Honors & Awards

A selection of scholarships, research awards, competition results, and leadership recognitions from my studies in Hong Kong and the United States.

Research Awards

Teresa Noel Urban Blaurock Student Research Award — University of Michigan, School of Information · 2026 (one of 13 UMSI student researchers awarded)
Mr. Lui Ming Fong Memorial Scholarship — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2024 (×2, for publications at KSEM 2024 and CogSci 2024)

UMSI Internship Fund — University of Michigan, School of Information · 2026
HKSAR Government Scholarship — HKSAR Government · 2022 (top recipients)
EDPS Innovation Scholarship (HK$20,000) — EDPS · 2025
HKSAR Talent Development Scholarship — HKSAR Government · 2024, 2025 (×2)
Computer Science Department Alumni Scholarship — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2023
Study Abroad Full Scholarship, McGill University (HK$100,000) — HKBU, Department of Computer Science · 2023
Sir Tseng Chi Lu Scholarship — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2023 (highest Year 1 cGPA, mainland students)
Community of Christian Leaders Scholarship — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2023
Dr. Yan Sze Kwan Memorial Scholarship — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2023
Mr. & Mrs. Lau Chor Tak Scholarship for Outstanding Mainland Students — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2022

ETHGlobal Brussels — World Top 10 Finalist (Top Award), Best Overall Use Case of TLSNotary, Best Use of Arbitrum — ETHGlobal · 2024 (top 10 of 365 teams, 1,500+ participants)
Mathematical Contest in Modeling — Meritorious Winner — COMAP · 2023 (top 2–7% of 11,296 teams)
AI x HK Open AI Cup — Champion & Best Innovation Award — Hong Kong Society of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics · 2023
Yuren Cup Greater Bay Area Youth Public Service Innovation Competition — First Prize — Guangdong YU Foundation · 2024
Gold Award — China Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Digital Economy Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition — China Chamber of International Commerce · 2024
World Asian Case Competition — World's Top 10 Case Winners — Academy of Asian Business · 2022
Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) Prototyping Award — Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU · 2024
HKSTP Ideation Grant — Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks · 2024
Start-up Saturday Champion — HKBU Career Centre · 2023
Techstars Startup Weekend — Market Validation Award — HKBU · 2024

Student Organization of the Year 2025–26 — University of Michigan, School of Information · 2026
HKBU Outstanding Student Leaders Award — Hong Kong Baptist University · 2025 (top ~0.1%, up to 6 students annually)
Providence Foundation Outward Bound Leadership Training Award — Outward Bound Hong Kong · 2023