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(1)18 19. ANNUAL REPORT.

(2) 18 19. ANNUAL REPORT.

(3) HKUST’s. 5 Core Values. — Excellence, Integrity, and Academic Freedom — Global Vision and Local Commitment — Can-do Spirit — Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Respect — 1-HKUST. The. Mission. of the University. (a). To advance learning and knowledge through teaching and research, particularly i. in science, technology, engineering, management and business studies; and ii. at the postgraduate level; and. (b). To assist in the economic and social development of Hong Kong.. (The Laws of Hong Kong: Chapter 1141). Statement of. Vision. To be a leading University with significant international impact and strong local commitment. Global. To be a world-class university at the cutting edge internationally in all targeted fields of pursuit.. National. To contribute to the economic and social development of the nation as a leading university in China.. Local. To play a key role, in partnership with government, business, and industry, in the development of Hong Kong as a knowledge-based society..

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(5) Schools, Programs Office, Institutes HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. IAS SENG SBM SHSS IPP SSCI FYTGS IPO School of Engineering. School of Business and Management. School of Humanities and Social Science. HKUST Institute for  Public Policy. School of Science. HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School. Interdisciplinary  Programs Office.

(6) Contents 4. Chairman’s Foreword. 52. Awards and Recognitions. 6. President’s Report. 56. Event Highlights. 10. Learning for Life. 60. Facts and Figures. 18. Lab to Market. 30. Beyond the Campus. 36. Local to Global. 42. Best-in-Class Operations. 46. Sustainable Horizons. 64 Appendices – Court, Council and Senate – Advisory Committee – Senior Faculty Appointments & Professor Emeritus – Finance – Internal Control and Risk Management. 50 Governance.

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(8) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD. 4.

(9) HKUST. It has certainly been a year of change, achievements, and growth at HKUST. We have seen the installation of the University’s fourth President as well as the sad departure of one of HKUST’s pivotal founding members. In a further major development, there has been the announcement of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST (GZ)) agreement, which will open up many invigorating opportunities for HKUST to improve its global competitiveness as a research-oriented, elite, science, technology, business and social science institution.. In November 2018, President Wei SHYY was officially installed as President to take the helm of the University after his dedicated service as Provost for eight years. Since then, Prof. Shyy has been leading HKUST to navigate through complex and fast-changing tech-driven development amidst a world filled with global challenges and propel our institution to greater heights. The Council Members and I have every confidence in his leadership to keep the University advancing from strength to strength. Last year also saw the great loss of our University’s founding Council Chairman Dr. CHUNG Sze-Yuen. Dr. Chung, a key public figure in Hong Kong for more than 50 years and one of HKUST’s earliest champions, who helped to steer the “third university” project from conception and planning to establishment in 1991 as Hong Kong’s only research-focused institution at that time. Dr. Chung had a clear vision of the need for a leading science and technology university to provide the innovative talents and original knowledge to take Hong Kong forward into the future. He then worked for more than two decades in numerous leadership roles to set HKUST on its way to becoming the remarkable university today – ranked No. 1 in the World’s Top 350 Young Universities (Times Higher Education) in 2019 and its graduates placed No. 16 in the Global University Employability Ranking (Emergence/Trendence) in 2018 and No. 1 in Greater China for the sixth consecutive year. Dr. Chung’s contribution was irreplaceable and HKUST remains forever grateful for his vision, wisdom, and guidance. In a continuation of that spirit of boldness and farsightedness, a major initiative was publicly launched in December 2018 that will assist the University in sustaining and forging ahead as an engine of innovation and creativity in the decades to come, with the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Guangdong Municipal Government and Guangzhou University to establish HKUST (GZ). The initiative, which marks a significant milestone for HKUST’s venture in offering education in Guangzhou, will nurture internationalized talent and facilitate closer collaboration among Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and beyond on education, research, and commercialization. To support important decision-. making and in line with its supervisory role, the Council has established a Task Force on the Proposed HKUST (GZ), with members meeting seven times to discuss related governance matters over the year. The new campus represents an increase in scale and scope for HKUST, and keeps the University at the forefront of trends and emerging fields. It will aid the University in building a rich talent pool and accessing to funding and resources to carry out the complex research necessary to address the challenging social and economic issues in the region that await solutions. Such expansion will bring farreaching impact on technology innovation and industrial upgrading in the Mainland and Asia while strengthening knowledge transfer to bridge Hong Kong’s gap in hightech manufacturing. HKUST (GZ) will follow the spirits of HKUST in academic excellence, innovation and entrepreneurship, while adhering to its educational vision, resources and teaching quality in quest of becoming a world-class bay area university. Another positive move resulted in the signing of the University Accountability Agreement in June 2019 following three years of dialogue with the University Grants Committee (UGC). The Agreement exhibits the joint efforts between HKUST and the UGC to advance the University’s mission and vision, strengthen its governance, and drive continuous improvement in terms of student experience, research endeavors, knowledge transfer, internationalization, and financial health and institutional sustainability, contributing to delivering the highest quality education in Hong Kong. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Council Members, Administration of the University and faculty, donors, alumni, and students for their great efforts to propel HKUST to new heights over the current year. Looking ahead is never easy but as our late founding Council Chairman showed, with the right direction, planning, and positive energy, the results can be spectacular. I look forward to this continuing at HKUST and to the University’s on-going elevation.. Chairman, University Council MR. ANDREW LIAO CHEUNG-SING GBS, JP 5.

(10) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. PRESIDENT’S REPORT. 6.

