Outreach

We delivered a workshop "AI in Systems Engineering"  as a part of the CityU's AI Explorers: Engineering Tech-a-thon programme where secondary students were invited to explore how intelligent systems, decision analytics, and smart manufacturing shape modern cities and industries. Through hand-on exercises with simple prototypes, they discovered the pivotal role of systems engineers in designing smarter, more efficient, and sustainable solutions—from urban infrastructure to next-generation factories. 

​ Further details of the workshop can be found in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWblvulyVU8&t=6s

Information about the AI Explorers: Engineering Tech-a-thon: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceng/local-outreach/bright-future-engineering-talent-hub/hubs-activities/ai-explorers-engineering-tech-thon

The APORS Youth Forum has been successfully organized jointly by ORSHK, Asia-Pacific Operational Research Society (APORS), and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 29 November 2025. The Forum provided an opportunity for young researchers from across the APORS and other regions of IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies) to interact with their peers and more established OR scientists. The IFORS Tutorial Lecture at the forum this year was given by Prof. Yinyu Ye from Stanford University, USA.

​ Further details can be found in: https://orshongkong.wixsite.com/home/events

We launched a 7-month ' Engineering Tech-a-thon' program which is led by CityUHK professors and the Global Youth Centre under CityU's Bright Future Engineering Talent Hub. The program aims to provide secondary school students in Hong Kong with an exceptional opportunity to engage in genuine university-level academic experiences. We offer secondary school students an immersive undergraduate-level introduction to various aspects in AI and Engineering. It aims to equip student teams to develop competitive solutions and represent their school at the Hong Kong AI Innovators Summit in July 2026. 

​ Further details can be found in: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceng/local-outreach/bright-future-engineering-talent-hub/hubs-activities/ai-explorers-engineering-tech-thon

The Second ORSHK Young Researchers has been successfully held on 9 December 2023 at City University of Hong Kong with support from Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS). The program included a tutorial given by Professor Frank CHEN (Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong) on deep reinforcement learning for operations research and inventory control problems, a welcome speech given by Professor Zijun ZHANG (Data Science, City University of Hong Kong), students' paper presentations, and interactive sessions. 

Further details of ORSHK can be found in: https://orshongkong.wixsite.com/home

The STEM Carnival (cum Student Project Exhibition) is an important annual event at CityU.  A wide range of student and staff research projects with daily life applications have been showcased in an interesting and lively manner throughout the three-day event.  The SYE department also organize STEM workshops on smart cities and Industry 4.0 for secondary school students during the three-day exhibition period

The CityU CENG Tech Day 2023 organized by the College of Engineering  of City University of Hong Kong was held on 18 February 2023 (Saturday). The latest technology trends, the most forefront engineering discoveries and applied applications were showcased via a series of featured talks, interactive workshops and demonstrations. Students interested in engineering and technology benefited from these fun activities tailor-made for them. 

Further details can be found in: 

https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceng/news-events/events/cityu-ceng-tech-day-2023.

The First ORSHK (Operational Research Society of Hong Kong) Young Researchers has been successfully held on 26 November 2022 at The University of Hong Kong. The technical program included a tutorial given by Professor Anthony SO (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) on operations research techniques for data science and machine learning, paper presentations, and interactive sessions.

Further details of ORSHK can be found in: https://orshongkong.wixsite.com/home

The 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) was successfully held from 14th to 16th December 2019 at the Mira Hong Kong. The theme of the conference was Transport and Smart Cities, it was jointly organized by the HKSTS and City University Hong Kong. The HKSTS conference was chaired by myself (Dr. Andy CHOW), Prof. S.M. LO (ACE, CityU), and Dr. Lishuai LI (SDSc, CityU).  We are very honoured to have The Honourable Mr. Frank Fan Chan, JP, Secretary for Transport and Housing of the Hong Kong SAR Government, delivered a Keynote Address on "Smart City Roadmap for Hong Kong". We also have Prof. Richard YUEN (Chief-of-Staff, CityU) and Prof. S.C. WONG (President of HKSTS, HKU) to deliver the welcome speeches. We are also glad that Professors Yu-Chiun Chiou, Raymond Kwan, Ludovic Leclercq, Wei H. Lin, and Kaan Ozbay kindly accepted our invitation to be our plenary speakers at the conference. The conference served as an effective platform for exchanging views and knowledge on smart cities and smart mobility development.

Financial sponsors: Croucher Foundation; Autotoll Limited; Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd; PTV Asia-Pacific Ltd; Volvo Bus Hong Kong Ltd. 

Non-financial sponsors: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies; The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong; The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Logistics and Transportation Division  (HKIE)

Proceedings: 

Chow, A.H.F., Lo, S.M., Li, L. (2019) Transport and Smart Cities - Proceedings of 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, 14-16 December, Hong Kong. 

See further details: http://www.hksts.org/conf19.htm