COMP Year 2 Students Win Top Honours at HackTheEast 2026

Five Year 2 undergraduate students from the Department of Computing achieved outstanding results at HackTheEast 2026, one of Hong Kong’s largest student-led inter-university AI hackathons, held from 28 February to 1 March 2026.

HackTheEast 2026 was a hackathon where participants designed, implemented, and demonstrated functional AI solutions to address real-world challenges across all domains, including education, finance, legal, and insurance. Guided by industry mentors and equipped with modern AI development tools, teams competed for prizes, recognition, and internship opportunities from leading technology companies. Collaborated with team members from other local universities, the following COMP undergraduate students contributed to two winning projects in the hackathon:

Project: VibeQA

Award: Second Runner-up & HKUST Innovation Award

COMP Team members:

• LE Phan Trung Quoc
• NGUYEN Thi Minh Phuong

VibeQA is an AI-powered quality assurance tool designed to help developers catch issues that AI coding assistants often miss. While AI tools can generate code quickly, they may overlook critical aspects such as security checks, error handling, and user experience. VibeQA automatically scans code repositories and tests applications in a real browser environment, then generates clear, actionable feedback along with suggested fixes, helping teams improve reliability, security, and usability.

Project: EDU Oasis

Award: RevisionDojo Award

COMP Team members:

• SO Lok Hei Daniel
• NGAI Torres Pui Hong
• ZHAO Chenxi

EDU Oasis is an AI-based web learning platform that transforms studying into an interactive 2D world. Learners move around a virtual map where different elements provide AI tutoring, quizzes to track progress, and the ability to upload teaching materials for a personalised learning experience.