Alumni News = 香港科技大學校友通訊, Autumn 2000, No. 7

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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Alumni News No.6 Summer 2000 香港科技大學校友通訊 Exploring new Internet technologies 2-3 開發互聯網新技術 科大歡迎你 Welcome back to HKUST-Anytime 4科大十周年攝影比賽 HKUST 10th Anniversary Photo Competition 5校友會消息 Alumni Association News 6校友明信片 Alumni Notes

InsidethisIssue InsidethisIssue.2 Welcome Back To HKUST-Anytime Continuing and Professional Education (New!) whether you are preparing for your CFA examinations, engineering chartership, or looking for the latest IT knowledge or an executive education program, please visit the Web site of the newly established Office of Continuing and Professional Education at http www.ust.hk/ocpe. You will find links to all such programs currently available at HKUST, as well as details of the application procedures. Some programs accept online application!

A warm welcome to Class of 2000 alumni receiving Alumni News for the first time. For these new members of the

alumni family as well as all other alumni, the University is always happy to welcome you back to use the following

facilities and services, including a number of new ones, as listed below. SmartCourses Online IT Training (New!) Designed to provide a cost-effective, self-paced learning opportunity for students, staff and alumni interested in acquiring the latest IT skills, the new online SmartCourses are now being offered jointly by the Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching and the Industrial Training Center. For a fee of only $2,200, program users will have unlimited access to 190 course titles from now until 31 August 2001. These IT titles lead to Microsoft qualifications like MCSE, CNE, and other non-certification courses. Explore more for yourself at http www.ust.hk/celt/cbt/index.html, or phone CELT on 2358-6811 if you have any inquiries. HKUST Publications (New!) All alumni receive Alumni News, Genesis, and the Newsletter through mailings from HKUST. You can also choose between hardcopy or the electronic version (Please refer to the reverse of the mailing wrap for details). The

electronic version also includes other University publications, such as the Annual Report, and is available at http www.ust.hk/e-publish. Souvenir Shop (New!) Why not pay a visit to the newly refurbished Souvenir Shop? HKUST Alumni Association members enjoy exclusive discounts. Haven't joined the Alumni Association yet? Find out more from their Web site at http home.ust.hk/~al_hkust!

Library All graduates of HKUST may obtain a Library card for an annual fee of $200 or a lifetime fee of $2,000. Please apply in person at the Library's Circulation Counter. Bring your graduation diploma and one recent photo. If you are a member of the HKUST Alumni Association, and you bring your membership card with you, the first year's fee of $200 will be waived. For details, please call 2358- 6777 or check http library.ust.hk/serv/cardap.html..The Industrial Training Centre of the School of Engineering sent you a letter on 8 September 2000 to

inform you that the certificates on industrial training are available for your collection from 23 October

2000 to 20 January 2001 at the General Office of your Department. Since these certificates, training reports and logbooks are very useful proof of the practical training you have

completed during your studies at HKUST, those of you who have not yet collected them are urged to do so as

soon as possible. For inquiries, please contact the General Office of your Department.

