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(2) "Passing on HKUST Engineering Spirit" - Envisioning New Futures Engineering Professors, Students & Alumni Gained Three Awards at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. School of Engineering professors, students and alumni were recognized with three awards at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Read More. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Xunlei Limited (Xunlei) announced the establishment of the HKUSTXunlei Joint Laboratory on Blockchain Technology. The Joint Lab aims to develop cutting-edge and influential blockchain technologies that are applicable to various industries and establish a high-performance blockchain ecosystem in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Read More. Walking through the HKUST campus, alumni Associate Professor YEUNG Sai-Kit and Assistant Professor CHEN Qifeng are almost indistinguishable from the students surrounding them. Both scholars returned to their alma mater and joined the School of Engineering in 2018. Read More. Research Research Excellence Excellence HKUST Engineering Gains Three Natural Science Awards. Baby Steps, Big Dreams. Prof. Kei May LAU Elected as Fellow of The Optical Society. Fang Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor Kei May LAU, Electronic and Computer Engineering, was elected a 2019 Fellow by The Optical Society. Read More. Three School of Engineering faculty members were honored in the Ministry of Education’s 2018 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology). These significant national awards recognize leading contributions to scientific discovery and technological innovation carried out in tertiary institutions across China. Read More. In Hong Kong, 1 in 6 couples struggles to get pregnant, compared to 1 in 10 two decades ago. Listening to Dr. Ervin SHU Yiwei, current student of MPhil Program in Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship, talk about the pain involved in the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) process, and his hope that his startup can eventually increase the success rate of the procedure, is both moving and inspiring. Read More. Women Women in in Engineering Engineering Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology. Dr. William MW Mong Professor of Nanotechnology and Chair Professor KWOK HoiSing, Electronic and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display. Read More. SENG-led Project to Enhance Slope Safety Receives Massive Funding Boost. Prof. Charles W. W. NG, CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, together with his interdisciplinary team, have been awarded HK$91.852 million by the University Grants Committee (UGC) to spearhead a visionary project to enhance slope safety starting this year. Read More. HKUST's SANI Process Team Receives Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards' Top Accolade. Natural Born Engineers. These alumnae graduated a decade apart, and since then they have traveled very different career paths. But Kyna WONG Hiu-King and Bella CHAN Kiu-Kei retain much in common – and that’s apart from their obvious delight at being back in their beloved campus. Read More. Campus Campus News News PhD Research Excellence Recognized in SENG Award. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery. Prof. CHEN Guanghao, Chair Professor of Civil. Dr. YU Xianghao, a 2018 PhD graduate from the Department of Electronic and Computer.
(3) and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), received a Gold Award in the 2018 Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards. Read More. Engineering, has been named the winner of the School of Engineering (SENG) PhD Research Excellence Award 2018-19. Read More. Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF, Prof. FAN Zhiyong and Prof. WANG Jiguang have had their achievements recognized with the School of Engineering Research Excellence Awards 201819. They received the Distinguished Research Excellence Award, Research Excellence Award and Young Investigator Research Award respectively. Read More. To subscribe our regular SENG news: click here. Copyright © 2019 School of Engineering, HKUST. ALL Rights Reserved.. To comment: [email protected]. Designed by PTC. To unsubscribe: click here. Contact Us. SENG. HKUST.
(4) 10/16/2019. IAS Bank of East Asia Professor TANG Ching-Wan Awarded 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology | HKUST School of Engine…. 14/06/2019. Prestigious Honor for Lifelong Pioneering Work on New Display Technology. IAS Bank of East Asia Professor TANG Ching-Wan Awarded 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190614/ias-bank-east-asia-professor-tang-ching-wan-awarded-2019-kyoto-prize-advanced?id=1134. 1/3.
(5) 10/16/2019. IAS Bank of East Asia Professor TANG Ching-Wan Awarded 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology | HKUST School of Engine…. The Inamori Foundation, Kyoto, Japan announced today Prof. TANG Ching-Wan, IAS Bank of East Asia Professor of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is the recipient of the 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. Prof. Tang is honored for his pioneering work on organic electronics, including the invention of OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode. He is a Hong Kong native and the first person of Chinese descent to win the Kyoto Prize since it was established in 1985. The Kyoto Prize is awarded by the Inamori Foundation annually to individuals who have made global achievements in the categories of Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. Each laureate will receive a diploma, a 20K gold Kyoto Prize medal, and a prize money of 100 million yen. The formal award ceremony will be held on Nov 10, 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. "I am deeply honored by the recognition given to me by the Inamori Foundation,” said Prof. Tang. “To a scientist, there is no greater satisfaction than coming up with an invention that leads to practical use by billions of people around the world in every single day. I feel very fortunate that I have contributed to the creation of a new display technology. I must also say every time when I Skyped with my grandchildren on my cellphone, I enjoyed seeing their most beautiful faces - on an OLED screen." "It’s thrilling to learn that Ching has won the Kyoto Prize,” said Prof. Henry TYE, Acting Director of the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). “Ching is one of the few researchers who can cross-cut multiple scientific and engineering disciplines to turn an invention into practical technology. His ground-breaking work on OLED has not only impacted the scientific front by creating the field of organic electronics, but also greatly benefited our society with a multi-billion-dollar OLED display industry." "Ching is a highly talented scientist and engineer and has made fundamental contributions to the development of organic electronics,” said Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean of the School of Engineering. “His invention of OLED is a synthesis of materials and device research by an individual who has the keen ability to explore new boundaries and seek practical solutions. Who would have believed the most beautiful TVs today are made with molecules stacked in various layers to emit light efficiently? Ching first made it happen, and it seems so obvious after the fact." At HKUST, Prof. Tang held joint appointments as Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Chair Professor of Chemistry, and Chair Professor of Physics, in addition to his appointment at the IAS. Prof. Tang obtained his BS from the University of British Columbia and PhD from Cornell University, both in Chemistry. His career as a research scientist began in 1975 when he joined the Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY, where he made several major discoveries – the bilayer heterojunction structure and it applications in organic solar cells and organic light emitting diodes. They culminated in the publication of three milestone papers in 1986-89. His pioneering work on OLED led to the development a new flat-panel display technology – OLED displays – adopted widely in today’s smartphones, tablets, and televisions. He is known as "the father of OLED". Prof. Tang was appointed the Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, after leaving Eastman Kodak in 2006. He returned to Hong Kong to join HKUST IAS in 2014 and has since been a member of the current State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies at HKUST. He remains a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus, at the University of Rochester. His research group at HKUST is focused on developing high-performance OLED materials and devices as well as alternative OLED fabrication processes aiming at manufacturing cost reduction. “We are always in the search for better solutions to take OLED technology to the next level, while looking out for the next breakthroughs,” said https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190614/ias-bank-east-asia-professor-tang-ching-wan-awarded-2019-kyoto-prize-advanced?id=1134. 2/3.
