Projects per year
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Profiles
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Daniel CHUN, 秦仲宇
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Lecturer I
- Division of Arts and Machine Creativity - Lecturer I
Person: HKUST Staff
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Hongbo FU, 傅紅波
- Division of Arts and Machine Creativity - Acting Head and Professor
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Professor
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering - Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Yi Ren FUNG
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Assistant Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Sirui HAN, 韓斯睿
- Division of Arts and Machine Creativity - Assistant Professor
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Assistant Professor
- Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Kei May LAU, 劉紀美
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Research Professor
- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering - Professor Emeritus
Person: HKUST Staff
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Kathy Sze Man LEUNG, 梁詩敏
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Associate Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Wenhan LUO, 羅文寒
- Division of Arts and Machine Creativity - Associate Professor
- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering - Associate Professor
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Associate Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Huamin QU, 屈華民
- Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies - Dean of Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Acting Head
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering - Chair Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Discretionary Research on Artificial Intelligence
RAO, A. (PI) & CHEN, Y. (CoPI)
1/06/26 → 31/05/29
Project: Research
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Low Bit Transferring: Native MoE FFN Transferring Algorithm under Unified Distributed Tensor View Architecture
GU, H. (Team member), LI, L. (Team member), HAN, S. (PI), XUE, W. (CoPI) & WANG, L. (CoPI)
18/12/25 → 17/12/27
Project: Research
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1200 V High Reliability GaN Vertical MOSFETs for High Power Applications
LAU, K. M. (PI), GONG, Z. (Team member), LI, J. (Team member), HE, Y. (Team member) & ZHU, R. (Team member)
Innovation and Technology Commission, Jiangsu Crossing Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd., Enkris Semiconductor Hong Kong Limited
3/10/25 → 2/10/27
Project: Research
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Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emission Point Sources From China Space Station
LI, J. (CoPI), SU, H. (PI), ZHANG, J. (CoPI), ZHANG, L. M. (CoPI), WANG, Z. (CoPI), ZHAI, C. (CoPI), GU, D. (CoPI), GAO, M. (CoPI), MA, X. (CoPI), ZHU, P. (CoPI), RONG, P. (CoPI), SHI, X. (CoPI), YAN, C. (CoPI) & NING, Z. (CoPI)
Starwiz Technology Co. Ltd, Stellerus Technology Limited, Innovation and Technology Commission
18/08/25 → 17/08/28
Project: Research
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Research and Development of Key Technologies for Multimodal Recognition and Generative Artificial Intelligence under Large Models, as well as Development and Industrialization of Intelligent Sports Scenarios
LUO, W. (CoI), LIU, X. (CoI), CAI, Y. (CoI) & WANG, Z. (CoI)
Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Science & Technology
1/04/25 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Silicon Photonics and the Heterogeneous Epitaxy III-V Semiconductors on Silicon for Advanced Photonic Systems-on-chip
LAU, K. M. (CoPI) & TSANG, H. K. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Financial Credit Slow Thinking Large Language Model
LOU, D. (CoPI), HAN, S. (CoPI) & GUO, Y. (PI)
Duxiaoman Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
24/12/24 → 23/12/27
Project: Research
Research output
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Accelerated simulation of multiscale gas-radiation coupling flows via a general synthetic iterative scheme
Zeng, J., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Su, W. & Wu, L., 15 Nov 2026, In: Journal of computational physics. 565, p. 1-29 29 p., 115194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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A Few-Shot Learning Framework for Time-Varying Scientific Data Generation Via Conditional Diffusion Model
Han, J., Mar 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. p. 1-13 13 p., 11361278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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AI as skills governance: reconfiguring authority and ethics in China’s TVET reform
LU, G., HAN, S. & GUO, Y., 8 Jun 2026, In: Asian Review of Political Economy. 5, 1, 27 p., 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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AIRA: Activation-Informed Low-Rank Adaptation for Large Models
LI, L., LI, D., LIN, C., LI, W., XUE, W., HAN, S. & GUO, Y., 29 Apr 2026, Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision, ICCV 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1729-1739 11 p. 11443612. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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AlignVid: Training-Free Attention Scaling for Semantic Fidelity in Text-Guided Image-to-Video Generation
Liu, Y., Shu, W.-J., Huang, Z., Zheng, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, M., Lim, S.-N. & Yang, H., May 2026. 44 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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alpha-DPO: Robust Preference Alignment for Diffusion Models via alpha-Divergence
Li, Y., YANG, S., Wang, W., Han, X. & Dong, J., 23 Mar 2026. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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A machine learning approach for nominative record linkage in Chinese historical databases
Yu, Y., Hou, Y., Wu, Y. & Campbell, C., 26 Mar 2026, In: Historical Methods. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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AniFeats: Animate 3D Feature Meshes for Character Video Generation
