Dr. Andy Chun

Appointed CIO of CityU

2009-10-01T12:31:00.000+08:00

Starting Oct 2009, I officially take on the responsibility of the Chief Information Officer of CityU. Please visit my new website at the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

2008 OITAA Awards

2009-03-28T17:56:00.003+08:00

I received two 2008 Outstanding IT Achiever Awards (OITAA) from the Hong Kong Computer Society. The OITAA is the first of its kind in HK to recognize individual achievements in IT. You can read more about it in the CityU Press Release.

Science Museum Posters

2008-12-17T11:13:00.000+08:00

The posters that were displayed as part of my Science Museum exhibit on AI is now online. There are 12 posters altogether.

Science Lectures - HK Science Museum

2008-08-23T13:46:00.002+08:00

The Hong Kong Science Museum has a "Science Lecture" series to introduce various topics in science and engineering to the general public. I'm giving one of these talks in 23 Aug 2008 (Sat) 2:30-4pm. It is titled: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Applications in Hong Kong

The Chinese newspaper Wen Wei Po (文匯報) has an article (30 Aug 2008) on my talk.

2008 IAAI Award

2008-07-15T13:51:00.001+08:00

I received a 2008 Innovative Applications of AI (IAAI) Award from the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI). The award was presented in the yearly IAAI conference, which was held in Chicago this year. This award was for an AI volunteer management system that I developed to support the trial testing of the HK Equestrian Events, which was part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Science Museum Exhibit

2008-06-29T14:03:00.003+08:00

The Hong Kong Science Museum has a Science News Corner dedicated to exhibiting university research projects. For the next three months, the entire Science News Corner will be dedicated to my exhibit on Artificial Intelligence with a case study on how it is apply for scheduling at MTR. The exhibit runs till end of October 2008.

2008 IAAI Award Winner!

2008-03-06T13:07:00.001+08:00

Just got news that the Workforce Management System I created for the Hong Kong Equestrian Events (part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics) will be receiving an "2008 Innovative Application of AI Award" from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in July 2008!

ImmD Wins 2007 HKICT Gold Award

2008-01-22T10:28:00.000+08:00

The HK Immigration Department won the Gold Award for Best Business (Application) Award in the 2007 HK ICT Awards competition for its electronic passport system which uses our "AI Engine."

ImmD Wins 2007 APICTA Grand Award

2007-11-29T10:21:00.000+08:00

The HK Immigration Department won the "Best e-Government and e-Community Award" in the 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards competition for its electronic passport system which uses our "AI Engine."

Nominated by the HK Computer Society

2007-10-10T21:10:00.000+08:00

My "AI Engine" framework that is being used by the MTR and the HK Immigration Department is being nominated by the Hong Kong Computer Society to join in the 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards competition in Singapore in Nov 2007. APICTA has 16 member countries/economies. Only the local IT/communications organization within each country can nominate projects for this international competition.

CityU Press Release - 2007 IAAI Awards

2007-08-09T20:41:00.000+08:00

CityU's press release on my winning a 2007 IAAI Award from AAAI and our involvement with the Hong Kong Equestrian Events.

2007 IAAI Award Winner

2007-03-29T21:04:00.000+08:00

Just got news that the Hong Kong Immigration Department project we worked on will be receiving an "2007 Innovative Application of AI Award" from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in July 2007!

CityU Today Magazine Article

2006-12-15T16:05:00.000+08:00

The December issue of CityU Today has an article on my AI work.

CityU Press Release - 2006 HK ICT Awards

2006-11-27T20:14:00.000+08:00

CityU's press release on my FYP student, Vicker's winning a HK ICT Award.

CityU Press Release - Excellent Web Care Award

2006-11-06T08:30:00.000+08:00

CityU's press release on our winning an Excellent Web Care Award for our efforts in making our website accessible to all people regardless of any disabilities they might have.

My FYP Student Vicker Wins APICTA Award!

2006-11-05T08:21:00.000+08:00

My FYP student Vicker Leung won another major award. It is a Certificate of Merit from the 2006 Asia-Pacific ICT Awards in the category of "Tertiary Student Project." The competition was high. APICTA is opened to 16 economies in this region. This year, 18 teams competed in the student project category with 3 teams from HK. CityU is the only University from HK to win an award for student projects!

We Received an Excellent Web Care Award

2006-10-05T08:26:00.000+08:00

Working with M.H. KO of the CS Lab, we won an Excellent Award for Web Care - Hong Kong's main award for website accessibility. CityU is the only University to receive an Excellent Award.

CityU Press Release - My Student Vicker's Pan-Pearl Award

2006-07-24T16:12:00.000+08:00

CityU's press release on my student Vicker's recent Pan-Pearl River Delta Region University IT Project Award.

ZDNet - 2006 Project of the Year!

2006-07-21T17:24:00.000+08:00

The AI software I wrote for MTR wins ZDNet Asia's 2006 "Project of the Year" award!

My Student Vicker Leung Wins First Prize!

2006-07-06T13:23:00.000+08:00

One of my Final Year Project students, Mr. Vicker Leung, won the "First Class Award" for the 2006 Pan-Pearl River Delta Region University IT Project Competition and also the "The Best Practicality Award" and "The Best Response Award". His project is a Flash development toolkit called FLABER.

BSc Computer Science

2006-06-30T08:15:00.000+08:00

I've been appointed the new programme leader for our flagship full-time programme - B.Sc. Computer Science. My main challenges will be to restructure the programme for OBTL and 3+3+4.

CityU Press Release - APICTA Award

2006-03-07T16:32:00.000+08:00

CityU's press release on our receiving the 2005 APICTA award!

We Won 2005 APICTA Award!

2006-02-22T09:58:00.000+08:00

The AI scheduling system I did for MTR won the 2005 APICTA Award for Industrial Applications. This year over 170 projects from 18 countries/economies competed for roughly 15 awards! The award was presented to us at Chiang Mai, Thailand on 19 Feb 2006.

Finalist for Teaching Excellence Award

2006-02-14T10:16:00.000+08:00

I was just notified that I am again a finalist for this year's Teaching Excellence Award (TEA)!

Nominated by HK Computer Society!

2005-12-14T09:06:00.000+08:00

The AI scheduling project I did for MTR was nominated by the Hong Kong Computer Society to join in the 2005 Asia Pacific ICT Awards competition. APICTA has 18 member countries/economies. Only the local IT/communications organization within each country can nominate projects for this international competition.