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A Robot Sharing Event in SUSS (Singapore) 2024

An AI Robot for SpLDs (Special Learning Disabilities) to adapt to new environment.

A Robot Sharing Event in SUTD (Singapore) 2023 & 2024

An AI Robot for SENs (Special Education Needs) to learn Chinese and English in SUTD Language and Social Cognition Lab.

A Good Chat with the Deputy Prime Minister in Singapore 2023

The software is on the robots that help students with dyslexia by using AI to provide early intervention and make learning easier!

Had a good chat with Gabby, a PhD student from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who is here on exchange at SUTD Singapore University of Technology & Design as a visiting research fellow. Her software are on the robots in front of us! They help students with dyslexia by using AI to provide early intervention and make learning easier!

(MCI Photo by Chwee)

HKUST MTLE 5001 (2023)

Detail: AI in Education

Target: Undergraduate

Topic: Design Thinking and AI in Education

Cyberport x HKCSS (2023)

Detail: Smart City for All – Inclusive Challenges

Target: Social workers and NGOs

Social Entreprise Summit (2022)

Detail: Smart City for All – Inclusive Challenges

Target: Social workers, NGOs, and startups

Department of Management and Marketing – PolyU 2022

Detail: Opportunities and Challenges in Entrepreneurship

Target: Management and marketing students

Cyberport Education Expo 2022

Detail: 以創新科技支援特殊需要學生 (Using innovative technology to support students with special learning disabilities)

Target: The publics and educators

HKUST Start-up Showcase 2022

Detail: To promote startups ecosystem

Target: Investors, guests, university staff and students

HKEX – Social Entrepreneur Summit 2022

Detail: Small Technology – Connectivity and Accessibility for ALL

Target: Government officers, management team in HKEX foundation, and staff in HKEX.

YMCA 2021

Detail: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurial Path, How to Communicate with Technical Team

Target: YMCA Staff

HK Science and Technology Park 2020

Detail: Entrepreneurial Path & From Pre-Incubation to Incubation

Target: proposed entrepreneurs and startups

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Women Entrepreneurs Exhibition 2024

Women Entrepreneurs Exhibition: Step into a world of innovation and inspiration at our exhibition showcasing the achievements of pioneering women entrepreneurs. Discover the stories behind their ground-breaking ventures and be inspired by their tenacity and creativity.

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Stories – Deep Learning Technology for Dyslexia 2024

Development and Results:

  1. Completed pilot tests in multiple schools with 1000 data collection
  2. Applied patent to protect the business
  3. Modify the UI and UX to improve usability
  4. Develop a new product — Boon Boon

AIS Alumnus and Students Received Accolades at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2023

AI Robot for SENs – HKICT Student Innovation Bronze Award

Congratulations to our ISD Alumni FUNG Ka Yan (Gabby) in receiving the HKICT Student Innovation Award in 2023, recognizing her project on AI Robot for SENs, which provides a training solution for students with specific learning difficulties (SpLDs) in the early stage.

Digital Economy Summit 2023

Detail: Smart Living

Target: Government officers and public

Topic: Smart Living (Education Technology)

IIP Student Designed Award-winning AI Dyslexia Pre-screening System

MSc(TLE) Almuni won HKICT Award 2022

Congratulations to Gabby FUNG, PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Human Computer Interaction), for receiving the following awards with her team’s AI Dyslexia Pre-screening System:

  • HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2022: HKUST Student Team Award
  • 2022 Qianhai-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (HK Tertiary Division): Golden Award
  • The 17th ‘Challenge Cup’ National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest: Second Prize
  • Hong Kong ICT Awards 2022: ICT Startup (Social Impact) Certificate of Merit
  • ASSETS Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship: DEI award

HKUST Student Team Award

Team Name:  AI Dyslexia Pre-screening System
Focus Area(s): Social Services & Enterprise 
Brief Description: We are from AI Dyslexia Pre-screening System.

AI literacy and screening to help primary school students early in 2022 (Hong Kong Economic Times)

Target: The public

HKSTP Exhibition (2022)

Detail: To demo the AI dyslexia training app

Target: The public, investors and university management team

The finals of the 2020 Young Social Entrepreneurship Program were announced and Chinese team Gabby won

The final results of the “Young Social Entrepreneurship Program 2020” (YSE) organized by the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) have been announced recently. In the end, six teams won: Canfem and International Changemaker Olympiad from India, Fempreneur Secret from Singapore, Gabi from Hong Kong, China, Neurafarm from Indonesia and Safewheel from Bangladesh.

Singapore International Foundation 2020 Young Social Entrepreneurship Program Announced

After an 8-month series of activities including online learning, cross-sector exchanges and online mentoring, 14 teams (composed of 27 young change-makers) were shortlisted for the 2020 Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) Program of the Singapore International Foundation (SIF). (composed of entrepreneurs) once again gathered online to participate in the finals with the theme of “Pitching for Change” and presented their social enterprise concepts to the jury in detail.

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