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Course Introduction
The HKU Musketeers Foundation Data Science Institute (HKU IDS) has launched the inaugural “HKU Advanced Technology Fellowship Programme” (“The Programme”). The Programme aims to nurture a robust talent pool of innovative technology leaders, equipping them with the necessary skills to navigate the dynamic, AI-driven industrial landscape. Leveraging the University’s leading position in sci-technological research among higher education institutions in Asia and in the globe, the initiative realizes HKU IDS’s mission to facilitate institutional collaboration, and to turn data science into innovation and technological developments that benefit society, particularly in Hong Kong and mainland China.
This Programme comprises of 10 comprehensive modules, harnessing the pinnacle of scientific and technological resources from HKU and prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and the National University of Singapore. The major objective of the Programme is to offer entrepreneurial fellows a wider spectrum of learning experiences that amalgamate the progression of industry, scientific research, and business strategies, thus enable them to become more internationally competitive.
Throughout this Programme, students will have the unique chance to engage in profound interactions with globally recognized entrepreneurs, data scientists and academic mentors in various areas ranging from business, biomedicine and health, smart societies and new technology development in AI and emerging cutting-edge fields.
Course Features – From A to E
Advanced technological landscapes and strategies: Senior mentors from academia to lead thematic research.
Beyond innovation: Practical site-visits and research in partnering enterprises.
Cutting-edge ecosystem at a glance: Aggregation of innovation and sci-tech resources tailored for current needs of enterprises.
Devoting into novel data science research topics: Lectures and mentorship given by top scientists and academicians who are leading in the fields.
Earning and gaining: To be awarded the “Corporate Researcher” certificate by HKU IDS.
Module 1: Hong Kong
AI Empowerment: Reshaping the Development Blueprint for New Quality Productive Forces
Module 2: Hong Kong
Leading the Future: FinTech and Web 3.0
Module 3: Hong Kong
Global Capital: Empowering New Developments in Innovation and Technology
Module 4: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area
Energy Revolution: Green Transformation for Carbon Neutrality-leading Enterprises
Module 5: Hong Kong
Cutting-Edge Technology: New Paradigms in Biomedicine and Health Business Intelligence Development
Module 6: Yangtze River Delta
Industry Outlook: AI Intelligence and Data Assets
Module 7: Hong Kong
International Perspective: AI-Driven New Industrial Revolution
Overseas Module: USA
Landscape of Global Business Environment
Overseas Module: Middle East
New Engines of Innovation and Growth
Overseas Module: Southeast Asia
New Patterns of Asia-Pacific Business Environment and the “Go-Global” Strategies
* The above course content is for reference only. The final course content will be subject to actual arrangements by our academic mentors and HKU IDS reserves the right to changes and amendments.
Programme Details
Start date: December 2024
Locations: Hong Kong / The Greater Bay Area/ Yangtze River Delta
Overseas module: United States / Middle East / Southeast Asia
Duration of study: 26 months, with 20 months of core modules and 6 months for N modules + research repor
Course fees: Please send an enquiry to HKU IDS for more details at (atfp@hku.hk)
Medium of instruction: Chinese & English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Teaching method: Face-to-face
Target Audience
Directors or leaders of large companies in high-tech industries
Investors with strategic vision on industrial investment and landscape
Traditional entrepreneurs who plan to transition to high-tech industries
Financiers who are keen on emerging industrial development and investment opportunities
Fellowship Certificate
Upon completion of the Programme, which includes a thesis evaluation, HKU IDS will officially award the HKU Advanced Technology Fellowship Certificate.
The list of awarded fellows will be announced on the official website of HKU IDS, as a recognition of their outstanding achievements.
As our esteemed Corporate Researcher, the fellow will be given an opportunity to gain additional consultation on research development by collaborating with academic mentors from various faculties at HKU on technology transfer and investment, including priority access to academic resources such as passes to academic activities hosted by HKUIDS.
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HKU Advanced Technology Fellowship Programme
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Leading Instructors
Z. Max SHEN
Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research),
Chair Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Managemen
Dean, Graduate SchoolThe University of Hong Kong
Yi MA
Director, HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science
Inaugural Director, School of Computing and Data Science
Chair of Artificial Intelligence
The University of Hong Kong
Zexiang LI
Director, Hong Kong Center for Construction Robotics
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The list of leading instructors is continuously updated and ranked in no particular order.
Academic Instructors
Chi-Ming CHE
Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences & Professor
Chair of Chemistry
Member, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Associate, Natural Academy of Sciences (USA)
Founding Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Paul Kwong Hang Tam
Vice President of Macau University of Science and Technology
Chair of Paediatric Surgery, The University of Hong Kong
Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Former Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
Ning XI
Head, Department of Data and Systems Engineering
Chair Professor of Robotics and Automation
Director of Emerging Technologies Institute
The University of Hong Kong
Dongyan JIN
Clara and Lawrence Fok Professor in Precision Medicine
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
Associate Director (Grants and Collaborations), School of Biomedical Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
The list of academic instructors is continuously updated and ranked in no particular order.
Industrial Instructors
The list of industry mentors is continuously updated and ranked in no particular order.
Emerging Technology Leaders
The list of instructors above is continuously updated and ranked in no particular order.
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RPg Students
Supporting Staff
Research
Frontier Research
IDS Research Seed Funds
Research Assistant Professor Scheme
Collaboration: Shanghai AI Lab
Awards
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Research Postgraduate Programme
Summer Programme for UG
Summer Programmes for PG
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Application
Via referral or invitation; applicant should submit the completed Application Form to the programme team.
Application Form
Interview
Shortlisted applicants will receive an interview notification. The applicant must attend the on-site interview in person.
Evaluation
The programme team will further assess the application based on the submitted material and interview performance.
Admission
After passing the evaluation, the successful applicants will receive an admission notice and a payment notification. Applicants are required to make full payment for the tuition fee.
(in Chinese only)
Course Introduction
The HKU Musketeers Foundation Data Science Institute (HKU IDS) has launched the inaugural “HKU Advanced Technology Fellowship Programme” (“The Programme”). The Programme aims to nurture a robust talent pool of innovative technology leaders, equipping them with the necessary skills to navigate the dynamic, AI-driven industrial landscape. Leveraging the University’s leading position in sci-technological research among higher education institutions in Asia and in the globe, the initiative realizes HKU IDS’s mission to facilitate institutional collaboration, and to turn data science into innovation and technological developments that benefit society, particularly in Hong Kong and mainland China.
This Programme comprises of 10 comprehensive modules, harnessing the pinnacle of scientific and technological resources from HKU and prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and the National University of Singapore. The major objective of the Programme is to offer entrepreneurial fellows a wider spectrum of learning experiences that amalgamate the progression of industry, scientific research, and business strategies, thus enable them to become more internationally competitive.
Throughout this Programme, students will have the unique chance to engage in profound interactions with globally recognized entrepreneurs, data scientists and academic mentors in various areas ranging from business, biomedicine and health, smart societies and new technology development in AI and emerging cutting-edge fields.
Course Features – From A to E
- Advanced technological landscapes and strategies: Senior mentors from academia to lead thematic research.
- Beyond innovation: Practical site-visits and research in partnering enterprises.
- Cutting-edge ecosystem at a glance: Aggregation of innovation and sci-tech resources tailored for current needs of enterprises.
- Devoting into novel data science research topics: Lectures and mentorship given by top scientists and academicians who are leading in the fields.
- Earning and gaining: To be awarded the "Corporate Researcher" certificate by HKU IDS.