(6) 10/16/2019. IAS Bank of East Asia Professor TANG Ching-Wan Awarded 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology | HKUST School of Engine…. Prof. Tang. Prof. Tang has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and more recently, the 2017 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal from IEEE and the 2018 C&C Prize from NEC C&C Foundation. He was inducted to the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2018. Prof. Tang is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a founding member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. He is also a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the Society for Information Display. Source: HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study http://ias.ust.hk/web/ias/eng/press_ching_tang_20190614.php. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190614/ias-bank-east-asia-professor-tang-ching-wan-awarded-2019-kyoto-prize-advanced?id=1134. 3/3.
(7) 10/17/2019. ECE Professors and Alumnus Received IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award | HKUST …. First-ever Awardees from Greater China for Paper on 5G-related Tech. ECE Professors and Alumnus Received IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF (center) and Prof. ZHANG Jun (second right) received the award at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory in Paris on July 9.. New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor Khaled BEN LETAIEF, Adjunct Assistant Professor ZHANG Jun and alumnus Dr. MAO Yuyi (2017 PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering), all from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), received the 2019 IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award for their paper entitled "Dynamic Computation Offloading for Mobile-Edge Computing with Energy Harvesting Devices". This is the first time ever that this prestigious award was given to authors in the Greater China area since it was first presented in 2001. The award honors outstanding papers published in any publication of the IEEE Communications Society or the Information Theory Society within the previous three calendar years. As of June 2019, their paper was consistently ranked as one of the top 10 most popular articles of the premier IEEE. Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, whose impact factor is 9.302, for over 28 consecutive months, and is also recognized as an Essential Science Indicators highly cited paper. The paper investigates mobile-edge computing (MEC) with renewable energy-powered devices. MEC is recognized as one of the crucial technologies for the upcoming 5G networks as it will provide low-latency computation services at the edge of wireless networks, and will be a major enabler for various applications, including IoT, smart city, Internet of vehicles, etc. Prof. Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Dr. Mao is working at Huawei Technologies in Hong Kong.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190718/ece-professors-and-alumnus-received-ieee-communications-society-information-theory. 1/1.
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(9) 10/17/2019. Prof. Ricky LEE Received Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award of IEEE Electronics Packaging Society | HKUST S…. 11/06/2019. Honoring Two-decade-long Contribution to Electronics Packaging Technologies. Prof. Ricky LEE Received Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award of IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Prof. Ricky LEE said the award is very meaningful to him because it recognizes his cumulative technical contributions to the electronics packaging community in the past two decades.. Chair Professor Ricky LEE Shi-Wei, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is named the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award by the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS). He is recognized for “two decades of continuous contributions and professional leadership in multiple technical fields encompassed by EPS, including solder joint reliability, lead free transition 3D IC integration, and LED packaging”. “This award is very meaningful to me because it recognizes my cumulative technical contributions to the electronics packaging community in the past two decades. I would like to thank all my group members over the years. Without them, I won’t be able to achieve all these,” Prof Lee said. Prof. Lee has been focusing his research on the development of packaging and assembly technologies for electronics and optoelectronics. His research interests include wafer level packaging and 3D IC integration, through silicon vias (TSV) and high density interconnects, LED packaging for solid-state lighting, lead-free soldering and reliability analysis. Over the years, his technical contributions has been recognized by 12 best/outstanding paper awards and six major professional society awards, including this latest one from EPS. He is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS), and Institute of Physics (UK). Currently, he also serves as the Associate Dean of Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, Director of HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Director of Center for Advanced Microsystems Packaging at HKUST, and Director of HKUST LEDFPD Technology R&D Center at Foshan, Guangdong. The IEEE Electronics Packaging Society is the leading international forum for scientists and engineers engaged in the research, design and development of revolutionary advances in microsystems packaging and manufacturing. Its Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award recognizes outstanding sustained and continuing contributions to the technology in fields encompassed by the EPS. Related Link(s) About the IEEE EPS Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190611/prof-ricky-lee-received-outstanding-sustained-technical-contribution-award-ieee?id=1131. 1/2.
(10) 10/17/2019. Prof. Ricky LEE Received Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award of IEEE Electronics Packaging Society | HKUST S…. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190611/prof-ricky-lee-received-outstanding-sustained-technical-contribution-award-ieee?id=1131. 2/2.
(11) 10/17/2019. Engineering Professors, Students & Alumni Gained Three Awards at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automa…. 31/05/2019. Engineering Influence Honored in Prestigious Conference. Engineering Professors, Students & Alumni Gained Three Awards at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (From third left) Prof. LI Ze-xiang, Prof. SEO Jungwon, Prof. Michael WANG, Director of HKUST Robotics Institute, and (second right) Prof. Frank PARK, Visiting Professor of HKUST Robotics Institute. School of Engineering professors, students and alumni were recognized with three awards at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Held in Montreal, Canada on May 20-24, the conference was attended by over 4,000 global participants and received close to 3,000 submissions of high-quality papers from around the world. Prof. LI Zexiang, Electronic and Computer Engineering, and alumnus Frank WANG, Founder and CEO of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry leader DJI, were honored with the 2019 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for “contributions to the development and commercialization of civilian drones, aerial imaging technology, robotics engineering advancement, innovation, and entrepreneurship”. The accolade is an IEEE Technical Field Award and is among the highest-level awards given by IEEE. Frank received his BEng and MPhil degrees at HKUST in 2006 and 2011 respectively. During his studies at HKUST, he started to design UAV with the assistance of his supervisor Prof. Li. He founded DJI in 2006, which has gone on to become a world leader in commercial and civilian drone industry. Prof. SEO Jungwon, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Electronic & Computer Engineering (ECE), and ECE MPhil student KIM Chung-Hee gained the Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation for their paper entitled “Shallow-Depth Insertion: Peg in Shallow Hole through Robotic In-Hand Manipulation” (Video demo). The paper features a dexterous robotic manipulation technique that can facilitate challenging part insertion/assembly tasks. Chung-Hee obtained his BEng in Mechanical Engineering at HKUST in 2018 before beginning his postgraduate studies at ECE. Prof. SHEN Shaojie, Electronic and Computer Engineering, and his PhD students LI Peiliang and QIN Tong received an Honorable Mention in IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award for their paper on “VINS-Mono: A Robust and Versatile Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimator”.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190531/engineering-professors-students-alumni-gained-three-awards-2019-ieee-international?id=1140. 1/2.
