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。

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。

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.

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。

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.

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.

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.

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...)