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企業軍師 科技結合管理 為各行業出謀獻策
中大系統工程與工程管理學系 兩項課程培育科技管理人才

The 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held at Hong Kong Science Park recently. Students from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) showed active and exemplary participation, winning a total of 15 awards in the competition. BEng in FinTech student Cheung Cheuk Nam Janson won the Merit Award with the project of Aimimi in the Entrepreneurship category.

BEng FinTech Year 2 student YAU Hui Ching was selected as one of the 25 recipients of ITS2021 which is a very prestigious scholarship open for application for 6 universities in HK.

Innovation and Technology Scholarship

Since its establishment in 2011, the scholarship has been nurturing young talents in the innovation and technology industry. It offers 25 local undergraduates in science, engineering and health disciplines each a scholarship up to $150,000 every year for a series of elite training opportunities through overseas/ Mainland attachment programmes, mentorship schemes, local internships and service projects.

Speech from YAU Hui Ching

First of all, I am beyond grateful to be chosen as an awardee for the Innovation and Technology Scholarship. Throughout the interview process, I was able to meet students from all types of disciplines that are also working hard and striving towards the future of innovations. They are extremely talented and skillful; I would like to give a big shout-out to them as they are all great individuals in medical, technical and financial fields. 

CUHK’s FinTech course has undoubtedly played a major role in sculpting the person I am today. Not only does it provide an integration of finance, programming and law, there are also FinTech related courses for students to explore and seek which expertise are they more inclined to. Moreover, there are project-related courses for students to decide what problems and solutions regarding FinTech would they hope to look into. Throughout one FinTech project, I realised that I am interested in DeFI and SaaS, hence I might pursue related careers in the future. 

Without doubt, FinTech is a rising industry in Hong Kong. We can see advertisements everyday for the 8 virtual banks in that got their licenses in 2019. Along with the pandemic, technology is bringing much more convenience and efficiency in our daily lives. Students are also given the opportunity to explore FinTech through funding and competitions by major organisations and schools. That being said, I am holding an optimistic view towards the tomorrow of FinTech and what it holds. 

YAU Hui Ching IB Graduation Ceremony @ Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School

The team consisting 1 Year 4 BEng FinTech student, CHIU Long Kwan and 3 students from other majors in CUHK and HKUST, won the first runner up in the Tencent Finance Academy Fintech Competition 2020 with a monetary prize of $50,000.

The product “Fishing Gaming with Shopping Experience” developed by the team “Impetus” consisting 5 of our Year 1 BEng FinTech students, who are Arthur CHAN, Edwin CHAN, Elroy LO, Felix YEUNG and Bryce ZHONG, won the 2nd Runner-up Award at the Bizkathon@HKUST (https://www.bizkathon.ust.hk/) on November 2-3, 2019 with a monetary prize of $8,000.

The team consisting three Year 2 BEng FinTech students, who are CHEN Yu, TIE Tianmeng and XU Xiang and 3 students from other majors, proposed an all-in-one SME banking solution in the BEA 100 Fintech Challenge held on June 8 and 9, 2019, won the “Outstanding Team” award with a monetary prize of $15,000.  Members of the team would like to thank Prof. CHAN Chun Kwong and the Teaching Assistants of the FTEC3002 course for their generous help in preparing for the challenge.

Caption of the photo: Chen Yu (2^nd on the right), Tie Tianmeng (2^nd on the left) and Xu Xiang (Centre front)

The 1st Interschool Fintech Application and Innovation Competition (AI@FinTech 2019) aims to encourage students to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in financial application and innovation of science and technology’s enthusiasm, improve students set up system model, the mathematical method and computing the comprehensive ability of solving practical problems, to encourage students to take part in the extra-curricular activities of science and technology, expand the knowledge level, cultivate creative spirit, get ready to the university’s life.

比賽目的在於鼓勵學生學習科學、科技、工程及數學（簡稱STEM）在金融科技應用與創新的積極性，提高學生建立系統模型和運用數學方法與計算技術解決實際問題的綜合能力，鼓勵同學踴躍參加課外科技活動，開拓知識層面，培養創造精神，為進入大學做好準備。

AI@FinTech 2019 – Open Seminar 公開講座

Date : May 11, 2019 (Saturday)
Time : 9:30am – 11:00am
Venue : Mong Man Wai Building (MMW_LT-1)

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When Wall Street Met Main Street

Organised by the Centre for Innovation and Technology and the Centre for Financial Engineering, CUHK, the Fintech Conference is a platform for discussions on AI and Machine Learning, Asset Management/Robo Advisory/Algo Trading, FinTech in the Banking/Investment Banking Industry, and ICO/Tokenization/Cryptocurrency, and RegTech. 

http://ftc2018.cfe.cuhk.edu.hk/