Bulletin No. 2, 2014

20   Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2014 Omnipotence of Information Engineering The University is engaged in research in two frontier areas of IE, namely, face recognition and big data. Face recognition is one of the most important challenges in computer vision and artificial intelligence. Scientifically, it is also an important benchmark on whether AI can reach the level of human intelligence or even surpass it. Big data are extremely large data sets that can be analysed computationally to reveal patterns and trends, especially those pertaining to human behaviour and interactions. Such information helps business owners and policy makers to make predictive models that may lead to smarter decisions.