Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electronic Systems and Internet-of-Things with a Secondary Major in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Aims and Characteristics

Programme Aims

  
This programme consists of the following programmes. Students admitted to the Scheme study together during the first year and then complete their preferred programme, normally within three years. Under this arrangement, students can make their choice after they have obtained a better understanding of the programmes. 

Electronic Systems and Internet-of-Things (IoT) are among the key technologies that play important roles in modern-day living. Various sectors, including business, commerce, communication, education, entertainment, healthcare and transportation, require Electronic Systems and IoT for efficient operation.  The programme aims to develop graduates with a wide range of professional knowledge and skills relevant to Electronic Systems and Internet-of-Things (IoT). The programme covers leading-edge technologies in electronic engineering, with a focus on IoT and related applications. These include artificial intelligence of things, robotics, sensor technologies, electronic devices and their associated software to sense, measure, interpret, connect and analyse data.

Programme Characteristics

The option of Secondary Major in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) is available to the students of BEng (Hons) in Electronic Systems and Internet-of-Things (ESIoT):
 
Features
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are the prevalent technologies across various disciplines and have become a standard approach to enriching business, advancing technology and achieving breakthroughs in virtually all fields. The Department is fully aware of the opportunities and challenges brought about by the new economy and believes that it is indispensable for the next generation of the workforce to possess expertise in AIDA and IoT, which is a fast-developing field throughout the world and for which Hong Kong has a pressing need for workers, as encapsulated in the Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint 2.0 published by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
 
The curriculum of BEng (Hons) in ESIoT aims to develop students’ fundamental discipline-specific knowledge in IoT and generic competencies in a professional context. These include artificial intelligence of things, robotics, sensor technologies, electronic devices and their associated software to sense, measure, interpret, connect and analyse data. Foundation computer science and statistics subjects will provide the basis for the study of AI. Students will take upper-level AI subjects designed in the Secondary Major to enable them to integrate AIDA skills into the study of BEng (Hons) in ESIoT. 
 
A key feature of this Secondary Major is the Integrated Capstone Project (ICP) requirement that students will undertake in their final years of study. Students are expected to identify a project topic with a supervisor in IoT and a co-supervisor with AI expertise. Students need to work under both supervisors and demonstrate their knowledge in both IoT and AIDA in the project. Through the project, students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge learned in various subjects in IoT and AIDA to solve practical problems, develop an in-depth understanding of the technologies involved and be inspired to innovate new solutions and technologies that will contribute to the advancement of the IoT and AIDA fields.

Remarks
Studying for a Secondary Major is a free choice by students and is not mandatory. Only students with a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or above may be considered for Secondary Major enrolment. This Secondary Major may stipulate additional selection criteria for admission and is subject to quota availability. The details on selecting a Secondary Major will be announced in semester two of the first year of study.