We’re excited to share that HKUST teams won 14 awards at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025! SmartMore Corporation Limited, an AI unicorn founded by alumnus Prof. Jiaya Jia, received the prestigious "Award of the Year" and "Smart Business Grand Award", while HKUST-incubated startup ArtInSight earned the "Student Innovation Grand Award", developed by HKUST students Wing Sze Nicola Chu, Marco Lee, and Norris Chung from CUHK. Congratulations to all the winners for their remarkable achievements and for showcasing HKUST’s spirit of innovation and excellence!

SmartMore stood out with its project SMore ViMo — a powerful, all-in-one platform for machine vision and industrial AI. Supporting over 1,000 real-world applications, ViMo enables manufacturers to manage data lifecycles, train models automatically, and deploy quickly with a low-code, modular design — making AI adoption faster and easier for businesses of all sizes.

ArtInSight is also impressive, winning three major awards: the Student Innovation Grand Award, Higher Education Gold Award, and Best Use of AI Award. Their AI-powered platform delivers a personalized and interactive art learning experience, combining art appreciation and art creation with cutting-edge ICT technologies to boost engagement and outcomes in art education.

Here are the other winners who have made us proud:

Award of the Year

SmartMore Corporation Limited

Smart Business Award

Grand Award - SmartMore Corporation Limited

Gold Award - SmartMore Corporation Limited

Student Innovation Award

Grand Award - Marco Lee, Nicola Chu, Norris Chung (ArtInSight Limited)

Gold Award - Marco Lee, Nicola Chu, Norris Chung (ArtInSight Limited)

Best Use of AI Award - Marco Lee, Nicola Chu, Norris Chung (ArtInSight Limited)

FinTech Award

Gold Award - Ola Protocol Limited OLAXBT 

Silver Award - Magnum Research Limited AQUMON

Bronze Award - CipherInsight Limited & The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Certificate of Merit - Fill Easy Limited

Smart Mobility Award

Bronze Award - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & HK Police Force

Certificate of Merit - HKTD & Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre & QTC Traffic Technology Limited & The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Smart People Award

Certificate of Merit - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & CCMC Limited & Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing

ICT Startup Award:

Bronze Award -Midas Analytics Limited

Continue to innovate, inspire, and make a difference. Congratulations again to all the winners!