Welcome to HackDKU!
Duke Kunshan University’s Computer Science, AI, iGEM, Programming Contest, and Finance Clubs are thrilled to introduce HackDKU, an event that redefines the hackathon ethos—cultivating innovations, inclusive collaboration, and lasting change.
Beyond coding sprints, enjoy speaker sessions, hands-on workshops, and project 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
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
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.