(11) HKUST. As I look back over the past 12 months, the main word that comes to mind is “extraordinary” for HKUST as we significantly accelerated the development of the University in multiple aspects.. On the institutional development front, I am pleased to report that HKUST has taken a major step forward for our future sustainability and vitality, with the December 2018 announcement of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST (GZ)) to be built under a tripartite agreement between HKUST, the Guangzhou Municipal Government, and Guangzhou University. The academic programs and structures in the Clear Water Bay (CWB) and Guangzhou campuses will be fully synergistic and complementary without duplication. HKUST (GZ) will focus on transdisciplinary thematic programs that encourage our faculty and students to integrate different disciplines to find solutions for complex and ever-evolving regional and global challenges. Conveniently located in Nansha, HKUST (GZ) will assist the  University to maximize knowledge transfer and commercialization activities in the Greater Bay Area leveraging its close proximity to our well-established mainland research institutes in Nansha and Shenzhen and R&D Center in Foshan. With just a short 30-minute train journey between the two campuses, faculty members and students can enjoy access to laboratories, classes, and facilities in both sites, enabling frequent academic and scientific exchange and collaboration. Over the year, HKUST has also advanced education and research through the launch of new programs and plans, moved forward on innovation and entrepreneurship, and added brand new campus facilities. To keep attracting the best young minds, we have created exciting opportunities that extend the boundaries of traditional degrees. For undergraduates, these range from our experiential-learning based bachelor program in Integrative Systems and Design, to the interactive, discussion-based HKUST-Minerva Scholar Program that deepens critical thinking and creativity. At the postgraduate level, we concluded an agreement to offer Hong Kong’s first joint academic and industry-run dual-degree MPhil + MSc program  in future energy and power system operation and management. In research, our endeavors and their potential impact on academia and the community were recognized by external funding of almost $835 million for 1,125 research projects over 2018-19. They included an Areas of Excellence Scheme award of over $91 million for an advanced AI extreme weather prediction and landslide early warning system and close to $38 million for a Theme-based Research Scheme proposal to use stem cell and genome editing technologies to identify novel drug targets for Alzheimer’s disease. Meanwhile, a multidisciplinary study to deliver a fintech hub roadmap and policy recommendations for Hong Kong illustrated our growing input into public policy. Our many breakthroughs encompassed the discovery of over 7,000 new ocean microbial species, and findings using genomic data and a novel computational model that provided new insights into the progression of a rare and deadly form of brain cancer.. With the aim of helping to advise society’s transition to a future that is greener, more livable and human-centric, and instilling a culture of learning from failure and self-initiated changes, a pioneering Sustainable Smart Campus as a Living Lab (SSC) initiative was launched to transform the University’s campus into a testing and innovation zone where students and faculty members can try out different ideas and approaches. Transferring our knowledge to improve the living quality of the community is always at the top of our minds. The release of our PRAISE-HK project’s mobile app in June 2019, for example, provided a valuable new way for the Hong Kong public to reduce their exposure to air pollution using cutting-edge air quality and traffic modeling, big data, and real-time sensor technologies, among others. Over the year, the Technology Transfer Center continued to promote promising new technology start-ups and enhance their competitiveness by leveraging the outstanding research development infrastructure and resources at HKUST and its international links. 17 start-ups were recommended by HKUST over 201819 to receive funding support from the Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) under the Hong Kong government’s Innovation and Technology Commission, bringing the total number of HKUST-affiliated TSSSU startups to 53 since its inception in 2014. High-quality campus infrastructure is a key element of students’ learning experience and is conducive to enhancing the quality of teaching and research outputs. During the year, we saw the official ground-breaking ceremony for the Shaw Auditorium under our Campus Master Plan. The multi-purpose landmark building will mark the arrival of a much-needed venue for teaching and cultural activities, and large-scale University events such as Congregation, concerts, and exhibitions. Proposals for government funding to build two new research facilities to enhance university research innovation and entrepreneurship have also been submitted. During 2018-19, we continued to receive support for all these efforts from our donors, with multiple mega-gifts helping us advance the frontiers of education and research, provide cutting-edge research facilities, and secure much-needed resources to recruit, nurture, and retain top talent – students, faculty members and staff – to take HKUST forward. In addition to thanking our donors for their on-going generosity to HKUST, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all our stakeholders – Council Members, senior management, faculty, students, alumni, staff, funding bodies and partners  near and far – for their untiring contribution to the University’s advancement. President PROF. WEI SHYY JP. 7.

(12) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT. Prof. Wei SHYY President. Prof. Lionel M. NI Provost. Prof. Sabrina LIN Vice-President for Institutional Advancement. Mr. Mark HODGSON Vice-President for Administration and Business. Prof. Nancy Y. IP Vice-President for Research and Development. 8.

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(14) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. LEARNING FOR LIFE Mainland China. Mainland China. Other Places in Asia. Other Places in Asia. Rest of the World. Rest of the World. 41% (746) 49% (887) Number of Non-local Students. 10% (183). Undergraduate. 1,816. 7% YoY. $86M. for both undergraduate and postgraduate. 83% (3,466) 11% (463) 6% (245). Postgraduate. 4,174. 10% YoY. Scholarships Undergraduate. Postgraduate. 2,351 scholarships awarded to 1,808 undergraduate students. 376 scholarships awarded to 329 postgraduate students. $73 million. Postgraduate Enrollment. $13 million. 2,098. (as of Dec 31, 2018). 5,544. 9% YoY. research postgraduate students (53 Programs). 3,446. taught postgraduate students (38 Programs). 10.

(15) HKUST. It has been a dynamic year for program development within and across Schools and for widening student horizons on campus and outside Hong Kong INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM Undergraduate Studies In 2018-19, the University introduced or prepared a series of new and revamped programs to ensure students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfill emerging talent needs, flourish in evolving fields, and succeed in today’s rapidly changing world. To nurture talents at the forefront of disruptive innovation, the Division of Integrative Systems and Design in the School of Engineering launched a BSc in Integrative Systems and Design in Fall 2018-19, with an initial intake of 14 students. The program focuses on innovative integrative design, engineering and systems, using experiential learning as the key pedagogy and a major annual project from Year 2 onward. Preparations to reposition the BSc program in Risk Management and Business Intelligence (RMBI), previously under the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, took place over the year to enhance the program’s scope and reach, and realign it with new developments and market demand in the RMBI field. The program will be jointly offered by the Schools of Business and Management, Engineering, and Science from Fall 2019-20, with a new option in Financial Technology and more elective courses due to be offered under the new curriculum. Both the BEng in Chemical Engineering and BEng in Chemical and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering were adapted to put stronger emphasis on chemical product design, add more project-based and enquiry-driven learning, and provide more electives. The School of Science has also reviewed all majors after feedback from stakeholders, with Marine Ecology and Oceanography options and the International Research Enrichment track now set to be introduced to the BSc in Ocean Science and Technology in 2019-20.. The flagship Global China Studies program in the School of Humanities and Social Science implemented a new curriculum that gives students the choice of taking a broader or deeper approach to their studies, with two tracks to consider after finishing their foundation year: the Integrated Humanities and Social Science track or Social Science Track. Other student-centered moves saw the Division of Environment and Sustainability launch the “Introduction to Sustainability” Common Core Course, using blended and experiential learning to promote sustainability education to all undergraduates (see also P47). With demand for dual degree programs increasing, a BEng in Bioengineering and BBA in General Business Management, and a BEng in Decision Analytics and BBA in General Business Management have been added to the combinations of degrees offered under the Interdisciplinary Programs Office’s popular five-year Dual Degree in Technology and Management. This brings the combinations offered under this program to 11. The HKUST-Minerva Scholar Program got underway with 18 students in the first cohort and six faculty members involved in teaching highly interactive discussion-based Minerva courses that stimulate critical thinking and a creative mind-set. The program was well received by students and faculty, and two courses using HKUSTMinerva pedagogy approved by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies as regular courses.. Postgraduate Studies The year saw launches or recruitment open for a number of new postgraduate programs focused around the University’s areas of focus. An interdisciplinary Master of Public Policy was launched, with a dual degree option available with the University of Washington. Meanwhile, a Master of Science in Financial Technology jointly offered by the Schools of Business and Management, Science, and Engineering started enrollment for its initial intake in Fall 2019. It is the first MSc program of its kind in Hong Kong and Mainland China.. 11.