Engineering Graduates 2000 Uncollected Certificates, Logsheets and Logbooks for Industrial Training 3Sports Facilities Open to all alumni upon presentation of a Sports Facilities User Card which can be obtained free of charge. You should apply in person at the Student Affairs Office's Amenities Service Counter on LG3. Please call 2358-6666 or check http www.ab.ust.hk/sao/sasports.htm. Career Services Alumni of HKUST are welcome to use the facilities available at the Career Center, and may contact a student counselor for individual consultation. In addition, users of alumni accounts may access the ENB job folders at http ustenb.alumni.ust.hk. When you visit the Career Center in person, do remember to bring your HKUST Alumni Association membership card or HKID card for identification purposes. Please phone 2358-8590, or check http career.ust.hk for more details. On-campus Accommodation If you have a couple of days free, or if you are coming back to attend functions or visit your friends and teachers, why not stay at the Visitor Center! Single and double rooms, suites, as well as apartments (each accommodating up to four persons) are available. As a guest of the Visitor Center, you can enjoy all the facilities offered by the University Center, including music room, quiet lounge, seminar rooms, and also the sports facilities elsewhere on campus. Call 2358- 6158 for rates and room availability. Parking All graduates as well as the general public should park their cars in the southern entrance car park. The rate is $10/hour for the first two hours, and $50/hour thereafter. If you are a member of the HKUST Alumni Association, you can present your membership card to get an extra hour at $10/hour, i.e., $10/hour for the first three hours, and $50/hour thereafter..4 PTC-G8293 as alumni, you must have a good collection of pictures capturing your footprints at HKUST. Here's a chance for you to showcase your master pieces, while sharing your memories with other members of the University. The HKUST 10th Anniversary Photo Contest is a prelude to a full range of celebration activities for our 10th anniversary in 2001. All HKUST faculty, staff, students, alumni and their family members are invited to participate. Any photos of precious memories related to the University are welcome. Contestants may enter unlimited photos in either one or both of the two categories: 1. Campus life/ People / Event 2. Landscape/ Architecture Winners will receive attractive prizes, and will have their entries put on the 10th anniversary celebration web pages. Selected entries may also be showcased in e xhibitions and publications. Deadline for submission is 1 December 2000. Don't miss it! Details of the Contest and entry forms are obtainable from (a) the web site: www.ust.hk/ptc, or (b) Office of University Development and Public Affairs (Room 1364, Lifts 13-15). For inquiries, please call Sara Wong on 2358-6308 or email sarawong@ust.hk. The Contest is jointly organized by the Office of University Development and Public Affairs, Publishing Technology Center, the Film Society HKUSTSU, and the Photographic Society HKUSTSU. Your Show Time - HKUST 10th Anniversary Photo Contest Editorial: Office of University Development and Public Affairs Contribution: HKUST Alumni Association Design and Production: Publishing Technology Center Alumni News is published quarterly by HKUST's Office of University Development and

Public Affairs to report on news and activities related to HKUST alumni. The next issue of Alumni News will be published in January 2001. Contributions from

alumni are welcome, and should be received by 20 December 2000. Send in your article to us either by fax to 2705-9119, or by email at alumni@ust.hk. (c) 2000 by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. All rights reserved.

Do you miss your old HKUST friends? Now HKUST alumni can keep in touch with each other through this section in Alumni News!

Tell us about your recent news: weddings, births, appointments, promotions, new company start-ups, further studies, moving house

etc., so that we can spread the news to your classmates. Or, if you are organizing a reunion, looking for a long-lost friend, seeking

business partners, or have read a good book, taken a nice picture during your vacation, or have a brilliant idea to share, this is the place

for you! Please send in your news to us by mail, fax or email. Fax: +852 2705-9119. Email: alumni@ust.hk. Mail: Office of University

