HKUST Holds Three-Day Symposium on AI-Era Engineering Education for Women Scholars

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology held a three-day symposium from September 13 to 15, 2026, bringing together nearly 50 women engineering scholars from 14 universities across four continents. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions and mentoring sessions, participants examined the transformative impact of AI on engineering education and research. HKUST Chief Vice-President and Director of the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center Guo Yike gave a keynote, and Wang Youxing, director of the engineering education innovation center, spoke on human-machine collaborative intelligence in education.

This is a named academic event at the university level on AI and engineering education, involving the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center and engineering deans from multiple institutions, offering reference value for teacher capacity building and curriculum reform directions. Its impact centers on agenda-setting for teaching and research in higher education engineering rather than K-12 or mass learning products. Verifiable information is limited to the event dates, participation scale, speakers and topics; the original text provides no outcome data on curriculum reform, teaching effectiveness or follow-up implementation plans. Provides a cross-institutional exchange setting for engineering education teachers and department administrators on integrating AI into teaching and research, covering human-machine collaborative intelligence in education. Participation of the head of the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center helps draw attention and network connections to AI education topics at the university level in the region.