(16) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Learning for Life. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS. The Interdisciplinary Programs Office developed an MPhil/ PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program over the year, following the successful introduction of the individualized BSc major. The postgraduate program, to be launched in 2019-20, offers broad academic freedom for students to create a unique interdisciplinary program focused on a specialized area of research and will be one of the first in Asia to explore this pioneering research postgraduate education mode. Dual degree agreements signed in 2018-19 created more openings for postgraduate students to engage in international collaboration and widen training and research options. Such arrangements were concluded with the University of Strathclyde and CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd., which joined with HKUST to offer Hong Kong’s first joint academic-industry run dual master’s degree program in future energy and power system operation and management (School of Engineering). Enrollment for the founding cohort of the part-time MPhil+MSc program got underway in the first quarter of 2019. With the new dual-degree partnership with Yale School of Management introduced in 2017, the students of the MSc in International Management and the MSc in Global Operations (School of Business and Management) commenced their second year of study at Yale and benefited from the first-class learning and cultural exposure east and west. The School of Business and Management also offered the joint HKUST-SKOLKOVO Executive MBA Program for Eurasia with Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO in Russia, focused on innovation, leadership, and the Belt and Road Initiative.. NEW PROVOST TO ADVANCE ACADEMIC MISSION Prof. Lionel NI Ming-Shuan was appointed Provost in January 2019 after a rigorous global search. The appointment marked Prof. Ni’s return to the HKUST family, which he first joined in 2002. Prof. Ni is a seasoned academic administrator, with substantial years of management experience, and an accomplished, internationally recognized scholar in computer science and engineering. In his leadership role, the University’s overall academic strategy and priorities will be critically reviewed, helping HKUST scale new heights in teaching and learning.. 12. A total of 1,808 undergraduates had their academic and non-academic talents recognized through 2,351 scholarships, collectively worth $73 million. Around 19% of students received more than one scholarship. The University Recruitment and Admissions Office prepared to expand regional scholarships to Turkey, Central Asia, Vietnam, Myanmar and five more Mainland China provinces for the 2019 intake. In addition, the Student Athletes Admission Scheme was launched to attract local sports talents to HKUST. In prestigious tertiary-wide competitive scholarships in 2018-19, three out of eight awards for new students from ASEAN countries, Korea and India joined HKUST while three out of 10 Belt and Road Scholarship (Indonesia) awardees and three out of 10 Belt and Road Scholarship (Thailand) awardees took up places at the University. All the awards came under the Targeted Scholarships Scheme offered by the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund. Some 376 awards were offered to 329 postgraduates amounting to $13 million in 2018-19. The total amount of scholarships for both undergraduates and postgraduates reached around $86 million, a 2% increase on the previous year. The number of non-academic scholarship awards grew by 32% from 300 to 395, with overall value reaching $6 million. The non-academic scholarships helped recognize students’ achievements in sports, music, innovation, community service and out-of-classroom projects as well as support their future development. HKUST continued its success in the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, attracting 53 out of 250 (21% of the total) awardees for 2019-20 admission. Fellowship students come from 15 countries and regions, adding to the internationalization of the University’s research student community. Bai Xian Asia Institute granted 10 awards to outstanding students from Japan, Korea, Mainland China and other Asian countries to pursue fulltime research or taught postgraduate programs at HKUST. For those already studying at HKUST, the Overseas Research Award enabled selected PhD students to broaden their research experience at top overseas universities, including Purdue, MIT, Yale, Princeton and Stanford..

(17) HKUST. DEVELOPING A GLOBAL MIND-SET Around 950 students benefited from the University’s exchange program during the year, studying at partner institutions around the world. Credit-bearing study abroad summer programs, offered together with partner universities, brought additional opportunities to experience other cultural and social environments. Around 450 students participated in programs held at leading universities overseas, including Oxford University, Cambridge University, Princeton University, and Stanford University. Locations for other summer programs encompassed Austria, Brunei, Estonia, and Mainland China, among others. A group of HKUST students undertook a 10-day study tour to the Middle East in summer 2018, where they visited Israel, the world’s start-up nation champion. A credit-bearing study trip to Brazil in January 2019 also gave 32 Global Business students the chance to study the business challenges facing Brazilian companies.. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EDUCATION Experiential and Blended Learning During 2018-19, 28 blended learning undergraduate courses were approved and another 12 courses verified for delivery using experiential learning. Leaders of experiential learning projects funded by the University’s teaching development grants saw conference papers published on their respective subjects in 2019, including “Teaching Science Using Innovative Teaching Tools” in the European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences and “Entrepreneurship 1001: Building Your Own Future”, ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden. The School of Engineering also announced that it planned to turn “experiential learning” into compulsory courses for its 800 Year 1 undergraduate students.. Massive Open Online Courses The University continues to set the pace in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). By 2018-19, 55 MOOCs had been offered on either the Coursera or edX platforms, attracting over 1.7 million enrollments. Nine more courses were under development. Specializations launched over the year included a series of four on “Full-Stack Web Development with React” in July 2018 (10,000 enrollments) and four MOOCs on “FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation” in November 2018 (1,400 enrollments). In September 2018, HKUST signed an agreement with Coursera to pilot the “Coursera for Partners” portal at the University for a year. HKUST was the one of two non-US partners to join this pilot program. It offers four specializations and 40 individual courses and has attracted over 1,100 HKUST members and more than 2,000 course enrollments.. Service Learning Civic awareness and self-motivation to serve are integral parts of student education at HKUST, with HKUST Connect, under the Dean of Students’ Office, spearheading such efforts. Among the platform’s wide-ranging initiatives, an HKUST student completed a one-year traineeship program with the International Committee of the Red Cross at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This opportunity, exclusive to HKUST, enabled the student to gain valuable fieldwork experience in humanitarian aid. In further service learning activities, HKUST Connect collaborated with 65 community partners, engaging 2,230 students in 135 projects over the year. These included one local workcamp and eight service-learning trips to Mainland China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, and the US. HKUST Service Learning Day was renamed HKUST Global Days of Changemaking to mobilize all HKUST members, including those living or studying overseas, to take action to solve social problems in their communities in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In April 2019, over 850 students, faculty members, staff and alumni took part in 47 service projects in connection with the changemaking days and pledged to support the SDGs. The University Student Sponsorship Program in Wildlife Conservation continued in 2018-19, with School of Science students fully sponsored to travel overseas to gain first-hand research experience while contributing to wildlife conservation at the same time. The program is run in collaboration with the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong.. HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING Societies and Sports There are over 100 student societies affiliated to the Students’ Union at HKUST, catering to diverse interests including arts and culture, music, martial arts, community service, and academic affairs. The University continued to support student-initiated activities via a range of schemes, including the President’s 1-HKUST Student Life Award (17 projects) and Student Enrichment Activities Fund (61 projects). On the sporting front, more than 570 student athletes took part in 61 sports teams covering 34 sports in 201819. HKUST student athletes won six trophies in five events organized by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China. A total of 27 elite student athletes studied at HKUST on AEF Sports Scholarships in 2018-19.. 13.

