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Electrical and Electronic Engineering researchers made MRI technology accessible to large populations worldwide

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully developed a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, the ultralow field (ULF) 0.055 Tesla brain MRI, which can operate from a standard AC wall power outlet and requires neither radiofrequency nor magnetic shielding room.
A new bioinformatic tool for precise prediction of cells transformation and diseases formation

An interdisciplinary team led by Professor Kevin Tsia in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Programme Director of Biomedical Engineering Programme has developed a new computational tool for studying omics data that overcomes current challenges in the study of normal and malignant cell transformation.
Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam visited sewage monitoring facilities

The innovative sewage surveillance system developed by Professor Tong Zhang’s team has been widely adopted for tracking the Covid-19 virus and its variants over the territory. Under the joint monitoring scheme with the government, it has been generating great impact in society as an important infectious control measure, particularly in detecting positive cases from sewage rapidly and effectively.
Generalized radiograph representation learning via cross-supervision between images and free-text radiology reports

An interdisciplinary research team, led by Professor Yu Yizhou at the Department of Computer Science, had worked on a research topic “Generalized radiograph representation learning via cross-supervision between images and free-text radiology reports”. The research paper was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence on January 20, 2022.
HKU engineering scholars achieved excellence results from Research Grants Council’s 2021/22 research funding schemes

Engineering scholars of The University of Hong Kong has achieved brilliant results in the recent announcement by the Research Grants Council of the University Grant Committee on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes.
Tech talk series by Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two

With the opening of Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, two Tech Talks, “Unravelling the transmission of vertical outbreaks: Each drainage stack is an aerosol factory” by Professor Yuguo Li and “Re-understanding of Active Volcanoes” by Professor Quentin Yue, were organized on January 20 and Jan 27, 2022 respectively.
Student achievements

Three HKU student teams from the Department of Computer Science won 2 Gold Medals and 1 Honorable Mention in the Asia Regional Contest (Shanghai Site) of the International Collegiate Programming Contest. The contest conducted via online on November 27-28, 2021.

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