Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship & Awards (2016-17)

Background

The Professor Samuel Chanson Scholarship Fund was jointly set up by the family of Professor Samuel Chanson and the HKUST, in memory of Professor Chanson.

The fund has been used to set up a number of scholarships and awards, namely Professor Samuel Chanson Academic Excellence Scholarship, Professor Samuel Chanson Best Final Year Project Awards and Professor Samuel Chanson Best Teaching Assistant Awards, to benefit HKUST students and teaching assistants.

Awardees of 2016-17

In Academic Year 2016-17, the scholarship and awards are given to the following students and TA in recognition of their great work during the year:

Professor Samuel Chanson Academic Excellence Scholarship

WONG Ngo Yin			CSE

Professor Samuel Chanson Best Final Year Project Awards

Virtual Reality Game Development using Unity and Leap Motion
LEE Chun On			CSE
SIN Wing Lam			CSE
WONG Chun Yin			CSE

FaceT
CHIU Tsz Tsun			CSE
CHOY Ka Wai Jocelyn		CSE
LO Leong Cheung			CSE
NG Kai Hong			CSE

News Summarization System for Easy Understanding and Exploration
LAU Yat Fei			CPEG
LI Chi Chun			CPEG		

Bitcoin Price Prediction System
CHO Sung Min			CSE
JASHIBEKOV Abay			CSE
LEE Jang Back			CSE
WANG Ching-heng			CSE

English Text to Sign Language: ASL Synthesis
ARSHAD Mohammad Arslan		CSE
BORAR Sheetal			CSE
FESCI Onur			CSE
GUPTA Akanksha			CSE

Professor Samuel Chanson Teaching Assistant Award

CHANG Bing Yen
WEN Ming

Photos

Photos of the Award Presentation:

(left to right) WONG Ngo Yin, Prof. Albert CHUNG

(left to right) WONG Ngo Yin, Prof. Albert CHUNG

(left to right) Prof. Qiang YANG, CHANG Bing Yen, Prof. Albert CHUNG

(left to right) Prof. Qiang YANG, CHANG Bing Yen, Prof. Albert CHUNG