(18) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Learning for Life. PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE WORKFORCE Leadership Training. Residential Life To ensure more students benefit from the experience of living on campus, the Dean of Students’ Office’s Student Housing and Residential Life Office managed to increase the occupancy rate from 94% to 98% from January 2019. Residential programs to assist students in adjusting to and making the most of campus and hall life now include four major initiatives. The First-Year Experience (FYE) @ Residence Program helps freshers adapt to university living. Living Learning Communities focus on different themes, such as the arts, fitness, and sustainability. The popular activities held by these communities were opened up to all hall residents in 2018-19, and all activities will be accessible to all undergraduate and postgraduate residents from 2019-20. Green Trekkers promotes ecoawareness and clean-ups in the community while integration on campus is encouraged through teaming local and non-local students as roommates and a hall cultural buddy program.. Mental Health and Wellness Over the year, the Counseling and Wellness centers organized different outreach programs such as a psychological assessment booth, a fun day, psychoeducation training, sharing sessions, workshops, a day camp and field trips to help students understand the importance of mental health. The Center also engaged 29 students to be peer counselors, who could reach out to fellow students in need of support, encouragement, companionship or information about resources on campus. In a new endeavor, a team of students and staff from the School of Science set out to inspire students to fail fearlessly, and overcome their current obstacles and mistakes by inviting other students, faculty members, and the University’s President to recount personal setbacks on camera, which were then shared with the HKUST community in International Day for Failure in October 2018. Following the failure day, the team continued to collect alumni stories on how they overcame their limitations and continued toward their dreams.. 14. The Redbird Leadership Community helps students realize their potential as leaders through training and an award scheme. In 2018-19, 79 community members received coaching on leading themselves and others, teamwork, and facilitation. The participants served within the University and local community as volunteers, leaders, mentors, and catalysts for change. A total of five gold awards, six silver awards, 35 bronze awards, and 23 certificates of completion were earned, recognizing students’ achievements and dedication. The Learners’ Circle initiative was successfully piloted to enhance undergraduates’ first-year experience through peer exchange and knowledge co-creation. The open conversation sessions were facilitated by trainers around themes such as “Preparing for 21st Century Challenges”. Fifty students participated in the two pilots.. Employability and Internships HKUST has been highly ranked for graduates’ career preparation, being placed No. 10 in the Global University Employability Ranking 2019 (No. 1 in Greater China, seven years in a row) by Emerging/Trendence, and No. 1 in both the Best Career Services Satisfaction Award 2019 (seven years in a row) and Best Employability Rating Award 2019 (two years in a row) as self-rated by HKUST students in the Hong Kong Talent Survey by Universum. In the University’s Career Mosaic, a biannual job fair, a record-breaking 450 employers visited campus to recruit for internship and graduate positions. Students’ enthusiasm for internships remained strong, with placements offered by individual companies and organizations, and the University Career Center’s Internship Network (iNet) continuing to connect potential participants with other internship programs in Hong Kong and worldwide. Close to 1,000 undergraduate students landed their internships via iNet. The year also saw about 15% growth in those participating in winter internship programs. Students took up outbound internships in five major cities in Mainland China (Shanghai, Guangxi, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu) and further afield to Brunei, Singapore, Japan, the UK, Ireland and Spain. School of Science career building programs extended their reach, with the start of a Social Entrepreneurship Training Program offering a series of entrepreneurial training and winter internships in social enterprises and philanthropic ventures; HKUST Science X Teach Unlimited Foundation Job Shadowing Scheme, in cooperation with Teach Unlimited Foundation, an active recruiter at HKUST; and the Career Mentor Training Scheme, organized with HKUST Career Center, to enable students to become career peer mentors, who can provide basic support to their peers..

(19) HKUST. STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Entrepreneurial Moves and Mind-set Over 100 students took part in the Entrepreneurship Center’s Leapfrog program, which provides opportunities to exchange ideas with overseas peers and entrepreneurs and build potential business networks. Participants visited Seoul, explored emerging prospects and careers in the Greater Bay Area, and joined entrepreneurship programs at Fudan University and Tongji University. The University’s U*STAR Program (previously the Innovation Acceleration Fund) encourages entrepreneurial technology transfer based on HKUST technologies and research outputs. The program received 12 applications in 2018-19. Seven projects each received a cash award of $40,000, bringing the number of award-winning teams since launch in 2016-17 to 23. Three companies formed by 2017-18 U*STAR Program awardees secured funding from the Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities, run by the Hong Kong government’s Innovation and Technology Commission (see also P23). Some 38 seminars, workshops, and talks related to entrepreneurship were held, drawing more than 3,150 students (+12%). One popular seminar featured Prof. CHEN Qifeng, co-founder of LINO Network, a decentralized live streaming platform with 500,000 monthly active users. More than 300 students attended the event. HKUST students setting up a technology-based start-up company can also apply to join the HKUST Entrepreneurship Program, first established in 1999. As at 2018-19, the program has assisted 64 technology start-ups.. Competitive Opportunities The Entrepreneurship Center collaborated with the School of Business and Management and China Everbright Bank Hong Kong to organize the bank’s first academic-industry cyber security competition for HKUST students. The top three winning teams were rewarded with internship opportunities at the bank. A team of four MSc Big Data Technology students also won the championship at the PwC’s Data-lympics 2019, a two-day contest that challenged students to demonstrate how data and analytics could be used to address business challenges. The flagship annual HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition continued to provide a platform for start-ups and teams from different regions of China to showcase their innovative ideas. In 2018, 934 teams from seven regions took part, with 35 teams (five from each region) entering the Grand Final at Nansha, Guangzhou, in October 2018. HKUST senior management and Council Members attended, along with 40 venture capitalists from different organizations. The 2019 HKUSTSino One Million Dollar regional contest in Hong Kong, attracted 117 teams to the HKUST campus, a rise of more than 15% over 2018. At the final in June 2019, Horizon Biochip won the top President Award, GF Innovation Award and Healthcare Prize for its cryochip that automates the process of preserving embryos/oocytes in IVF medical procedures.. 15.

(20) Learning for Life. ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. The BSc program in Risk Management and Business Intelligence will offer a new option in Financial Technology and more elective courses under the new curriculum.. More than 1,800 non-local students enrolled in undergraduate programs during the year.. 16.

(21) HKUST. School of Science students were fully sponsored to travel overseas to gain first-hand research experience while contributing to wildlife conservation.. A study trip to Brazil in January 2019 gave 32 Global Business students the chance to study the business challenges facing local companies.. HKUST Waterpolo men’s team won third place at USFHK Men’s Waterpolo Championship.. The Redbird Leadership Community helps students realize their potential as leaders through training and an award scheme.. 17.

(22) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. LAB TO MARKET. Research Funding. $834.9 million. of external research funding was awarded to 1,125 projects. Knowledge Transfer. 147. inventions developed. 275. new patent applications filed. Joint Institutes/ Laboratories with Mainland Industry and Research Institutions • HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute • HKUST-Xiaoi Robot Joint Lab on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning • HKUST-WeBank Joint Laboratory • HKUST-Xunlei Joint Laboratory on Blockchain Technology. 18. • HKUST-DiDi Joint Research Lab • South China University of Technology (SCUT)-HKUST Joint Research Institute • Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Research Institute for Brain Science • HKUST-SIAT Joint Lab for Brain Science.

