Amazon Web Services (AWS) will support the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) in its efforts to establish a Cloud Innovation School (CIS).

Touted to be the first of its kind in Hong Kong, the CIS aims to foster the development of the startup community and prepare technology talents for the job market.

The school will focus on four areas; Cloud Computing Training and Education, Cloud Course Development, Academic Research, and Employment and Entrepreneurship Development.

It will provide HSUHK students with comprehensive and practical training in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, using AWS’s cloud courses and resources, as well as its own cross-disciplinary financial technology expertise.

“By establishing the first ‘Cloud Innovation School’ in Hong Kong, our students will be able to utilize AWS’s cloud technology and educational resources and learn to work with world-leading cloud technology.

 

With our small-class teaching model and excellent faculty members, we strongly believe that the Cloud Innovation School will greatly enhance the effectiveness of our teaching, further equip our students for the future, and prepare them to embrace more opportunities.”

said Professor Simon S M Ho, President of HSUHK.

“AWS has always been committed to helping cultivate digital talent through a wide variety of educational and training resources. We have trained over 100,000 cloud computing talents in Hong Kong.

 

We are honored to work with HSUHK to bring the CIS model to Hong Kong. This collaboration marks a milestone for AWS in promoting cloud education in Hong Kong, and we hope that it can provide more practical cloud skills training for students in different professional fields.”

said Robert Wang, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Taiwan at AWS.