2010June - Department of Computing - The Hong Kong Polytechnic ...

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Recognition - Staff
Perfect Connections
Dr Rocky Chang and his working team have succeeded in obtaining
grants on two projects to promote network measurement and its
applications: HK$967,150 from the Innovation and Technology
Support Programme (ITSP) to the project "Reliable and Accurate
Bandwidth Measurement of Asymmetric Network Paths", and
HK$200,000 from the Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC) to
the project "Performance Monitoring and Measurement of HARNET".
Dr Rocky Chang
Silver Medal for
an RFID Project
Dr Henry Chan and his research & development team recently won a silver medal in the 38th International Exhibition of
Inventions in Geneva with a software tool called Flexible RFID Encoder and Decoder (FRED). FRED was developed in relation
to the project entitled "Enhancing the Competitiveness of the Hong Kong Air Freight Forwarding Industry Using RFID and
Software Agent Technologies" funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)
(over $4 million). The major developer of FRED is Chiu Chi Hang, last year's graduate
of COMP.
Working in collaboration with the industry, the aforementioned ITF project aims to
investigate the use of RFID and software agents to enhance the competitiveness of
the Hong Kong air freight forwarding industry. In January 2010, the project team
organized an industrial seminar for the air freight forwarding industry (see the photo).
The opening speeches were given by distinguished speakers, including:
• Ir Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai Ho, JP, Legislative Councilor (Information Technology
Functional Constituency)
• Dr Frank TONG, Director, Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain
Management Enabling Technologies
• Mr Peter WONG, Chairman, Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding And
Logistics
• Mr Kelvin LEUNG, CEO, North Asia Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding
• Mr Philip LEE, CEO, Sun Hing Group of Companies
A Long Engagement
Devotion, hard work, and the persistent pursuit of excellence have marked the history of
COMP. The following staff members of the department have been honoured with the 2009
Long Service Award by PolyU: Prof. Keith Chan; Dr Korris Chung, Dr Hong Va Leong,
Dr Hareton Leung, Dr James Liu, and Dr Vincent Ng.
Prof. Keith Chan Dr Korris Chung Dr Hong Va Leong
Dr Hareton Leung Dr James Liu Dr Vincent Ng