Text & Photo: Campus Reporter Gonzales Wu<\/b><\/p>
Have you ever wondered what is the advantage of studying information\ntechnology at the University of Macau (UM)? What is the career prospect for\ngraduates of this major? The answers can be found at the exhibition of\nstudents\u2019 graduation projects.<\/p>
UM\u2019s Department of Computer and Information Science recently organised the\nFinal Year Project (FYP) Demonstration Session 2017. The event was successfully\nheld at the learning commons of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST).\nThe annual exhibition hosted all the bachelor projects created individually or\nin groups by the department\u2019s fourth-year students. It is also the only\nbachelor project exhibition of the FST. This year, a total of 25 student groups\npresented their projects on different topics in the area of computer science,\nincluding natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision, and digital\ncryptocurrency. During the event, the students introduced their projects to members\nof the faculty and the general public.<\/p>
Creative Projects<\/b><\/p>
During the event, Jeremy Zhu, a fourth-year student, demonstrated his\nteam\u2019s low-cost authentication system. The system was designed to scan palm\nvein distribution of a user in order to either find the person’s identity or\ncheck whether he is the right person. Users need to first register their palm\nvein into the system, and then they can log into the system just by putting\ntheir palm vein on the scanner. A UM Reporter tried the system multiple times and\nfound the system was accurate enough, despite the fact that there were seconds\nof delay before the system outputted the result of verification.<\/p>
Meeting\nthe Needs of Society<\/b><\/p>
Anson Leung developed a digital cryptocurrency wallet for Android together\nwith another student Kelvin Wong. This application can supports both Bitcoin\nand Ethereum, two digital cryptocurrencies, at the same time, while existing\napplications on the market can only support one currency. The app can also provide\na market view of those currencies. Anson added that this application would provide\na convenient way to transfer money via QR code in addition to the traditional\nmethod by typing the receiver’s wallet address.<\/p>
A New\nInnovative Technology<\/b><\/p>
Unlike most of the students who started their projects from scratch,\nFelix Tong released UM-iMethod2<\/sup>, an input method designed for\nChinese-Portuguese translators, based on the original version of UM-iMethod created\nin the past by other students. He explained that his 2nd-generation input\nmethod added not only Chinese-Portuguese translation capability, but also a\nfunction to predict part of speech. According to Tong, unlike traditional\nmachine translating websites, this input method allows users to pick the\ncandidate words they want in order to produce a desirable result, which helps\nto reduce the number of times needed for checking dictionaries.<\/p> The Final Year Project Demonstration Session also showcased projects focused\non indoor localisation with computer vision, research based on data analytics\nand machine learning, as well as applications released for the use of the general\npublic after analysing their needs.<\/p> Say No to Misconception of Being a Nerd<\/b><\/p> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p> FST Associate Professor U Leong Hou is the coordinator and curator of\nthe exhibition. He said that people usually have the misconception that computer\nscience students are nerdy. \u2018The\nexhibition gave the students an opportunity to break this misconception and\nshowcase their various skills,\u2019 said Prof U. He added that most of the projects\ntook at least a year to complete and the exhibition gave students a chance to showcase\ntheir work. The event also helped faculty members to understand students\u2019\nprojects and give a fair evaluation.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> UM Website\uff1awww.umac.mo<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Text & Photo: Campus Reporter Gonzales WuHave you ever wondered what is the advantage of studying information technology at the University of Macau (UM)? What is the career prospect for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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