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2024
Dr. Lionel Parreaux and Dr. Amir Goharshady Receive Distinguished Paper Awards at OOPSLA 2024
Dr. Lionel Parreaux's Research on Compiler Optimization Received the Distinguished Paper Award at ICFP 2024
Prof. Raymond Wong and His PhD Student Yinzhao YAN Obtained Prestigious Best Paper Award at MDM 2024 for Shortest Path Queries on Weighted Terrain Surfaces
PhD Student PI Renjie Named 2024 Apple Scholar in AI and Machine Learning
PhD Student Hitarth Singh and Dr. Harshit Motwani Won the IEEE Computer Society Lance Stafford Larson Best Paper Award
PhD Student Haotian LI Won the Best Paper Honorable Mention Award from the ACM CHI 2024 Conference
PhD Student Hao Ling Wins Prestigious Best Paper Award at ASPLOS 2024 for Breakthrough in Memory Sanitization Technology
ACM Programming Team Excels in ICPC Asia Regional and Final Contests
Firebird CTF Team Clinches Championship at Capture the Flag Contest 2023
2023
Dr. Lionel Parreaux and MPhil Student Andong Fan Honored with the Distinguished Artifact Award at ECOOP 2023
The CSE Firebird Cybersecurity Team Wins Championship in the Cyber Range Competition 2023 (Hong Kong & Macau District)
HKUST CSE Paper Won SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award at OOPSLA
CSE Alumni Dr. Aoyu WU Won IEEE VGTC Dissertation Award 2023
The Firebird CTF Teams Win the 1st and 2nd Runner-up in the PwC Hack A Day Cybersecurity Competition 2023
Dr. Wei Wang and PhD student Suyi Li Won the Best Paper Award from ACM SoCC 2023
PhD Student LI Haotian Awarded 2023 Style3D Graduate Fellowship
CSE Best UGTA Award for 2022/23
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2022-23)
UG Students Mohammad Sufian and Lam Ho Wai Received the InnoTech Scholarship
PhD Student DONG Wei Received the SENG PhD Research Excellence Award 2022-23
PhD Student LIN Yong Received Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD Fellowship
PG Student Peiyan Zhang Awarded the Best Paper Award-Honorable Mention in the 16th ACM International WSDM Conference
UG Student Leung Ka Chun Wesley Awarded the IET Prize 2022
The Firebird CTF Teams Win 3 Awards in the HKCERT CTF 2022 Competition
2022
The Firebird CTF Teams Win the 1st and 2nd Runner-up in the PwC Hackaday CTF Competition 2022
Dr. Charles Zhang's Research Group Received ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award at OOPSLA 2022
PhD Candidate Mr. Wai TONG Received the VIS 2022 Honorable Mention Award
CSE Alumni Dr. Huangxun CHEN and Dr. Li CHEN Won Best Paper Award from ACM SIGCOMM 2022
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2021-22)
CSE Best UGTA Award for 2021/22
Winners of the CSE Big Idea Challenge 2022
PhD Student Li Haotian Won the Prestigious 2022 Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) PhD Fellowship
PhD Student Yehong Xu Received Best Paper Award at 2022 Australasian Database Conference
Ph.D. Student YUAN Linping Received Style3D Graduate Fellowship
Prof. Lei CHEN and His Students Received the Best Regular Research Paper at 48th International Conference on Very Large Databases
CSE Programming Team Won the Championship in ACM-HK Programming Contest 2022
CSE Students Received the Silver Award and Special Mention of HKUST President's Cup 2022
HKUST Students Received Bronze Award at Huawei ICT Competition Hong Kong SAR 2021-2022
Students from CSE Firebird CTF Team, the COMP 4901N and COMP 4901P Courses Received Gold and Bronze Award at Hong Kong Cyber Security New Generation Capture The Flag Challenge 2021
2021
Prof. Huamin Qu and CSE PhD Alumni and Students Won Four Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards in IEEE VIS 2021
PhD Student Wu Aoyu Received Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship
Dr. Qifeng Chen and MPhil Student Patrick Wan Received Best Paper Award at FTL-IJCAI 2021
PhD Alumni Dr. Quanming Yao Selected as One of Hurun China Under 30s To Watch
Dr. Yangqiu Song and PhD Student Huiru Xiao Received Outstanding Paper Award at AKBC 2021
PhD Student Tony Chi Wing Mok Awarded First Place in MICCAI Learn2Reg 2021 Challenge
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2020-21)
MPhil Student Ho Kei CHENG Awarded the Chiang Chen Overseas Graduate Fellowship 2021/22
Dr. Wei WANG, Prof. Bo LI, CSE PG Students Received the Best Paper Runner Up Award of IEEE ICDCS 2021
FYP Supervised by Prof. Gary CHAN Received Silver Award of ASM Technology Award 2021