(12) 10/17/2019. Engineering Professors, Students & Alumni Gained Three Awards at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automa…. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190531/engineering-professors-students-alumni-gained-three-awards-2019-ieee-international?id=1140. 2/2.
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(14) 10/17/2019. Prof. Kei May LAU Elected as Fellow of The Optical Society | HKUST School of Engineering. 24/05/2019. Celebrating Significant Contribution to Advancement of Optics and Photonics. Prof. Kei May LAU Elected as Fellow of The Optical Society Prof. Kei May LAU (right) was presented the OSA fellow plaque by OSA Vice President Prof. Constance J. CHANGHASNAIN at the Conference on Lasers and ElectroOptics 2019 in San Jose, California, US on 7 May.. Fang Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor Prof. Kei May LAU, Electronic and Computer Engineering, was elected a 2019 Fellow by The Optical Society (OSA) for “exceptional contributions to hetero-epitaxy of III-V on silicon by MOCVD for photonic devices”. She is one of the 98 Fellows elected this year for their significant contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics. It is a distinguished honor as no more than 10% of the total OSA membership may be Fellows at any given time, and the number elected each year is limited to approximately 0.5% of the current membership total. "It is exciting to us having our work on integrating III-V devices on silicon by direct growth being recognized by the photonics community," Prof. Lau said. Founded in 1916, The Optical Society's (OSA) mission is to promote the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and to disseminate this knowledge worldwide. Principal factors for election to OSA Fellow include candidates’ achievements in business leadership, education, research, engineering and service. With this new fellow honor, the ECE Department now has three OSA fellows in its current faculty, including Prof. Kwok Hoi-Sing and Prof. Qu Jianan.. Related Link(s) The Optical Society Announces 2019 Fellows Class (Oct 22, 2018) 2019 OSA Fellows. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190524/prof-kei-may-lau-elected-fellow-optical-society?id=1128. 1/1.
(15) 10/17/2019. HKUST Scholar Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology | HKUST School …. 17/05/2019. Honoring Significant Contribution to the Realm of Flat Panel Displays. HKUST Scholar Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology Prof. Kwok Hoi-Sing, who has spent over a quarter of a century researching on display technology, said he felt tremendously honored to receive the prestigious Jan Rajchman Prize.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190517/hkust-scholar-prof-kwok-hoi-sing-reaps-prestigious-prize-contributions-lcd-science?id=1126. 1/3.
(16) 10/17/2019. HKUST Scholar Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology | HKUST School …. Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing, Chair Professor from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Dr. William MW Mong Professor of Nanotechnology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display (SID). The honor recognizes an outstanding scientific or technical achievement in, or contribution to, research on flat panel displays. The award citation says the accolade was presented to Prof. Kwok “for his contributions to liquid-crystal display (LCD) science and technology, and particularly to photoalignment technology and bistable displays”. The prize was presented during the SID Award Banquet on May 13, 2019 in San Jose, California, US. He is the second recipient of the Jan Rajchman Prize at HKUST since fellow Prof. TANG Ching-Wan received his award in 2001. “I feel tremendously honored to receive this recognition. Indeed this is a high point in my research work on display technology that spanned over one quarter of a century,” said Prof. Kwok. Specifically, Prof. Kwok’s contributions included the development of liquid crystal on silicon display technology, reflective technology, and photoalignment technology, which gives liquid crystal their alignment property, using light. “While we have made incremental improvements to numerous aspects of display technology, what I would label as a ‘breakthrough’ is in the speed of response in liquid-crystal display. The response time used to be 10 milliseconds. We reduced it 500 times and now the response time can be as short as 100 microseconds. Also, our recent technology on coatable polarizers may revolutionize the way we make flexible and foldable displays,” Prof. Kwok said. Prof. Kwok joined HKUST in 1992, just a year after the University was established. In 1994, he set up the Center for Display Research (CDR) with four faculty members and served as the Director. Building on the work of CDR, the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies was established in 2013 at HKUST and Prof. Kwok has also served as the Director. The State Key Laboratory has five core research areas – organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices; thin-filmtransistor (TFT) technologies, LCD devices; optoelectronic components; and video signal technologies. The research team consists of members from all over the world including Mainland China, Ukraine, Russia, India and Hong Kong to create a world-class platform on display research. Prof. Kwok received his early education in Hong Kong, before furthering his studies in the US. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Applied Physics from Harvard University.. About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. Enquiries Diana Liu 2358 8982 [email protected] Dorothy Yip 2358 5917 [email protected]. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190517/hkust-scholar-prof-kwok-hoi-sing-reaps-prestigious-prize-contributions-lcd-science?id=1126. 2/3.
(17) 10/17/2019. HKUST Scholar Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology | HKUST School …. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190517/hkust-scholar-prof-kwok-hoi-sing-reaps-prestigious-prize-contributions-lcd-science?id=1126. 3/3.
(18) 10/17/2019. Gold at the End of the Sewer: HKUST's SANI Process team received Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards' top accolade - the Go…. 10/05/2019. Ultimate Glory for Paradigm-shifting Innovation for HK Sewage Management. Gold at the End of the Sewer: HKUST's SANI Process team received Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards' top accolade - the Gold Award Prof. CHEN Guang-hao received the prestigious Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards - Gold Award from Mr. Matthew CHEUNG KinChung (first from left), Acting Chief Executive of the HKSAR at the presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmenta Excellence 2018.. A seasoned academic from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), who has spent well over a decade with filthy and stinky wastewater, finally strikes gold for his innovative process for sewage management. Prof. CHEN Guanghao, Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution (Hong Kong Branch), received a prestigious award for innovation from the hands of Mr. Matthew CHEUNG Kin-Chung, Acting Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence 2018 held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 29, 2019. The recognition, the Gold Award, was the top accolade in the 2018 Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards (HKGIA) co-organized by the Environmental Protection Department and the Environmental Campaign Committee. The title of the innovation is “SANI® Process – a Paradigm-shift Technology for Hong Kong Sewage Management”. SANI is an acronym for the “Sulfate reduction, Autotrophic denitrification and Nitrification Integrated” process. “I am really thrilled to receive this recognition with the team, after 15 years of continued research and testing to develop an innovative, energy-efficient and low-carbon technology for sewage treatment, leveraging Hong Kong’s unique seawater toilet flushing system,” said Prof. Chen. "The idea to pursue this project actually dates far back to 1995, when I joined HKUST. I started to identify the biggest issues in my field, and it turned out to be how to minimize sludge production. If the problem of sludge production is not tackled, it will incur high interim costs and result in potential secondary pollution. So I started to examine how to reduce sludge production at source, thereby significantly reducing the cost of sewage treatment.”. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190510/gold-end-sewer-hkusts-sani-process-team-received-hong-kong-green-innovations-awards. 1/3.
