
Research and creative activities enhance the quality of our faculty and the learning of our students. At the School of Technology & Computing (STC), the research and creative activities help our faculty and students be “lifelong learners.” According to an article from the UC Davis – “5 Reasons Why Undergraduates Should Do Research”, there are five benefits:
- You can explore career directions.
- You can build transferable skills and enhance resumes or curricula vitae.
- You can learn to advocate publicly and defend work.
- You can get a leg up on graduate (MS, Ph.D.) or professional school.
- You can contribute knowledge and impact the world.
I would like to add one more reason to this list – innovation and creativity can put you on a path to running your own company one day.
As you may know, the Google co-founder, Larry Page, started to explore his intellectual curiosity through undergraduate research and creative activities (https://www.eecs.umich.edu). Someday, I may have another Larry Page (Google), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple) from our CityU alumni.
Recently, three faculty members (Drs. Patrick Offor, Sion Yoon, & Sam Chung) and one student, Mr. Apiwat Chuahan, publish papers. Mr. Apiwat Chuaphan, the class of 2020, used his Computer Science Capstone course (MSCS 687) as the foundation for submitting his work to an international conference. Apiwat will present his paper at the virtual Sustainable Development & the Future conference on December 17 – 20, 2020. Congratulations Apiwat!
Journal Paper
– Offor, P. (2020). Cybersecurity Intelligence: A Novel Information Security Threat Mitigation Approach (Special Issue Digital Online First Edition), Cybersecurity Skills Journal (CKJ). National Cyberwatch Center, pp. 75-80.
Conference Paper and Presentation
– Chuaphan, A., Yoon, Y., & Chung, S. (2020). A Teaching Assistant-Like Chatbot Application. US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2020. December 14-17, 2020.
– Chung, S., & Yoh, T. (2020). Application of the Three-Layered Approach for Web Course Development and Delivery for STEM Education. US-Korea Conference (UKC). December 14-17, 2020.17