On the afternoon of January 18, 2026, the finals of the first National College Innovation and Transformation Competition (Macau Division) concluded successfully at the Hengqin·Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Valley. With the theme "Focusing on Innovation, Driving Transformation, and Creating the Future," the competition brought together 24 outstanding teams from Macau universities, presenting a high-level showcase of scientific research innovation and results transformation. The project "Grinding and Testing Science—Pioneering Domestic High-Precision Industrial Material Friction Performance Testing," involving core member Zhang Chengwei, a 2025 Applied Data Science student from Shue Yan University, stood out and won the gold medal, fully demonstrating the innovative capabilities and practical skills of the university's students.

Our faculty member Dr. Wong Ying-Kit with our ADS students to achieve the Bronze Prize Award at the Techno-Humanities Entrepreneurship Competition 2025. This remarkable accomplishment highlights the dedication and innovative spirit of our faculty and students in advancing interdisciplinary knowledge. The Award Ceremony for the Saint Francis Prize in Techno-Humanities (AI Humanities) 2025, and the Award Ceremony for the Techno-Humanities Entrepreneurship Competition 2025, co-organized by the Ip Ying To Lee Yu Yee School of Humanities and Languages and the Lions Youth Innovation and Technology Foundation (LYITF). Both hosted by Saint Francis University.

Congratulations to ADS students who have achieved the prestigious President's List for the 2025 ceremony! This remarkable accomplishment reflects your hard work, dedication, and commitment to academic excellence. Your determination and perseverance have truly set you apart, and we are proud to celebrate your achievements. Keep striving for greatness, as this is just the beginning of your bright futures!

Department of Applied Data Science students participated in the prestigious JUCC × IBM watsonx GenAI Hackathon held at The University of Hong Kong Centennial Campus on 18 October 2025, under the supervision of ADS faculty member Dr. Muhammad Azhar, and became finalists.

2025年6月6日到7日，應用數據科學學系學生會3位代表同學參加了博鰲亞洲論壇國際科技與創新論壇2025年香港會議。本次會議由博鰲亞洲論壇與香港特別行政區政府共同主辦，是該論壇首次在香港舉辦，標誌著香港在推動國際科技創新合作方面邁出了重要一步。在應用數據科學系會籌備委員會與香港菁英會的合作下，應用數據科學系會籌備委員會為本系學生爭取到了3個名額。本屆會議以「科技引領未來，創新驅動轉型」為主題，同時香港論壇的討論亦聚焦於「善用香港內聯外通優勢，促進全球創新協作」。會議吸引了約800名來自海內外的頂尖專家、學者、政商領袖及國際組織代表，共同探討全球科技創新的發展現狀、挑戰與未來趨勢。

We are excited to announce that two BSc-ADS students, Zhang Ziljian and Chung Ze-kin, have been awarded scholarships under the Self-financing Post-secondary Scholarship Scheme (SPSS) in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements. They proudly participated in the SPSS Presentation Ceremony 2025 held in May. Congratulations to Zhang and Chung for their remarkable accomplishments!

We are proud to announce that the results of the 2025 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) have been officially released, and our Applied Data Science program has achieved a significant milestone. This year, two teams from our department participated in this prestigious international competition, both earning the Successful Participant award. This accomplishment highlights our students’ strong academic abilities and outstanding teamwork. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Dr. Muhammad AZHAR, who served as the advisor for both teams.

The Outstanding Performance Scholarship (OPS) goes to CHUNG, Ze Kin, while the Reaching Out Award (ROA) is awarded to ZHANG, Linjing; ZHANG, Zijian; LIAO, Wenxuan; LIU, Junhe; and KUANG, Xiurong. The Department sincerely appreciates these students for their hard work and excellence in performance.

We are thrilled to share great news about our student Zhang Jijian with his achievement at the 35th HKSYU Athletics Meet! With the persistence, discipline, and determination, Zhang has brought pride to our department with three prizes:

On January 25th, during the finals of the 2024 Open Data Hackathon, a team of four undergraduate students from the Department of Applied Data Science (ADS) received the "Best Innovation Award" for their project titled "Flavour Fusion."

Congratulations to ADS students who have achieved the prestigious President's List for the 2024 ceremony! This remarkable accomplishment reflects your hard work, dedication, and commitment to academic excellence. Your determination and perseverance have truly set you apart, and we are proud to celebrate your achievements. Keep striving for greatness, as this is just the beginning of your bright futures!

On October 19, 2024, two teams of four talented students from the Applied Data Science (ADS) department stole the show at the Art Tech event, sweeping excellence awards in the AI Image Generation competition and VR Art Therapy Competition, and making it to the finals!

We are pleased to share a great news that a team of three Year 2 ADS students, were awarded Third prize (三等獎) in the university sector of the Sixth TipDM Cup Data Analysis Skills Competition co-organized by TipDM and National University Big Data Education Alliance.

SYU ADS students won the potential prize in Huawei ICT Competition 2023-24 Hong Kong. The Huawei ICT Competition is supported by 11 tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, with nearly 900 students participating.

由龍傳基金和香港青年協會舉辦的龍匯100活動已於2023年8月順利完成，本活動是從世界各地挑選一百位傑出華裔青年，匯集於香港並訪問大中華地區，探索中國文化、發展及相關議題，藉以加強相互交流，建立聯繫網絡。

香港樹仁大學應用數據科學學系推薦的兩位同學，王家浩Hans及李幸子April 從眾多申請者中能成功入圍參加交流活動，

Three team of Year 1 ADS students received Merit Award in Hong Kong Macau Innovation Design Match. They received their awards in the award presentation ceremony in Oct-2023.

香港樹仁大學舉行「2022-2023年度校監優異成績榜」頒獎禮（President’s List Ceremony），表揚在2022/2023學年考獲平均積點3.5或以上的一至三年級學生。今屆合共124名學生獲嘉許。

應用數據科學學系亦有兩名學生得獎, 分別為 二年級的 曾子健 和 郝雅軒 同學。

A team of six Year 1 ADS students received Brand Award in Hong Kong Creative PR Competition 2023. This year, the number of participants is over 400. In the competition, each team need to design a PR campaign for a brand in Hong Kong. The ADS student team worked for Prologic Robotics Ltd. ADS students received the Brand Award and PR Talent Award.

Hans, a first-year student of the Department of Applied Data Science at HKSYU, worked as an electronic product design assistant at GoPro (International) LTD from June to July this year. This internship experience made Hans have a fulfilling and meaningful summer vacation.

ADS Year 1 students presented 3 papers in Positive Technology International Conference during 27 to 30-June-2023.

We are here to gladly announce some outstanding achievements by our ADS students in 2023 summer. The department will continue to support and encourage our students.