(19) 10/17/2019. Gold at the End of the Sewer: HKUST's SANI Process team received Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards' top accolade - the Go…. "I had a very good friend Mark van Loosdrecht – a world-famous expert in the field. He came to visit me. He knew what I was doing. He observed that Hong Kong uses seawater for toilet flushing, and suggested that there could be some solution for sludge minimization at source that might be different from other parts of the world.” "His words inspired me to look deeper. I knew there is sulfate in seawater, so I made sulfate the starting point of my investigation. Then I started to dig deeper, and came up with the SANI® system, which provides a new solution that minimizes sludge production naturally,” said Prof. Chen. Project History in a Nutshell Research on the SANI® Process started in 2004 at the HKUST. Laboratory-scale tests were conducted up to 2006. Between 2007 and 2010, a pilot-scale test was conducted in conjunction with the Drainage Services Department at the Tung Chung Sewage Pumping Station. More recently, between 2013 and 2015, large-scale tests were carried out at the Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works. Results were very positive. The novel technology eliminated 70 percent of sewage sludge production, while space requirement could be reduced by half. On top of these, greenhouse gas emissions could be up to 20 percent lower in comparison with the current sewage treatment works in Sha Tin. Technological Breakthrough Traditional biological wastewater treatment uses oxygen and facultative microbes to convert organic pollutants into carbon dioxide, thus cleaning up the sewage. On the other hand, the SANI® Process uses sulfate-reducing bacteria, with sulfate originating from the seawater used in Hong Kong’s unique toilet flushing system as the electron carrier, to oxidize organic carbon into carbon dioxide and reduce oxidized nitrogen into nitrogen gas under anaerobic and anoxic conditions respectively. During this process, sulfate is reduced to sulfide, and then oxidized back to sulfate, thus sustaining a natural cycle of sulfate coming from and returning to the sea alternately. Most importantly, the SANI® Process closes up the loop between fresh and saline water supplies, promotes seawater as an alternative economic water resource, and transforms the sewage treatment landscape. Seawater toilet flushing using this new treatment method has been recognized by the International Water Association (IWA) as one of the most successful water management systems in the world, and Prof. Chen was elected Distinguished Fellow of IWA – the first Hong Kong academic to receive this exceptional honor. He said, “The real challenge now is how to apply this in the real world as soon as possible. The water industry is super conservative. We are lucky to have the support of the Drainage Services Department, which is converting our SANI® demo plant into a real plant to train their engineers and technicians for real applications in Hong Kong.” Accolades Along the Way The SANI® Process has amassed numerous awards prior to the HKGIA - Gold Award this year. In 2012, the technology won no less than five international awards, including the Huber Technology Prize of Germany, the finalist award in the World Smart Cities Awards of Spain, as well as three prestigious awards from the IWA, namely the East Asia Project Innovation Award (PIA) Honor Award in Applied Research, the Sustainability Prize, and the Global Grand PIA Honor Award in Applied Research. In 2018, the team was further awarded the IWA PIA Bronze Medal Award for Category: Breakthroughs in Research and Development, the first team from Asia. Prof. Chen’s team was also invited by the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education to take part in a four-year research to modify this practice to help developing countries suffering from water scarcity in their coastal regions. To recognize Prof. Chen’s outstanding contribution to the scientific and technological development of novel sewage treatment processes, IWA Publishing has invited him to lead the second edition of its bestselling technical book - Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principle, Modelling and Design, which will incorporate the SANI® Process in the book for the first time. Biggest Sponsorship to Support Implementation. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190510/gold-end-sewer-hkusts-sani-process-team-received-hong-kong-green-innovations-awards. 2/3.
(20) 10/17/2019. Gold at the End of the Sewer: HKUST's SANI Process team received Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards' top accolade - the Go…. Looking back, the development of the SANI® Process has been supported on an unprecedented scale, under the joint sponsorship of the Innovation and Technology Fund, the Drainage Services Department, the HKUST, as well as other parties. The total sponsorship has amounted to HK$33 million to date, the biggest sponsorship for a single environmental technology development project in Hong Kong. Notwithstanding great local support, interest in the SANI® Process is certainly not confined to Hong Kong. Prof. Chen is delighted that a lot of companies from the Mainland are lining up to learn how to put this technology into real application. He added, “We must remember that any new sewage technology usually takes about 20 years to launch in the real world. We are now about 15 years down the line. I am very confident that in the next 5 years, SANI® will be applied in Hong Kong and beyond.” About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190510/gold-end-sewer-hkusts-sani-process-team-received-hong-kong-green-innovations-awards. 3/3.
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(23) 10/17/2019. HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking | HKUST School of Engineering. 20/05/2019. New “Banking Lab” Project to Promote Fintech and Knowledge Transfer. HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking Prof. Nancy IP (front left), HKUST VicePresident for Research and Development and Mr. Henry MA (front right), Executive VicePresident and Chief Information Officer of WeBank sign the agreement.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190520/hkust-and-webank-launch-first-hk-guangdong-joint-laboratory-banking?id=1127. 1/3.
