HEAT = Hackathon + Entrepreneur + Alumni / Advisor + Teacher

With over a decade of experience in the higher education sector, Mr. Chung possesses a wealth of knowledge and expertise. He has a solid background in various areas, including software engineering, system and kernel programming in Linux, web and mobile app development, entrepreneurship, e-learning, STEM education, student advising, and alumni engagement. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at HKUST, Mr. Chung is also a seasoned Hackathon organizer in Hong Kong. He is further recognized as an alumnus of the Hong Kong Cyberport startup community and maintains close ties with the local startup ecosystem.

Hackathon He has collaborated with over 10 companies and organizations to host a variety of Hackathon competitions in Hong Kong. He has played multiple roles in these events, including Organizer, Consultant, Judge, Speaker, Emcee, and Mentor. Additionally, he has taken part in several Hackathon competitions and emerged as a winner in some of them. Notably, in 2016-17, he transformed a Hackathon prototype into a startup project at Cyberport.

Entrepreneur As a co-founder and CEO of HabHub, an award-winning HealthTech startup supported by Cyberport Creative Micro Fund and HKUST Entrepreneurship Acceleration Fund, he has achieved notable success. HabHub was recognized with the AIA Award at Hack-O-Life Hong Kong 2016 and emerged as a finalist in Dreamcatchers MedTech Hackathon 2016. The startup's accomplishments were also covered by various news outlets, including Headline Daily. Moreover, he was selected as a Founder In Residence in the inaugural cohort of Entrepreneur First, Hong Kong (EFHK1), which is a highly competitive program that accepts only 50 talented individuals from all Hong Kong applicants.

Alumni Beyond academia, he is an active member of the alumni community, having served as the Founding President and Executive Committee Member of the Computer Science and Engineering Alumni Association at HKUST, as well as an Executive Sub-Committee Member of the MedTech Cyberport Startup Alumni Association.

Advisor Beginning in 2022, he assumed the role of Advisor for Direct Entry Students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. In the past, he has served as an Advisor for numerous student interest groups.

Teacher He has over a decade of experience as a Teaching Associate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST, where he also served as an Instructor in the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Throughout his tenure, He has taken on various advisory roles and has been serving as a STEM Course Instructor at the Academy of Bright Future Young Engineers (ABFYE) within the School of Engineering at HKUST. In Fall 2023, he served as a guest lecturer in EMIA2020 Cross-disciplinary Design Thinking, HKUST. The guest lecture aims at guiding students to adopt latest AI image generation tools in the design thinking process.