(23) HKUST. The University actively extended funding, infrastructure support, and knowledge transfer to industry and the wider community for its world-class research FROM FUNDING TO NEW KNOWLEDGE HKUST’s external research funding took a major step forward, reaching a cumulative $834.9 million for 1,125 projects in 2018-19, as new funding schemes under the University Grants Committee and Hong Kong government came on stream. Major support of $169.7 million was provided by Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council (RGC) for 227 new projects. The University’s success rates for proposals to RGC’s General Research Fund and Early Career Scheme stood at 47% and 59% respectively in  2018-19. HKUST remained the top performer for its  General Research Fund success rate among local institutions. The University received several prestigious RGC funding awards for multidisciplinary projects tackling key community and global issues. A project to create an extreme weather prediction and landslide early warning system using artificial intelligence received $91.85 million under the Areas of Excellence Scheme. The endeavor is led by Prof. Charles NG (Civil and Environmental Engineering). Prof. Nancy IP (Life Science) was granted $37.97 million under the Theme-based Research Scheme to conduct Alzheimer’s disease-related studies that seek to identify novel drug targets using stem cell and genomeediting technologies. Prof. TAM Kar-Yan (Information Systems, Business Statistic and Operations Management) and his fintech development strategy project became the first to receive funding under the Theme-Based Research Scheme’s theme of “Enhancing Hong Kong’s Strategic Position as a Regional and International Business Center” in the three most recent rounds. The project, involving a high-flying team of business and computer systems academics, was granted $20.66 million. Further support came from the Collaborative Research Fund, with Prof. Jensen LI (Physics) granted $7.28 million to look into manipulation of wave propagation in optical and acoustic systems while Prof. CHEN Lei (Computer Science and Engineering) was awarded $3.72 million to develop a human-powered machine learning system to assist medical diagnoses, and other applications. Four HKUST-led proposals received a total of $30.28 million under the RGC’s Research Impact Fund, introduced in 2018-19. With such funding support, Prof. CHEN Jing (Electronic and Computer Engineering) will establish a center for research on wide-bandgap semiconductor power electronics; Prof. YU Jianzhen (Chemistry) is seeking to identify the sources of airborne particulate matter pollution in real time; Prof. SHENG Ping (Physics) is. developing broadband absorbers for microwaves and ultralow frequency mechanical waves; and Prof. Henry YAN He (Chemistry) is looking at how to improve organic photovoltaic systems and make them commercially viable. Separately, the Environment and Conservation Fund awarded $1.68 million to Prof. NING Zhi (Environment and Sustainability) to investigate diesel vehicle fleet emissions on the road and evaluate emission control policy effectiveness over a two-year period. In 2018-19, the University submitted 126 research proposals to the Hong Kong government’s Innovation and Technology Fund, with 36 being funded for a total of $158 million. Among these projects, Prof. Jack CHENG (Civil and Environmental Engineering) secured $10 million to develop a system that can automatically generate building information models based on unmanned aerial vehicle and indoor 3D laser scanning technologies; Prof. QU Huamin (Computer Science and Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering) received a similar amount to explore e-learning data analytics, and an open-learning design and visualization framework; and Prof. YEUNG Dit-Yan (Computer Science and Engineering) was granted $8.75 million to generate a personalized e-learning platform suitable for all ages. Beyond Hong Kong, Prof. Patrick YUE (Electronic and Computer Engineering) became the first HKUST faculty member to successfully compete for state funding without applying through a mainland body. This followed the directive from the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance in May 2018, allowing Hong Kong universities and research institutes to apply for earmarked research funds from Mainland China for research in Hong Kong. Prof. Yue’s project on optoelectronic interconnect technology received RMB4.5 million from Guangdong Province’s Department of Science and Technology. Prof. ZHANG Mingjie (Life Science) was awarded a threeyear grant of US$350,000 per year under the International Human Frontier Science Program for leading-edge research into molecular mechanisms of receptor trafficking and retention at neuronal synapses. The program is based in France and supported by 13 countries and the European Union. Out of more than 650 preliminary applications, just 25 were eventually funded (less than 4%). Prof. Zhang will work with scientists from Kyoto University in Japan and Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany in carrying out the project.. 19.

(24) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Lab to Market. EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZED. To assist economic and industry endeavors to benefit from new knowledge, a collaboration was initiated between the world-leading semi-conductor device leader Nexperia and the Department of Mathematics. The cooperative arrangement is set to fund a joint lab. In addition, Prof. Fugee TSUNG (Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics) launched the first customer relationship index consortium, involving the Departments of Industrial Engineering & Decision Analytics and Computer Science & Engineering and the Asia Pacific Customer Service Consortium. The initiative seeks to leverage big data analytics to develop the first service quality big data platform integrating customer satisfaction index and online text mining.. Engineering faculty received three Natural Science (second class) honors in the 2018 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education. The accolades went to Prof. GAO Furong (Chemical and Biological Engineering) for robust batch control; Prof. Vincent LAU (Electronic and Computer Engineering) for 5G+ wireless networks; and Prof. Lionel NI (Computer Science and Engineering) for device-free wireless sensing. Locally, Prof. CHEN Guanghao (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and his team won a Gold Award at the 2018 Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards and, internationally, the Chen research team became the first in Asia to collect the bronze award at the 2018 International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Awards in the category of breakthroughs in research and development. Both awards recognized the novel SANI sewage management process. Prof. WEN Zilong (Life Science) received a prestigious Croucher Senior Fellowship Award to study the origins of microglia – immune response-related cells associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Among younger researchers, Prof. CHEN Qifeng (Computer Science and Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering) was named one of “35 Innovators under 35” in China in 2018 by MIT Technology Review for his breakthroughs on image decomposition and synthesis, and optical flow algorithms, which could lead to films using computer vision technology alone.. PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE BREAKTHROUGHS It was a rewarding year for the formation of research institutes, centers and laboratories in fields related to HKUST’s areas of focus. These encompassed three research institutes and centers focused on smart cities, intelligent autonomous driving, and big data for bio intelligence, and eight joint laboratories with mainland industry and institutions (see also P37). Centers related to artificial intelligence (AI) included Hong Kong’s first university cross-disciplinary AI unit to look broadly across fields at the implications of the associated technologies and a unit focused on the integration of robotic and automation technologies into the building and construction life cycle. A further center, launched in partnership with scientists from Harvard, Stanford, and University College London, is seeking to propel forward understanding and identify new drug candidates to tackle neurodegenerative diseases. In line with HKUST’s focus on sustainability, a joint laboratory was also set up by the HKUST Institute for the Environment and Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon at the University of Zaragoza in Spain for material characterization and safety assessment of advanced functional nanomaterials and environmental samples.. 20. Separately, the University reached the sixth year of its wide-reaching collaboration with MIT to develop industrial and socially beneficial technologies under the HKUST-MIT Research Alliance Consortium. Two new projects were added, bringing the total number of Consortium projects to 11, all supported by the Innovation and Technology Fund. Helping to widen global understanding of management and corporate issues in Asia, HKUST’s regionally-focused business cases became available for public access on Harvard Business Publishing website in August 2018, with some 60 titles being distributed through the Harvard platform during the period under review. Requests for cases totalled almost 2,000 from individuals and institutions from over 25 regions, besides Hong Kong, by end of March 2019. The HKUST Case Collection, including joint cases developed with other institutions, is also publicly available via the University website. A collaboration between HKUST scientists, led by Prof. ZHANG Mingjie (Life Science), and Pangu BioPharma, a Hong Kong subsidiary of US biotherapeutics company aTyr Pharma, Inc., has helped to initiate an investigational therapeutic for pulmonary sarcoidosis, a rare form of fibrotic lung disease which currently has no cure. aTyr Pharma, Inc. was co-founded by Prof. Paul SCHIMMEL, an IAS Senior Visiting Fellow from The Scripps Research Institute. To improve quality of life and contribute to easing the aging challenge, the University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hong Kong social welfare organization Haven of Hope Christian Service to develop technologies ranging from a virtual assistant to tap water disinfection and therapeutic garden spaces to assist seniors and their caregivers.. MAINLAND PLATFORMS The University has several long-established research platforms in Nansha, Shenzhen, and Foshan in neighboring Guangdong Province. Working through these platforms, the University generated a range of new research initiatives with local governments in Guangdong Province (see also P37). In the past two years, the endeavors have been extended to Zhongshan. The HKUST-Zhongshan Joint Innovation Center was established under HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at the Clear Water Bay campus, with total funding of.

