Researching the Under-Privileged at the Forefront
Dr. Gedeon J. LIM, Assistant Professor in Economics
As a development economist, Dr. Gedeon Lim has been dedicated to the study of reducing poverty and facilitating economic growth and development. He joined HKU Business School in August 2020 as an Assistant Professor in Economics. Our young and energetic Singaporean scholar is thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate and generate new knowledge with local scholars.
Speaking to Prominent Social Problems in the Changing World
Dr. Yanhui WU, Associate Professor in Economics, Management and Strategy
Born and raised in Guangdong, Dr. Yanhui Wu always has a special attachment to Hong Kong. Joining us in January 2020 as an Associate Professor in Economics and Management and Strategy, Dr. Wu sees it as a great opportunity to contribute his academic intellect for our betterment and progression.
Participating in the HKU-Accenture Business Consulting Programme
Lily Choi, BBA(Law)&LLB
The Programme provided me with valuable insights into the consulting industry through formal and informal meetings with consultants at Accenture. The final case competition and my internship at Accenture presented challenges as well as chances for me to apply the skills I had attained throughout the Programme.
Semester Internship at UBS AG
Julian Chu, BSc(QFin)
I took up a half-year internship at the investment banking division of UBS. It was one of the most fruitful internships I have had by far, during which I was given the opportunity to rotate between teams to support various M&A and capital market transactions. As a quantitative finance major, the curriculum in the University had prepared me for the technical challenges faced on the job, and its flexible study schedule was able to accommodate the gap semester I had to take.
Datax is taming the AI beast
Hinnes Lung, BBA(IS) 2017 & Kevin Wong, BBA(IS) 2018
Having discovered the arduous and time consuming data labelling process a bottleneck for most of AI projects, Hinnes Lung and Kevin Wong set up Datax, a crowd-sourced data collection & labeling platform, which can delivers high-accuracy datasets ready for AI/ML applications for corporate clients and researchers.