Award

Prof. Mansun Chan is one of the 28 IEEE STEM Champions named in 2025 and the only one from Hong Kong.
Prof. Mansun Chan is one of the 28 IEEE STEM Champions named in 2025 and the only one from Hong Kong. 
Driving STEM Outreach in Local Community
Prof. Wang Wei’s co-authored paper, titled “SpInfer: Leveraging Low-Level Sparsity for Efficient Large Language Model Inference on GPUs”, is one of the only two Best Papers recognized at ACM EuroSys 2025 from around 700 entries.
Prof. Wang Wei’s co-authored paper, titled “SpInfer: Leveraging Low-Level Sparsity for Efficient Large Language Model Inference on GPUs”, is one of the only two Best Papers recognized at ACM EuroSys 2025 from around 700 entries. 
Making Large Language Models More Efficient for Real-World Deployment
Four students were selected for the inaugural Common Core Student Recognition Award at HKUST, including Au Tsz-Ki (second left) and Winsome Yuen Wing-Sum (second right) from the School of Engineering.
Four students were selected for the inaugural Common Core Student Recognition Award at HKUST, including Au Tsz-Ki (second left) and Winsome Yuen Wing-Sum (second right) from the School of Engineering. 
Recognizing Outstanding Achievements in Common Core studies
Prof. Abhishek Srivastava (front row, third right) and Electronic and Computer Engineering PhD students  Cheng Ming (front row, first right), Kumar Mallem (front row, second right), Chen Zhaoyi (front row, second left), and Cheng Yuechu (front row, third left)
Prof. Abhishek Srivastava (front row, third right) and Electronic and Computer Engineering PhD students Cheng Ming (front row, first right), Kumar Mallem (front row, second right), Chen Zhaoyi (front row, second left), and Cheng Yuechu (front row, third left) 
Achieving the Highest Number of Awards Among Universities Worldwide
The 2025 HKUST Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition saw three out of four awardees from the School of Engineering.
The 2025 HKUST Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition saw three out of four awardees from the School of Engineering. 
Cultivating Presentation and Research Communication Skills
A leading long-distance runner, Jason was the Men’s 1,500m race champion and achieved third place in the Men’s 800m race at the 63rd USFHK Annual Athletic Meet.
A leading long-distance runner, Jason was the Men’s 1,500m race champion and achieved third place in the Men’s 800m race at the 63rd USFHK Annual Athletic Meet. 
The team “Eleuto”, comprised of SENG undergraduate students Aryan Agarwal and Shivansh Anand, won the top honor, the New Innovation Award, as well as the Gold Award in the category of Sustainability & ESG.
The team “Eleuto”, comprised of SENG undergraduate students Aryan Agarwal and Shivansh Anand, won the top honor, the New Innovation Award, as well as the Gold Award in the category of Sustainability & ESG. 
A group photo of Mr. David Taji Farouki (second row, ninth left), President of the Jury of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions), Ir Andrew Young (second row, ninth right), Hong Kong’s official representative for Geneva Inventions and the HKUST delegation led by Dr. Kim Shin-Cheul (second row, tenth right), Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer).
A group photo of Mr. David Taji Farouki (second row, ninth left), President of the Jury of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions), Ir Andrew Young (second row, ninth right), Hong Kong’s official representative for Geneva Inventions and the HKUST delegation led by Dr. Kim Shin-Cheul (second row, tenth right), Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer). 
Prof. Frank Lam (center, left picture) and Dr. Khawar Sarfraz (center, right picture) received the Thetos Teaching Award Honorable Mention and Thetos Early Career Teaching Award Honorable Mention respectively from Provost Prof. Guo Yike (first right of both pictures) and Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning) Prof. Jimmy Fung (first left of both pictures).
Prof. Frank Lam (center, left picture) and Dr. Khawar Sarfraz (center, right picture) received the Thetos Teaching Award Honorable Mention and Thetos Early Career Teaching Award Honorable Mention respectively from Provost Prof. Guo Yike (first right of both pictures) and Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning) Prof. Jimmy Fung (first left of both pictures). 
Food With Benefits, a start-up founded by HKUST alumni Matey Svetlan Yordanov (right) and Francis So Ka-Hei (left), distinguished itself from over 130 projects and won the championship of the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge 2024-25.
Food With Benefits, a start-up founded by HKUST alumni Matey Svetlan Yordanov (right) and Francis So Ka-Hei (left), distinguished itself from over 130 projects and won the championship of the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge 2024-25. 
Transforming Food Surplus into High-Value and Functional Food Products