(25) HKUST. RMB39 million to support the operations of the Center, sponsor the HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Zhongshan District Competition, and fund research projects supported by Zhongshan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology over three years. Three HKUST pilot projects were awarded RMB500,000 each. In addition, Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute formally established the International Smart Manufacturing Platform, with start-up funding support of RMB12.5 million from Nansha district government and Guangzhou municipal government. HKUST Nanhai Innovation Center (NIC) was set up with the Nanhai district government of Foshan City, aiming to facilitate collaborations between HKUST faculty members and Nanhai enterprises, and to identify start-up companies from Hong Kong interested in developing research and teams in Nanhai. This extends the collaboration with the HKUST LED-FPD Technology R&D Center at Foshan, launched with the Nanhai government in 2012, to deliver training, technology development activities, and exhibitions. In 2018-19, nine projects from 24 applications received funding through NIC. The 6,300-sq-m HKUST Futian Base in the Loop, Shenzhen, was jointly agreed with the HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute and Futian district government to facilitate application of HKUST faculty research outcomes. The Base will assist R&D needs, commercialization, entrepreneurship, and executive training activities. In research endeavors of its own, the HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute secured 34 government research projects, with total funding of RMB33.6 million from the Shenzhen Science Technology and Innovation Committee in 2018. Funding of RMB22 million was awarded for Alzheimer’s disease studies led by Prof. Nancy IP’s team at the Institute. A total of RMB40 million was secured from Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology. This project also involves leading Mainland universities and hospitals.. EQUIPMENT ADVANCE In a first for Greater China, the University announced the building of a quantum optics camera using a novel approach to locate previously undetectable signals from billions of light years away and answer question in astrophysics and cosmology related to black holes and other deep space phenomena. The project is being led by the Quantum Optics for Astrophysics and Cosmology Lab under the guidance of Nobel laureate IAS TT & WF Chao Foundation Professor George SMOOT from the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS).. HKUST researchers are also set to benefit tremendously from the purchase of a cryo-electron microscope (cryoEM). This technological advance has recently transformed the field of structural biology by offering clearer detailing of biological samples and their structures, sometimes at near atomic resolution. The machine is being purchased with the support of a generous donation from the Lo Kwee Seong Foundation. The Supercomputing Service Platform at Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute in Nansha enables HKUST faculty members and researchers to access the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou and Tianhe-2, one of the world’s fastest computers. The Institute has also been designated as the contact point for Tianhe-2 users from universities, government, NGOs, and commercial sectors in Hong Kong. As of June 2019, more than 75 million core-hours of supercomputing services had been supplied to local and overseas researchers. Support of $2.59 million was obtained to set up a mesocosm facility at the University’s Coastal Marine Laboratory under the RGC’s Joint Laboratory Funding Scheme. The lab forms part of a collaboration with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography and Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.. REALIZING INNOVATION Knowledge Transfer and Downstream Support The University has established a robust infrastructure to encourage the development of intellectual property (IP) and support the transfer of new knowledge from campus to community. Over the past year, this led to 147 inventions and the filing of 275 new patent applications for research at HKUST’s Clear Water Bay campus and Mainland platforms. With 112 newly granted patents, HKUST’s current IP portfolio now contains 1,488 active patents and patent applications. HKUST R and D Corporation Limited (RDCHK) is a platform linking and converting the University’s research capabilities and cutting-edge technology to business and industry applications. In 2018-19, RDCHK managed 213 research contracts, 11 consultancy projects and 341 testing services projects, generating cash basis income of $84.6 million. With cash basis income of $10.6 million from Mainland platforms, total cash basis income generated from projects amounted to $95.2 million over the year. In the reporting period, RDCHK managed 105 active patent and software licensing agreements with another three active licenses managed by Mainland platforms. These, together with income generated by Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), brought licensing cash basis income for 2018-19 to $7.2 million. In 2018-19, HKUST received 13 Proof-of-Concept Fund applications for pre-commercialization development of potential cutting-edge technologies, with nine receiving gap funding of $1.6 million in total. The HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund (E-Fund) advanced toward. 21.

(26) Lab to Market. ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. HKUST received several prestigious RGC funding awards for multidisciplinary projects, including a project to create an extreme weather prediction and landslide early warning system using artificial intelligence.. The Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases was launched in partnership with scientists from Harvard, Stanford, and University College London.. 22. HKUST and WeBank launched the first HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking..

(27) HKUST. implementation to assist promising University technology start-ups. The fund comprises capital investment schemes which can either co-invest with qualified partners or can bridge the funding gap faced by such start-ups before reaching the stage where they can secure sufficient external funding. In preparation, the Fund reached out to experienced venture capital funds, incubators, accelerators, and other types of private funds with a track record of investing in early stage start-ups. Since 1999, the University’s Entrepreneurship Program has assisted 64 technology start-ups on the Clear Water Bay campus.. The University announced the building of a quantum optics camera to locate previously undetectable signals from billions of light years away.. Nurturing Start-ups The Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU), launched by the Hong Kong government’s Innovation and Technology Commission, attracted 51 applications from HKUST community over the year, bringing the University’s total number of applications since the scheme began in 2014 to 227. With funding doubled since April 2019, the number of start-ups receiving support increased by 55%, with 17 start-ups recommended by the HKUST vetting committee, comprising experienced investors and industry experts. This brings the total number of HKUST-affiliated TSSSU start-ups to 53. Of these, about 68% use HKUST technology. Around 50% have entered incubation programs organized by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and Cyberport, and around 66% have received external funding. Since 1999, the University’s own Entrepreneurship Program has assisted 64 technology start-ups on the Clear Water Bay campus, of which 36 have graduated from the program. Over 2018-19, the space for incubating companies was renovated to accommodate more startups. HKUST’s incubation programs at RDC Shenzhen and Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute hosted 52 and 28 start-ups respectively. Networking is also vital in getting innovative new businesses off the ground. In line with this, the Technology Transfer Center and Entrepreneurship Center jointly hosted HKUST Startups x Investors 2018, a flagship activity to connect the University’s technopreneurs and start-ups with the investment community and professional networks. Thirty-seven early-stage companies from five technology areas showcased their breakthrough business ideas, products and services at the event. The gathering attracted investors from over 100 organizations. Further networking opportunities were provided through the Blue Bay Incubator program, organized by the Blue Bay Incubator, HKUST R and D Corporation (Shenzhen) Ltd, and Blue Bay Incubator Phase II in the E-hub of Qianhai Free Trade Zone in Shenzhen. In 2018-19, the program arranged a visit to Tencent for start-ups, and a joint exchange event in Hong Kong for MBA/MSc students and alumni from the School of Business and Management, which engaged 14 start-up companies from Shenzhen, Macau and Hong Kong in its roadshow.. 23.

