HKU - SCF FinTech Academy

Join industry leaders, scaleups and partners from around the world to discuss this year's theme: FinTech Redefined.

From the ever-changing world that we live in, to the rapid development of and , new forces are shaping the fabric of as we know it. Hong Kong is at the heart of where this redefinition is happening. Where new business models are being created, rules for a new world are being shaped, and new opportunities are emerging.

Come to Hong Kong FinTech Week to experience this new paradigm, hear from its leaders, and learn how to navigate the future of fintech!

Get your tickets at: https://bit.ly/43VtMtD

Don't forget to use our community discount code to redeem your tickets.

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HKU-SCF FinTech Academy is pleased to announce that our face-to-face workshop titled "Explore Non-fungible Token (NFT) Art Pieces and Marketplace" will be held on 23 September 2023 (Sat) at HKU's main campus.

Title: Explore Non-fungible Token (NFT) Art Pieces and Marketplace
Date: 23 September 2023 (Sat)
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: Innovation Wing, HKU
Mode: Face-to-face
Workshop Presentation: Mainly in English
Workshop Group Discussion: Cantonese or English

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to dive into the world of NFTs! Reserve your spot now and unlock a new dimension of art and technology.

Limited seats available! To register, visit our website or just simply scan the QR code on the poster!

We are delighted to have Professor Michael LOSAVIO, an Associate Professor teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville, as our speaker in our upcoming Public Talk on AI !

Topic: “Social Crazy AI”
Date: 28 April 2023 (Friday)
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT+8, HK Time)
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Ground Floor, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU
Format: Face-to-face only
Official Web Page:
https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/events/a-public-talk-on-artificial-intelligence-so

Speaker: Michael Losavio, an Associate Professor teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. on issues of law, society and information assurance in the computer engineering and criminal justice disciplines. His focus is on law and social sciences as they relate to computer engineering, analytics, and digital forensics. Courses include Digital and Computer Crime, Transnational Cybercrime and Legal Issues with Data Mining and Information Assurance.

He holds a J.D. in Law and a B.S. in Mathematics from Louisiana State University, Louisiana, U.S.A. He has lectured on computer law and crime at Perm State University and on cybersecurity for law enforcement at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety as a Fulbright Specialist.

Are you interested in the intersection of science and society? Do you want to learn more about the rapidly growing world of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on our lives?

Join us for an exciting talk on the accelerated tizzy over Artificial Intelligence and its fellow travelers - machine learning, deep learning, neural networks. We will be discussing the controversial issues surrounding AI, such as whether the good outweighs the bad, and whether society is responding in a balanced and reasoned way through social practices, education, and law.

Don’t hesitate and register now: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Lgn9nFEVYlsEiq

We are delighted to have Dr Qi LIU, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong, as our speaker in our upcoming Public Talk on ChatGPT!

Topic: “How does ChatGPT obtain its ability and its impacts”
Date: 3 March 2023 (Friday)
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT+8, HK Time)
Format: Online (Zoom)

Speaker: Dr Qi LIU, Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. Dr LIU earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Oxford and his M.Sc. degree from the National University of Singapore. His research findings have been published in leading machine learning conferences and journals, including NeurIPS, ACL, TACL, and CVPR. He also received the AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award in 2022.

ChatGPT has achieved phenomenal growth, gaining over 100 million monthly active users within just two months of its launch. Its potential to disrupt various fields, including information retrieval, virtual assistant, and programming, is significant.
If you are interested in the technology behind ChatGPT, especially the evolution of ChatGPT from its predecessors, as well as the the vast and far-reaching impacts of ChatGPT on various industries, don’t miss it!

Don’t hesitate and register now: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/events/a-public-talk-on-chatgpt-how-does-chatgpt-obtain-its-ability-and-its-impacts-2/

HKU-SCF Distinguished Lecture - Web3 Big Data and Blockchain Forensics

Thank you to our speaker Professor Will CONG and our moderator Dr. Yang YOU for the insightful lecture and discussion!

If you have missed the lecture, don’t worry! Visit here to view the recording: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/events/hku-scf-distinguished-lecture-web3-big-data-and-blockchain-forensics/

[HKU-SCF High School Student Workshop Series – Protecting Your Personal Data]

The Academy organised a workshop for high school students this morning to raise their interest and awareness in technology and how to protect personal data! We are very happy to meet these young Tech enthusiasts face-to-face at HKU InnoWing!

