This newsletter marks a good year of accomplishment and harvest for our DSPS students and faculty members. We have a unique focus of integrating the analytical power of data science and the insights of policymaking which is quite distinctive from any hard science department and traditional social science programmes. Students sharing our vision are thriving […]

  Embarked on becoming an interdisciplinary programme three years ago, DSPS have not only recruited major students but also attracted students from other programmes and departments. We are pleased to invite some of them who have fulfilled the requirements of our DSPS minor programme to share their experience and exposure from their studies in DSPS. […]

DSPS taster workshops in collaboration with CLAP@JC School Hub were successfully organized for students from the following schools: Queen’s College, Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, United Christian College (Kowloon East), St. Paul’s School (Lam Tin), DMHC Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School, and Po Leung Kuk Wu Chung College, in July 2022 in the Digital Scholarship […]

Professor Wilson Wong, co-authored with Professor Charles Hinnant of Florida State University, publish a new article "Competing perspectives on the Big Data revolution: a typology of applications in public policy" in Journal of Economic Policy Reform (Q1 in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance) to examine the driving factors of Big Data impacts. While the Big Data revolution is […]

The CUHK Information Day will be held on 15 October 2022 for students who are interested in undergraduate studies at CUHK. Embarking the exploration in the interdisciplinary BSSc Programme in Data Science and Policy Studies (DSPS) and introducing the unique integration of power of data science and insights of public policy, our DSPS team and […]

DSPS Admission Talks and Showcasing of Students’ Case Studies were organized at the CUHK Information Day 2022 on 15 October 2022 (Sat), which was the first Information Day held in face-to-face mode since 2019. On the Day, we provided an overview of the Programme to students who have dual interest in data science and policy […]

DSPS teachers and students paid a site visit to  the Xtreme Business Enterprises Limited (XBE) on 19 November 2022. XBE is an innovative corporate which aims to create impacts on industries and society through the use of technology. They offer solutions based on Web 5 technologies such as AI, blockchain and metaverse. Its management team […]

The DSPS Capstone Student Team (Roche Project Team) consisting of Mr. Lucas Law, Mr. Yves Lee, Ms. Miky Fu, and Mr. Justin Ng, led by Dr. Kelvin Lo, Professor Wilson Wong, and Mr. Tony Wong will present their project findings in the Synthetic Healthcare Data Conference (Privacy, Algorithm, and Application in Hong Kong). In the […]

DSPS teachers and students visited Climate Finance Asia (CF Asia) and StormHarbour  on 8 March 2023 (Wed).  During the visit, DSPS students had exchanges with Mr. Water Cheung, Chair of CF Asia and Senior Partner and CEO (Asia Pacific) of StormHarbour and Mr. K.K. Cheung, Analyst of StormHarbour, both were practitioners in the areas of Environmental, Social, and Governance […]

During 27~30 June 2023, a group of DSPS students and teachers visited several centers and labs in Taipei, to learn about data-informed applications in urban design and product development, including Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) Taipei Urban Intelligence Center City Science Lab @ Taipei Tech NTU Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics NTU Computer […]