(28) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Lab to Market. Research Highlights From basic science discoveries to public policy projects and a novel air quality tracking app, HKUST researchers are making a difference. RNA POLYMERASE DISCOVERY. PSD BREAKTHROUGH In a breakthrough study, biochemist Prof. ZHANG Mingjie (Life Science) and his research team uncovered how reconstituted postsynaptic density (PSD) could serve as a molecular platform for understanding synapse formation and plasticity. The study employed a biochemical reconstitution approach to show that multivalent interaction networks formed by major excitatory PSD scaffold proteins led to the formation of PSD-like assemblies via phase separation both in solution and on supported membrane bilayers. The reconstituted assemblies were able to cluster receptors, selectively concentrate enzymes, promote actin bundle formation, and expel inhibitory postsynaptic proteins. The research was published in Cell, and later selected as a “Best of Cell 2018” article.. 24. Prof. HUANG Xuhui (Chemistry) discovered how RNA polymerase II maintains highly accurate gene transcription, locating the mechanisms that enable RNA polymerase II to carry out an intrinsic cleavage reaction to proofread RNA transcriptions and correct errors in RNA synthesis. When a nucleotide is added by mistake, RNA polymerase II can rewind by moving backward (“backtracking”) to cleave the mis-incorporated nucleotide. The finding, published in Nature Catalysis, was made possible by quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics calculations, performed through largescale high-performance computing. The work can provide new insights into how mis-regulation of transcription can lead to diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease..

(29) HKUST. CONTINUUM THEORY ADVANCE Continuum theories for grain boundary motion in crystalline materials incorporating the underlying structures of topological line defects (dislocations and disconnections) have been developed by Prof. XIANG Yang (Mathematics). These theories successfully explain experimental observations and atomistic simulations related to the development of novel materials in microstructural engineering. Rigorous convergence proof from atomistic models of the continuum theories was also obtained. The research has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis.. THOUSANDS MORE OCEAN MICROBIAL SPECIES FOUND Prof. QIAN Peiyuan (Ocean Science) and his fellow researchers have found more than 7,000 new microbial species, enhancing understanding of ocean biodiversity. Acidobacteria, a natural medicinal phylum, was among the microbes identified, the first time this species had been found outside terrestrial soils. The phylum has previously been used for developing novel antibiotics and anti-tumor drugs due to a high level of biosynthetic gene clusters. Acidobacteria is also the first ocean species found to contain the CRISPR gene-editing system. The research appeared in Nature Communications.. BRAIN CANCER THERAPY BOOST A research team led by Prof. WANG Jiguang (Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Life Science) has identified how secondary glioblastoma, a rare and deadly brain cancer, can progress from its less lethal form. The finding has provided a novel pathway to precision diagnosis and a therapeutic lead, which could result in a new treatment for chemo-resistant patients. Using a combination of genomic data from patients and a specially designed computational model, the scientists found METex14 mutations at the MET oncogene to be behind the disease’s aggressive progression. Collaborators in Beijing collected most of the initial samples and identified drug molecule PLB-1001 to selectively target the tumors in clinical trials.. 25.

(30) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Lab to Market. Research Highlights. BARCODES WITH IMAGES. RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVICES FOR MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING Mobile-edge computing is a crucial technology for 5G networks, offering low-latency computation services at the edge of wireless networks and being a major enabler for the internet of things and smart city technologies, among other applications. Published research on mobile-edge computing with renewable energy-powered devices, by Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF, Prof. ZHANG Jun, and alumnus MAO Yuyi (all Electronic and Computer Engineering), was ranked one of the top 10 most popular articles in the premier IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications over 28 consecutive months. The 2016 paper was titled “Dynamic Computation Offloading for Mobile-Edge Computing with Energy Harvesting Devices”. It was also recognized as an Essential Science Indicators highly cited paper and received the prestigious 2019 IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award.. Prof. MOW Wai-Ho (Electronic and Computer Engineering) and his research team have developed a generation of barcodes employing images instead of conventional black-and-white lines and blocks. The innovation involves the development of picture-embedded proprietary codes (PiCodes) and video-embedded codes (ViCodes), which can attract more attention through their aesthetic appearance. The codes are also more secure as they are harder to change, making it difficult to plant malware or links to unsafe webpages. The barcodes will allow people to obtain complex information, such as product brochures, without internet connections and could transform retail shopping for consumers.. PREDICTING RESPONSE TO SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS Given greater product variety and shorter product life cycle, it is becoming more difficult to predict what consumers will buy when faced with substitute products. Prof. Guillermo GALLEGO (Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics) is leading a Research Grants Councilfunded project into “Multi-product inventory and dynamic pricing decisions with dynamic substitution effects” to examine how e-retailers should decide on the depth and breadth of their assortments and pricing strategy.. 26.

(31) HKUST. FINTECH HUB ROADMAP A multidisciplinary fintech research project is seeking to deliver policy recommendations, scholarly contributions, and industrial impact through the creation of a roadmap to transform Hong Kong into a global fintech hub. The study, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, is led by Prof. TAM Kar-Yan. It involves a team of researchers from HKUST and other local universities. The eight major research tasks cover blockchain, cybersecurity, risk preference, robo-advising, artificial intelligence/machine learning, systemic risk, financial innovation policy, and manpower development. The research team’s expertise encompasses finance, information systems, computer science, accounting, and economics.. MANDATORY CSR AND FIRM PROFITABLITY Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now a key business practice, with a growing number of countries mandating sustainability disclosure in recent years. Leveraging China’s 2008 mandate, Prof. HUNG Mingyi (Accounting) and her co-authors were among the first to document the impact of mandatory CSR reporting on firms, finding that companies experienced a decrease in profitability after the mandate. However, cities most impacted by the disclosure mandate also saw a decrease in industrial wastewater and SO2 emission levels. The findings suggested that mandatory CSR disclosure alters firm behavior and generates positive externalities at the expense of shareholders. The study was published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics.. NEWS SHOCKS AND EQUITY RETURNS. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN VC FUNDRAISING Prof. Pavel ZHELYAZKOV (Management) studied the role of social connections in the decision-making of institutional investors who invest in venture capital firms. In an article published in Administrative Science Quarterly, he explored competitive concerns and relationship quality in shaping whether venture capital firms connect their syndication partners with institutional investors (also known as limited partners, or LPs). He is now extending his research to service providers, such as lawyers, auditors, and placement agents, and their matching of LPs and venture capital firms.. Researchers have studied the connection between the timing of equity cash flows and expected stock returns in recent years, finding a downward slope in the term structure of equity returns. More importantly, the slope varied substantially over time and was significantly negative in the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Prof. LI Kai (Finance) and his co-authors have now proposed a novel production-based asset pricing model that offers a unified explanation of the slope’s features, based on the interplay of learning about exposure to aggregate shocks and the time-varying volatility of news regarding future productivity shocks. The paper appeared in The Review of Financial Studies.. 27.