- Module 1: Hong Kong
- Module 2: Hong Kong
- Module 3: Hong Kong
- Module 4: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area
- Module 5: Hong Kong
- Module 6: Yangtze River Delta
- Module 7: Hong Kong
- Overseas Module: USA
- Overseas Module: Middle East
- Overseas Module: Southeast Asia
Programme Details
Start date: December 2024
Locations: Hong Kong / The Greater Bay Area/ Yangtze River Delta
Overseas module: United States / Middle East / Southeast Asia
Duration of study: 26 months, with 20 months of core modules and 6 months for N modules + research repor
Course fees: Please send an enquiry to HKU IDS for more details at (atfp@hku.hk)
Medium of instruction: Chinese & English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Teaching method: Face-to-face
Target Audience
- Directors or leaders of large companies in high-tech industries
- Investors with strategic vision on industrial investment and landscape
- Traditional entrepreneurs who plan to transition to high-tech industries
- Financiers who are keen on emerging industrial development and investment opportunities
Fellowship Certificate
- Upon completion of the Programme, which includes a thesis evaluation, HKU IDS will officially award the HKU Advanced Technology Fellowship Certificate.
- The list of awarded fellows will be announced on the official website of HKU IDS, as a recognition of their outstanding achievements.
- As our esteemed Corporate Researcher, the fellow will be given an opportunity to gain additional consultation on research development by collaborating with academic mentors from various faculties at HKU on technology transfer and investment, including priority access to academic resources such as passes to academic activities hosted by HKUIDS.
Leading Instructors

Chair Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Managemen
Dean, Graduate SchoolThe University of Hong Kong

Inaugural Director, School of Computing and Data Science
Chair of Artificial Intelligence
The University of Hong Kong

Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Academic Instructors

Chair of Chemistry
Member, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Associate, Natural Academy of Sciences (USA)
Founding Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

Chair of Paediatric Surgery, The University of Hong Kong
Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Former Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong

Chair Professor of Robotics and Automation
Director of Emerging Technologies Institute
The University of Hong Kong

Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
Associate Director (Grants and Collaborations), School of Biomedical Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Industrial Instructors




Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong





Foreign Member of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

Founder, Amperex Technology Limited

Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures

Vice Chairman and Executive Director, China Wanxiang Holdings Ltd.

Co-founder, Fosun Group

Vice Chairman of the Youth Union of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emerging Technology Leaders




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