Prof. Shing-Chi CHEUNG and CSE PhD Alumni Received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at 43rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering
Dr. Shaohuai SHI, CSE PhD Alumnus Prof. Xiaowen CHU and Prof. Bo LI Received Best Paper Award in IEEE INFOCOM 2021
CSE Undergraduate Student Xuanchi REN Awarded First Runner-up and Best Poster Award in Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award 2021
FYP Supervised by Dr. Desmond TSOI Bestowed Multiple Awards in HKUST President's Cup 2021
2020
Members of Firebird CTF Team Won 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up at PwC HackaDay 2020
Members of the Firebird CTF Team Received Champion at the HKCERT Hong Kong Cyber Security New Generation Capture the Flag Challenge 2020 Competition
PhD Alumni Dr. Quanming YAO Named in Forbes China 30 Under 30 List under Science & Healthcare
PhD Student Tony Chi Wing Mok Awarded First Place in MICCAI Learn2Reg 2020 Challenge
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2019-20)
CSE Faculty and Alumni Recognized as AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars and Most Influential Scholars Honorable Mention
FYP Supervised by Dr. Desmond TSOI Received Gold Award of HKUST President's Cup 2020
2019
Lip Reading Project Supervised by Dr. Brian MAK Awarded Winner in IET PATW Global Final 2019
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2018-19)
PhD Student Hongming ZHANG Received 2019 Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award
CSE UG Student Padmanabhan KRISHNAMURTHY Joined HKU Team and Won 1st Runner-up at Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019
CSE Students Receiving Awards from the 16th Final Year Project Competition and the 13th Postgraduate Paper Contest
CSE FYP Project Received Bronze Award in the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region IT Project Competition 2019
CSE PhD Alumni Prof. Jiangchuan LIU Elected as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
CSE PhD Student Lili WEI, CSE Alumnus Dr. Yepang LIU and Prof. Shing-Chi CHEUNG Received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Artifact Award
Firebird CTF Team Won Championship of PwC Hackaday 2019
CSE UG Students Won 1st Runner Up in the HKUST Business School and China Everbright Bank Cybersecurity Competition
CSE PG Student Received PAKDD 2019 Best Paper Award
Project Supervised by Dr. Brian Mak Awarded Winner of HKUST President's Cup 2019
Prof. Qian Zhang and CSE PhD Graduate Received Best Paper Award of IEEE ICC 2019
Tse Cheuk Ng Tai Scholarship 2019
CSE PG Students Awarded Student Innovation Gold Award in HKICT Awards 2019
CSE PhD Students Gang FAN, Qingkai SHI, CSE Alumnus Dr. Rongxin WU, Dr. Xiao XIAO, Dr. Jingguo ZHOU and Dr. Charles ZHANG Received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Engineering Student Team Crowned Champion at Smart Warehouse Hackathon
CSE PhD Students Awarded Champion in POLARDB Database Performance Challenge
2018
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2017-18)
PhD Student Lili WEI Awarded Google PhD Fellowship and Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship Awards in 2018
FYP Project of CSE, CBE and CPEG Students Awarded Champion in HKIE Environmental Division Prize for Best Final Year Environmental Project 2017/2018
Mr and Mrs Poon Kei Chak Met with Awardees of "Mr & Mrs Poon Kuen Seng Memorial Scholarships"
CSE PhD Students Awarded Champion in Alibaba Middleware Competition
Integrated FYP of CSE and CBE students won second runner up in YPEC 2018
CSE PhD Graduate Dr. Hao WANG Awarded SENG PhD Research Excellence Award 2017-18
FYP Co-supervised by Dr. Desmond TSOI and Dr. Frank LAM Won the Gold Award of 2018 President's Cup
CSE MPhil Student Received Grand and Gold Award of ICT Award 2018 Student Innovation Category
2017
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2016-17)
Firebird CTF Team Won 2nd Place in PwC Hackaday 2017
HKUST CSE Alumni Homecoming Workshop 2017 and Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award
CSE MPhil Student Awarded First Prize in Challenge Cup National Competition - Hong Kong Regional Final
CSE PG Students Awarded First Runner-up in the Global AI Hackathon Competition
2016
HKUST-MSRA Cup advocates application of AI among college students
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2015-16)
