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Information Session(13 November 2018)

Available ProgrammesBSc and MSc Students1. Summer project-based study at University of Surrey, UK2. UNIPG-HKBU Italy Workshop Internship3. Study Tour to SCUT, China4. Study Tour to Osaka & Kyoto, Japan (Destination is to be confirmed)

BSc Students only4. Exchange Programme to McGill University, Canada

5. Exchange Programme to Technical University of Munich, Germany6. Exchange Programme to University of Ljubljana, Slovenia7. Exchange Programme to Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland8. Exchange Programme to Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

(limited major subjects in English + free electives)9. Exchange Programme to University of Limerick, Ireland

10. UG Summer Research Scholarship

RundownI. BSc Students only• Exchange Programme to McGill University, Canada

• Exchange Programme to Technical University of Munich, Germany• Exachange Programme to University of Ljubljana, Slovenia• Exachange Programme to Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland• Exachange Programme to Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain• Exachange Programme to University of Limerick, Ireland

• UG Summer Research Scholarship

II. BSc and MSc Students• Summer project-based study at University of Surrey, UK• UNIPG-HKBU Italy Workshop Internship

III. Q and A Session

Study Tour to SCUT, China

• Online Application: https://hkbuhk.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bwuahTtBAOwfRtj

• Application Deadline: 5pm, 28 November 2018 (Wed)

• Please refer to our website for more programme details

Study Tour to Osaka & Kyoto, Japan(Destination is to be confirmed)

• Programme details will be announce in January 2019.

• Stay-tuned to our website and email announcement!

Semester 1, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one semester

McGill UniversityWhere is McGill University? Rank 1st in Canada*

*According to QS World University Rankings 2017/18http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/http://www.mcgill.ca/

Credit Transfer

• Take 3-4 courses in 2019-20 fall semester• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offer at McGill:

http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/academic/courses

• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Tuition Fee and Living Expenses

• Tuition Fee: Around CAD$9,000 to 20,000, depends on selected courses

• Living Expenses: Around CAD$12,000 (including meals, rent and transportation)

• Medical Insurance: Around CAD$500 per year (compulsory)

*From: http://www.isscc.com/big5/canu.html

Scholarship• Full Scholarship

– HK$ 100,000 – CGPA ≥ 3.3

• Half Scholarship– HK$ 50,000 – 3.0 < CGPA < 3.3

* Subject to satisfactory academic performance obtained at McGill University

Application ProcedureDate Action

5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Application Deadline. Applicant should submit:(1) a statement of your learning objectives in this programme and

explain why you deserve the scholarship; (2) an updated academic transcript; and(3) TOEFL/ IELTS score report or TOEFL/ IELTS test registration

confirmation.Online Submission to: https://goo.gl/jHv4Zh

January 2019 Interview (Schedule and venue to be announced)

Jan/Feb 2019 Announcement of results

April 2019 - Submit formal online application through McGill University website- Course Selection

Full year or Semester 2, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one or two semesters

Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany

Where is München (MuniCH)? Ranked 1st in Germany *

* According to QS World University Rankings 2018/19 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/technical-university-munich#wurshttp://www.tum.de/en/homepage/

Credit Transfer

• Take 3-4 courses in 2019-20 per semester– Lecture period:

• Semester 1: Oct - Feb• Semester 2: Apr – July

• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offered at TUM:

– Some senior year and MSc courses taught in English

• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Application Procedure

• Through Exchange Program of the International Office, HKBUhttp://intl.hkbu.edu.hk/student_01.php

• Deadline: 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Full year or Semester 2, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one or two semester(s)

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (UL FRI)

Where is UL FRI? Ranked 1st in Slovenia *

*According to QS World University Rankings 2018/19 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-ljubljana

https://www.uni-lj.si/eng/

Credit Transfer

• Take 30 credits per semester - Lecture period:

Semester 1: October to January Semester 2: February to June

• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offered at UL FRI

- Some courses are taught in English• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Application Procedure

• Through Exchange Program of the International Office, HKBUhttp://intl.hkbu.edu.hk/student_01.php

• Deadline: 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Full year or Semester 2, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one or two semester(s)

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland (HSLU)

Where is HSLU? The largest educational institution in Switzerland *

*According to HSLU’s official website

https://www.hslu.ch/en/

Credit Transfer

• Take 24 credits per semester – Lecture period: Spring Semester: February to early July Fall Semester: September to end January

• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offered at HSLU

- Some courses are taught in English• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Application Procedure

• Through Exchange Program of the International Office, HKBUhttp://intl.hkbu.edu.hk/student_01.php

• Deadline: 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Full year or Semester 2, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one or two semester(s)

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (UAM)

Where is UAM? Ranked 2nd in Spain *

*According to QS World University Rankings 2018/19 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universidad-autonoma-de-madrid

http://www.uam.es/ss/Satellite/en/home.htm

Credit Transfer• Take 4-5 subjects per semester

- Lecture period: Semester 1: September to January Semester 2: January to May/June

• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offered at UAM

- Some courses are taught in English- Insufficient COMP subjects in English, may need to take a combination of COMP subjects and free electives

• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Application Procedure

• Through Exchange Program of the International Office, HKBUhttp://intl.hkbu.edu.hk/student_01.php

• Deadline: 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Full year or one Semester, 2019-20

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to study abroad in prestigious overseas universities for one or two semester(s)

University of Limerick, Ireland (UL)Where is UL? Ranked QS 5 star in Ireland*

*According to QS World University Rankings 2018/19 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-limerick

https://www.ul.ie/

Credit Transfer• Take 4-5 subjects per semester

- Lecture period: Autumn Semester: September to December Spring Semester: January to May

• Credits can be transferred to HKBU• Courses offered at UL

- Most courses are taught in English• Discuss with your programme coordinator

Application Procedure

• Through Exchange Program of the International Office, HKBUhttp://intl.hkbu.edu.hk/student_01.php

• Deadline: 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Summer, 2019

Objective

• Aims to support students who plan to have graduate study overseas to attach to an overseas research laboratory for 4-8 weeks (Year 3 summer)

What you can Gain

• Opportunity to collaborate with international professors and researchers

• Hands-on research experience in overseas research laboratory

• Enrich your portfolio in academic research

Internship requirement

• Students who participating this scheme upon satisfactory completion can be considered as fulfilled the requirement of COMP3016 Internship

Overseas Research Laboratories (2018-19)Faculty Member Overseas Research

Laboratory Research Areas

Dr. William Cheung Information Sciences Institute (ISI)University of Southern California, USA

Intelligent Systems for Automating Data Analysis and Scientific Discovery

Dr. William CheungHealth Science Centre at HoustonSchool of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas, USA

Biomedical Data Mining, Computational Phenotyping

Dr. William Cheung School of Information Studies McGill University, Canada

Health Data Analytics, Data Mining for Cybersecurity

Dr. Byron ChoiData Management Research GroupSchool of Computer Science and EngineeringNanyang Technological University, Singapore

Big Data Management,HCI-aware Data Management,Graph Data Management,Social Data Management,Data Privacy,Database Usability

Prof. J. L. Xu Center for Data-Intensive Systems (Daisy)Aalborg University, Denmark

Databases and Data Management, Geographic Information Systems, and Mobile/Pervasive Computing

Scholarship

• Up to HK$15,000 per student to support the air ticket and accommodation expenses.

Who can ApplyYear 3 students who• attaining a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above at

the end of Year 2 study • attaining satisfactory performance after

engaging in a research project under the supervision of an academic staff for at least one semester to pick up fundamental knowledge and skills in the respective research field.

Application Procedure

Date Action

12:00nn, 28 September 2018

Application Deadline. Applicant should submit:(1) the Application Form , invite supervisor to sign in

Part B

Application Form: http://bit.ly/srss1819-app

Early February 2019 Announcement of results

Summer, 2019

Objective

• Provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to experience research-based projects in a prestigious overseas university for one summer– Undergraduate: up to 3 months (Jun – Aug)– Students with MSc degree: up to 6 months

University of Surrey, UK

Where is University of SURREY? *Rank within top 10 in the UK

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/

(SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.SURREY.AC.UK/ABOUT/LEAGUETABLES/INDEX.HTM )

Project-based study

• Non-credit bearing• Project supervision by both HKBU staff and Surrey staff

– Find supervisor in HKBU first.– Continue project at U of Surrey.

• Some project areas at Surrey– Machine learning (Prof. Yaochu Jin)

• http://www.surrey.ac.uk/computing/research/nice/index.htm– Multimedia security and forensics (Prof. Tony Ho)

• http://www.surrey.ac.uk/computing/research/msf/index.htm

What you can gain

• Overseas learning experience with close supervision in a prestige British institution

• Acquire research/project experience in summer 2019

Undergraduate students– May start doing FYP at Surrey

Students with MSc degree– May acquire fruitful research experience at Surrey

Who can Apply• Eligible students

- BSc Year 3/Year 4 students- MSc students

• Language requirements– IELTS 6.5 or above, with min 6.0 in each component

(NO exception)

• Discuss with Exchange Coordinator (Dr. H.W. Tam)

Tuition Fee and Living Expenses*

• No tuition fee, a bench fee of £100 per week, plus some admin fee at Surrey

• Students pay for:– International travel– Cost of accommodation, daily expenses– Textbooks, hospitalization, medical and travel

insurance, etc.