(24) 10/17/2019. HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking | HKUST School of Engineering. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and WeBank Co. Ltd (WeBank) have established the HKUST-WeBank Joint Laboratory to nurture talent and explore cutting-edge technologies. Leveraging both parties’ advantages in research and knowledge transfer in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the joint lab will collaborate on areas spanning artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain as well as financial and regulatory technologies. This collaboration also serves as a high-level collaborative innovation platform for enterprises, universities and research institutes to promote knowledge transfer under the GBA Development Framework. WeBank is China`s first private digital bank. This joint lab is not only the bank’s first research collaboration with a local university, it also signifies the first joint banking lab project between Guangdong and Hong Kong. According to the agreement, a scientific committee will be set up to identify the most relevant projects to both parties in machine learning, blockchain, AI operations or data mining for in-depth research ventures. The agreement was signed today by Prof. Nancy IP, Vice-President for Research and Development of HKUST, and Mr. Henry MA, Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer of WeBank. Other officiating guests at the ceremony included Prof. Wei SHYY, HKUST President; Prof. Lionel NI, Provost of HKUST; Mr. David KU, Chairman and CEO of WeBank; Mr. LI Nanqing, President of WeBank; Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean of Engineering and Director of the Joint Lab at HKUST and Prof. YANG Qiang, Chief AI Officer of WeBank and Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. WeBank Chairman and CEO David Ku said he is honored to partner with HKUST, “The joint lab is a hallmark of the collaboration between HKUST and WeBank. Being open-minded, open-source and collaborative, the lab shall be rooted in the GBA and grasp its development opportunity as well as embrace the world. The lab envisions an inclusive collaboration with all types of potential partners in driving Fintech underlying algorithms and technological research. We hope to see more useful applications and innovative business models that could tackle existing pain points of SMEs and retail customers.” HKUST President Prof. Wei Shyy also expressed his delight. “In this era of disruptive innovation, science, technology, business creativity, along with a human-centric approach are vital elements for advancing socioeconomic development. Hong Kong, being a progressive and in fact world-leading city, is ideal for such a collaborative platform. HKUST has started collaboration with WeBank last year on public opinion analysis and antimoney laundering to enhance banks’ performances and their abilities in handling crisis. I hope with HKUST’s research capability and WeBank’s experience in applying innovative technologies in mainland’s banking industry, we will be able to develop new banking technologies for transfer into products with social impact as our cooperation deepens,” he said. Possible research topics of the joint lab include ways to protect data privacy amid sharing of resources, and how to establish blockchain consortium or apply new technologies such as distributed commerce. The lab will seek to boost banks’ risk management capability by monitoring bank transactions and assisting officers in risk analysis and system maintenance work through machine learning and data mining. It will also strive to enhance the banking industry’s development through Fintech and other cutting-edge technologies. Nine research proposals have been submitted to the joint lab so far in the fields of blockchain, risk management and AI. About WeBank Co Ltd WeBank Co Ltd was established by renowned companies, including Tencent, Baiyeyuan Investments and Liye Group, and officially launched on December 16, 2014, in turn becoming both the first privately-owned bank and the first digital-only bank in China. To date, the Bank has launched a personal micro-loan product (“Weilidai”), an SME loan (“Weiyedai”), the WeBank mobile app (savings account and personal wealth management), a car micro-loan product (“Weichedai”), a consumer discount product (“Weizhongyouzhe”), and a B2B2C wealth management platform (“WePower”), among many other products. WeBank was built with technology at its core, and with technology as a key driver behind the bank’s development. As such, WeBank is committed to promoting innovative technologies. Since its formal launch, WeBank has already completed the construction of a comprehensive banking platform with self-owned intellectual properties, capable of handling high-volume, highfrequency transactions and has applied for more than 100 patents across a variety of technology areas. WeBank is also the very first commercial bank to be recognized as a National High-tech Enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. WeBank strongly embraces the oft-stated ‘ABCD’ technologies (A.I., Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Big Data) as its strategic focuses and is an active leader in their related researches and applications in https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190520/hkust-and-webank-launch-first-hk-guangdong-joint-laboratory-banking?id=1127. 2/3.
(25) 10/17/2019. HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking | HKUST School of Engineering. the financial sector. About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2018. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190520/hkust-and-webank-launch-first-hk-guangdong-joint-laboratory-banking?id=1127. 3/3.
(26) 10/17/2019. Xiao-i and HKUST Launch Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning - Fostering Research and Talent Devel…. 25/03/2019. Landmark Industry-Institute Collaboration to Build Next-Generation AI System. Xiao-i and HKUST Launch Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning - Fostering Research and Talent Development to Drive AI-powered Applications Across Industries Prof. Tim CHENG Kwang-Ting (front left), HKUST Dean of Engineering, and Mr. Arlene CHEN (front right), Xiao-i's VP and Head of Research Institute sign the agreement under the witness of Prof. Nancy IP Yuk-Yu (back left), VicePresident for Research and Development of HKUST and Dr. ZHU Pinpin (back right), Xiaoi’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190325/xiao-i-and-hkust-launch-joint-laboratory-machine-learning-and-cognitive-reasoning?id=1119. 1/3.
(27) 10/17/2019. Xiao-i and HKUST Launch Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning - Fostering Research and Talent Devel…. Shanghai Xiao-i Robot Technology Co. Ltd (“Xiao-i”), a leading developer of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and industry application platforms, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) signed a framework agreement today to jointly establish the HKUST–Xiao-i Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning (“Joint Lab”). The Joint Lab will conduct fundamental research in AI, with an emphasis on integrating machine learning and cognitive reasoning to build the next generation AI system with high credibility and cognitive capabilities. It will also train student talent in AI and foster research and industry collaboration so as to contribute to the societal and economic development of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. This is Xiao-i’s first research collaboration with a local university in Hong Kong. The Joint Lab will integrate the research strengths of the two parties, drawing on Xiao-i’s cutting-edge core technological capabilities and industry expertise, as well as HKUST’s internationally recognized and world-leading research competency in the fields of big data and AI. Both parties will leverage their own advantages to create synergy for innovative research projects and knowledge exchange, facilitating the development of AI technologies and technology transfer into a range of industries and promoting commercialization. According to the agreement, Xiao-i will provide funding support for the Joint Lab’s research projects over the next three years. “HKUST is playing a leading role in furthering AI research around the world. We are honored to work with HKUST, globally-acclaimed scholars and research teams through the Joint Lab. Xiao-i has amassed vast quantities of industry data over the years to support our development of AI technologies in areas such as deep semantic interaction and natural language processing. Now coupled with HKUST’s remarkable research capabilities, we are confident that the Joint Lab will achieve technological breakthroughs and promote wider applications of AI technology into a broad range of industries. The Greater Bay Area will also provide an enabling ground as it develops into an international innovation and technology hub. We have every confidence in our ability to promote our research outputs and apply them across industries in the region, and eventually extend to Asia-Pacific and other global markets,” said Dr. ZHU Pinpin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xiao-i at the launch ceremony. “Big data and AI research aligns with HKUST’s strategic research direction. The Joint Lab offers an excellent platform that enables complementary development and collaboration, facilitating exchange among the industries, academia and research sectors, as well as promoting frontier research development and applications. The Joint Lab will also enrich our students’ knowledge on innovative technologies, laying a more solid foundation for nurturing the future talent in the areas of AI,” said Prof. Nancy IP Yuk-Yu, Vice-President for Research and Development of HKUST. The initial research projects to be carried out under the Joint Lab include: new theories and efficient algorithms for cognitive reasoning to make more meaningful interactions with machines; new algorithms for interpretable word embeddings based on world-leading expertise on latent tree model that help improving the accuracy of dialogue systems; scalable machine learning algorithms for learning distributed representations of text documents that enables grouping of similar questions and content for appropriate responses; and more efficient end-to-end sequence-to-sequence modeling method using deep learning and attention mechanism which can offer a more natural dialogue style to users and optimize human-machine interactions.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190325/xiao-i-and-hkust-launch-joint-laboratory-machine-learning-and-cognitive-reasoning?id=1119. 2/3.
