Prof. Songtao Lu has received an Amazon Research Award under the Fall 2025 Build on Trainium: Responsible AI programme for his project, “M3-Align: Scalable Multilevel & Multiobjective Alignment for Multilingual Language Models,” as [announced by Amazon on 5 August 2026]. He is among 34 recipients from 30 universities worldwide, with […]
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Welcome New Students at the Advisee Meetup to Kick Off the New Academic Year
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To celebrate the start of the new academic year, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosted the CSE Advisee Meetup on Monday, September 7. The event kicked off with opening remarks from Professor Philip Fu, Vice-Chairman (Undergraduate), who warmly welcomed the new students. The gathering brought together faculty members […]
Prof. Qi Dou Received Funding From the Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) 2026/27
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 21 Jul 2026 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) 2026/27. Professor Dou Qi’s project is titled “Advancing Robotic Surgery Autonomy from Basic Actions to Complex Manipulations in Dynamic Endoscopic Environments”. This […]
Prof. Michael R. Lyu Elected to the Inaugural Class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy
in Achievements
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is happy to announce that Professor Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu has been selected to the inaugural class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy. The Academy and its inaugural class were introduced at the FSE 2026 conference in Montreal as part of the Fifty […]
Ph.D. Student Yueyao CHEN Receives Runner-Up Distinction at IPCAI 2026
in Achievements
Yueyao Chen, a Ph.D. student supervised by Prof. Qi Dou in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, received the Runner-Up distinction for the Machine Learning in CAI Award at IPCAI 2026. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence for computer-assisted interventions, spanning surgical […]
Undergraduate Students Excel in Cybersecurity Competitions (2025–2026)
CUHK competitive cybersecurity teams have delivered outstanding performances across major cybersecurity competitions in Hong Kong during the 2025–2026 season. Together, our teams secured four Champion titles and one First Runner-up. These results were achieved across various cybersecurity competitions in Hong Kong including CUHK CTF, HKCERT CTF, Firebird CTF, and NuttyShell CTF, highlighting the strength […]
Ph.D. Student Yuetao CHEN from Prof. Hong Xu’s Lab Selected as one of the 2026 ML and Systems Rising Stars
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Yuetao Chen is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Prof. Hong Xu. His research lies at the intersection of machine learning and computer systems, focusing on efficient and scalable systems for modern ML workloads, including large language model inference, […]
The mind behind breakthroughs
Extracted from CUHK in Focus, dated 15 June 2026 Long before artificial intelligence (AI) became a household concept, Professor Benjamin Wah Wan-sang was already captivated by the idea that machines could think. That sense of wonder eventually led him – then a young researcher in the United States – into […]
CUHK establishes Hong Kong’s first full-stack embodied AI lab to advance AI-driven industrial transformation
Extracted from Communications and Public Relations Office, dated 18 May 2026 Professor Dou Qi, Associate Director of HKCLR, introduced a vision-language model integrated with spatial intelligence, jointly developed by HKCLR and a CUHK research team. The research findings were recently published in the internationally renowned journal Science Robotics, demonstrating HKCLR’s extensive […]
CUHK Programming Team Wins ACM-HK Programming Contest 2026
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The Programming Team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been crowned Champion at the ACM-HK Programming Contest 2026, an annual competition that brings together top teams from tertiary institutions across Hong Kong and Macau. The contest was held on […]
Undergraduate AIST Student Lam Kwan‑Tung Awarded Innovation and Technology Scholarships
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Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 4 Jun 2026 The Innovation and Technology Scholarship was established by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Government, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in 2011. Awardees are nominated by their universities […]
Ph.D. Student Shaofeng Wu from Prof. Hong Xu’s Lab Receives NSDI’26 Community Award
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Prof. Hong Xu and his collaborators received the Community Award from the 23rd USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI’26) for the paper “Offloading Cloud Network Services at Production Scale with SONiC DASH SmartSwitch.” The paper is led by Shaofeng Wu, a final-year Ph.D. student from NetX Lab […]
PhD Student Zhihan Jiang Received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ICSE 2026
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IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) is the top software engineering conference sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE. ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards are designated to recognize outstanding research in the conference. At ICSE 2026, 22 papers were honored with ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards, selected from 321 accepted […]
EDA tools for next-generation chip design
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Extracted from CUHK in Focus, dated 11 Feb 2026 The latest generation of semiconductor chips requires packaging components with different functions, sizes and materials into a single multi-layered system. This process, known as 3D heterogeneous integration, boosts performance far beyond traditional 2D chips. However, it also creates complex design challenges that current […]
CUHK Students Awarded the First Prize (Champion) at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Hong Kong SAR Final (Cloud Track)
CHENG Zhiyun, LAW Man Him, and TIAN Yizhou from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. SUM Kwok Wing Anthony, have been awarded the First Prize (Champion) at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Hong Kong SAR Final (Cloud Track). The team received a prize along […]
CUHK Programming Team Earns ICPC Asia East Final Gold and World Finals Berth
The Programming Team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) achieved outstanding results at the 2025 ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Asia East Continent Final Contest in Hangzhou, earning one gold, one silver, and one bronze. The gold medalist team has […]
Prof. Tsung-Yi Ho and Prof. Qiang Xu’s Teams won two Best Poster Awards in ASP-DAC 2026 SRF
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At the 31st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2026), held from January 19 to 22 at Hong Kong Disneyland, two research groups in our departments stood out at the ACM SIGDA Student Research Forum (SRF@ASP-DAC 2026). Rongliang Fu (supervised by Prof. Tsung-Yi Ho) and Zhengyuan Shi (supervised […]
Prof. Irwin King Elected as AAAI Fellow
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The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is thrilled to announce that our very own Professor Irwin King has been elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). This is one of the more significant honors in the field of AI, and we could not […]
Prof. Qi Dou Received Funding From The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 13 Jan 2026 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2025/26. It supports multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary projects in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative, high-quality cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional projects. […]
PhD Student Yangtao Deng Wins Scholarship for Tencent’s first-ever AI-related scholarship program
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Mr. Yangtao Deng, a first-year PhD student working with Prof. Hong Xu, was awarded the inaugural Tencent Project Up Scholarship (腾讯青云奖学金), for his outstanding research achievements in AI systems. This is Tencent’s first-ever AI-related scholarship program to spark young scholars’ innovation, push forward cutting-edge AI research, and connect academia with […]
Accelerating Innovation: FAISys 2025 Workshop to Explore Frontier AI Systems
FAISys focus on two key aspects: accelerating research impact and addressing fundamental challenges.
