HKU Engineering scholars received over HK$60 million funding from Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) forin 17 projects under different programmes such asincluding Midstream Research Programme, ITSP Platform Project, ITSP Seed Project, Partnerhsip Research Programme etc.
The ITF, administered by the Innovation and Technology Commission, aims to increase the added value, productivity and competitiveness of our economic activities. The Government hopes that, through the ITF, Hong Kong companies could be encouraged and assisted to upgrade their technological level and introduce innovative ideas to their businesses.
Full funding list:
Midstream Research Programme (MRP)
Project: Speeding Up Examination of Heart Diseases Through the Use Of 3D Echocardiography and Machine Learning
Scholar: Dr Kenneth K.Y. Wong & Dr Loretta Y.K. Choi (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $5.4 million
Remarks: Dr Choi is the CO-Investigator
Project: A Non-radiation Artificial Intelligence Spine Deformity Diagnosis System
Scholar: Dr Kenneth K.Y. Wong & Dr Loretta Y.K. Choi (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $7.6 million
Remarks: Dr Jason P.Y. Cheung (Faculty of Medicine) is the Principle Investigator, Dr Wong is CO-Principle Investigator and Dr Choi is CO-Investigator
Project: Multi-stage Soft Robotic Assistant for Intra-operative MRI-guided Stereotactic Brain Biopsy and Neurosurgery
Scholar: Dr Kwok Ka Wai (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Funding amount: $8.5 million
ITSP Platform Project
Project: A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Platform over Public Blockchain with Traitor Tracing
Scholar: Dr Allen Au (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $2.6 million from ITSP and $0.4 million from Industrial Support
Project: Towards a Fully-Automated Karyotype Analysis for Detecting Chromosomal Abnormality via Intelligent Bioinformatics and Image Analysis
Scholar: Professor TW Lam (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $6.3 million from ITSP and $0.7 million from Industrial Support
Project: nD Blockchain for ESG Reporting
Scholar: Professor G.Q. Huang (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Funding amount: 5.2 million form ITSP and $2.8 million from Industrial Support
Remarks: Dr Ray Y.Zhong and Dr Y.Cheng (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering) are CO- Investigator
Project: A Smart Integrated Suite for Easy and Cost Effective Virtual Reality Content Creation
Scholar: Dr Henry Lau (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Funding amount: $6.8 million from ITSP and $3.3 million from Industrial Support
ITSP Seed Project (ITSP)
Project: Secure Computation over Large-Scale Encrypted Data for Statistical Analysis
Scholar: Dr Allen Au (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $1.4 million from ITSP and $0.2 million from Industrial Support
Project: AI-HKLII: AI-Powered Legal Research Platform
Scholar: Professor Ben Kao (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $1.4 million
Remarks: Professor Anne S.Y. Cheung (Faculty of Law) is the Principle Investigator and Professor Kao is CO-Investigator
Project: Ultrapermeable Nanofiltration Membranes and Modules
Scholar: Professor Tang Chuyang (Department of Civil Engineering)
Funding amount: $1.3 million
Remarks: Dr Zhe Yang, Ms Lu Peng and Ms Li Wang (Department of Civil Engineering) are CO-Investigator
Partnership Research Programme (PRP)
Project: Blockchain-Enhanced Trade Finance - A Secure, Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Solution from Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Tokenised Document
Scholar: Dr Allen Au (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $2 million from PRP and $2 million from Industry Sponsorship
Project: A Generic Runtime Diagnosis Toolkit for Expedited Large-Scale DNN Training
Scholar: Professor Wu Chuan (Department of Computer Science)
Funding amount: $1.5 million from PRP and $1.5 million from Industry Sponsorship
Project: IoT-enabled Fit-out Construction: Core Technologies and BIM Implementation for Chun Wo
Scholar: Dr Ray Y.Zhong (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Funding amount: $1.4 million from PRP and $1.5 million from Industry Sponsorship
Remarks: Professor G.Q. Huang is CO- Investigator
Public Sector Trial Scheme (PSTS)
Project: Production and Trial of UV based Disinfection Robots
Scholar: Professor Ning Xi (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Funding amount: $1.8 million
Project: Trial: Intelligent Robot for Inspecting Surface Coating of Multi-Sport Recreational Courts
Scholar: Professor Ning Xi (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Funding amount: $2 million
Postdoctoral Hub Programme for ITF projects
Project: Development of a Practical Wide-field Quantum Diamond Microscope for Authenticity Identification in Jewellery Industry
Scholar: Dr Chu Zhiqin (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Funding amount: $0.6 million
Research Talent Hub for ITF Projects (RTH-ITF)
Project: Development of a Practical Wide-field Quantum Diamond Microscope for Authenticity Identification in Jewellery Industry
Scholar: Dr Chu Zhiqin (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Funding amount: $0.3 million
Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living (FBL)
Project: Use of Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Personalised Community Stroke Rehabilitation
Scholar: Dr Wilton W.T. Fok (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Funding amount: $4.4 million