E-commerce

E-commerce, mobile computing, and wireless communication technologies are quickly becoming the key tools toward success in nowadays highly competitive information based business markets. To help getting IT professionals better equipped in this exciting information age, as in previous years, the ACM Hong Kong Chapter is now offering four advanced intensive short courses (click the hyperlinks below for details). These short courses have had attracted senior employees from major local IT companies and the enrolment is highly competitive (we only accept 25 students in each course). So, apply early to seize this great chance of staying at the frontiers of advanced technologies.

Enabling Technologies for Electronic Commerce: XML
(September 23 and September 30, 2000)
Contents at a glance:

Designed to introduce Electronic Commerce and the state-of-the-arts technologies for Electronic Commerce
Cover the basic XML for beginner

Wireless E-Commerce Using WAP
(November 4 and November 11, 2000)
Contents at a glance:

Introduce and implement Electronic Commerce standards using WML
Wireless and fixed-wire protocols: PAP, POTAP, HTTP
Push Architecture, WTLS

Introductory CDMA Systems Engineering
(December 2 and December 9, 2000)
Contents at a glance:

Cover the basic communication theory and CDMA principles for beginners
Cover both 2G IS95 CDMA system and 3G IMT2000 Wideband CDMA systems
Cover both theoretical background and practical operational aspects of CDMA
Emphasize extensive hands-on experience on CDMA system engineering

Developing Electronic Commerce Applications in XML
(January 6 and January 13, 2001)
Contents at a glance:

Java oriented approach
Cover both DOM and SAX
Cover XML parser API

Time	9:00am - 5:30pm for two saturdays
Venue	Centre for Advancement of E-Commerce Technologies (AECT), Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, CUHK
Fee (each course)	$4,000 (including handouts, lunches, and refreshments) (All the above courses are pre-approved by the New Technology Training Scheme (NTTS), 75% of the course fee can be reimbursed for those attendees who satisfy the NTTS requirements. More information on NTTS can be found at http://www.vtc.edu.hk) (REMARK: ACM Members enjoy a discounted course fee: $3,500)
Speakers	Lecturers from CUHK, HKUST, and HKU
Enquiries and Application	More detailed course information and the application form can be obtained from http://www.acm.org.hk/activity/course For enquiries, please contact Dr. Ricky Kwok at 2859-8059 or email: ykwok@eee.hku.hk

Sponsors:

Centre for Advancement of E-Commerce Technologies (AECT), Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Information and Systems Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong
Vocational Training Council