(From left) Professor Yuguo Li, Professor Christopher Chao and Professor Reynold Cheng.
Multidisciplinary discussions could bring different perspectives on huge issues faced globally. The University of Hong Kong organised the “Virtual Forum on HKU’s Big Ideas on Combatting the COVID-19 Pandemic” forum aimed at generating “big ideas” to address global challenges via innovative research in an interdisciplinary setting. The forum featured talks from nine HKU professors, including the Dean of Engineering Professor Christopher Chao, Professor Yuguo Li of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor Reynold Cheng of the Department of Computer Science, with interactive Q&As. It was followed by a brainstorming session for the speakers and other HKU academic staff to build on issues raised and consider big ideas related to COVID-19 in which multidisciplinary HKU teams could lead the research.
In the forum, Professor Christopher Chao talked about how Engineering respond to COVID-19, while Professor Yuguo Li and Professor Reynold Cheng shared their views on “Transmission Routes of COVID-19 and Indoor Environment” and “Can Big Data and AI useful for COVID-19 Analysis” respectively. For details of the forum, please visit https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/20971.html.
Watch forum videos: https://uvision.hku.hk/search.php?search=%23BIGIDEAS