engineers. He was absolutely correct and CUHK became my first choice.

In the next three years of intensive undergraduate training, I not only studied theoretical computer science and practical engineering in a stimulating atmosphere, but also embraced the countless social activities provided by the CSE department, the ERG faculty, and the New-Asia College. All these experiences and solid training built up my confidence and provided me a substantial base to plan for the future. I was delighted to become another form 6 orientation group leader and help potential students make their decisions.

The two years master degree study in the CSE department had a profound influence on my attitude toward computers and knowledge. Apart from doing my own research, attending lectures from renowned professors and tutoring undergraduate students were two major highlights. I also realised that knowledge is built on top of people's past experience, merged with dedication and creativity. The CEG society is a major party which interconnects students of different years within the same department. I still remember I was invited to a UNIX talk which taught informative and handy UNIX scripts to our freshmen. That experience gave me a really good impression on how eager everyone is to help the year 1 students.

In the next two years, a junior instructor appointment enabled me to work and learn in the same department from another perspective. I was involved in developing courses for minor and year 1 students. That experience was really fruitful because preparing course work and examination papers are not the most exciting part of the job, but delivering materials for students to assimilate is very rewarding. I observed the excellent integration between different courses and the partitioning of fundamental training for each CSE course.

The theoretical and practical knowledge gained from my studies at CUHK was a solid foundation for me to continue my doctoral training. For instance, the first year hardware programming course CEG2400 taught me assembly language; the second year computer architecture course CEG3420 microprocessor architectures; graduate course rapid prototyping CEG5010 and computer-aided design CEG5270 introduced me to efficient FPGA programming and CAD algorithms. Each year, courses are improved based on student feedback.

Being a CSE graduate, I am grateful to our professors for writing me strong reference letters. They were very important for me to apply for financial support to pursue my PhD study at Imperial College and now my post-doctoral work at UCLA. Finally, I want to sincerely thank our department and all the people I have met throughout the years in the CSE department.

WONG Hiu Yung
MPhil 2001

Senior Device Engineer
Spansion LLC

As an engineer in semiconductor device design and fabrication, many of my colleagues know that I obtained my PhD in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley, while very few know that my bachelor and master degrees were from CSE, CUHK. But they would find out soon when they realized that I was able to write a simple C program or PERL script to pre-process test chip tapeout data, or to filter DRC errors to increase the productivity. These are simple tasks for a computer science/engineering student, which capture only a tiny subset of the knowledge we learnt in programming, database, data mining, CAD etc.. While such superficial skills may have already impressed some people, I believe what really differentiate me from the others are the philosophies in computer science and engineering I was instilled during my five-year stay in CSE. In an environment with so many world-class scholars of various fields in computer science and engineering, although not all the profound theories could be understood, a "computer-mind-set" could have been cultivated.

Many believe that a solid foundation of mathematics and physics in high school is a key to the success of an engineering/science degree. To me, a solid undergraduate training in computer science and engineering is a promising stepping stone to the success of the next stage of life, namely, graduate or career life. This is because, simply, this is an information era. I have seen or engaged in many engineering research projects, in which without the help of computing theories and tools, no progress would be possible.

Therefore, after debating myself for a few years if I have "wasted" my time in computer science and engineering as I eventually work in a completely different area, I do not regret my choice. Indeed, I think my computer training background in a world-class school like CUHK gave me many advantages during graduate school, scholarship and job applications.

LEE Yui-Wah Clement
PhD 2000

Don't care too much about how other people think, listen to your inner voice -- you only live once.

SO King Yan Oldfield
MPhil 1999

Vice Chairman
Hong Kong Linux Industry Association

I graduated in 1997 and I guess most of you would share the same feeling; I did not want to leave such a wonderful place at the time. So, I took the plunge and enrolled in my Masters studies. Of course, I did not make a wrong choice and I learned a lot during my stay in graduate school. Now, I'm working in a company specializing in Linux, and am a vice chairman of the Hong Kong Linux Industry Association. If you asked me why Linux, I would tell you that back in the summer of 1996, I was motivated by a final year project from Prof. John Lui. Being strongly attracted to the fun of kernel hacking with my close friend Peter Tam, approached Prof. Lui immediately after our examination fearing that someone else might take this project before we did. Later we found that no one else was interested. You're right, not everyone wants to be a kernel hacker.