Development and Public Affairs, 1/F, Academic Building, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Deadline for submissions for the next issue is 20 December. Greetings from Singapore ShuTin Wah ('97 CENG): It may be asurprise to some of you to hear that Iam now in Singapore. Well, Icame at very short notice, and Iwish Icould have seen all of you before Ileft. But now I'm here, studying the MBA program at the National University of Singapore. To those who are interested in a'juicy' account of my 'adventures' in Singapore, or those who wish to ask about studying or living in Singapore, please feel free to email me at fbap0064@ nus. edu. sg. There are just too many things here to tell you! Note to all HKUST alumni in Singapore: Some of my fellow HKUST alumni in Singapore and I wish to compile a contact list of all HKUST alumni who are located in Singapore. Our objective is to establish a network, so we can help each other out, meet for social gatherings, or as a means of seeking collaboration with alumni in this new country. We are also happy to answer any questions from alumni who wish to learn about Singapore. For inquiries and enrollment on the contact list, please email your name and contact details to al_sing@ust.hk or fbap0064@nus.edu.sg. We wi l l get back to you as soon as possible! Greetings from Taiwan Angelica Leung ('98 MARK): It's great to have this opportunity to send greetings to all of you. Iam currently working for Cathay Pacific Airways in Taipei as part of the management trainee program. Taiwan is avery interesting place, especially with the new government and the pending direct links between the Mainland and Taiwan, which will affect Hong Kong's status as the gateway to China. Recently Taiwan has seen amajor new wave of coffee culture. On every street there are cafes, ranging from Starbucks, IS Coffee to small family- run ones. You can sit for hours over acup of coffee or tea and read through their selections of books and magazines. Compared to Hong Kong, there are many more self- run businesses (not always chain stores) in Taiwan, which makes walking around so much more interesting. You always find something new and exciting to discover in every shop. Now alittle bit of news about the airline industry. What passengers usually see are the check- in staff and the cabin attendants. The back- office support staff are often forgotten. There are over 30 departments in Cathay Pacific, ranging from Engineering, Marketing, Personnel, Customer Relations, toInternational Affairs etc. Imagine, if you worked in one department for ayear, you would be over 50 years old when you finished the rotation. Iwould like to get in touch with alumni working at Cathay Pacific and also those in Taiwan to start amini alumni network. Iwould also appreciate being contacted by friends whom Ihave temporarily lost contact with. Please write to yaoyun@ netvigator. com. Picture of Angelica Leung taken in the Taipei Ju Ming Museum. Ju Ming is aworld- renowned sculptor whose famous Taichi and The Living World series are currently exhibited at the LG7 lawn area. 校友通訊 香港科技大學

率先推出智能個人化伺服器 開創第四代互聯網發展 互聯網的發展祇數年光境，但已經歷了多次在技術上重要的變革。由第一代的HTML 程式，只能夠為瀏覽者單向地傳遞信息；到第二代的ASP,JSP和PHP等程式，衍生出能 夠提供互動內容的網站；以至近一年才出現的應用程{????}曭A器(application server)，讓公司

