“Smart city” is a global development trend, and with the current wave of digital transformation, the importance of cybersecurity is increasingly prominent. To meet the market's demand for IT talent, IVE has enriched the curriculum and upgraded teaching facilities. More than that, actively collaborated with the industry to provide a variety of practical experiences for the new generation of IT professionals. On 17 June 2023, IVE Information Technology Discipline co-organized the "Greater Bay Area Cybersecurity Competition 2023", with cybersecurity solutions leader - H3C. The competition garnered the participation of 13 tertiary education institutions in the region. It aims to promote cybersecurity awareness, strengthen competitors’ knowledge and understanding of incident response and threat intelligence, and most importantly, nurture the next generation of cybersecurity professionals in GBA.

The "Greater Bay Area Cybersecurity Competition 2023" was held at the Cybersecurity Centre in IVE Chai Wan campus, bringing together 13 teams of tertiary education students from Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Macau. Participants need to complete the designated security operation challenge tasks and submit the answer. The challenges included but are not limited to investigating the log files, reviewing server configuration, etc. The competition allowed students majoring in cybersecurity aspect in the Greater Bay Area to apply their cybersecurity skills & techniques, strengthen their response to cybersecurity incidents and also their soft skills in handling network attacks. Meanwhile, this platform also promoted exchanges and mutual improvement among students in the Greater Bay Area on up-to-date cybersecurity technologies, enhancing cybersecurity awareness and a positive attitude towards active learning.

More information:
IVE與H3C合辦大灣區網絡安全大賽 粵港澳IT學生拓實戰經驗
https://bit.ly/44EokwJ

In the recent Google Cloud Summit, IVE IT joined forces with Google Cloud to cultivate the next generation of tech talent with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the digital age in Hong Kong.

Through this collaboration, IVE students will have access to the latest cloud technology teaching materials through 200 Google Cloud courses, including AI and cloud infrastructure, and gain a deeper understanding of various Google Cloud technologies. As part of the Google Cloud Skills Boost program, they can also learn about generative AI in seven new free courses and earn industry-approved certificates.

We're excited to be working with Google Cloud to empower Hong Kong's tech talent and pave the way for a smarter, more digital future.

More information:
Google Cloud 夥IVE、VTC 推出 AI 課程育本地人才
https://bit.ly/3DcGz09

IVE Information Technology Discipline is always dedicated to cultivating IT professionals for society and equipping students with practical skills and an innovative mindset. On June 16 2023, IVE IT Discipline held the Graduation Project Exhibition 2023, displaying 50 outstanding graduate projects. The exhibits ranged from Virtual Reality to Art Technology, showcasing a wide variety of projects. The exhibition provided graduates with an opportunity to display their work to the public and offered a platform for interaction between various sectors. The Guest of Honour, the Honourable Duncan CHIU, Legislative Council Member (Technology and Innovation) of the HKSAR, was pleased to see the graduates being favoured by the industry. He expressed his hope that IVE would continue to nurture talent and promote further progress in Hong Kong's IT sector.

The Vocational Training Council, in collaboration with OpenACC organization and NVIDIA, is hosting the Hong Kong AI for Science Bootcamp for a day on 28 June.

During this bootcamp, participants will learn how to apply AI tools, techniques, and algorithms to real-life problems.

You will study the core concepts of Deep Neural Networks, how to build Deep Learning models, as well as how to measure and improve the accuracy of your models.

You will also learn essential data pre-processing techniques to ensure a robust Machine Learning pipeline.

This bootcamp has a hands-on learning experience where you will be guided through step-by-step instructions with teaching assistants on hand to help throughout.

This bootcamp will be delivered in Hybrid Mode. We will contact you directly to notify and provide the participation details once received your application

•             VTC Innovation & Technology Co-creation Centre (for Face-to-face with technical support)

•             Microsoft Teams (Online)

The language used in the bootcamp is English. Chinese explanation will be offered to applicate joining face-to-face mode.

Please apply and find more details on OpenHackathons - BootCamps: https://www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0C5e000007ZZnfEAG/se000195

IVE IT Discipline students participated in various industry competitions and performed outstanding achievements in the past several months.

1.      The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards

The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA Awards) is an international awards program. By providing networking and product benchmarking opportunities to ICT innovators and entrepreneurs in the region, the program is designed to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity, promote economic and trade relations, facilitate technology transfer, and offer business matching opportunities via exposure to venture capitalists and investors. Our students won Merit Award in categories of Student – Tertiary Technology and Student – Tertiary Applications respectively.

Following with the end of COVID era, travel clearance between Hong Kong and Mainland has resumed normally in progress. With a more convenient environment at this moment for cooperation between HK and Chinese Mainland, we're thrilled to announce the successful launch of the Vocational and Professional Education Services (Shenzhen) Company Limited (VPES) – Innovation and Technology Co-creation Centre (ITCC) in Shenzhen, China. VPES-ITCC is poised to provide VPET services to students, teachers, and industrial partners in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), heralding a new era of educational innovation and collaboration.

With the acceleration of digitalization driven by the pandemic, an increasing number of industries are applying innovative technologies to their operations to reduce costs and enhance customer experience, bringing more attention to information security and the need for investing in its improvement. In response to this, IVE Information Technology discipline has established the Cybersecurity Centre to cultivate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The centre aims to provide quality and professional cybersecurity education and to raise public awareness of cybersecurity culture and importance, thus enhancing the cybersecurity level in Hong Kong.

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- 專為相關高級文憑/副學士畢業生而設，夥拍備受國際認可大學 UWE, Bristol

- 課程已獲資歷架構第 5 級#，學歷等同本地大學學士學位，同時獲英國認可

- 扣減 NMTSS 或 CEF 資助^後，學費最低 $46,660 (全日制一年)/ $55,400 (兼讀制十八個月)

IVE IT Discipline students participated in various industry competitions and performed outstanding achievement in the past several months.