1 6/8/2007 Prof. Victor O.K. Li Department of EEE The University of Hong Kong Information Engineering (InfoE) 訊息工程

2 6/8/2007 Mission of InfoE Produce the future leaders in Information Technology

3 6/8/2007 What is Information Engineering? Information engineering is concerned with the processing, transmission, management and retrieval of information. Information systems are indispensable in modern societies E.g. electronic banking, e-commerce, mobile data networks, logistics and bio-informatics.

4 6/8/2007 What is Information Engineering? Information Processing Information: Speech, Image, Video, Data … Processing: Compression, Encryption, Speech Recognition … Information Transmission Transmission media: Cables, Optical Fiber, Wireless … Communications systems: Modulation Techniques, Signal Processing, Coding … Communications networks: Protocols, Routing, Switching … Information Systems Computer systems: Organization, Programming, Database, Security … Analogue/digital systems: Analogue and Digital Circuits, VLSI, embedded Systems … Business & Management Skills

5 6/8/2007 Objectives of InfoE Specialized practical skills for the IT industries Theoretical knowledge for further studies in IT General and specialized business skills

6 6/8/2007 Program Structure Overview All subject-related courses are grouped into the following 8 Subject Groups: A. Communications Systems B. Signal Processing and Systems C. Circuits & Electronics D. Computer Systems, Software & IT Applications E. Business and Management for the IT Industry F. Mathematics G. Complementary Studies H. Others

7 6/8/2007 Key persons you should know InfoE Program Director: Prof. Victor O.K. Li InfoE Program Co- Director: Dr. Lawrence Yeung InfoE Enrolment Coordinator: Dr. Vincent Tam

8 6/8/2007 InfoE Employment Situation in 2006 BEng(InfoE)HKU Overall (2005) Employed92%79% Unemployed seeking F/T job0%0.6% Further Studies8%20% Emigrated/Returned to home country 0%0.1% Not seeking F/T job0%0.7% Data prepared by the HKU Careers Education and Placement Centre ( )

9 6/8/2007 Employment Sectors (2005)

10 6/8/2007 Time Taken to Secure Employment % of new graduates who have secured employment By the end of May or before 37%33% 17% June 42%58% 36% July 63%79% 64% August 74%94% 78% September 90%94% 89% October 100%97% 94% November 97% 100% December 100% % of new graduates who have secured employment By the end of May or before 37%33% 17% June 42%58% 36% July 63%79% 64% August 74%94% 78% September 90%94% 89% October 100%97% 94% November 97% 100% December 100%

11 6/8/2007 Names of Employers and Job Titles (2005) EmployersJob Titles Community, Social & Personal Services - Hong Kong Trade Development Council- Marketing Officer (Executive Trainee) Commerce and Industry - 4 G Xerox- Sales Graduate Trainee - 8Company Limited- IT Officer - Bank of China- Business Analysts - Bank of China (HK)- IT Officer Trainee - Beauchamp Financial Technology- Support and Implementation Consultant - Canon (HK) Ltd.- Office Solution Trainee - Chemtax Industrial Co. Ltd- Sales Trainee -Citigroup- Securities Operation Professional - COL Ltd- Programmer -Dragonair- Pilot

12 6/8/2007 Names of Employers and Job Titles (2005) EmployersJob Titles Commerce and Industry (continued) - Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC- Product Control - Hang Seng Bank Limited- Officer - IBM China/Hong Kong- Business Consultant Trainee - iPartner Ltd. - ITApps Limited- Customer Support Trainee - PCCW-HKT Ltd.- IT Graduate Trainee - Sirius Technology Limited- Sales and Technical Consultant - Teleplan Service Solutions Limited- Production Supervisor - Times Software Ltd- Associate Engineering Consultant

13 6/8/2007 BEng(InfoE) BEng(EE) BEng(CE) BEng(EComE) Average$14,471 $11,391 $12,929 $10,411 $13,170 $11,781 $13,343 $10,568 Min. $10,000 $8,000 $10,183 $8,000 $8,500 $8,500 $10,200 $8,000 Max. $25,000 $22,000$18,308 $15,000 $23,000 $18,000 $20,167$18,500 BEng(InfoE) BEng(EE) BEng(CE) BEng(EComE) Average$14,471 $11,391 $12,929 $10,411 $13,170 $11,781 $13,343 $10,568 Min. $10,000 $8,000 $10,183 $8,000 $8,500 $8,500 $10,200 $8,000 Max. $25,000 $22,000$18,308 $15,000 $23,000 $18,000 $20,167$18,500 Gross Salary

Electrical & Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong 14 Welcome to HKU EEE Department ! You have made the right choice to come to HKU, and to the EEE Department and to the InfoE Program!