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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced its support for The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) to establish Cloud Innovation School (CIS). It is the first such school in Hong Kong, and it aims to foster the development of the startup community and prepare technology talents for the job market.

The school will focus on four areas, Cloud Computing Training and Education, Cloud Course Development, Academic Research, and Employment and Entrepreneurship Development. It will provide HSUHK students with comprehensive and practical training in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, using AWS’s cloud courses and resources, as well as HSUHK’s cross-disciplinary financial technology expertise.

AWS and Educational Institutions: Working Together

CIS is a systematic collaboration model between AWS and educational institutions. Educational institutions lead to define the teaching frameworks, while AWS is responsible for providing cloud technology and relevant educational resources. The model aims to support educational institutions to develop their academic programs and research capabilities, as well as promote entrepreneurship and innovation.

The Secretary for Education of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, said: “Higher education is the cradle of talents and helps create a strong impetus for the growth of Hong Kong. I am pleased to note that HSUHK and AWS are collaborating to set up a Cloud Innovation School, with a view to nurturing further innovation and technology talents in alignment with the policy direction of stepping up promotion of innovation and technology in Hong Kong.”

“In this digital age, AI and data science are the new trends leading us into the future, and the demand for technologically versed talent will increase exponentially. With its unique ‘Liberal + Professional’ education model, HSUHK offers students diverse, up-to-date and innovative programs,” said Professor Simon S M Ho, President at HSUHK. “By establishing the first ‘Cloud Innovation School’ in Hong Kong, our students will be able to utilise AWS’s cloud technology and educational resources and learn to work with world-leading cloud technology.

Professor Ho added: “With our small-class teaching model and excellent faculty members, we strongly believe that the Cloud Innovation School will greatly enhance the effectiveness of our teaching, further equip our students for the future, and prepare them to embrace more opportunities.”

A Commitment to Cultivating Digital Talent

“AWS has always been committed to helping cultivate digital talent through a wide variety of educational and training resources. We have trained over 100,000 cloud computing talents in Hong Kong,” said Robert Wang, Managing Director, AWS Hong Kong and Taiwan. “We are honored to work with HSUHK to bring the CIS model to Hong Kong. This collaboration marks a milestone for AWS in promoting cloud education in Hong Kong, and we hope that it can provide more practical cloud skills training for students in different professional fields.”

Focusing on Four Key Areas

The collaboration between AWS and HSUHK will focus on four main areas:

1. Cloud Computing Training and Education. AWS will provide more than 600 digital skills courses to HSUHK students. Additionally, AWS will provide the AWS Cloud Essentials Course, which is highly recognised by the industry, free of charge, to HSUHK’s fintech students. This course covers a range of topics, from AWS cloud basics to machine learning (ML).
2. Cloud Course Development. To cultivate a new generation of cloud professionals in data science and AI, AWS has collaborated with HSUHK to design a new subject for the Master of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program. The subject incorporates AWS’s world-leading cloud courses and teaching resources to provide students with professional training in ML and AI, enabling them to use data science and AI techniques to solve practical problems.
3. Academic Research. AWS will provide cloud resources and technical support to HSUHK’s academic and research teams to help them achieve research results faster and more accurately.
4. Employment and Entrepreneurship Development. HSUHK and AWS will leverage their respective strengths and resources to establish a productive industry-academia collaboration and incubate startup teams. HSUHK will utilise its extensive industry network to facilitate the matching of talent with different enterprises, while AWS will continue to support HSUHK’s various entrepreneurship and innovation competitions through its AWS Activate program.

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