(28) 10/17/2019. Xiao-i and HKUST Launch Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning - Fostering Research and Talent Devel…. About Xiao-i Shanghai Xiao-i Robot Technology Co. Ltd (“Xiao-i”) develops world-class AI technologies and industry applications that revolutionize business operations. Established in Shanghai in 2001, Xiao-i is an industry pioneer, integrating its AI applications across multiple sectors. It now serves over 1,000 large businesses and government organizations in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, which use Xiao-i’s applications to serve more than 800 million users. In mainland China alone, its clientele includes 80% of the major financial institutions, the top three telecommunications providers and several government organizations. Xiao-i has become a leader in the businessto-business space and launched its Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Hong Kong in 2018. Xiao-i’s major investors include Alibaba Group, China Everbright and Haiyin Capital. Official website: http://www.xiaoi.com/en/ LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xiaoi/ About HKUST The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2018. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and topped in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190325/xiao-i-and-hkust-launch-joint-laboratory-machine-learning-and-cognitive-reasoning?id=1119. 3/3.
(29) 10/17/2019. HKUST and Xunlei Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation and Applications of Blockchain Technology | HKUST School of E…. 17/06/2019. New Industry-Institute Joint Lab to Develop Cutting-Edge Technology. HKUST and Xunlei Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation and Applications of Blockchain Technology Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean Engineering o HKUST (front left), and Ms. Xin, ThunderChai Chief Enginee Xunlei (front right), sign th collaborative agreement to establish HKUST-Xunle Joint Laborat on Blockchain Technology, witnessed by Prof. Nancy IP Vice-Presiden for Research Development HKUST (back left), and Mr. CHEN Lei, Ch Executive Off of Xunlei and Onething Technologies (back right).. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190617/hkust-and-xunlei-establish-joint-laboratory-drive-innovation-and-applications?id=1133. 1/3.
(30) 10/17/2019. HKUST and Xunlei Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation and Applications of Blockchain Technology | HKUST School of E…. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Xunlei Limited (“Xunlei” or the Company) (Nasdaq: XNET) today announced the establishment of HKUST-Xunlei Joint Laboratory on Blockchain Technology (the “Joint Lab”). The Joint Lab aims to develop cutting-edge and influential blockchain technologies that are applicable to various industries and establish a high-performance blockchain ecosystem in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A signing ceremony was held at HKUST campus, marking the official launch of the joint lab and research collaboration. Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean of Engineering of HKUST, and Ms. LAI Xin, the Chief Engineer of ThunderChain at Xunlei, signed the collaborative agreement under the witness of Prof. Nancy IP, Vice-President for Research and Development of HKUST, and Mr. CHEN Lei, Chief Executive Officer of Xunlei and Onething Technologies. Leveraging on HKUST’s strong research capabilities and Xunlei’s solid industry experience, a series of blockchain technology initiatives and development will be carried out under the Joint Lab. Key research topics include consensus algorithm, cryptography and data protection. With Xunlei’s infrastructure support of ThunderChain and Thunder Chain File System (TCFS), HKUST’s world-class researchers and Xunlei’s technology experts will work together to improve existing consensus algorithm and explore brand new model, enabling individual users to share idle computing resources with small-sized hardware while establishing an overall blockchain system with higher security level so as to achieve sharing economy of computing network. Another joint research project is to develop an encryption program that is applied to blockchain technology. This program will offer efficient and practical solutions for third party to process data without accessing sensitive information so as to improve data privacy. The research team will also study other perspectives of blockchain technology to promote applications across wider sectors including cloud computing, new retail, supply chain, healthcare and philanthropy. Mr. CHEN Lei, Chief Executive Officer of Xunlei and Onething Technologies said, “We are very excited to partner with world-leading institutions like HKUST to explore use cases of blockchain and translate these insights into impactful applications, together contributing to technological and economic development. We also hope young generation will join us in this endeavor to make blockchain technology widely used and working for a better future.” “HKUST engages actively at the forefront of emerging technologies, and blockchain is one of them. This collaboration will combine research strengths of the university and enterprise to bolster technology innovation and development in blockchain, fostering groundbreaking research and technology transfer.” said Prof. Nancy Ip, VicePresident for Research and Development of HKUST. HKUST Dean of Engineering Prof. Tim Cheng said HKUST is very pleased to collaborate with Xunlei to set up this Joint Lab. “Not only can this facilitate academic exchange and industry collaboration, it will bring more learning opportunities for our students to equip with the advanced blockchain technologies and knowledge, contributing to the development of future technology talents,” said Prof. Cheng. Blockchain is one of the most revolutionary technologies in recent years that has a great potential in making transformative difference to the industries. Xunlei is one of the leading internet companies exploring and developing blockchain technology in China. HKUST endeavors to provide a strong and highly visible leadership role in big data and data science research in Hong Kong and the world through multidisciplinary collaborative research projects and partnerships with the industry. The Joint Lab seeks to bring economic and social benefits to the society through its high-impact translational research and innovative applications on blockchain technology.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190617/hkust-and-xunlei-establish-joint-laboratory-drive-innovation-and-applications?id=1133. 2/3.
