Professor Wong Kam Fai, Associate Dean (External Affairs) receives the Saint Francis Prize in Techno-Humanities (2024) organized by Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Professor Wong is selected for the Prize in the area of Language for his outstanding contribution in Natural Language Processing (NLP), promotion of Asian NLP research, and popularization of science in Hong Kong.

As a world-recognized researcher in Natural Language Processing (NLP), an elected Fellow of the Association of Computational Linguistics, and an Honorary Fellow of the Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries, Prof. Wong has published more than 250 papers and a number of books for the popularization of science. In 2011, he received the Medal of Honour from the HKSAR Government for his valuable contribution to the development of information, communication, and technology (ICT).