CSE UG Kathleen Sucipto, FYT student of Prof. Pan Hui, has her paper accepted to IEEE INFOCOM 2017
PhD student Li CHEN Won the 2016 Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award
Quanming YAO and Hong ZHANG as Google's Global PhD Fellows 2016
Prof Shing-Chi CHEUNG, Dr. Yepang LIU, and PhD student Lili WEI received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Project Supervised by Dr Brian MAK Won the Gold Award of 2016 President's Cup
Mobile Application Design Contest 2015-2016
PhD Graduate Da YAN Received Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2015
2015
PhD Students Awarded 2015 The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
CSE PhD students Rongxin Wu and Xiao Xiao publish the first POPL paper from Hong Kong universities
UG Students Received the Champion in the Robocon 2015 (Hong Kong Domestics Competition)
UG Students Won Top Awards in the MATE International ROV Competition 2015
Dr Ke YI and PG Student Lu WANG Awarded the Best Demonstration Award in SIGMOD 2015
Project Supervised by Dr Brian MAK Won the 2015 President's Cup
Prof Qian ZHANG and PhD Students Received Best Video Award and Best Paper Award Runner-up in ACM MobiSys 2015
Dr Kai CHEN and PGs Featured in Top System Conference USENIX NSDI for the First Time in Hong Kong
Project Supervised by Dr David ROSSITER Won the Gold Award of the 2015 President's Cup
Prof Bo LI and CSE PhD Graduate Won Prestigious IEEE INFOCOM Test-of-Time Paper Award
PhD Graduate Awarded the Prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Fellowships from NSERC
PhD Graduate Yanjiao CHEN Awarded SENG PhD Research Excellence Award 2014-2015
2014
Article by PhD Student Featured in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2013-14)
CSE PGs Awarded ACM VLDB 2014 Excellent Demonstration Award
PhD Graduate Awarded Prestigious 1000 Talented Youth Award
UGs Won Silver Award and Best Practical Value Award in China Pan-Pearl River Delta Region University IT Project Competition 2014
Tse Cheuk Ng Tai Prizes
PhD Students Awarded 2014 Google Hong Kong Anita Borg Scholarship
UG Student Bestowed Silver Award in 2014 President's Cup
PhD Student Awarded 2013 Google Hong Kong Anita Borg Scholarship
2013
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2012-13)
Student Ambassadors Program 2013
Three CSE UGs Bestowed the 2013 Academic Achievement Medal
CSE FYP Team Won a Silver Award at the China Pan-Pearl River Delta University IT Project Competition
CSE Programming Team Won the Championship in ACM-HK Programming Contest 2013
PhD Students Wei BI and Yanjiao CHEN Awarded Prestigious Google Fellowship
PhD Student Jeff HUANG Won SIGPLAN PLDI Distinguished Paper Award 2013
PhD Graduate Nan CAO Awarded SENG PhD Research Excellence Award 2012/13
UG Students Won the 1st Runner-up in Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Hong Kong IT FYP Competition 2013
2013 SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
CSE Graphics paper selected as Notable Paper by ACM Computing Reviews 2012
CSE Students Received Four Accolades in HKICT Awards 2013
2013 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Awards
CSE Programming Team Won 3rd Prize at IBM DB2 DB Contest 2013
Solomon Systech Scholarships 2012/13
Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship 2012
2012
TPAMI-12 Paper Highlighted by A*Star Research, Singapore
Graduate Dr Kaishun WU Selected as the Winner of 2012 Young Scientist Award
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2011-12)
UG Graduate CHEN Qifeng Broke Hong Kong Record in Google Code Jam World Final 2012
Two Championships in Nokia Mobile Data Challenge 2012
PhD Student ZHU Yin Awarded Prestigious Google Fellowship
PhD Candidate Shaoming HUANG won the 1st Place in the Student Research Competition of the ACM SIGPLAN PLDI Conference
2012 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award
CSE UG Graduates Awarded the Social Responsibility Award in the HKICT Awards 2012: Best Innovation and Research Award
The HKUST LAviNET Team Awarded the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2012: Best Innovation & Research Award
2011
CSE PhD Dr Yu Zhang Awarded SENG PhD Research Excellence Award
CSE Graduates CHEUNG Ka Chun, WONG Chun Yim, and YUEN Siu Hung Awarded Prize for Innovative Spirit in the Lenovo Innovative Design Competition 2011
CSE PG Candidates Nathan LIU, Bin CAO, Luheng HE, and Prof. Qiang YANG Won 3rd Place in 2011 ACM KDDCUP Challenge
