The Hong Kong Global Game Jam 2025 was successfully held at PolyU from 24 January to 26 January 2025. Over 35,000 jammers participated this year across 759 jam sites in 97 countries. The event attracted over 300 participants in Hong Kong, including students and professional game designers, who collaborated to create a remarkable 79 games. Hong Kong ranked as the fourth largest location for the Global Game Jam this year. This year’s jam theme, “Bu

19 Feb 2025

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recognised 56 Distinguished Members for their outstanding contributions to the field of computing in 2024. Among the esteemed honorees is Prof. LUO Xiapu Daniel, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences and Professor of COMP, who has been acknowledged for his pivotal work in safeguarding blockchain and smart contracts along with Android and its applications.  

13 Feb 2025

We are proud to announce that our talented students have excelled at the regional contests of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), one of the most prestigious global programming competitions conducted by and for the world's universities. The ICPC features a multi-tiered competition structure that includes local, regional, and world levels, challenging teams to develop innovative software programs while demonstrating creativity

16 Jan 2025

We are proud to announce that Prof. LI Wenjie Maggie, Prof. LUO Xiapu Daniel and Dr Gao Shang Jason have been awarded the Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award 2023.   Prof. LI Wenjie Maggie, our Professor, specialises in natural language processing, text mining, social media analysis, information retrieval, extraction and summarisation. She has led and contributed to numerous research projects, securing a number of full

31 Dec 2024

The Department of Computing (COMP) successfully hosted the 2024 ICPC Asia East Continent Hong Kong Regional Contest on 21-22 December 2024. The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), formerly known as ACM-ICPC, is a prestigious global competition designed to enhance computer science students' problem-solving and teamwork skills.   This year’s contest marked a significant milestone for ICPC in Hong Kong, attracting a record-bre

31 Dec 2024

We are excited to announce that two talented COMP undergraduate students, CHEN Rubing (Year 4, BSc in Computing) and FU Guanhe (Year 2, BSc in Computer Science), have achieved exceptional success by securing second prize in the national finals of the 4th China Mobile “Wutong Cup” Big Data Innovation Competition on 12 December. Their team has already earned the second prize in the “Data Application Track” of the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Div

27 Dec 2024

We are proud to announce that Prof. ZHANG Lei, our Chair Professor of Computer Vision and Image Analysis, has been recognised in the prestigious “Highly Cited Researchers 2024” list by Clarivate Analytics. This accolade highlights his significant contributions to the field of engineering.   Since 2015, Prof. ZHANG has been named a Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) in Engineering nine times, underscoring his lasting impact and influence in the disci

3 Dec 2024

We are proud to announce the successful conclusion of the Master of Science in Metaverse Technology (MScMT) Best Project Award Competition, sponsored by the Hong Kong Extended Reality Association (HKXRA). An award presentation ceremony was held on 16 Nov to recognise the outstanding metaverse projects created by the students of this Master’s programme.   During the award presentation ceremony, Dr Peter NG, our assistant professor and programme le

20 Nov 2024

The 50th-anniversary programme of the Department of Computing (COMP) kicked off in January this year, with a series of events to celebrate this remarkable milestone. It has included a distinguished talk series, digital time capsule campaign, alumni homecoming dinner, research student conference, programming contest for secondary school students and other celebratory activities. On 8 November, COMP celebrated the successful conclusion of its 50th

19 Nov 2024

We proudly announce the establishment of the PolyU Embodied Artificial Intelligence Lab at COMP, which was made possible through the generous support of Jinan Boyushenhang Information Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Jsmart Technologies Limited. This lab aims to be a pioneering platform in HKSAR and beyond, dedicated to advancing cutting-edge research in embodied artificial intelligence within complex real-world environments, ultimately fostering a

13 Nov 2024