18 March – 22 April 2022
CityU-Learning Classroom for Secondary School Students:
The CityU-Learning Classroom was first introduced in February 2020 in response to the school closure due to the Covid-19. Since its introduction, the Classroom has received overwhelming registrations with many encouraging feedback. Riding on the support from local students and students from all over the world, the Classroom continues to offer real-time interactive taster lectures on wide range of disciplines in various mode for free.
Note: Classes are available in online, face-to-face or hybrid modes.
| Organised By | Office of the Provost / City University of Hong Kong |
| Official Website | http://go.cityu.hk/taster |
| Enquiry | Email: outreach@cityu.edu.hk Tel: 3442 8922 WhatsApp: 6461 3854 |
| Other Useful Information: | The lectures are offered to secondary school students for free. The Classroom welcomes registrations quarterly every year. All are welcome to register via the online registration form. |
| Other Useful Information: | The lectures are offered to secondary school students for free. The Classroom welcomes registrations quarterly every year. All are welcome to register via the online registration form. |
| Attachment(s): | Poster |
(1)Understand the Language of Life with AI
| Target Participant | Secondary students (S4 - S6) |
| Description: | Genomes are the language of life, which encodes important instructions for the living species to function and replicate. Unfortunately, this is not a language we fully understand. The advance of AI enables us to decipher more secrets in this language. In this talk, we will see a few of such applications. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/provost/outreach/cityu-learning-classroom.htm?classroom=20220318 |
| Registration Deadline: | 11 March 2022 |
| Programme Schedule: | Date: 18 March 2022 (Friday) Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Language: | English |
| Mode: | Face to face at CityU and Online Note: Quota for face to face: 40 (first come first served) |
(2)Data Science for Smart Cities
| Target Participant | Secondary students (S4 - S6) |
| Description: | This session will discuss how we can use data science to better understand the structure and dynamics of our cities, with the goal of developing strategies for improving the wellbeing of urban residents. The discussion will cover applications in land use, transportation, and human mobility, each topic including the associated core concepts, career prospects, and ways in which CityU School of Data Science researchers are addressing these pressing issues for the betterment of Hong Kong and beyond. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/provost/outreach/cityu-learning-classroom.htm?classroom=20220408 |
| Registration Deadline: | 1 April 2022 |
| Programme Schedule: | Date: 8 April 2022 (Friday) Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Language: | English |
| Mode: | Online |
(3)Health Data Science, AI and Precision Medicine
| Target Participant | Secondary students (S4 - S6) |
| Description: | The lecture will introduce health data science and AI technology in healthcare. Several top-notch AI applications will be discussed to show how data science helps deepen biomedical knowledge, understand disease etiology, assist with precision medicine and enable novel personalized treatments. The lecture will also discuss the core role and the development of health data science in Hong Kong, as well as career perspectives, overview, and the advances that CityU School of Data Science has made in the Hong Kong healthcare sector. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/provost/outreach/cityu-learning-classroom.htm?classroom=20220414a |
| Registration Deadline: | 7 April 2022 |
| Programme Schedule: | Date: 14 April 2022 (Thursday) Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
| Language: | English |
| Mode: | Online |
(4)Cloud Services for Business
| Target Participant | Secondary students (S1 - S6) |
| Description: | Cloud services are becoming common practices for business companies today. It offers information services on the cloud so that the information systems and business data can be managed over the Internet at any place and any time. This workshop will explain to the secondary students on the impacts of cloud services for business. Key concepts of could services (e.g., Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service) will be introduced, and business applications in core industries of Hong Kong (i.e., financial services, tourism, trading and logistics, and professional services) will be used to illustrate the future job careers with the use of cloud services for business applications. https://www.cityu.edu.hk/provost/outreach/cityu-learning-classroom.htm?classroom=20220422a |
| Registration Deadline: | 15 April 2022 |
| Programme Schedule: | Date: 22 April 2022 (Friday) Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
| Language: | English |
| Mode: | Online |
_190x132.png)