Professor Patrick Lee Pak-ching and Professor Xu Qiang received funding from the 2025/26 NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 23 Dec 2025 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) 2025/26. It supports four-year research proposals jointly submitted by Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong researchers. […]
PhD Student Haotian ZHANG Wins NSFC Grant for quantum-informed artificial intelligence for small-molecule drug design
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Odin Zhang, a 1st year PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Heng Pheng-Ann in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been awarded a research grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to support his doctoral research on quantum-informed artificial […]
PhD Student Yimin Fan Wins NSFC Grant for AI-Biomedicine Research
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Yimin Fan, a 3rd year PhD candidate supervised by Professor Yu Li in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been awarded the highly competitive 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Basic Research Scheme for PhD Students, with funding of […]
Prof. Yu Bei’s Team Won the first Place in 2025 CAD Contest at ICCAD
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A collaborative team led by Ph.D. student Fangzhou Liu and supervised by Prof. Yu Bei from CUHK, in partnership with National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) and Giga Design Automation, has secured the first place in Problem C at the 2025 ICCAD Contest. Sponsored by NVIDIA, this year’s challenge focused on […]
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Welcome New Students at the Advisee Meetup to Kick Off the New Academic Year
in Admission
To celebrate the start of the new academic year, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosted the CSE Advisee Meetup on Monday, September 7. The event kicked off with opening remarks from Professor Philip Fu, Vice-Chairman (Undergraduate), who warmly welcomed the new students. The gathering brought together faculty members […]
Prof. Qi Dou Received Funding From the Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) 2026/27
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 21 Jul 2026 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) 2026/27. Professor Dou Qi’s project is titled “Advancing Robotic Surgery Autonomy from Basic Actions to Complex Manipulations in Dynamic Endoscopic Environments”. This […]
Prof. Michael R. Lyu Elected to the Inaugural Class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy
in Achievements
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is happy to announce that Professor Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu has been selected to the inaugural class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy. The Academy and its inaugural class were introduced at the FSE 2026 conference in Montreal as part of the Fifty […]
Ph.D. Student Yueyao CHEN Receives Runner-Up Distinction at IPCAI 2026
in Achievements
Yueyao Chen, a Ph.D. student supervised by Prof. Qi Dou in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, received the Runner-Up distinction for the Machine Learning in CAI Award at IPCAI 2026. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence for computer-assisted interventions, spanning surgical […]
Undergraduate Students Excel in Cybersecurity Competitions (2025–2026)
CUHK competitive cybersecurity teams have delivered outstanding performances across major cybersecurity competitions in Hong Kong during the 2025–2026 season. Together, our teams secured four Champion titles and one First Runner-up. These results were achieved across various cybersecurity competitions in Hong Kong including CUHK CTF, HKCERT CTF, Firebird CTF, and NuttyShell CTF, highlighting the strength […]
Ph.D. Student Yuetao CHEN from Prof. Hong Xu’s Lab Selected as one of the 2026 ML and Systems Rising Stars
in Achievements
Yuetao Chen is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Prof. Hong Xu. His research lies at the intersection of machine learning and computer systems, focusing on efficient and scalable systems for modern ML workloads, including large language model inference, […]
The mind behind breakthroughs
Extracted from CUHK in Focus, dated 15 June 2026 Long before artificial intelligence (AI) became a household concept, Professor Benjamin Wah Wan-sang was already captivated by the idea that machines could think. That sense of wonder eventually led him – then a young researcher in the United States – into […]
CUHK establishes Hong Kong’s first full-stack embodied AI lab to advance AI-driven industrial transformation
Extracted from Communications and Public Relations Office, dated 18 May 2026 Professor Dou Qi, Associate Director of HKCLR, introduced a vision-language model integrated with spatial intelligence, jointly developed by HKCLR and a CUHK research team. The research findings were recently published in the internationally renowned journal Science Robotics, demonstrating HKCLR’s extensive […]
CUHK Programming Team Wins ACM-HK Programming Contest 2026
in Achievements
The Programming Team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been crowned Champion at the ACM-HK Programming Contest 2026, an annual competition that brings together top teams from tertiary institutions across Hong Kong and Macau. The contest was held on […]
Undergraduate AIST Student Lam Kwan‑Tung Awarded Innovation and Technology Scholarships
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 4 Jun 2026 The Innovation and Technology Scholarship was established by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Government, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in 2011. Awardees are nominated by their universities […]
