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Artificial Intelligence for Swimmer Safety and Performance Analysis System in secondary schools

Aug 29, 2019

Dr Wilton Fok (left) was awarded HK$3.9 million from the Innovation Technology Fund Better Living Fund for the development of Artificial Intelligence for Drowning Detection and Swimmer Performance Analysis...

Worldwide scholars gathered at HKU for the 5^th International Symposium on Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance

Aug 19, 2019

Building higher up: juggles the way with blocks

Aug 1, 2019

Dr Wei Pan, Executive Director of Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development (CICID) of HKU. Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) is recognized to be beneficial for high-rise...

“Distinguished Young Investigator of China Frontiers of Engineering” by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)

Jul 21, 2019

Is Smart grid a real solution to sustainable power supply?

Jul 18, 2019

(From left) Dr Lee Chi-kwan, Professor Tan Siew-chong and Professor Ron Hui Shu-yuen believed renewables are solutions to energy crisis, and smart grid is the key to assure this. Smart Grid is an electrical...

“Quantum speedup in the identification of cause-effect relations”, a paper in Nature Communications

Jun 24, 2019

Professor Giulio Chiribella of the Department of Computer Science Professor Giulio Chiribella and Mr David Ebler of the Department of Computer Science published a paper entitled “Quantum speedup in the...

Award in Research Achievements (Science and Technology) by Ministry of Education of China

Jun 19, 2019

Dr Kaibin Huang, Assistant Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Kaibin Huang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering co-authored a paper entitled...

Efficient nanofibrous membrane to filter heavy metals and bacteria

Jun 16, 2019

Partnership with TCL to set up “HKU-TCL Joint Research Centre for AI” to foster research development in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Jun 14, 2019

“Best Paper Award” at the International Modular and Offsite Construction Summit

May 24, 2019

(From left) Dr Niu Sanyuan, Dr Wei Pan and Miss Yang Yi were delighted to receive the Best Paper Award at the MOC Summit 2019, a distinguished conference in the world. Dr Niu Sanyuan, Miss Yang Yi and...