WISE

about us

WISE@CUHK is a non-profit salon-like platform for knowledge exchanges among peers. Established in January 2021, we are proactively looking for student lecturers with expertise in specific areas, and student audiences passionate about learning something new!

Please move to our new website to subscribe to our event notifications, or join the dicussion in the web forum.

upcoming events

• Becoming an Individual iOS Developer     Register     Poster    
  19:30 HKT, Saturday, 5 June
  Speaker: Wayne
  Language: English
  
  In this session, Wayne will give a talk on the story behind his first iOS app and how he won the Apple WWDC Scholarship in 2019. He will also share his experiences at WWDC 2019 in San Jose. Lastly, he will briefly introduce iOS development and the Swift language. This talk is especially helpful for those interested in iOS development or product design.

past topics

For some tutorials, although we are willing to provide video recordings, for privacy concerns we do not make them publicly available. Please approach us for retrieval.

• A Science of Risk Management: Theory and Examples     Poster     Recording
  19:30 HKT, Friday, 21 May
  Speaker: Cynlia
  This lecture gives the audience a first insight in risk management science, especially suitable for those have a STEM background.
• Introduction to Neural Network     Poster     Recording
  19:30 HKT, Friday, 23 April
  Speaker: KoBe8
  Introduction to what NEURAL NETWORK is.
• A Long Peek into RL     Poster     Recording
  19:30 HKT, Saturday, 10 April
  Speaker: Nickname
  Introduction to Reinforcement Learning Basics.
• 100 Things to Know about Summer Research Internship
  Vincent's Slides     Yist's Slides     Recording  

  19:20 HKT, Friday, 26 March

  Speaker: Vincent, Yist

  Two students shared their experiences about the summer research internship last year. Vincent took part in a research project about deep learning, while Yist worked on information theory and coding theory.
• Blockchained: Intro to Cryptocurrency     Poster     Recording
  19:20 HKT, Friday, 12 March
  Speaker: Zepto
  Intro to cryptocurrencies and most importantly, blockchain technology beyond cryptos.
• Installing Arch Linux
• Introduction to Topology
  19:20 HKT, Friday, 19 Feb
  Speaker: Vincent
  Terminologies and notations of topology at an introductory but rigorous level, including topology axioms, open sets, topological space, continuity, and homeomorphism.
• Routing Table
• End-to-end Encryption
  20:20 HKT, Friday, 5 Feb
  Speaker: Zepto
  Basic math behind asymmetric encryption and how it is implemented in our daily lives.

contributors

The list below contains people who gave talks, offered suggestions, or provided something constructive. Prior consents are obtained to publish the names. We are honoured to have them contributing to WISE.

• ZHOU, Yixiang   Zepto    Email
• YU, Tingyang   Yist    Email
• foxb612   Email
• ltyu   Nickname    Email
• Cynlia   Email
• CHEN, Sijin   Vincent    Email

contact us

Our primary contact is wisecuhktemp [at] gmail [dot] com. Please reach us via Telegram Group if you wish to join the discussion with us.