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The HKUST AI Film Hackathon officially kicked off this Sunday, March 1 with the first tech workshop AI Filmmaking from Scratch. Led by phenomenal-class AIGC creator Turing Test Failed, the session welcomed the attendance of teams of enthusiastic secondary students—curious, passionate, and ready to explore how filmmaking meets the power of AI. Read more

The exhibition Symbiotic Signals: Entangled Perceptions and Algorithms, jointly presented by the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Computational Media and Arts Thrust (CMA) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), successfully concluded on January 20, 2026 at the Shaw Auditorium, HKUST. Read more

The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) successfully hosted the AMC Hackathon 2025 on November 22, 2025, bringing together students, faculty members and staff for a day of campus material hunt, a BBQ social gathering, and 3 winners selected for their brilliant and creative AI-generated work. Read more

The prestigious AAAI 2026 Conference was recently convened at Singapore from January 20 - 27, 2026. At one of its notable workshop titled "Consistency in Video Generative Models: from Clip to Wild (CVM)", the generative AI short film The Meeting, created by MA student Shiqin HOU from the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC), stood out among the entries and was awarded Creative Gold Award in the Creativity Track. Read more

The new year kicked off with great energy as members of the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) and the Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA) embarked on a vibrant two‑day cross‑campus visit to HKUST(GZ). Organized jointly with the Computational Media and Arts (CMA) Thrust of the Information Hub at HKUST(GZ), the trip brought together colleagues from HKUST Clear Water Bay and Guangzhou campuses for meaningful interaction and exchange. Read more

On December 9, 2025, AMC faculty member Dr. Vennes CHENG was invited by IBM Consulting to participate in the IBM Art of Intelligence Forum as one of the invited panel guests for the session Creativity, Storytelling, and Human Imagination, sharing insights on the imperative role of human ingenuity in an AI‑driven era and the creative possibilities brought by collaboration between humanity and AI. Read more

The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) proudly announces its significant participation at the Hong Kong AI Art Festival 2025 from Dec 19–21, 2025, Asia's first fully immersive multisensory AI exhibition that brought together visionary artists, technologists, and innovators to showcase the creative potential of artificial intelligence under the theme "Foreseeing the Future: Reality and the Infinite". Read more

🌱 The second instalment of the AMC Creative Synergy Seminar Series, titled “The Hybrid Turn: Designing with Living Matter and Machines”, was successfully convened on Jan 7, 2026, delivered by Prof. Harpreet SAREEN, Associate Professor of Interaction and Media Design and Director of Synthetic Ecosystems Lab at Parsons School of Design, The New School (New York). Read more

The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) is delighted to share the exciting news that Timothy PAGE, composer, musician, performance artist and Assistant Professor at AMC, has been selected as one of the recipients of the prestigious Fromm Music Foundation Commission at Harvard University for the year of 2025. Read more

At the recently unveiled 2nd Cross-Campus Exhibition, jointly organized by HKUST Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) and HKUST (GZ) Computational Media and Arts Thrust (CMA), a core achievement prominently featured, titled "AI + XR Large-Space Project", was developed through a collaboration led by a team of AMC students together with Zhejiang Satellite TV's Digital Human Studio and China Mobile (Zhejiang) Research & Innovation Institute. With its deep integration of cutting-edge technology and creative expression garnering extensive attention from global attendees, the project not only showcased the Division's academic prowess in interdisciplinary research and practice but also established a vital bridge for the cross-border integration and international communication of culture and technology. Read more