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Engineering student Audrey Chung will be honoured at fall convocation ceremonies for her research in computer-aided prostate cancer detection.
Growing up, Audrey Chung wanted to become a neurosurgeon. It was only at the beginning of Grade 12 that her post secondary educational focus changed from medicine to engineering.
“I had the revelation that I’m not great at memorizing things, which is essential in becoming a doctor,” she says. “My strengths lie in understanding and applying concepts so I thought I could do well in the field of engineering.”
Eight years later, Chung is proving she made the right decision to pursue an undergraduate degree in systems design engineering, followed by a master’s. Described by one of her professors as an “outstanding and dedicated scholar”, Chung will be awarded the University’s Alumni Gold Medal at the master’s level during fall convocation this Saturday.
Her research interests include image processing and computer vision, an area she became interested in during an undergraduate exchange term in Singapore.[Read more]