APAI4766 Applied AI Internship (6 credits)

To be eligible for enrolling in APAI4766, students should do the following / meet the requirements below BEFORE the commencement of the internship.

• Apply for leave of absence (to the Faculty), if necessary, and enrolment in APAI4766 (to the Department) before the start date of the internship. Late applications will NOT be accepted.

• Pass at least 4 advanced courses including COMP3340 Applied Deep Learning, MATH3904 Introduction to Optimization, STAT3612 Statistical Machine Learning before the commencement of the internship.

• Normally the internship should start no earlier than your year 3 study.

Note: This capstone course is offered to Applied Artificial Intelligence students only.

Enrolment Procedure

Step 1: Find internship

• Students should be undertaking an applied artificial intelligence related internship of no less than 160 hours (lunch hour excluded) in at least 20 working days.
• Students may seek the internship themselves or via the Department's Internship / Job Online-Application System.

Step 2: Apply and register after you have secured an internship offer

• If UG students receive full-time internship offers, they MUST apply for leave of absence to the Faculty of Science. Science students should submit leave of absence application together with a copy of employment contract via Science Online Application Submission System (OASS) (https://webapp.science.hku.hk/intranet/OnlineFormUG.html). If the contract and relevant documents are not ready yet, students should inform the Faculty about their intention of applying for leave at the earliest opportunity. Late applications may result in still having to pay the composition fees for the semester covered by the leave of absence period.

• Please bear in mind that the registration of this course is done via paper form¹. Interested students should first complete the registration form and send it to Mr. K.L. Ng at ngkl@hku.hk with a copy of your internship appointment letter, contract or any other evidence of employment before the start date of your internship. Late applications will NOT be accepted.

Step 3: Receive confirmation

You will receive a (conditional) confirmation email, if applicable, which is based on the assumption that you have already fulfilled the enrolment requirements, including but not limited to the course pre-requisites. Please note that the contrary will render the application unsuccessful or have the confirmation revoked. The email should contain the registration result and if applicable, exact timeline of document submission.

Assessment

Assessment of this course is on a Pass or Fail basis (Students demonstrating excellent performance would be awarded a grade of Distinction). Besides the three required forms - Progress Report Form, Employer's Evaluation Form and Student Feedback Form, students would be assessed based on their (1) 1500-word written report on their internship experience; (2) oral presentation; and (3) participation in the Q&A session.

Upon successful application, students should submit the following documents according to the timeline² stated in the confirmation email. Students should also collect information during the internship, if necessary, for completing certain required work, e.g. written report.

1. Progress Report Form

Please submit one soft copy within two weeks from the job start date.

 

2. Employer's Evaluation Form

Please invite your employer to return the Employer's Evaluation Form directly to the Department by the end of your internship or submission deadline, whichever is earlier (details refer to the table below). Students should NOT submit the form on behalf of employers/supervisors.

 

3. Student Feedback Form

Please submit one soft copy by the end of your internship or submission deadline, whichever is earlier (details refer to the table below).

 

4. 1,500-word Written Report³ and 25-min Oral Presentation (20-min presentation plus 5-min Q&A session)

Submission / delivery date: November to December (Semester 1) / April to May (Semester 2) / August (Summer Semester) of the semester in which the student completed the internship (exact date TBC). Students will be notified by email of the details afterwards.

Additional Information

Course Registration

Course Timeline

There would be no late course registration.

If you are approved to take APAI4766 with an internship across two consecutive semesters, your oral presentation and grading shall be conducted in the semester during which the internship is going to end, instead of the semester during which you apply for the course. Nevertheless, please be reminded that Employer's Evaluation Form should be sent to the Department by the end date of your appointment period despite the scheduled timeline above.

If you want to fulfil the capstone requirement without doing an internship, you can also consider enrolling in APAI3799 Directed studies in Applied AI or APAI4798 Applied AI project.

Meanwhile, although some students are not eligible to enrol in APAI4766, they are still eligible to apply for leave of absence for undertaking the internship.

For the Faculty's Guidelines on Internship, please visit here.

Forms

Please note that different forms may have different requirements, e.g. submission method, etc. Please complete and submit the forms according to the instructions as prescribed in each individual form.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Internship Courses

Regarding the details of the internship courses (e.g., registration, enrollment and assessment), please visit the FAQ page.

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* The above may be subject to changes.

Updated on February 20, 2024.