*From: http://www.isscc.com/big5/canu.html

Application Procedure

Date Action

5:30pm, 4December 2018

Application Deadline. Applicant should submit:(1) a research proposal;(2) an updated academic transcript; and(3) IELTS score report or test registration confirmation.Online Submission to: https://goo.gl/31Wxkw

January 2019 Interview (Schedule and venue to be announced)

Early April 2019 Announcement of results

Q and A

June-July 2019

What you get?Personal & Professional growth:• an international experience in an IT Lab• an educational experience in one the world’s oldest

universities• a great time with fellow Italian students

Official Certification from UniPG organizing committee:• Certificate of Course Attendance• Certificate of Internship in ITLab

Where is Perugia?Ranked 1st Italian Large

University 2018/19

Ranked 2018/19 - 1st place among Italian Large Universities

Ranked 1st by CENSIS among 15 Italian Large Universities 2018/19

Large=between 20000 and 40000 students

A University through Seven Centuries• 1308 A.D. Pope Clement VIIestablished UniPGwe celebrated the commencing the 8th century on 2008

• Luca Pacioli, scholar Mathematician sec.XV

he wrote the Divina Proportione illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci

University of Perugia today• 14 Faculties (including Medicine, Vet, Agriculture)• > 35.000 students enrolled

• Perugia is a university town >40.000 students /160.000 people

Other University level institutions in Perugia:• University for Foreigners (Languages, Italian History/Arts course for

Foreigners)

• Academic of Arts• Conservatorio of Music

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

• 60 Faculty members• Research Topics

– Mathematical subjects: …..– Cryptography– Probabilistic, Uncertainty Management, Fuzzy Logic– Grid Computing & Parallel Processing– Evolutionary Computation– Wireless Networks Algorithms– Image Processing– Planning and Scheduling– Information Retrieval & Data Mining– Virtual Reality– User Interface & E-learning

Computer Science ProgramsBSc. Computer Science (3 Years)• network• virtual reality

MSc./MD. Computer Science(2 Years)• artificial intelligence• network• information security

Joint PhD Mathematics & Computer Science

HKBU-UniPG the Exchange Agreement

Università degli Studi di Perugia

Hong Kong Baptist University

the Exchange Agreement

Who can apply?

• BSc. students• M.Sc. students• M.Phil. students• PhD. Students

• Around 30 exchange students per year• Selection based on motivations and study

performance

When ?

• 6 weeks: mid June – end of July 2019

• Internship in an IT-Lab working team• Course on IT subject

Instruction media: English

Internship IT LabsInternship projects will be provided by scientific and governmental institutions, IT companies selected from Province Board of Association of IT Industry (from 2018)

Internship projects in previous editions have been held in:• IT Labs in University Hospital and Departments• INFN National Institute of Physics• Perugia Province Government, IT Department• Casa Buitoni Research Center, Nestle Co.• Team Dev Ltd., (software and dbms)• JStudios Ltd.,(graphics and communication agency)

Internship ProjectTeam work• you will be assigned to a team of colleagues

with a role depending on your skills• each team will be assigned an IT lab project

and internship tutor• Awards: Best projects, Best presentations, etc.

Assignment of certificates upon positive attendance and positive report of internship tutors• Certificate of Course Attendance• Certificate of Internship

ProgrammeWeekly• Course: seminars on advanced IT topics• Internship: project team work• Meetings with internship tutors• Milestone presentations: project advancements

During the whole period• Events: social and cultural activities, visits, final

farewell banquet, etc.

Program FeesCategory Item Note

Program Fee EUR€ 1,100

Includes Course/seminars, Internship, hostel accommodation, pickup and return to Rome Fiumicino Airport on official arrival/departure date, social and cultural activities, visits, final farewell banquet

Transportation

Roundtrip airfare from Hong Kong-Rome

EUR€ 500-900 (depends on airline)

In town transportation Walking distance

Meals Campus Canteen EUR€ 3-6 per meal

Travel/Medical insurasnce Around HKD 500-600

other costs (estimate)

ApplicationComplete the online application form

• personal particulars & study status• motivation and objectives for joining this internship

programme• a recent passport photo• an updated copy of your CV

Important DatesInformation Session 13 November 2018

Application Deadline 5:30pm, 4 December 2018

Selection Interview 22 January 2019 (Tentative)

Release of Admitted Participants List 25 January 2019 (Tentative)

Deadline for Confirmation of Programme Participation& non refundable 1st payments fees (200 euro) 1 February 2019

Pre-screening of Students’ Technical Background for Internship Job Matching mid April 2019

Deadline for Programme Fees Final Payment (900 euro) 31 May 2019

Exchange Programme starts (arrival date) 17 June 2019

Exchange Programme ends (departure date) 27 July 2019

EnquiryHKBU

Dr. TAM Hon Wahtam@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

Dr. Kristen Licsyxli@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

UNIPG Dr. Alfredo MILANImilani@unipg.it

EnquiryHKBU

Dr. TAM Hon Wahtam@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

Dr. Kristen Licsyxli@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

UNIPG Dr. Alfredo MILANImilani@unipg.it / milani@comp.hkbu.edu.hk

Enjoy Umbria Jazz Festival (mid July)

Q and A

Enquiries: Department of Computer Science (Attn: Miss Sophia Cheng)Tel: 3411-2385Email: outreach@comp.hkbu.edu.hkOffice: RRS 702, Sir Run Run Shaw Building, HSH Campus