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Welcome to HackDKU!
Duke Kunshan University’s Computer Science, AI, iGEM, Programming Contest, and Finance Clubs present HackDKU—a hackathon redefining innovation through inclusive collaboration and lasting change.
Beyond coding sprints, enjoy speaker sessions, workshops, and tracks in Finance, Healthcare/Biotech, and Environment/Sustainability. All backgrounds welcome!
Hackathon Tracks
Finance
Innovative financial technologies & new approaches.
Healthcare / Biotech
Advances in healthcare, biotech & life sciences.
Environment / Sustainability
Solutions for environmental protection.
Our Sponsors
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Christine Yuan Huang
Founder & CEO • Quantum Life
Dr. Christine Yuan HUANG is Founder & CEO of Quantum Life and Technology Transfer Director at the Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab. An MD (Southern Medical University) and MPH (HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine), she led development of an AI‑driven healthy‑aging platform that won Gold at the 2025 Geneva International Invention Exhibition. She serves as Vice President (Longevity) of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Association and Founding President of the Asia Longevity Professionals Association, and advises the Wing Wah Charity Foundation. A Forbes China “30 Under 30” honoree and Fellow of both the Royal Society of Medicine (UK) and European Society of Preventive Medicine, she contributes as a Forbes columnist and speaks globally on AI in medicine.
Speakers
Dr. Joong‑Tak Yoon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology • DKU
Dr. Joong‑Tak Yoon is a postdoctoral research fellow in biology at Duke Kunshan University. He earned both his B.S. and Ph.D. in Systems Biology from Yonsei University—publishing in journals like Journal of Experimental Botany and Planta—and won the Brain Korea 21 Grand Prize. With extensive experience as a lab instructor and presenter at international conferences, he specializes in plant molecular biology, protein function and genetic engineering. Dr. Yoon will lead HackDKU ’25’s hands‑on plasmid‑design workshop using SnapGene, sharing practical insights from his award‑winning research and teaching.
Liang Guo
Co-founder • Guoshu (Huzhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
Liang Guo is a co-founder of Guoshu (Huzhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. He has extensive experience in the field of artificial intelligence and has worked on various projects related to AI applications in different industries. Guoshu Intelligence is a company focusing on the application of brain-inspired intelligence in the financial field, and has carried out cooperation with the ISTBI of Fudan University. Liang Guo will lead a workshop about the application of brain-inspired intelligence in the financial field
Luyao Zhang
Assistant Professor of Economics • DKU
Dr. Luyau Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Economics at DKU, Senior Research Scientist at the Digital Innovation Research Center, Founding Advisor of DKU Finance and AI Clubs, and Pioneering Interdisciplinary Research at the interplay of computational and economic science on groundbreaking technologies. Dr. Zhang will lead workshop where she plans to introduce the concept of agentic finance, focusing on the development of multi-agent intelligence systems to address global financial sustainability challenges. Participants will learn about the principles and applications of agentic finance, and how it can be used to create innovative solutions for sustainable financial practices.
Xu Tingyu
Business Development Representative • AWS
Xu Tingyu is a Business Development Representative at AWS. He specializes in go-to-market strategies for GenAI solutions and will present on the GenAI-powered Coding Assistant, demonstrating how developers can seamlessly integrate AI-driven code generation into their workflows using AWS services.
Shi Qiao
Senior GenAI GTM Specialist • AWS
Shi Qiao is a Senior Go-to-Market Specialist for Generative AI at AWS. With a focus on developer enablement and AI adoption, he will co-present the GenAI-powered Coding Assistant, sharing best practices for leveraging AWS’s AI stack to accelerate coding productivity.
