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2017

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香港科技大學與滴滴出行達成戰略合作 共促智慧城市建設 (Chinese only)
香港科技大學(科大)與滴滴出行宣佈達成合作夥伴關係,雙方將在前沿技術研發、人才培養、學術交流、創業專案孵化等領域展開深入合作,優勢互補,共同推動智慧交通系統研究和科技成果轉化,協助智慧城市建設。
根據協定,科大和滴滴出行將在智慧交通系統前沿技術、創新技術等領域展開研究,包括但不限於機器學習、智慧交通、資料採擷、運籌學、自然語言處理、電腦視覺、機械人等方向。同時,雙方將充分發揮自身科研技術實力,聯合申請各類政府研發項目及重大專項,攜手進行創新科技成果轉化,不斷突破創新前沿。
除此之外,科大還將與滴滴在人才培養、學術交流、創業孵化專案上達成合作,共同探索人才培養的新模式與新機制,聯合進行課題研究及業界最新前沿動態研討,助力創新創業。
科大是國際知名的研究型大學,致力於發展尖端科研,在科學和工程學範疇成就輝煌。其專業研發領域涉及人工智能、數據科學、資訊技術、智慧城市諮詢規劃等,且彙聚了領域內多位頂級專家。
作為全球領先的一站式出行平台,滴滴出行不僅依靠產品、技術創新顯著提高了用戶的出行體驗,還積極以人工智能、大數據技術支援整體優化交通管理體系,用新技術、新業態來改進傳統行業,解決交通堵塞、污染和安全問題。
科大校長陳繁昌教授表示,科大一直致力通過產學研合作促進智慧城市的發展,推動香港發展成為創新及科技樞紐。滴滴在大數據與技術方面的積累已經全球領先,相信與滴滴的合作能助力大數據時代的交通創新科技研究,共同培養全球化的科技創新人才。
滴滴出行CTO張博表示,依託於在城市交通領域累積的豐富經驗,滴滴正在支援城市管理者建設一體化、可持續的智慧交通解決方案,並取得了積極的成效。目前滴滴已和武漢、濟南、深圳、貴陽等20多個城市展開智慧交通合作,內容涵蓋智慧信號燈、智慧誘導屏、智慧公交、智慧代駕熱力圖、智慧交通運行報告等多個方面,「此次和香港科技大學展開合作也將能提速智慧交通領域的科研發展,為用戶提供更加優質的出行服務,為更多城市創造更多價值。」

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Sustainability Thinking Course Driving Behavioral Change on Energy
A new 3-credit course, ENVR 3010G Sustainability Thinking was offered in last spring semester. This hands-on course was designed for students who would like to learn more about sustainable behaviors and apply sustainable thinking in a real-life project.

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Green Team Leads on Sustainable Dining
A vegetarian or vegan lifestyle is more than protecting the lives of innocent animals, but also to enable a more sustainable way of living. This is why one of the working groups under Green Team held series of events to educate staff and students of HKUST about the benefits of living a plant-based lifestyle.

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Statement by Heads of Universities
We treasure freedom of expression, but we condemn its recent abuses. Freedom of expression is not absolute, and like all freedoms it comes with responsibilities. All universities undersigned agree that we do not support Hong Kong independence, which contravenes the Basic Law.
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Lingnan University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Education University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Open University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
(Listed in alphabetical order)

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BizInsight@HKUST Forum Examines the Future of Chinese Family Businesses
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) hosted a BizInsight@HKUST Luncheon Forum on 13 September 2017. The forum featured scholars in the field of family business studies and a dynamic group of next generation leaders to discuss the future of Chinese family businesses.
Over 160 business leaders, professionals working for family businesses and guests from the HKUST community also gathered to honor the renewed donation from the Tanoto Foundation to the HKUST’s Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies.

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Solar Energy Shines in Cambodia
To utilize the natural resources and reduce the operational cost of the orphanages, a group of HKUST students from Connect service learning program have spent the last two summers there to help build a solar energy system as the country is shiny for most of the time during the year.

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RMBI Students Won the Champion in the HSBC Financial Dialogue Series- FinTech Challenge 2017
Risk Management and Business Intelligence (RMBI) students Charles WONG and Florence SZETO together with their teammates from The University of Hong Kong won the Champion of the HSBC Financial Dialogue Series - FinTech Challenge 2017 in early August 2017.