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2020-10-09
CUHK PhD Student Wins the Championship at Global College AI Training Camp
Hao XU, a PhD student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at CUHK, and his teammates designed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can automatically generate a mini-figure brick model in the DeeCamp 2020, winning them the championship against 37 teams from all over the world. The... -
2020-09-20
Prof. Michael R. Lyu Receives the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award
Professor Michael R. Lyu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has received the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), for his outstanding contribution to the theory and applications of software reliability engineering. Established... -
2020-08-31
New AI Approach to Investigate Multiple Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Concurrently For the Advancement of Biomedical Research
A research team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has developed a new Gene Expression Embedding frameworK (GEEK), which uses artificial intelligence technologies in machine learning and natural language processing to study the regulation of gene expression. In contrast to previous works that focused... -
2020-07-23
A Breakthrough by CUHK Engineering and University of Warwick Teams T-ray Camera Speed Boosted a Hundred Times Over
A research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Warwick has reached a crucial milestone towards developing single-pixel terahertz radiation (T-ray) imaging technology. Their single-pixel T-ray camera reached 100 times faster acquisition than the previous state-of-the-art without adding any ... -
2020-07-20
A Breakthrough in Photonic Integration by CUHK Engineering Team Facilitating High-speed Optical Communication to Meet the Increasing Demand
The ever-increasing growth in data traffic requires more powerful transmission networks. To respond to such demand, a group of researchers led by Prof. Xiankai Sun and Prof. Hon Ki Tsang in the Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently revealed a way to use light to convey large rates ... -
2020-05-25
Revealing the Role of Water Vapour in Methanol Atmospheric Reaction
A research team led by Prof. Wei Ren has adopted high-level quantum chemistry calculations to provide a definitive answer to the role of water vapour in some important atmospheric reactions. The new findings will enable a more accurate and reliable prediction of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. Volatile organic compounds ( ... -
2020-05-14
Breakthrough in Battery Research: An Eco-friendly Electrolyte with Skin Cream Ingredients Enabling Stable and Non-flammable Aqueous Li-ion Batteries
A research team led by Prof. Yi-Chun has taken a critical step forward in improving high-energy batteries by introducing a novel electrolyte to the aqueous lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. This electrolyte is commonly used in skin cream. It is inexpensive, non-flammable, less toxic and is eco-friendly, yet can create stable voltage for ... -
2020-02-21
Translating Basic Science Research to Clinical Application Microrobotic Swarms by CUHK Can Navigate in Bio-fluids
A research group led by Professor Li Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has developed a strategy that selects the optimised bio-inspired microrobotic swarms in different bio-fluids. The swarms reported may have great potential in medical applications, and this work is an important ... -
2020-01-07
Two CUHK Engineering Professors Elected IEEE Fellows 2020
Prof. Guoliang Xing and Prof. Angela Yingjun Zhang from the Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at CUHK have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2020. Prof. Guoliang Xing was elected for his remarkable contributions to “sensor networks ... -
2019-12-20
Prof. Renjie Zhou Receives Croucher Innovation Award 2019 for Developing New Tomographic Phase Microscopy Technique for In Vivo Imaging
Professor Renjie Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded the Croucher Innovation Award 2019 in the amount of HK$5 million in research expenses by the Croucher Foundation for his outstanding research achievements in optical diffraction tomography and in support of his future research works. ...
