only knowledge about computers and their applications, but also how computers facilitate knowledge discovery and knowledge management in our daily lives.

In order to educate modern IT talents for Hong Kong industries, our overall programme emphasizes three major training focuses for IT: Integration Technology, Intelligence Technology, and Interactive Technology. Seeing IT as an integration technology, we designed courses in service oriented computing and service integration technologies. Seeing IT as an intelligence technology, we provided courses in autonomous agent systems, machine intelligence, and knowledge learning and discovery. Seeing IT as an interactive technology, we offered courses in interactive computer networking games, multimedia technologies, and computer vision and pattern recognition. In pursuing the Master of Science degree in this programme, you will not only know what IT services can be specified and provided, but also understand how IT systems are developed and evaluated. If you are IT professionals, you will sharpen your technical skills and know-hows for your daily work. If you are working in IT-related industries, you will gain deeper understanding of a broad range of IT disciplines, and extend your circle of influence with the power of knowledge.

Since its establishment in 1996, our programme has experienced a successful first decade. Upon entering the second decade, our new programme in 2007 highlights four aspects of the curriculum design: flexibility, practicality, intensity, and diversity. To allow maximal flexibility for students, all eight courses for getting the Master of Science degree would change to all elective courses. The courses that will be offered each year are determined by surveying students’ preferences in advance. To strive for practicality of the programme, there are Individual Projects offered by various faculty members, which will be conducted based on mutual interests between lecturers and students. Also all classroom lectures attempt to provide practical industrial experience when deemed necessary. To achieve intensity of the curriculum, the programme is designed for two-year duration with wide a scope and solid contents in modern computer science and IT disciplines. To encourage diversity of the programme, about 20 courses are available for choices. These courses spam through various science and technology areas, and they are offered by more than 30 faculty members within the Computer Science & Engineering Department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.