(32) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. Lab to Market. Research Highlights QING CIVIL SERVICE WHO’S WHO Prof. Cameron CAMPBELL (Social Science) and his collaborators at HKUST and Renmin University released an extract of 638,152 personnel records of 50,049 Qing dynasty (1644-1912) civil service officials who served between 1900 and 1912. This public release, downloaded nearly 1,000 times in its first five months online, forms part of the China Government Employee Database-Qing (CGED-Q), being constructed and analyzed by the research team. Prof. Campbell and his collaborators are using the CGED-Q to examine the structure and composition of the Qing civil service as well as family background and other influences on the careers of officials. The complete CGED-Q now contains a total of 3.5 million records. The publicly released data will serve as a major resource to explore an important period in Chinese history.. FOSTERING INNOVATION, ENHANCING SUSTAINABILITY Prof. Kira MATUS (Public Policy, Social Science, Environment and Sustainability) is investigating the types of policies used by OECD countries to support innovation activities that advance sustainability goals. The project is cataloguing policies in 28 countries to capture different approaches to innovation that support sustainable development. This one-of-a-kind dataset will be supplemented with fieldwork in four different countries to better understand how governments can use innovation to support a wide variety of social goods. The project is being run in cooperation with academics from Harvard University and Utrecht University.. PHILOSOPHICAL QUEST ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS Prof. Daisy DU Yan (Humanities) published Animated Encounters: Transnational Movements of Chinese Animation, 1940s-1970s (University of Hawaii Press, 2019). In this book, she investigates China’s often-overlooked role in the history of world animation and engagement with international forces during its formative period. Prof. Du introduces readers to transnational movements in early Chinese animation, tracing the involvement of Japanese, Soviet, American, Taiwanese, and China’s ethnic minorities in animated filmmaking in China. She also questions the long-held belief that this era was a time of cultural isolationism for China due to wars and revolutions.. 28. In Interpreting Dilthey: Critical Essays (Cambridge University Press, 2018), edited by Prof. Eric S. NELSON (Humanities), leading scholars engage with the philosophy and writings of Wilhelm Dilthey, a crucial thinker for the development of modern Continental European philosophy. Dilthey also had an influence on 20th-century Chinese, East Asian, and global philosophy. Chapters cover his innovative philosophical strategies and explore how they can be understood in relation to their historical situation. The collection of essays is the only contemporary anthology in English on Dilthey..

(33) HKUST. PUBLIC POLICY IN GREATER BAY AREA. MEASURING REAL-TIME SHIP EMISSIONS A research team led by Prof. NING Zhi (Environment and Sustainability), and co-supervised by Profs. Jimmy FUNG and Alexis LAU, has been working with the Hong Kong government’s Environmental Protection Department to develop a proof-of-concept protocol to measure real-time fuel sulphur content from ship emissions. The project employs an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based system with a highly compact sensor package. The system is capable of measuring carbon dioxide (CO2), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) concentrations simultaneously and deriving the fuel sulphur content from the relationship between sulphur and carbon pollutants.. Two public policy projects, supported by the Hong Kong government’s Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, are seeking to inform development of the Greater Bay Area. Prof. WU Xun (Public Policy, Social Science, Environment and Sustainability) is serving as principal investigator of both studies. One inter-university project is looking at the role of Hong Kong’s public research universities in driving forward a global innovation and technology hub in the Greater Bay Area by identifying global and regional good practices relevant to Hong Kong. The other HKUST study is charting the interplay between science and public policy on air pollution control in the Greater Bay Area. This is the first exploration of its kind in Hong Kong and Greater China.. TRACKING PERSONAL EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION A mobile app to help users reduce their exposure to air pollution was launched in June 2019 as the first stage of the five-year PRAISE-HK project, led by Prof. Alexis LAU (Environment and Sustainability). PRAISE-HK stands for “Personalized Real-time Air-quality Informatics System for Exposure – Hong Kong”. The novel app combines state-of-the-art air quality and traffic modeling, real-time sensor and mobile technologies and big data analytics to provide highly accurate real-time and forecast air quality, and personal exposure health risk information down to street level. With resolution between two to 20 meters, users can better understand where and when they are exposed to the largest amount of air pollutants in their daily activities, and plan healthier routes to avoid pollution hotspots. The project is funded by the HSBC 150th Anniversary Charity Program.. 29.

(34) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19. BEYOND THE CAMPUS. Launch of STEM@HKUST. https://stem.ust.hk. Largest Alumni Reunion. 3,000+. alumni and their families attended. HKUST Connect celebrated 10 years of community engagement 30.

(35) HKUST. The University connected more closely with the community over the year, sharing its knowledge in numerous different initiatives DEVELOPING 21ST-CENTURY SKILLS IN STUDENTS STEM Platform Introduced Promotion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in secondary schools received a major boost with the launch of the interactive STEM@HKUST platform (https://stem.ust.hk) in 2018 to spur curiosity among junior high school students and provide teaching support for these subjects in Hong Kong. The platform provides information on STEM events and competitions, and original videos from HKUST faculty and students that encourage young learners to take on everyday problems with a scientific mind-set. It was cofounded by Prof. King CHOW, Director of the Center for the Gifted and Talented, and Prof. Tim WOO, Founding Director of the Center for Global and Community Engagement in the School of Engineering. Talks, workshops, exhibitions, and booths were also organized for various large-scale STEM-related community events, including InnoTech Expo 2018, InnoCarnival, Learning and Teaching Expo, and HK SciFest 2019 to enhance understanding and activities among secondary teachers and students.. Scientific and Environmental Input The School of Science supported school students’ participation in several large-scale competitions over the year. Among these were the Pan Pearl River Delta Physics Olympiad, and the Hong Kong, Asian, and International Physics Olympiads. On the environmental front, the School’s Department of Ocean Science co-organized the “Coastal Habitats Protection Campaign for South Lantau” with the Hong Kong government’s Sustainable Lantau Office (under the Civil Engineering and Development Department) in July and August 2018. This sought to promote conservation initiatives through community education activities, such as roving exhibitions about coastal habitats on Lantau, and workshops. Environmental action was also on the list of Interdisciplinary Programs Office outreach programs. The Community EXPLORE project, organized by Prof. Arthur LAU (Environment and Sustainability) and funded by HSBC Hongkong Bank Foundation, continued to develop high school students’ technical skills in monitoring air quality in their communities. The project has involved over 60 secondary schools in Hong Kong.. Technology in the Community The School of Engineering gained renewed support from Bright Future Charitable Foundation for its Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers, which introduces engineering concepts and hands-on experience to secondary school students. Over summer 2018, more than 40 participants from five schools attended a fourday electric vehicle summer program, where they worked in teams to build a drivable car. In 2019, the Academy also held a series of training workshops for secondary school teachers for the first time, with over 200 schools attending. The first two sessions focused on smart living and environment, with lectures and prototype-building to highlight engineering design processes and how to integrate problem-solving and other engineering approaches into teaching materials and modules. The first public event held by the France-HKUST Innovation Hub brought together teams from Greater China and India to take part in a corporate social responsibility solutions competition inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Innovation Contest 4CSRtech was co-organized with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and Orange Group. Winning solutions at the November 2018 final centered on: an employee mental health monitoring system for companies, designed by an HKUST team; and an integrated health and safety smart device for construction workers’ helmets, proposed by BeeInventor Ltd., a start-up incubated at the Hong Kong Science Park. Prof. Richard SO (Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics) and his research students shared their research on human hearing with members of the Hong Kong Parents Association for the Hearing-impaired at an event at Pamela Youde Child Assessment Centre at Shatin. Along with a talk by Prof. So on hearing impairment, parents could experience what their hearing-impaired children would hear when listening to a normal conversation or a song by using a program developed by Prof. So’s research postgraduate students for the event. The meeting, the second of its kind, was coordinated with the voluntary help of doctors from the Hong Kong government’s Department of Health.. 31.

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