At CUHK, you can find your way to your own unique interest and better yet, you have great opportunities and guidance to further develop it! It was definitely a very important first step.

SUM John
PhD 1998

All I really need to know about research I learned in the CSE CUHK.

David K. Y. Yau
BSc 1989 (New Asia)

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University
Distinguished Scientist, Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore

When I started college, computers were a novelty, and I knew little about them. I only knew that if you entered the tricky "right" commands, they would give you the "right" results. Armed with that faith, I set out to assert human superiority and intellect over these willful machines. The journey was at times excruciating. In Year 2, I must have spent the longest sleepless bout in my life for work when we worked on a DBMS that would manage investment portfolios. I scarcely knew about investments or portfolios, but that didn't stop us from producing something with layers of flashy pull down menus and cool soft buttons. That was my idea of computing.

Fast forward to Year 4. My classmate ``Mr. Chan'' and I picked an expert system project that would classify the surface geographical features of planet Earth. It was my most extended attempt yet to produce something by independent study. We pored through a book by Zadeh and a few other cryptic papers on ``expert systems'' and ``fuzzy logic.'' All of a sudden our daily vocabulary included these terms and others like ``backward chaining.'' We were also fortunate to have two expert advisors (most students had only one!) in Professors KS Leung and Yee Leung . After months of programming, we were overjoyed when, on feeding satellite GIS data for Hong Kong into our system, a map resembling Hong Kong would actually appear, complete with all the plausible surface features -- foliage, soil, water, whatnot!

As I became nostalgic with ``deep intellectual inquisition'' while working as Management Associate, I remembered how we had produced the GIS expert system and decided that I wanted to become a bona fide ``computer scientist.'' In graduate school, I would learn more about computational complexity, computability, and Godel's Incompleteness Theorem. I would understand that our expert system, despite what we thought it could do, could be incredibly inefficient and might not even produce any meaningful results at all. Much more important than our novice expert system, computing in general has significant inherent limitations. But then, from the Internet to Google and Facebook, to the IBM machine that mastered Jeopardy!, computing did change the world, didn't it? I think I have learned that, although things in theory are always so predictably gloomy, there is always enough to be found and done in practice that could make a big, big difference.

It's interesting that this realization all started for me at CUHK. It occurred during one of the most carefree periods of my life. It was when my classmates and I would study in the library together, cook instant noodles for late night snack together, stay up all night to watch France beat Brazil in a classic World Cup quarterfinal together, go backpacking in Europe for two months together, and shared serious thoughts, juicy stories, and stupid jokes alike together.

黃劍翹
Cambridge Wong
BSc 1982

Managing Director
Wealth Bridge Asia Ltd.

Cambridge是第一屆CS畢業生，但這第一屆學位真的得來不易。原來當年預科是有 兩年制及一年制之分，Cambridge起初選讀兩年制，但未能考入 理想中的學位， 遂投身社會，及後再自修一年，取得優異成績，但仍未能考取中大第一屆電子 計算系，因為當年只得12個學位。Cambridge憶述有幸得到一位師兄建議，直接 向學校查詢，幾番波折，終獲取錄。

Cambridge畢業後加人了怡和的EDP部門，其後亦曾任職Digital、Town Gas等 電腦部門。及後怡和開發基金服務，需要一位電腦專才，Cambridge獲前上司 推薦，出任主管一職，一去便十六年。因經濟及機構紛紛轉型，憑著多年的經驗 及市場的觸角，Cambridge向公司建議，私有化他所管轄的部門及服務，一方面 可減輕公司財政負擔，他的團隊亦有信心作業務發展。得到公司的同意及支持， Cambridge便開始他的個人業務，也成為他事業上的一個轉捩點，不足一年的 時間，他已簽訂了數間國際金融機構，證明了他的眼光及決定。 (more...)