Newsletter No. 351

No. 351, 19.1.2010 NEWS & EVENTS 二 十六歲的工程學院 博士生吳敵，憑着挖 掘金融數據的研究佳績，以 及把研究成果商品化的創新 精神，奪得第六屆中國青少 年科技創新獎，頒獎儀式於 2009年12月初在北京舉行。 吳敵三年半前來港攻讀中大 系統工程與工程管理學系的 博士研究課程，隨該系于旭 教授從事金融數據挖掘研 究。他曾於多個國際知名會 議的刊物發表七篇論文，其中兩篇更榮獲有關會議的最佳 論文獎。此外，他亦積極轉化其研究成果為商品，短短數 年間，已囊括多個創業大獎。 在中大創新科技中心的支援下，吳敵兩年前與三位合夥 人成立公司，把研發成果轉化為一項名為「股精天下」 的股票投資策略網上平台（ www.stockmaster.hk/login. aspx ）。 他說：「于旭教授不但指導我的 研究工作，更鼓勵我們將研究成 果轉化為能夠服務市民的投資系 統，實踐科技為人服務的要義。 我亦非常感激學系的支持及資 助，讓我有機會參加各項國內外 的創新科技比賽，從而在本港及 國內建立一定的知名度，對創業 尤其有幫助。中大創新科技中心 的支援，助我實現構想，把當初一 個簡單概念發展成真正能為投資 者服務的智能計算平台。」 M r. Wu Di, a 26-year-old PhD student of the Faculty of Engineering, was awarded the Sixth China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award in a ceremony held in Beijing in December 2009 for his remarkable research on financial data mining and his innovative move in commercializing his research results. Three and a half years ago, Wu Di came to the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management to study data mining in finance under Prof. Yu Xu. He has published seven papers in proceedings of a number of international conferences and two of them won best paper awards. His efforts at commercializing his research results has won him a number of entrepreneur awards. With the help from the CUHK Centre for Innovation and Technology, Mr. Wu and three partners turned his research results to launch a stock investment website ‘Stock Master’ two years ago ( www.stockmaster.hk/login. aspx ). Mr. Wu said, ‘Prof. Yu Xu has offered me guidance on my research and encouraged us to turn our research results into an investment system that can serve people, realizing the idea of serving humanity with technology. I’m grateful to the department for supporting and funding me to take part in innovation competitions in and outside the country. This has made my name known and is helpful to starting up my career. The support of the Centre for Innovation and Technology also helped me to turn a simple idea into an intelligent platform that can serve investors.’ 博士生奪科技創新獎 PhD Student Wins Innovation Award • 以下項目詳情，請上網閱覽： Details of the following item are available at: www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/newsletter/ ❏ 八項研究項目獲撥款 Eight Research Projects Receive Grants 中國文化研究所研究員獲圖書獎 ICS Research Fellow Wins Book Award 中 國文化研究所名譽高級研究員陳方正博士之 新著《繼承與叛逆—現代科學為何出現於西 方》榮獲第五屆國家圖書館文津圖書獎，頒獎禮已於 2009年12月22日在北京國家圖書館舉行。 此獎每年頒發一次，每次通過社會投票與專家評審相 結合的方式，評出十本有關社會科學和自然科學類的大 眾圖書。 H eritage and Betrayal: A Treatise on the Emergence of Modern Science in Western Civilization , the new book of Dr. Chen Fong-ching, honorary senior research fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, has won the Fifth Wenjin Book Awards of the National Library of China. The awards ceremony took place on 22 December 2009 at the National Library of China in Beijing. Each year, 10 books on the social and natural sciences are chosen for the awards based on public and expert opinions. 博士畢業生獲青年科學家獎 PhD Graduate Wins Young Scientist Award • 由 於業務運作所需，許多機構都在大量蒐集個人資料，例如統計局的人口普查數據 及醫院的醫療紀錄等。這些資料涉及個人私隱，因此必須適當處理。但目前的技 術有不少漏洞，以致資料提供者的身分有外泄之虞。 2008年獲本校計算機科學及工程學系博士學位的蕭小奎博士，在該系陶宇飛教授的指導 下，開發了嶄新的數據保密技術，可確保在發布涉及個人私隱的資料時，能隱藏若干足以 辨識身分的資訊，以資保障。蕭博士這項名為「保護私隱的數據發布技術」的研究，早前 獲香港科學會頒發2009年度物理與數學科學範疇的青年科學家獎。 現為新加坡南洋理工大學助理教授的蕭小奎博士對獲獎感到欣喜，並感激論文導師陶宇 飛教授和各中大老師的指導。 M any organizations are collecting data involving personal information, such as census data and medical records. To protect personal privacy, these data must be digitally processed and modified. But the existing technology is not perfect enough to prevent personal information from being disclosed. Dr. Xiao Xiaokui obtained his PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK. Under the supervision of Prof. Tao Yufei, he developed a new data privacy technology to ensure that identifiable personal information will not be disclosed when data involving privacy are published. His work titled ‘Privacy Preserving Data Publishing’ has been awarded the 2009 Young Scientist Award in Physical/Mathematical Science of the Hong Kong Institute of Science. Currently an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Dr. Xiao was pleased to receive the award and grateful to Professor Tao and other CUHK teachers for their guidance.