1. PhD Programme Computer Science, HKBU
Query Authentication in Data Outsourcing and Integration Services

2. Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
HKBU: Established in 1956 – the 2nd oldest university in Hong Kong
One of 8 public universities in HK
Ranked 31st worldwide in 2018 QS Top 50 under 50
Ranked 49th in Asia in 2017 Times Higher (THE) Ranking
Computer Science ranked among top 200 worldwide in 2017 Shanghai ARWU Ranking
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3. Faculty Profile of Computer Science
18 professors and 7 lecturers with PhD degrees awarded by world renowned universities in US, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, UK, HK
3 IEEE Fellows; 8 IEEE / ACM Senior Members
Associate Editors of various top-tier journals
IEEE Access
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Pattern Recognition
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (PVLDB)

4. Departmental Academic Advisors
Prof. Anil Jain
University Distinguished Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, IAPR and SPIE
Prof. Maria Gini
Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
Fellow of ACM and IEEE

5. Focused Research Areas
Health Informatics
Media
Communication
FinTech &
Smart City
Applications
AI & Computational Intelligence
Databases & Information Management
Pattern Recognition & Machine Learning
Systems and
Networking
Research Focuses
Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Theme
NIPD-HKBU
Joint Lab
Lenovo-HKBU Joint AI Lab
Blockchain & FinTech Laboratory
HPC
Center
Infrastructure

7. Recently Funded Research Projects
Collaborative Research Fund
Security and Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Cloud Storage of Big Data (Co-I: Jianliang Xu; CityU / HKBU, PolyU, HKU)
General Research Fund
Uncovering Spatiotemporal Patterns of Disease Diffusion through Data-Driven Phylogeographic Inference (PI: Jiming Liu)
Two Research Issues in Long-Term Visual Tracking: Target Re-detection and Robustness (PI: PC Yuen)
Joint Embedding of Sequential Data and Knowledge Graphs with application to Predictive Analytics in Healthcare (PI: William Cheung)
Verifiable Publish/Subscribe Queries over Outsourced Data Streams (PI: Jianliang Xu)
Efficient Graph Search Algorithms for Public-Private Social Networks (PI: Huang Xin)
Privacy-preserving Linear Algebra Framework for Graph Query Algorithms for Massive Networks (PI: Byron Choi)
Research on eliciting users’ implicit feedback for constructing their multi-attribute preferences in complex decision support (PI: Li Chen)
Energy-efficient Training of Multiple Deep Learning Models on GPU Clusters (PI: Xiaowen Chu)
Learning Deep Video Manifolds from Multiple Cameras for Abnormal Crowd Behavior Recognition (PI: Yang Liu)

8. Research Outputs
Over half of research outputs are recognized as world leading or internationally excellent
4-Star: world leading
3-Star: internationally excellent
2-Star: internationally standing
1-Star: regional standing

9. High-tech and Advanced Computer Facilities
Big Data Cluster
Hadoop + Spark
More than 200TB of storage
GPU Cluster
12 nodes with 24 Nvidia Tesla K80
Research Cluster
More than 40 dual-Xeon servers
Top-500 Supercomputer (256- nodes)
under the Science Faculty

10. PhD Programme Structure
Normal period of study
4 years
Requirement: 22 units course work + a research project
Typically, 3 course
Guaranteed overseas exchange
Perform 6-month research in an overseas university and have a cultural exchange with students/researchers in other countries
Overseas post-doctoral scheme
Support fresh graduates to gain more research experience at renowned overseas universities or research institute for half to one year

11. Scholarship and Financial Support
Studentships are provided to full-time PhD students
Current stipend: HK$16,660 per month for 4 years
Financial support for carrying out research-related activities such as attending overseas conferences and joining exchange programmes / attachments in world-renowned universities
At least HK$55,000 during the study period
More details on the incentive schemes:

12. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)
Outstanding applicants (e.g., national scholarship awardees and/or top 5% of the class) will be recommended for nomination to the HKPFS scheme
HKPFS Applicants
Scholarship
Nominated by HKBU and awarded by HK Government
HKD 1,640,000-1,820,000 during 4-year PhD study
(Plus up to HKD 219,100 tuition fee waive & overseas conference/attachment support)*
Nominated by HKBU but not awarded by HK Government
HKD 920, ,000 during 4-year PhD study
(Plus up to HKD 55,000 overseas conference/attachment support)*
* Visit for a detailed breakdown

13. Where Our PhD Come and Go?
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