Lu, B., Gu, Z., Dou, Z., Yuan, H., Li, P., Si, C., Cao, Y., Jiang, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, W. & Liu, Z., Aug 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 32, 8, p. 7619-7630 12 p., 11554949.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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An image steganography algorithm using selective timestep embedding and diffusion model
HAN, J., YE, G. & HAN, S., 10 May 2026, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 310, 11 p., 131313.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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LLM-based Multi AI Agent Interoperability & Collaboration for Agentic Web
YIN, J. (Invited speaker)
5 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Know You Better Than Yourself: An LLM-Based Proactive Personal Assistant Empowered by Lifelong Learning and a Self-Evolving AI Agent
YIN, J. (Invited speaker)
20 Jul 2026 → 24 Jul 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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How did John Snow make his inference? A Philosophical Examination
KWOK, C. Y. (Contributor)
12 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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627-V Fully-vertical GaN-on-SiC Trench MOSFETs and Demonstration of Large-Area Hexagonal Trench Devices
LI, J. (Speaker)
26 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Optimal-Estimation Retrieval with Integrated Aerosol Correction for CO₂ and CH₄ Monitoring Using Multi-spectral Imaging Carbon Observatory (MUSICO)
PAN, F. (Speaker), ZHAI, C. (Contributor) & SU, H. (Contributor)
6 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Plenary
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ACM Multimedia Systems Conference 2026 (MMSys) Hong Kong
Hui, P. (Participant), FUNG, M. (Participant), BRAUD, T. C. (Participant) & PANG, C. C. (Participant)
4 Apr 2026 → 8 Apr 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference / Workshop
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Hong Kong Government (External organisation)
CHUN, D. (Chair)
9 Feb 2026 → 8 Feb 2029Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Journal)
LEUNG, K. S. M. (Associate Editor)
Jan 2026 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Tacit Knowledge as a Species of Know-how
KWOK, C. Y. (Invited speaker)
31 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
Awards
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51st Geneva Inventions - Gold + Jury Congratulations Award
CHUN, D. (Recipient), 15 Mar 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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Best Student Paper Award
LI, B. (Recipient) & LI, C. C. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
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Gold Medal with Jury Congratulations
CHUN, D. (Recipient) & MOW, W. H. (Recipient), 15 Mar 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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50th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva — Bronze Medal: LexiHK, Legal AI Assistant
HAN, S. (Recipient), Apr 2025
Prize: Honorary Award
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Best Paper Honorable Mention Award in IEEE VR 2025
XU, X. (Recipient), Mar 2025
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
Press/Media
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Robots That Care, Teach, and Protect --- From Pandemic to Inclusive Classrooms: How Embedded AI and Companion Robots are transforming Healthcare and Education in Hong Kong (HKUKST RAE Impact Casebook)
MOW, W. H., SONG, S., FUNG, K. C. & FUNG, K. Y.
29/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Courses
Datasets
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SLABIM: A SLAM-BIM Coupled Dataset in HKUST Main Building
HUANG, H. (Contributor), QIAO, Z. (Contributor), YU, Z. (Contributor), LIU, C. (Contributor), SHEN, S. (Contributor), ZHANG, F. (Contributor) & YIN, H. (Contributor), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/SLABIM
Dataset
Student theses
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Achieving efficiency and high quality : a complete data capture and data processing system for construction industry
CAI, G. (Author), LI, Z. (Supervisor) & YIN, H. (Supervisor), 2023Student thesis: Master's thesis
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Advanced Optimization and Game Theory for Interaction-Aware Autonomous Driving
HUANG, Z. (Author), MA, J. (Supervisor) & SHEN, S. (Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Aerial rock-and-walk : an archeology inspired heavy object transportation technique using aerial robots
XU, P. (Author), SEO, J. (Supervisor), SHEN, S. (Supervisor) & WANG, W. (Supervisor), 2021Student thesis: Master's thesis
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AI-enabled process and design for microelectronic packaging
YAO, P. (Author), YANG, J. (Supervisor) & WU, J. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Alter Nature: Exploring Life in Computational Art
WU, Z. (Author), ZHANG, K. (Supervisor) & QU, H. (Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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A Multi-dimensional Framework for Artificial Intelligence Integration in Game Development across Artistic, Educational, and Environmental Contexts
FEI, D. (Author), ZHANG, K. (Supervisor) & YIP, D. K. M. (Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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An infrared stereo vision empowered system for automated floor grinding in unknown construction environment
LIN, G. (Author), LEE, Y.-K. (Supervisor) & YIN, H. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A NN-MPC based proactive swing attenuation method for crane systems
SU, J. (Author), LI, Z. (Supervisor) & YIN, H. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Master's thesis
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Anomaly Detection and Similarity Computation on Attributed Graphs
TANG, J. (Author), LI, J. (Supervisor) & ZHOU, X. (Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: Doctoral thesis