可以購入整個系統，輸入產品資料後便可以立即開始其電子商貿服務。

究竟第四代互聯網的發展，又應該何去何從呢？三位有學識、理想和抱負的年青人，

在科大創業中心成立公司，現正如火如荼地努力研究，以求為這個問題提供答案。 讓我們先看看這三位科大校友的背景。物理系的 郭正光(Francis)在1998年畢業後，加入了一間叫 集信專門從事ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning)的科技 公司當客戶經理。同屆的張頌恩(Irene)於市場系畢業，起 初當過公共關系的工作，之後任職於金域假日酒店。至 於杜峻(Tobby)則今年剛完成計算機科學碩士課程。 在工餘和課餘時間，他們每星期都回到科大宿舍， 開會討論互聯網的問題。這三位校友察覺到，現今的網 站資料非常豐富，不過正是由於資料太多，令瀏覽者很 難找到自己所需的資料。 「但如果能夠有一個智能個人化伺服器(Intelligent personalization server)，了解網站瀏覽者的背景，分析他 們上網的行為和習慣等資料；在他們再次登入時，網站 便可以度身定造出他們最感興趣的資料，並顯示在他們 的主頁上。這樣豈不是能夠大大增加他們瀏覽的意欲？」 郭正光說。 在確立了這個發展目標後，他們搜集了大量的數 據，集中研究在亞洲市場，瀏覽者的文化背景、瀏覽行 為、和他們的網上消費心理之間的關係。互聯網的滲透 率在亞洲飛快增長，加上電子商務日漸普及，為這個智 能伺服器提供了無限的商機。 在科大創業 於是， Francis和Irene辭 去了原來的工作，和Tobby一 起成立雷克系統有限公司 (Radica Systems Limited)，並 在五月遷進了位於科大新翼的 創業中心。Francis專注於產品的研究，Irene負責市場推 廣，而Tobby和另外兩位程式員一起進行產品開發，再加上 另一位今年剛畢業的科大生，六個人全部都是來自科大。 在互聯網的世界裏競爭，除了嶄新的意念和先進的技 術外，時間便是最大的敵人。所以公司所有的工作都以極 速進行。在七月份，當辦公室的裝修還未完成的時候，公 司的智能伺服器產品已開始測試，準備在今年底便推出市 場。 根據他們和社會學家及心理學家的聯合研究的結果顯 示，這個智能伺服器和應用程{????}曭A器配合使用下，可以 為電子商貿網站的營業額增加達34%。 放棄一千萬風險基金 專注發展智能伺服器 原來他們在科技創業上已經不是初哥。Francis和Irene 今年初便另外成立了一{????}sIdealattice.com的公司，旗下的 公司JMWap.com更銳意發展以互聯網和無線應用協定 (WAP)為基礎的搜尋引擎。另外，他們先前又曾經創立過另 一{????}s好好味(hohomay.com)的飲食網站，更得到風險基金 承諾投資一千萬，但他們都毅然放棄這些機會，選擇專注 發展這家他們形容為「人類科技」的公司。 和其他在科大創業中心開始的公司不同的地方是，這 閒公司是完全由校友成立，沒有教授的參與。明顯地，他 們對這間公司發展產品具有百份百信心。究竟他們成功與 否當然是言之過早，但是他們這份由科大「土生土長」的企 業家精神，和對互聯網世界的遠大理想，實在令人敬佩。

開發互聯網新技術 科大歡迎你 科大十周年攝影比賽 校友會消息 校友明信片

校友〔左起〕杜峻、張頌恩和郭正光在科大創業中心成立雷克系統有限公司。 他們發展的智能伺服器，可以令電子商貿網站的營業額增加達34%。

校友會薪火相傳 每年十月至十一月間，校友會都會選出新一屆的幹事會及閣閤成員，而我們現籌組組新內閣 成員。今年畢業的新

會員中，已有約一百人表示有興趣參與校友會內閣，我們也正積極聯絡這些校友。校友會若 要爭取校友福利，

及與大學聯繫，就必要得校友支持，我們誠意邀請有意參與校友會幹事會的畢業生加入。有 意者請把聯絡資料電郵至

al_hkust@st.ust.hk或在晚上七時後致電8l00-6230與校友會職員聯絡。

在七至八月其間，校友會與有興趣組閣的校友舉辦了兩次聚會，詳細資料請瀏覽校友會網址 ，

http home.ust.hk/~al_hkust. 香港科技大學校友會於1994年成立，會員全是校友，獨立運作，並正{????}V政府註冊。

划艇隊校友會 今年端午節，划艇隊校友會參加了在沙田舉行的龍舟比賽，勇奪沙田區議會盃亞軍，並以燒 豬慶祝。校友會成立

了三年多，特地設計了一個非常漂亮的網站，網址是http home.ust.hk/~al_row，歡迎瀏 覽。

你是否很掛念你的科大舊朋友？現在大家可以透過「校友明信片」互通消息！無論你身處何 方，如果你最近結婚、添丁、轉工、升職、創業、升學、搬家 ，或者你正在組織班聚、 「尋人」、尋找工作上的合作伙伴，又或者你讀了一本好書，到某處旅行拍了一張靚相，甚 或你忽發奇想，有意跟校友分享，歡迎你把資料{????}荂C

請將稿件以郵奇、傳眞或電子郵件方{????}璁^「校友通訊」。傳眞：+852 2705-9119 ；貫子郵件：alumni@ust.hk；郵寄：香港九龍清水灣香港科技大學學術大棲一樓大學發展與公共事務處。

下期「校友通訊」的截稿日期是12月20日。