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106 Part 3 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies Programme in Computer Engineering offers courses in areas including computer interfacing, very large-scale integration circuit design (VLSI), computer-aided design and microprocessor systems. Students can also choose from courses on subjects including artificial intelligence, Chinese computing, computer animation technology, virtual reality, computer security, bioinformatics and data mining. Our graduate programme offers research-oriented MPhil–PhD programme in computer science and engineering. The academic staffs in our department are internationally well-known and are making significant progress in many important areas, for example: artificial intelligence, computational finance and data mining; databases and multimedia systems; graphics, virtual reality, visualization and digital entertainments; data communication networks and distributed systems; bio- informatics; computer and network security; embedded systems; re-configurable computing; VLSI and CAD; and software engineering. More importantly, our graduates are leaders in various IT and banking industries, both in Hong Kong and abroad. Many of our graduate students also further their studies, either in our department or in some prestigious universities such as Cambridge, Princeton, University of California at Berkeley, etc. For further information of our department, please refer to our URL. Department of Electronic Engineering Tel.: 2609 8274/8249 Fax.: 2603 5558 E-mail: dept@ee.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk The department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are designed to meet the technological needs of modern industry. They cover a broad range of topics in electronics and are largely experimental in approach. Students are taught how to turn theories and concepts into working systems, circuits, devices, and new electrical materials. Research interests of the department include biomedical engineering, computer vision, image and speech processing, wireless communications, optical communications, integrated circuit design, microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and materials. The department emphasizes high quality teaching and excellence in research, and all its degree programmes are accredited by the relevant professional bodies. Department of Information Engineering Tel.: 2609 8385 Fax.: 2603 5032 E-mail: dept@ie.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk Established in 1988, the Department of Information Engineering is the first academic department in Hong Kong devoted to the study of information engineering (IE), with a mission to excel in its educational programmes, to nurture world class research in information engineering areas, and to promote technology transfer in support of local industry. Professors at the department are renowned researchers in the field, many