A team of talented undergraduates has secured the Group Competition Award and First Prize in the ASC24 Student Supercomputer Challenge. This achievement highlights the exceptional skills and dedication of the team members. The team consisted of the following members: Team Advisor Dr SHI Jieming Assistant Professor, COMP

30 Apr 2024

We are proud to announce that our Year 1 undergraduate student, XIANG Yufan Frank, emerged as the champion in the DIV-2 track and the overall champion of the 2024 Programming Contest of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen).   The programming contest was organised by the School of Data Science at CUHK-Shenzhen, which drew 380 contestants from universities and secondary schools in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen to comp

24 Apr 2024

Our department proudly kicked off the highly anticipated 50th Anniversary Distinguished Talk Series on the evening of 5 April 2024. The inaugural talk was delivered by Prof. Joseph SIFAKIS, a distinguished researcher and recipient of the Turing Award in 2007.   We are honoured to have Prof. Christopher CHAO, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU, present at the talk. The event successfully commenced with a diverse audience of approxim

8 Apr 2024

 We are delighted to announce that three academic staff members and a PhD graduate from our department have recently been recognised as the 2024 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars (Honorable Mention). Their contributions to artificial intelligence between 2014 and 2023 have earned them this prestigious recognition.   Dr WU Xiaoming, Associate Professor 2024 AI 2000 Most

28 Mar 2024

The Department of Computing (COMP) is pleased to announce that the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (OPAA) of PolyU Department of Computing 2024 is now calling for nominations until 24 April 2024 (Wednesday).   The departmental OPAA aims to publicly recognise outstanding graduates of COMP for their professional achievements and significant contributions to the community and their alma mater. The departmental awardees will be officially honoured b

20 Mar 2024

The 2023 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia-East Continent (EC) Final powered by Huawei was held from 12 to 14 January 2024. Our talented undergraduate students, including XU Le (Year 3), Frank XIANG (Year 1), and SUN Hansong (Year 1), formed a team and achieved a remarkable feat by securing the bronze medal in the contest. Additionally, our Year 3 student, CHEN Junru, emerged victorious in the subsequent individual competit

7 Feb 2024

The University has officially approved the establishment of the Centre for Large AI Models (CLAIM) under the Research Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Prof. LI Qing, Chair Professor of Data Science and Head of COMP, and Prof. ZHANG Lei, Chair Professor of Computer Vision and Image Analysis, will be the Co-Directors of the centre.   The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on numerous academic discipli

2 Feb 2024

In 2024, Department of Computing has reached a significant milestone and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary since its establishment in November 1974. To commence the jubilant celebrations, a kickoff ceremony for the 50th anniversary was held on 25 January 2024. The ceremony unified members of the PolyU and COMP community, including the Faculty Dean, industrial leaders, outstanding alumni, judges of the anniversary logo design competition, s

31 Jan 2024

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recently announced the induction of 52 Distinguished Members in recognition of their significant contributions to the field of computer science. Among the honorees is Prof. WANG Dan, our Professor, whose exceptional work in data-driven applications and platforms for cyber-physical energy systems has earned him this prestigious distinction.   Prof. WANG’s work contributes to the conversion of our e

29 Jan 2024

COMP's 50th Anniversary Logo Design Competition concluded with great success. We sincerely thank all participants for their enthusiastic involvement in this momentous event. The competition received nearly 50 impressive submissions from COMP students, staff, and alumni. Regarding the competition judges, we were privileged to have a distinguished panel, with members including: Dr CHAN Chun Bun Henry, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Pa

3 Jan 2024