News & Stories

2022

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Industry Engagement
From Lab to Market: HKUST Showcases Innovations and Venture Collaboration at Industry Engagement Day
HKUST held its Industry Engagement Day today, showcasing 31 inventions spanning four strategic research areas. 
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Entrepreneurship, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Impact Series: Stepping Up the Semiconductor Game
A tech company to shore up the country’s semiconductor capabilities and performance standards.
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Youth Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Competition
HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2022 Tackles Health and Environmental Safety Issues with Innovation
Health and environmental safety were a focus for the winning teams of the competition this year.
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Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
Taking Your Pulse with Your Phone
A 30-second scan can get your vital signs before you see the doctor. The upheaval wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and businesses have had to quickly pivot in response to the new normal. Hong Kong start-up PanopticAI was one, seeing a demand for new methods of remote diagnosis and self-diagnosis in a time of social distancing.  Monitoring health with smartphones The company developed a fully remote wellness monitoring app with AI-enabled smart technology. Unlike existing wearable health-monitoring watches which use LED sensors, the app simply connects to the camera on a smartphone, tablet or computer to capture subtle changes of coloration in the skin due to changes in blood flow to obtain the user's health readings. 
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Entrepreneurship, Competition, Innovation
HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2022 Welcomes Both Local and Overseas Submissions in Celebration of University’s 30th Anniversary
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has long had a global vision on campus as it invites – for the first time ever – both local and overseas participants to compete in the 12th annual One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the University, additional prize bonuses will be awarded at the event in a bid to enhance diversity, boost public engagement and better the overall experience of the participants.

2020

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Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Student Innovation
Eat Your Spoons and Forks to Beat Pollution
The rapid growth in food delivery and takeout thanks to the pandemic has led to more plastic waste being dumped in the city’s landfills. To help reduce single-use plastics, have you ever imagined eating your spoons, forks, and chopsticks after finishing your meal? This is what Aditi DEODHAR, Swapnil MISHRA, and Srijan SAXENA, co-founders of Planeteers, do to fight against plastic pollution.

2021

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Entrepreneurship, Youth Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Big Data
AI-driven Resiliency
Patrick TU (right) and other cofounders of Dayta AI navigated through failures and challenges with resilience and determination. Resilience is a survival trait for start-up entrepreneurs. Patrick TU and his teammates, all aged 26, knows well how to hustle out of setbacks, one after another, in their four-year entrepreneurship journey. Every failure points a new direction – that’s the belief that helps them bounce back and eventually build a start-up recognized by Forbes’ 30 Under 30. 
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Entrepreneurship, Partnership, Community Engagement, Common Core
HKUST Partners with Facebook to Empower Next Generation of Digital Talents
HKUST is joining Facebook's “Level Up Digital Talent Program” as the lead partner to nurture future digital talents.