HΔCKDKU
2026
< Ethics & AI >
April 11, 2026 April 18, 2026Innovate, Collaborate, Transform. Duke Kunshan University's week-long interdisciplinary hackathon has officially BEGUN
What is HackDKU?
HackDKU is the DKU Computer Science Club's annual interdisciplinary hackathon. This year, all projects must center on the theme of Ethics & AI, pushing participants to build technology that is both innovative and responsible.
*Luxshare track exclusive to teams with at least one DKU student.
Schedule
First and last days will be held in person, with midweek activities and mentor sessions in between.
All in-person events take place in the AB Auditorium.
Sponsors
Our sponsors support HackDKU with funding, keynote speakers, and in-kind resources.
Lovable
Geex Finance
Caidazi
Featherless AI
Luxshare ICT
Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Office of Academic Services
Office of Career ServicesCollaborating Clubs
DKU Computer Science Club
AI Club
iGEM Club
Finance Club
iOS ClubKeynote Speakers
Hear from leading voices at the intersection of technology and ethics.
Haofen Wang
Innovation in the Age of AI Exploration and the Rise of the Super Individual
Haofen Wang is a tenured professor and PhD supervisor at Tongji University, specializing in knowledge graphs and knowledge-enhanced large language models. He has led the development of OpenSPG, KAG-Thinker, MemOS, and AI-Ceping, with applications in airport operations, financial risk control, and intelligent cockpit interaction. Over the past five years, he has published 3 monographs and 45 papers in leading venues such as CVPR, WWW, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, and IJCAI, with more than 11,000 Google Scholar citations. He has led several national and provincial research projects, holds 8 authorized patents, and has received multiple academic and industry awards. He is also active in major academic communities and journals, and is committed to advancing both research innovation and industrial applications in knowledge graphs and large language models.
Yimin Zhang
AI Ethics: From Confucian Wisdom to ESG and Responsible AI: A Lecture on the Intersection of Tradition and Technology
Chief Scientist of Intelligent Systems, SJTU APIS (Advanced Packaging and Intelligent Systems) Research Institute; Cofounder of Motion Brain; Former chief scientist of Intel Labs China. Dr. Yimin Zhang is a Principal Engineer at Intel Labs, and Chief Scientist of Intel Labs China, where he focuses on research on robot learning for service robot (such as for elderly care) and other autonomous systems, to drive application and usages innovation and differentiation on Intel platforms. He received his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University at 1999. His research interests primarily include robot learning, computer vision, natural language processing.
Meet the Judges
Our panel of expert judges brings together diverse perspectives from academia, industry, and the AI ethics community.
Nick Ponomarev
Senior Investment Analyst, ORBIT Startups
Lu Min
Executive Director, Head of R&I @ Suzhou Zhengyuan Xinyi Asset Management
Tianyi Zhang
Medical physics, AI system development @ DKU
Sophie
Career Coach, FMCG, member @ CIPD, UK
尹燕 (Ammy Yin)
Senior Director of Testing & Engineering, Luxshare
曾天兵 (Maple Zeng)
Director, Luxshare
张海军 (Navy Zhang)
Senior Manager of IT, Luxshare
胡东东 (East Hu)
Manager, Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment, Luxshare
Online Mentors
Get guidance from experienced industry leaders throughout the hacking week via online mentorship sessions.
Dennis (Zhimin) Huang
Industry Expert
Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Friendship Association
Entrepreneurship
Click to reveal emailDennis is the committee member of Shenzhen Youth Federation, director of Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Friendship Association and member of the Youth Chapter of the Western Returned Scholars Association of Guangdong Province, who holds degrees from the University of Southampton and University College London (UCL). Currently, he serves as Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Peking University HSBC Business School, executive director of the Sustainable Development Youth Committee of the China Alliance of Social Value Investment and independent Director of BUYDEEM Holdings Corp. (300824.SZ), and contributing writer at 36kr.com. He has extensive experience in government administration, entrepreneurship affairs, venture capital investment, industrial consulting, and youth affairs.
Kevin (Kaifan) Xi
Distinguished Entrepreneur
Zhuhai Astrosnow Software Co., Ltd.
R&D, Project Management, AI
Click to reveal emailKaifan is a Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Greater Bay Area and a member of the China Youth Committee for Sustainable Development, who holds a degree from Hong Kong Baptist University. Currently, he serves as General Manager of Zhuhai Astrosnow Software Co., Ltd. With rich experience in serving and operating a number of international brands, he has extensive expertise in software R&D, project management and cross-domain technical application. He focuses on ERP/CRM system construction and AI industrial transformation, and is committed to providing customized digital solutions to help enterprises achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement. He has led the team to build a diversified digital product system and obtained a number of software copyrights, with a variety of digital achievements applied in enterprise operation and management scenarios to realize full-process digital control of enterprise operations. Relying on core technologies such as AI image recognition and intelligent regulation, he has completed practical AI transformation projects across multiple industries, built a full-link system for data collection, analysis and intelligent regulation, and provided core technical support for enterprise energy efficiency optimization and business process upgrading.
