Projects, Awards, Awardees, and Programmes:
“AI for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detection” — Champion (Tertiary Stream)
To Tin-lam, Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electronic and Computer Engineering

“Legal chatbot for Minority Ethnic Groups” — Certificate of Merit (Tertiary Stream)
Kenneth Charles Ting, Law Chun-kit and Rejul Rai, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science

Competition:
Innovate For Future 2025

Organiser:
Hong Kong Electronics & Technologies Association

Details:
Students from the School of Science and Technology presented their projects at Innovate for Future 2025, earning the Champion award and a Certificate of Merit in the Tertiary Stream. This marks the second consecutive year that HKMU students have won the Champion award at this competition.

To Tin-lam won the Champion award for his project, “AI for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detection”, which proposed developing a risk assessment platform for instant, reliable, scalable and adaptable detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Extensive experiments were conducted to evaluate and compare the performance of T2DM detection using 25 artificial intelligence models. The project also addressed relevant cybersecurity issues, data protection protocols, the business model and its potential commercial value.

Kenneth Charles Ting, Law Chun-kit, and Rejul Rai were awarded the Certificate of Merit for their project, “Legal chatbot for Minority Ethnic Groups”, which aims to assist ethnic minorities in Hong Kong by addressing language barriers and improving access to legal resources. Supported by industry partner ThinkThinkSyn Limited, the project designed a multilingual platform to provide accurate, Hong Kong-specific legal information through advanced technologies, including natural language processing, a cloud-based translation application programming interface (API) and user-centric design principles. The system supports both text and voice input in English, Nepali and Urdu, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity for diverse communities.

The Innovate for Future competition aims to inspire young people in Hong Kong to create innovative products or services that address and improve real-life challenges, from idea generation to prototype development. The final champion or winners will have the opportunity to submit their projects to San Jose State University's global programmes, such as the Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge Competition and Showcase. They will also have the chance to be nominated for industry support programmes, internship opportunities and exhibitions, such as the Hong Kong Electronics Fair, and share their ideas at technology conferences.