Undergraduates CHEUNG Ka Chun, WONG Chun Tim, and YUEN Siu Hung Awarded Hong Kong ITF ICT Final Year Scholarship 2010-2011
HKUST Students Shines for Hong Kong with Two International Awards in ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
CSE Programming Team Won the Championship in the ACM-HK Programming Contest 2011
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2010-11)
Computer Science Students LEUNG Chun Yin and LEUNG Lok Ping Won the Design Elegance Award in the International ROV Competition
Undergraduate FONG Fu Shing Selected for Student Enrichment Program Award 2010-2011
Computer Science Student CHAN Yun-Kwan Emprise Won the 2011 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award
Twin Wins for Computer Science Students at IBM DB2 UDB Inter-University Programming Contest 2011
2010
CSE Graduate James Cheng Received Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2010
Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Program 2010
HKUST CSE Students Led the Team Winning Silver Award at the 1st Shenzhen-Hong Kong University Students Creative Plan Championship
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2009-10)
IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program 2010/2011
MPhil Student won the 2nd place at the 4th Signal Processing Postgraduate Forum
Undergraduate WANG Bo won First Prize at International English Contest
2009
Programming Team Wins First Prize in 2009 ACM Asia Contest
Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Program 2009
Computer Science Student Won IEEE Final Year Project Competition
CSE Postgraduate Xiang LIAN Won the HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2009
Postgraduate Student Mo LI Won Best Research Award at ACM Hong Kong Research and Career Day 2009
CSE Postgraduate awarded the HKTIIT Post-Graduate Excellence Scholarship
Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition 2009
Award Presentation of Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2008-09)
Programming Teams Won HKUST the Champion University Award at the IBM DB2 UDB Inter-University Programming Contest 2009
2008
Programming Team Wins First Prize in ACM Asia Contest
2008 Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition: 3rd Runner-up
Award Presentation of Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2007-08)
HKUST Faculty and Students Won 6 Prizes of Hong Kong ICT Awards 2007
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest 2008: World Finals
2007
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest 2008
Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Program 2007
2007 Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition: Third-grade Award
ACM SIGMOD 2007 Undergraduate Scholarship
Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship and Awards (Academic Year 2006-2007)
IBM PhD Fellowship Program 2007/2008
2006
Overseas Outstanding Young Scholar Award 2006
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2006: eYouth Certificate of Merit
The Top 48 in Algorithm Competition: Topcoder Collegiate Challenge (TCCC) 2006
Microsoft Fellowship 2006
List of Scholarship Awardees for 2005/2006 Academic Year
Microsoft Server Championships 2006
The Best Presentation Award: The 7th ACM Postgraduate Research Day
Solomon Systech Scholarships 2006
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships 2005/06
2005
2005 The Golden Penguin Greater China Open Source Software Competition
IBM PhD Fellowship Program 2005/06
ACM KDD-CUP 2005 Data Mining Contest: Champion
Continue Success in the ACM HK Collegiate Programming Contest
List of Scholarship Awardees for 2004/2005 Academic Year
2004
ACM ICPC 2004: Regional Contest, Shanghai: Bronze Prize
ACM ICPC 2004: Regional Contest, Manila: 4th Place
Microsoft Fellowship 2004
World Engineer Congress 2004: Second Prize
ACM KDD-CUP 2004 Data Mining Contest: Champion
YDC Entrepreneurs Challenge 2004: 2nd Runner-up
IiTEC 2004: The Best Project Idea Award
ACM(HK) Local Programming Contest 2004: Champion
Hang Seng Innovative Design Competition 2004: Champion
Microsoft Imagine Cup 2004: 4th Runner-up
Microsoft Fellowship Program 2003
2003
Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2003
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest 2004
Academic Achievement Award 2003
MMCDC 2003: Gold Award
IiTEC 2003: Best Internet Application Award