We hope that all of the participants could learn some common and non-common hacking traps, how easy their personal data is leaked, and how to protect their personal data.

Thanks again to our speaker Dr. John Yuen from the Department of Computer Science at HKU, co-organisers .ftsa and .csa, and supporting organisations for the strong support of the event.

We are delighted to have Professor Lin William CONG, the Rudd Family Professor of Management, a Tenured Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, as our guest speaker in our upcoming Distinguished Lecture!

Topic: Web3 Big Data and Blockchain Forensics
Date: 10 February 2023 (Friday)
Time: 11:00am – 12:00nn (GMT+8, HK Time)
Format: Online (Zoom)

Speaker: Professor Lin William CONG, the Rudd Family Professor of Management, a Tenured Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business

Moderator: Dr. Yang YOU, Assistant Professor in Finance at the HKU Business School

Several projects assembling diverse sets of public, proprietary, and hand-collected data, and using large-scale computation and big data, both on-chain and off-chain will be discussed in the lecture and used to investigate issues including wash trading, tax manipulation, ransomware, etc.

If you are a FinTech enthusiast interested in Blockchains, DeFi, and Web3, especially their benefits and present new risks and challenge, don’t miss it!

Visit our website to view more details: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/events/hku-scf-distinguished-lecture-web3-big-data-and-blockchain-forensics/

With last year’s success, the HKU-SCF FinTech Academy is excited to announce the launch of the 2023 Summer FinTech Internship Programme!

Companies who are interested in recruiting HKU FinTech and Computer Science undergraduate students this summer, please submit the company recruitment from here: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/2023-summer-internship-programme-company-recruitment/

Join us to groom FinTech talents in Hong Kong!

Want to learn more about the advanced technologies that are driving FinTech forward? There is a free HKU FinTech MOOC - FinTech Technologies on the edX platform starting on December 20, 2022!

The HKU FinTech MOOC - FinTech Technologies is a 4-week online course created by the University of Hong Kong and supported by the HKU-SCF FinTech Academy. It is designed for a wide range of online learners around the world, even learners who do not have technical backgrounds. More details: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/hku-fintech-moocs/

If you are a FinTech enthusiast that is interested in how advanced technologies drive transformation in the FinTech industry today from a layman’s perspective, welcome to join us as one of our online students!
Enroll here: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/hku-fintech-moocs/

The HKU-SCF FinTech Academy will have a CBDC mini-talks session on the topic of “CBDC – Tech Technology, Privacy, Security and Tracking Illegal Activities” on HKU FinTech Day! We are delighted to have Professor Siu-Ming YIU, Dr Allen AU, Dr Chenxiong QIAN, Dr John YUEN, and Dr Qi LIU as our mini-talks speakers.

Title: CBDC – Tech Technology, Privacy, Security and Tracking Illegal Activities
Date: 2 November 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm (GMT+8, HK Time)
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong (MTR HKU Station Exit C1)

Rundown
Mini-talks: Opening Remarks
Mini-talks 1: Technical Architecture(s) for CBDC (Issues on Security and Privacy) By Dr Allen AU
Mini-talks 2: Gap between Specifications and Implementation: Ethereum as an Example By Dr Chenxiong QIAN
Mini-talks 3: Possible Solutions for the Security and Privacy Issues of CBDC By Dr John YUEN
Mini-talks 4: AI and Tracing of Anonymous, but Suspicious Transactions in Digital Currency By Dr Qi LIU
Conclusion By Professor Siu Ming YIU

Registration Link: https://www.hkufintech.com/cbdc-blockchain

We are delighted to have Professor Kwok-Yan LAM, School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University as our guest speaker in our upcoming Distinguished Lecture!

Topic: Digitalization, Digital Trust and TrustTech
Date: 26 October 2022 (WED)
Time: 5-6 pm HKT
Format: Hybrid (Online/ In-person at Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU)
*For in-person participants, a confirmation email will be sent to you on or before 26 Oct 2022 if you registered successfully

Speaker: Professor Kwok-Yan LAM, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Moderator: Professor Siu-Ming YIU, Associate Head (T&L) of the Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong

Scan the QR code or Register through the link: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UE-4Wl9ITT2cnNJqaUK-4Q

Visit our website to view more details: https://fintechacademy.cs.hku.hk/events/hku-scf-a-distinguished-lecture-by-professor-kwok-yan-lam-of-ntu/

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