The Department of Computer Science has received worldwide recognition for its outstanding research and pedagogical development.

On the education front, our programmes are designed to meet the most pressing information and communication technology needs of business and industry in Hong Kong. The programme provides a solid foundation in computer science knowledge and introduces students to a wide range of modern technologies, design and development processes, and IT professionalism. Students have the opportunity to undertake a major design and development project in an area such as data science, virtual reality, multimedia, computer vision, cloud computing and information security.

Along with exposure to cutting-edge teaching and learning practices, these experiences are shaping a new generation of professionals capable of developing innovative solutions to challenges in new fields in computer science.

To strive for research excellence, the Department conducts world-class fundamental and applied research. With more than 200 projects in progress, the vital areas covered include artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cloud computing, multimedia computing, computer systems, cyber security, and bioinformatics. Two applied research centres of note are the Centre for Decentralized Trust Computing, and the TFI Applied Research Centre for Advanced Digital Media Technology.  A number of laboratories also conduct a wide range of research projects.

The Department maintains state-of-the-art computing facilities, including a private cloud infrastructure to support teaching activities and a high-throughput computing cluster for computationally intensive tasks involved in various research activities.

The Department’s research foci include artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, cloud computing, data science, evolutionary computation and metaheuristics, information security, machine learning, mobile computing, multimedia computing, software engineering, computer vision and graphics. Our staff members have contributed intellectually and professionally to the advancement of these fields.