| Year |
Milestone |
| 1988 |
- Establishment of Department of Computing Studies (Later named as Department of Computer Science in 1998)
|
| 1989 |
- Dr. Ernest Lam was appointed head of the department
- Launching of BSc (Hons) in Computing Studies (Information Systems)
|
| 1991 |
- Launching of BSc (Hons) in Combined Sciences - Applied Computing (Major)
|
| 1994 |
- Launching of MSc in Scientific Computing (Jointly offered with Department of Mathematics)
- Setting up of the first computer laboratory (W801/802/803)
|
| 1996 |
- First MPhil student graduated from the department
|
| 1997 |
- First international conference (17th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages (ICCPOL 97)) was organized by the department
|
| 1998 |
- BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Computer Systems) was developed as an individual programme
|
| 1999 |
- First PhD student graduated from the department
|
| 2003 |
- Prof. Jiming Liu was appointed head of the department
- Setting up of Centre for e-Transformation Research (Later named as Centre for e-Transformation Technology Research in 2009)
|
| 2004 |
- Revision of curriculum of undergraduate programmes based on IEEE and ACM curricula
|
| 2005 |
- Launching of MSc in Information Technology Management
|
| 2006 |
- 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition was held by the department
- Establishment of Research Centre for Ubiquitous Computing
- ICDM/WI/IAT 2006 Joint Conference was held by the department
- Prof. Y W Leung was appointed acting head of the department till Jun 2007
|
| 2010 |
- Setting up of Alumni Association
|
| 2011 |
- Prof. P C Yuen was appointed head of the department
|
| 2012 |
- Launching of MSc in Advanced Information Systems
|
| 2013 |
- Accreditation of undergraduate programmes by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
- Establishment of HKBU-CDC Joint Research Laboratory for Intelligent Disease Surveillance & Control
- The 25th Anniversary of Department of Computer Science
|