(31) 10/17/2019. HKUST and Xunlei Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation and Applications of Blockchain Technology | HKUST School of E…. About Xunlei Limited Founded in 2003, Xunlei Limited (NASDAQ: XNET) is a leading innovator in shared cloud computing and blockchain technology. Xunlei provides a wide range of products and services across cloud acceleration, blockchain, shared cloud computing and digital entertainment to deliver an efficient, smart and safe internet experience. About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2018. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global Employability University Survey 2018. Related Link Video of the agreement signing ceremony. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190617/hkust-and-xunlei-establish-joint-laboratory-drive-innovation-and-applications?id=1133. 3/3.
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(35) 10/17/2019. HKUST Engineering Received Three Natural Science Awards | HKUST School of Engineering. 02/07/2019. National Honors for Faculty’s Outstanding Research Output. HKUST Engineering Received Three Natural Science Awards (From right) Prof. Vincent LAU and Prof. Lionel NI received the prizes at the award presentation ceremony on June 19, 2019.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190702/hkust-engineering-received-three-natural-science-awards?id=1137. 1/2.
(36) 10/17/2019. HKUST Engineering Received Three Natural Science Awards | HKUST School of Engineering. Three School of Engineering faculty members were honored in the Ministry of Education’s 2018 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology). These significant national awards recognize leading contributions to scientific discovery and technological innovation carried out in tertiary institutions across China. The awardees and their winning projects are: Natural Science Award (Second Class) Prof. Furong GAO, Chair Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering - Anti-disturbance Model Identification of Industrial Manufacturing Processes and Robust Batch Control The project is conducted together with Prof. Gao’s past HKUST post-doc Dr. LIU Tao and Dr. WANG Youqing, who are now at Dalian University of Technology and Beijing University of Chemical Technology respectively. This is the second time Prof. Gao received the Natural Science Award after gaining it in 2012. Natural Science Award (Second Class) Prof. Vincent LAU, Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering - Stochastic Optimization for Next Generation 5G+ Wireless Networks The project is collaborated with academics from the University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang University. It focuses on the design and optimization of massive MIMO (multiple antenna) systems, cross-layer signal processing and radio resource management as well as content-centric wireless networking for future 5G+ systems. 5G and beyond wireless communication network is a crucial information infrastructure that supports various ubiquitous smart city applications, including smart transportation, smart sensing, smart building and smart health. More precisely, such next-generation wireless networks not only have to offer ultra-high data capacity and bit rates for high quality content streaming, ultra-low latency access for mission critical applications, but also massive connectivity for IoT sensors. In view of the multitude of technical challenges posed by these goals, Prof. Lau and his teammates developed various mathematical frameworks and derived efficient algorithms to solve these stochastic optimization problems. Their proposed solution has proved capable of significantly enhancing the spectral efficiency and capacity of future wireless networks. Natural Science Award (Second Class) Prof. Lionel NI, HKUST Provost and Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering - Theory and Method of Device-free Wireless Sensing The project is carried out together with Prof. Ni’s past students Dr. WU Kaishun (2011 PhD in Computer Science and Engineering) and Dr. ZHANG Dian (2010 PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, 2006 MPhil in Computer Science), who are currently at Shenzhen University. They aim to develop a new technique of sensing, which is important in IoT and its related techniques. Conventional fall detection systems require elderly people to carry a device to facilitate fall detection. The team defined an innovative method which can sense objects and human falls wirelessly by using WiFi’s wireless signals and elderly people do not need to carry any wearable devices. The team has worked on this project for more than 10 years and are among the earliest scholars who started research on wireless sensing. Their work has opened up a new research area and attracted many follow works. They are also working closely with some companies to bring the technology to application in society.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190702/hkust-engineering-received-three-natural-science-awards?id=1137. 2/2.
(37) 10/17/2019. SENG-led Project to Enhance Slope Safety Receives Massive Funding Boost | HKUST School of Engineering. 13/02/2019. Substantial Funding Supports Multi-pronged Visionary Measures. SENG-led Project to Enhance Slope Safety Receives Massive Funding Boost Prof. Charles W. W. Ng. Professor Charles W. W. NG, CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the School of Engineering (SENG), together with his interdisciplinary team, have been awarded HK$91.852 million by the University Grants Committee (UGC) to spearhead a visionary project starting this year. In this 8-year project, a world-leading interdisciplinary Centre for Slope Safety will be established to provide innovative and environmentally friendly solutions to cope with future rainfall scenarios. The Centre draws on Hong Kong’s intellectual assets not only from four local universities - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) - but also government departments including the Geotechnical Engineering Office and the Hong Kong Observatory, as well as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute, together with three overseas experts. This project, coordinated by Prof. Ng, is supported by the Eighth Round Exercise Funding from the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme under the Research Grants Council of the UGC. This is the second ever AoE-funded project in SENG, and the amount of funding it gets is also the highest among the three projects in Hong Kong receiving this round of funding. With the right credentials and proven track record, the Centre will deliver (i) a multi-tiered landslide early warning system and green risk mitigation measures; (ii) an advanced artificial intelligence system for predicting extreme weather conditions affecting slope stability; (iii) a monitoring system applying deep learning analysis to data obtained from satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles and terrestrial sensors; (iv) a dynamic stress-testing method for landslide risk analysis and management; (v) novel Massive Open Online Courses for the general public and practitioners; and (vi) world-class physical testing facilities and an advanced constitutive model with the multi-phase material point method for slope stability and large deformation predictions. The solutions to be provided by the Centre for Slope Safety will benefit the social, economic and academic wellbeing of landslide-prone Hong Kong, and they are expected to be adopted by countries also threatened by landslides, such as Brazil, Italy and Japan.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190213/seng-led-project-enhance-slope-safety-receives-massive-funding-boost?id=1116. 1/2.
(38) 10/17/2019. SENG-led Project to Enhance Slope Safety Receives Massive Funding Boost | HKUST School of Engineering. Related Link(s) HKUST to lead Hong Kong’s Largest Research Project on Extreme Weather Prediction and Landslide Early Warning System by Using Artificial Intelligence (HKUST press release, June 5, 2019) About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190213/seng-led-project-enhance-slope-safety-receives-massive-funding-boost?id=1116. 2/2.
