Dicaprio Cheung

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering (CPEG)
with Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence (+AI)
(Minor in Robotics)

• First Class Honors
• Dean’s List: Fall 2022, Spring 2025
• CGA: 3.587 / 4.3
• Major CGA: 3.724 / 4.3

Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College (TYT)
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) (2021)

• 5** in Physics
• 5** in Mathematics (Compulsory part)
• 5 in Information and Communication Technology
• 5 in Mathematics Extended Part Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus)
• 5 in English Language

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UGTA), COMP 2011 Programming with C++
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, HKUST

• Assisted in organizing lab tutorials for over 60 students.
• Answered questions on course assignments and lecture materials.

Student Tutor, COMP 2011 Programming with C++
Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, HKUST

• Provided a peer-to-peer platform for students to ask questions on course assignments and lecture materials.

Senior Software Engineer Lead, HKUST Robotics Team, Robocon Sub-team

• Participated in the 2023 and 2024 ABU Robocon Hong Kong Regional Contests and won many different awards
• Lead a team of more than 30 members through multiple iterations of robot design.
• Oversaw the development of 10+ competition robots each year
• Organized Software Tutorials for 100+ new recruits.
• Host an internal Robot Design Contest for 120+ contestants to select top performers for the team.

Chairman, TYT Robotics Team

• Led the team in various international competitions.
• Supported junior members in debugging their robots.

ABU Robocon Hong Kong 2024 - War Dragon - 2nd Runner-Up, Best Team Spirit Award

• Collaborated with a team of 20 to design, prototype, and program 1 fully-automatic, and 1 semi-automatic robot.
• Utilized STM32, RTOS, Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2), YOLO computer vision object detection model on the robots.
• Led and mentored a team of 4 junior software engineers to design the algorithm for 3+ different iterations of robots.
• Automated all robot movements between all different key positions on the map such that the robot’s controller only needs to decide where to go without the need of manual controlling how to go.

ABU Robocon Hong Kong 2023 - Fiery Dragon - Top 8

World Robot Olympiad Hong Kong Challenge 2021
- Space Challenge - Best Performance Award
- Speed Challenge - Best Performance Award
- New Sports Challenge - Best Performance Award

Robots Intelligence DIY 2021 - Champion

Asia Pacific Robot Alliance International - Taiwan 2019 - 銀河守護任務 - 中學組 - 佳作

World Robot Olympiad International - Hungary 2019 - Regular Senior Category - 10^th out of 83 teams from 69 countries and regions

• Built and programmed LEGO Mindstorm EV3 Robot to complete some given and some hidden tasks.
• Implemented PID algorithm and Finite State Machine to control the robot's movement more accurately.
• Led a team of 3 to modify the robot's design and code to complete the hidden tasks without any instructor's assistance.

World Robot Olympiad Hong Kong Selection 2019 - Regular Senior Category - Champion

Asia Pacific Robot Alliance Hong Kong Selection 2019 - 銀河守護任務 - 中學組 - 亞軍

Chinese Calligraphy Robot | Python threading, Tkinter UI

• Developed a 3D Bézier curve path planning algorithm to control the robotic arm for writing Chinese calligraphy.
• Prepared and submitted conference papers and posters to TENCON 2025, ISAM Makerspace 2025, and IET YPEC 2025.
• Utilized Python threading to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring smooth operation of the robotic system.

Glyphmaster | Game Programming with WebGL, Three.js & Socket.io

• Developed Glyphmaster, a 3D RPG game where players draw glyphs to cast spells and battle monsters in a fantasy world.
• Implemented a magic glyph identification algorithm that allows players to draw magic glyphs using hand or mouse input.
• Created a real-time multiplayer mode with synchronization of player movements and game states.

Trajectory Planner Software | Python, Embedded C Programming & PyQT Framework

• Modified the button layout of the Bézier curve trajectory planner of HKUST Robotics Team to make it more user-friendly.
• Optimized its output files with existing Embedded C pathing libraries to reduce the embedded program size by 5%.