Robotic goals The Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers, under the School of Engineering (SENG), held two well-received soccer robot workshops for secondary school students in January as part of its new Bright Future Cup – Soccer Robot Competition. At the workshops, students from Tseung Kwan O Government Secondary School set science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge and skills to work to devise game-playing robots in HKUST’s Undergraduate Student-initiated Experiential Learning Lab (USEL Lab). Last summer, pilot workshops involving junior and senior secondary school students from a total of seven schools were successfully held. A grand nal bringing together teams from various schools is targeted to take place in July . In , Prof. Roy CHUNG, Founder of the Bright Future Charitable Foundation, donated a further HK$ million for the Academy’s daily operations and soccer robot contest. Among its goals, the Academy seeks to inspire young people’s interest in engineering and build connections with SENG students. Above: Tseung Kwan O Government Secondary School students construct a soccer robot. Below: Other participants go into action at a pilot workshop. In the inaugural “Unicorns HK ” shortlist, announced recently by the Hong Kong X Foundation, six out of 8 companies were founded or co-founded by faculty or alumni from the School of Engineering . As unicorns, the 8 unlisted start-ups each have a market value of more than US$ billion. All the companies were also founded, or incubated/headquartered in Hong Kong, or the founders were Hong Kong residents. Those related to HKUST (see table) focus on AI, robotics, high-end manufacturing, sensors, and autonomous driving. The unicorns’ shortlist was released at the Inno Bay program, organized by the Foundation and China Global Television Network in November . The event gathered policymakers, entrepreneurs, and technology experts to discuss the further development of innovation and technology in the Greater Bay Area. Prominent speakers included Mrs. Carrie LAM, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government, and Mr. LEUNG Chun-Ying, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. The Hong Kong X Foundation was established by Sequoia Capital China, a venture capital fund, in 6 to foster entrepreneurial culture and support young entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. In the News Unicorns spotlight entrepreneurship 08 IN FOCUS Start-up* Paradigm Platform-centric solutions for enterprise-class AI products CiDi Smart automotive driving for commercial vehicles and logistics modeling DJI Global consumer drones and aerial imaging technology Googol Technology Innovative motion controls for manufacturing automation SmartMore Computer vision technology for intelligent manufacturing and video- enhancement services SmartSens Technology High-performance CMOS image sensor chip design HKUST Member(s) DAI Wenyuan Alumnus Computer Science and Engineering (PhD) Prof. YANG Qiang Faculty Computer Science and Engineering Prof. LI Zexiang Faculty Electronic and Computer Engineering Frank WANG Tao Alumnus Electronic and Computer Engineering (MPhil & BEng) Prof. LI Zexiang Faculty Electronic and Computer Engineering JIA Jiaya Alumnus Computer Science and Engineering (PhD) XU Chen Alumnus Electronic and Computer Engineering (PhD & MPhil) Position in Unicorn Founder and CEO Co-founder Co-founder Founder, CEO, and CTO Co-founder and Chairman Founder and Chairman Founder and CEO * The other companies on the Unicorns HK shortlist were: A erShip, Airwallex, EcoFlow, Geek+, GeneHarbor, GOGOX, Hai Robotics, Insilico Medicine, KLOOK, Lalamove, SenseTime, and WeLab Bank.
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