Cross-departmental cooperation gained recognition

An interdisciplinary team formed by our Year 2 Interactive Media students Tiffany Choi and Vivian Yeung and other PolyU students/graduates has been recognised in recent contests and received funding of around HK$25,000 to support further development of their project ‘GoSmart’ that is designed to support the visually impaired for daily commuting.

Tiffany and Vivian with three other students from PolyU AMA (Data Science) won the 2nd Runner-up prize from SciTech Challenge 2021 which was themed "technology enabled by voice" and organised by The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. The core members from PolyU Design are also awardees of the Good Seed SIE Fund for the team work with other PolyU graduates.

The celebration is not only for the prize, but also for interdisciplinary collaboration between students from different departments. It was a great opportunity for the students to understand the process and the journey of design to AI Application and AI Application in the area of Smart City and Spatial Big Data Analytics.

Congratulations to the students and let’s look forward to hearing more good news from cross-departmental collaborations!