Ph.D. Student Shaofeng Wu from Prof. Hong Xu’s Lab Receives NSDI’26 Community Award
in Achievements
Prof. Hong Xu and his collaborators received the Community Award from the 23rd USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI’26) for the paper “Offloading Cloud Network Services at Production Scale with SONiC DASH SmartSwitch.” The paper is led by Shaofeng Wu, a final-year Ph.D. student from NetX Lab […]
PhD Student Zhihan Jiang Received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ICSE 2026
in Achievements
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) is the top software engineering conference sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE. ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards are designated to recognize outstanding research in the conference. At ICSE 2026, 22 papers were honored with ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards, selected from 321 accepted […]
EDA tools for next-generation chip design
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK in Focus, dated 11 Feb 2026 The latest generation of semiconductor chips requires packaging components with different functions, sizes and materials into a single multi-layered system. This process, known as 3D heterogeneous integration, boosts performance far beyond traditional 2D chips. However, it also creates complex design challenges that current […]
CUHK Students Awarded the First Prize (Champion) at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Hong Kong SAR Final (Cloud Track)
CHENG Zhiyun, LAW Man Him, and TIAN Yizhou from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. SUM Kwok Wing Anthony, have been awarded the First Prize (Champion) at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 Hong Kong SAR Final (Cloud Track). The team received a prize along […]
CUHK Programming Team Earns ICPC Asia East Final Gold and World Finals Berth
The Programming Team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) achieved outstanding results at the 2025 ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Asia East Continent Final Contest in Hangzhou, earning one gold, one silver, and one bronze. The gold medalist team has […]
Prof. Tsung-Yi Ho and Prof. Qiang Xu’s Teams won two Best Poster Awards in ASP-DAC 2026 SRF
in Achievements
At the 31st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2026), held from January 19 to 22 at Hong Kong Disneyland, two research groups in our departments stood out at the ACM SIGDA Student Research Forum (SRF@ASP-DAC 2026). Rongliang Fu (supervised by Prof. Tsung-Yi Ho) and Zhengyuan Shi (supervised […]
Prof. Irwin King Elected as AAAI Fellow
in Achievements
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is thrilled to announce that our very own Professor Irwin King has been elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). This is one of the more significant honors in the field of AI, and we could not […]
Prof. Qi Dou Received Funding From The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 13 Jan 2026 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2025/26. It supports multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary projects in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative, high-quality cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional projects. […]
PhD Student Yangtao Deng Wins Scholarship for Tencent’s first-ever AI-related scholarship program
in Achievements
Mr. Yangtao Deng, a first-year PhD student working with Prof. Hong Xu, was awarded the inaugural Tencent Project Up Scholarship (腾讯青云奖学金), for his outstanding research achievements in AI systems. This is Tencent’s first-ever AI-related scholarship program to spark young scholars’ innovation, push forward cutting-edge AI research, and connect academia with […]
Accelerating Innovation: FAISys 2025 Workshop to Explore Frontier AI Systems
FAISys focus on two key aspects: accelerating research impact and addressing fundamental challenges.
Professor Patrick Lee Pak-ching and Professor Xu Qiang received funding from the 2025/26 NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
in Achievements
Extracted from CUHK Press Release, dated 23 Dec 2025 The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong recently announced the funding results of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) 2025/26. It supports four-year research proposals jointly submitted by Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong researchers. […]
PhD Student Haotian ZHANG Wins NSFC Grant for quantum-informed artificial intelligence for small-molecule drug design
in Achievements
Odin Zhang, a 1st year PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Heng Pheng-Ann in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been awarded a research grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to support his doctoral research on quantum-informed artificial […]
PhD Student Yimin Fan Wins NSFC Grant for AI-Biomedicine Research
in Achievements
Yimin Fan, a 3rd year PhD candidate supervised by Professor Yu Li in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been awarded the highly competitive 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Basic Research Scheme for PhD Students, with funding of […]
Prof. Yu Bei’s Team Won the first Place in 2025 CAD Contest at ICCAD
in Achievements
A collaborative team led by Ph.D. student Fangzhou Liu and supervised by Prof. Yu Bei from CUHK, in partnership with National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) and Giga Design Automation, has secured the first place in Problem C at the 2025 ICCAD Contest. Sponsored by NVIDIA, this year’s challenge focused on […]