(39) 10/17/2019. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery | HKUST School of Engineering. 24/04/2019. Applauding Research Achievements, of the Distinguished and the Promising. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery Recipients of the 2018-19 HKUST School of Engineering Research Excellence Awards have demonstrated the joys of discovery.. After a rigorous review by the Engineering Research Award Selection Committee, three outstanding faculty members have had their achievements recognized with the School of Engineering Research Excellence Awards 2018-19. The Committee is chaired by Prof. ZHAO Tianshou and included the following members, Prof. HSING I-Ming, Prof. Hong LO, Prof. ZHANG Qian, Prof. Daniel PALOMAR and Prof. LEE Chung-Yee.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190424/faculty-recipients-research-excellence-awards-demonstrate-joys-discovery?id=1120. 1/4.
(40) 10/17/2019. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery | HKUST School of Engineering. Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF This year's Distinguished Research Excellence Award, the most prestigious accolade, was awarded to Prof. Khaled Ben Letaief, the New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Prof. Ben Letaief is a leading international scholar who is highly respected with vastly impactful contributions which were carried out mainly at HKUST. He has made a number of influential contributions to broadband wireless communications, which have helped enable the wireless revolution of the past two decades. The scope of his contribution has been remarkably broad, ranging from deep fundamental research to innovative algorithm and system design. He has carried out high-level consulting and collaboration with both industry and government and has made consistently transformative contribution to several topics in wireless communications, and particularly, to cooperation in wireless networks. He innovatively proposed to use cooperation to exploit multiuser diversity, which led to solving fundamental challenges in the existing and next-generation wireless networks, including power and radio spectrum scarcity limitations. His groundbreaking work in 1999, developed with his colleagues at HKUST, on multiuser OFDM for wireless communications, is one of the most important technologies in many advanced wireless systems and international standards, including 4G, LTE/LTE‐A, 802.11 WiFi standards, and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). Cognitive radio communications is a revolutionary smart technology that can be configured to significantly improve radio spectrum utilization efficiency. Prof. Ben Letaief is one of the pioneers in this field and has made a number of significant contributions, particularly to cooperative spectrum sensing. His work in the area has not only been heavily cited but has been adopted as part of the IEEE 802.22 standard, a major international standard based on the concept of cognitive radio communications. Prof. Letaief also invented a suite of algorithms for spectrum sensing, which were later transformed into four US patents. For example, his US patent No. 7,965,641 on spectrum sensing has over 500 citations. Because of his international reputation, Prof. Ben Letaief received numerous esteemed awards. These include the 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, and 2007 IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications. Prof. Letaief is currently the President of IEEE Communications Society, a US-based global organization with thousands of members from academia and industry in 162 countries.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190424/faculty-recipients-research-excellence-awards-demonstrate-joys-discovery?id=1120. 2/4.
(41) 10/17/2019. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery | HKUST School of Engineering. Prof. FAN Zhiyong The Research Excellence Award went to Prof. Fan Zhiyong, Associate Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Prof. Fan Zhiyong joined HKUST in May of 2010. Although it has only been 9 years since then, he has made exceptional achievements in academic research in terms of journal publications, research grant and postgraduate students supervision. With these achievements, he has become a star researcher in SENG and a renowned scientist with international reputation in the research area of nanomaterials and devices. In particular, his research involves rational design and fabrication of nanostructures, basic understanding of their physical and chemical properties and the utilization of these materials for electronic/optoelectronic device applications. These devices include solar cells, photodetectors, light-emitting diodes, chemical sensors and supercapacitors. The objectives and contribution of his research are on enhancing device performance, improving device stability and boosting energy efficiency as well as enabling new applications in energy, the environment and health. Since joining HKUST, he has published over 100 research papers in top journals including Nature Communications,. Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Energy & Environmental Science, etc. A number of his publications. have been listed as “Highly Cited Papers” with top 1% citations. Therefore, he has been inducted into the “2018 Highly Cited Researchers List” by Clarivate Analytics. To date, Prof. Fan’s publications have received around 15,000 citations with “an” H-index of 60. These achievements are truly exceptional as a mid-career scholar. Due to his contribution to materials and chemical science, he was elevated to a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in June of 2018. In 2017, he had been nominated and elected as a founding member of the Young Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong, owing to his international and local reputation regarding scientific research. To support his research, Prof. Fan has been very active in seeking external funding support. Since 2010, he has been involved in research projects with grants totaling almost HK$78 million. As the principal investigator (PI), he has been awarded 5 General Research Fund (GRF) grants, 4 Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) grants, 1 China National Science Foundation (NSFC) grant and 2 Shenzhen STI fund, totaling around HK$16 million. Prof. WANG Jiguang The Young Investigator Research Award went to Prof. Wang Jiguang, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Prof. Wang is leading a highly-coupled interdisciplinary team on the study of data science and its application in the research on cancer medicine and computational biology. Overall, he has published more than 16 papers with impact factor higher than 10, including papers in top journals, such as Nature, Cell, and Nature Genetics. The most distinctive contribution of his is that he has led a genome sequencing study which discovered the METex14 oncogenic mutation as a prognosis marker and clinically actionable drug target in brain tumor patients. This study has been selected as China’s top 10 research advances in life science in 2018. Prof. Wang, in collaboration with medical doctors at Beijing Tiantan Hospital and Samsung Medical Center, initiated an international collaboration named the Asian Glioma Genome Atlas (AGGA) to collect multi-omics data from brain cancer patients in East Asian hospitals. This collaboration undertook a groundbreaking genomic study in search of new mutations and therapy treatments for secondary glioblastomas (sGBM), an aggressive type of brain tumor with extremely low 5-year survival rate. Prof. Wang’s research team is now focusing on the development of an AI system that deeply integrates imaging data with genetic data ranging from bulk DNA/RNA sequencing to single-cell RNA sequencing to improve the current status of patient care. This ongoing collaborative project will generate well-labeled big data and bridge the gap between AI technology and the biological/clinical applications.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190424/faculty-recipients-research-excellence-awards-demonstrate-joys-discovery?id=1120. 3/4.
(42) 10/17/2019. Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery | HKUST School of Engineering. About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.. https://seng.ust.hk/news/20190424/faculty-recipients-research-excellence-awards-demonstrate-joys-discovery?id=1120. 4/4.
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HKUST and WeBank Launch First HK-Guangdong Joint Laboratory in Banking
Xiao-i and HKUST Launch Joint Laboratory on Machine Learning and Cognitive Reasoning - Fostering Research and Talent Development
HKUST and Xunlei Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation and Applications of Blockchain Technology
Faculty Recipients of Research Excellence Awards Demonstrate Joys of Discovery
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