Speaker: Prof. Francis Chin
Date: 15 Sep 2021 (Wed)
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Venue: Jockey Club Council Chamber (A1216), 30 Good Shepherd Street, HKMU
Organizer: School of Science & Technology (S&T), Metropolitan University of Hong Kong
Co-organizer: Institute of Research in Innovative Technology & Sustainability (IRITS), Metropolitan University of Hong Kong
Abstract: The speaker has served on the HK RGC Engineering Panel for 6 years and NSFC / RGC Joint Research Scheme for 5 years. As PI, he has successfully secured more than 15 RGC grants, 5 ITF grants, and numerous (>10) other grants. He will share with you his experiences in preparing successful grant applications.
About the speaker: Professor Chin has retired from HKU in 2015 and is now an Emeritus Professor of The University of Hong Kong. He is now working as Founder and Chief Solution Officer of a startup company, DeepTranslate Limited , on Machine Translation of financial documents at Hong Kong Science Park. Professor Chin was the Chair of the Department of Computer Science at HKU and was the founding Head of the Department from its establishment until December 31, 1999. From 2002 until July 31, 2006, he had served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School. Since 2007, Prof Chin has been serving as an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
