The Staff Computer Courses offered by the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has provided leading-edge training to strengthen the IT skills of faculty and staff since 1992. A variety of courses are offered throughout the year at different technical levels (introduction and advanced) and conducted in ...

In the last Semester Break (20 Dec 2010 - 8 Jan 2011), the Computing Services Centre (CSC) replaced the five years old HP dx6120 computers with new HP 8100 Elite computers. Below shows the major configurations of the new Elite computers: Processor Intel Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz, 4 MB cache) Chipset ...

The CityU has recently subscribed the SAS Education Analytical Suite (EAS). Apart from the fundamental products bundled in the EAS foundation offer, some optional SAS products which are currently used by departments for teaching and research are also included in the contract. Under the Terms and ...

Dr Andy Chun Hon-wai, CityU’s Chief Information Officer, has been commended for his utilisation of information technology to advance CityU’s development at the 9th China Top CIO Award 2010.

Cloud Computing is a promising technology trend for the provisioning of IT services. Many datacenters have been moving towards the Cloud service model. The Computer Science Laboratory (CSLab) has started to build a departmental private Cloud in 2008. Most IT services of the Department of Computer ...

Introduction The University’s data network (CTNET – City University Campus Network) has undergone several major upgrades since its creation in 1985. Each major upgrade represents the adoption of the latest state-of-the-art networking technologies and standards. The network has evolved from circuit ...

Hitting new record high sometimes is good but it is certainly not the case in student printing as more trees are destroyed and substantial energy is consumed to produce tons of paper, distribute them and print them. The following chart depicts the usage trend of quota-controlled free student ...

With curriculum changes to support the 3-3-4 academic reform, the University has a rare opportunity to rethink and redesign how we provide and deliver education to our students to create a rewarding and unique CityU learning experience. The University has instigated a new “Discover & Innovate @ ...

As a protection for all University email users, the Committee on Information Services and Technology (CIST) endorsed in its meeting in August 2010 to enable email spam filtering as a default for all CityU email users, and it was implemented on staff, student and alumni email systems on 21 December ...

The seven nominated programmes piloting the 4-year degree curriculum in 2010/11 are on board; so is DegreeWorks, also for these programmes. After eight months of preparation and hard work from The Academic Regulations and Records Office ( ARRO ) , the Enterprise Solutions Office (ESU) and the ...