The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)today launched the“Sustainable Smart Campus as aLiving Lab”(SSC)–an initiative that transforms the campus into atesting ground for learning,experimenting,and advancing smart and innovative ideas to address real-life challenges.With apledge of HK$50 million over the next three years,the University aims to identify sustainable,smart and cross-disciplinary home-grown HKUST projects and implement them on campus.Projects are collaboratively developed by faculty,staff,students and alumni.By uniting HKUST’s quality research and innovative learning approaches,it is hoped that SSC projects will become asource of inspiration to the Hong Kong community,contributing to its development in becoming aworld-class sustainable and smart city.HKUST President Prof.Wei SHYY said,“Universities are microcosms of society.HKUST has been fully engaged in encompassing business management,policy as well as science and technologies to make our campus smarter and more sustainable,and with this endeavor to help advise society’s transition to afuture that is greener,more livable,and human centric.SSC is meant to be aspringboard for testing new ideas and approaches.Projects need not include cutting edge technologies,nor do they need to succeed on the first try.But by turning our campus into a‘living lab’,we hope to instill aculture of learning from failure and self-initiated changes,which will eventually spread to alarger community beyond our campus.”Nine projects–ranging from enhancing library user experience through facial recognition technology,to promoting positive and healthy behaviors through visual arts installations,to utilizing areal-time big data platform of people flows to facilitate effective planning–were selected as the inaugural round of projects.Project champions staged exhibition booths in the Chia-Wei Woo Academic Concourse during the past week to share their ideas and gain feedback from the community.Implementation of the projects are spearheaded through HKUST’s GREAT Smart Cities Center(GSCC),in collaboration with the HKUST Sustainability Unit.The second round of submission of SSC project proposals is now open till March 22.Director of GSCC Prof.LO Hong-Kam said,“Through actual implementation of concepts and technologies on campus,SSC is an important platform to advance the underpinning science and technology,and sustainability principles for smart city development.Since its conception,many industry partners and government agencies have explored collaborative opportunities with us.We firmly believe that SSC will contribute to transforming otherwise abstract smart city concepts to sustainable and smart realities.”The SSC campaign follows years of sustainability achievements at HKUST.In June 2016,the University adopted its first sustainability master plan–HKUST 2020 Sustainability Challenge,which set an aggressive set of performance targets for reducing energy consumption,greenhouse gas emission and wastage.Through acombination of actions,policies,and changes in behavior,HKUST has reduced over 700 tons of waste going to the landfill–a reduction of nearly one-third from the 2014 baseline,and has saved enough energy that two new buildings–Cheng Yu Tung Building and Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Conference Lodge–were added to the campus with no net increase in energy consumption. 查看详细>>

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology officially signed agreements today with the Guangzhou Municipal Government and Guangzhou University to establish Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou)(HKUST(GZ)),marking an important milestone in the University’s advancement.HKUST(GZ)will help steer frontier development of HKUST in education,science and technology,business and management as well as knowledge transfer,adding forces to Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area(GBA)which are gaining traction in innovation.Located in Qingsheng,Nansha in Guangzhou,HKUST(GZ)is part of amodern high-end service area there,situating next to ahigh speed rail station and occupying an area of 1.13 square kilometers.The collaboration agreements were signed by Mr.WEN Guohui,Mayor of the Guangzhou Government;Prof.Wei SHYY,President of HKUST;and Prof.WEI Minghai,President of Guangzhou University under the witness of Mr.ZHANG Shuofu,Secretary of the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee;Mr.Andrew LIAO Cheung-Sing,Chairman of the HKUST Council;Mr.HUANG Ningsheng,Vice Governor of Guangdong Provincial Government;Prof.LI Lu,Director-General for Educational Scientific and Technological Affairs from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR;Mr.HUANG Guang,Inspector of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office,Exchange Division of State Council;Mr.LI Hai,Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education;Dr.CHOI Yuk Lin,Under Secretary for Education of the HKSAR Government and Prof.QU Shaobing,Chairman of Guangzhou University Council.Under the agreement,the Guangzhou Government agrees to fund the project’s entire construction cost,and subsidize the new campus’future basic annual operating budget taking reference of the Hong Kong University Grants Committee framework.Meanwhile,HKUST will introduce its management model,teaching and research culture into the new campus to ensure it maintains the same quality and standard as its Hong Kong counterpart.HKUST will also ensure that the new campus’facilities,design and planning comply with international standards.HKUST Council Chairman Mr.Andrew Liao expressed heartfelt gratitude to the staunch support of both Guangzhou and HKSAR governments.“Talent is key to GBA’s development into aglobal innovation hub.As an international research university,HKUST hopes to bring its vision and teaching experience into Guangzhou and work with HKUST’s Fok Ying Tung Research Institute in Nansha and Shenzhen Research Institute to groom innovative talents with global vision for the region.We also hope that this collaboration could help enhance knowledge transfer in Hong Kong and address the city’s shortfall in the high-tech manufacturing sector,connect technology with business and create new driving force for Hong Kong’s economy,”he said.HKUST President Prof.Wei Shyy said,“All three parties who signed the agreement today share the same passion in turning HKUST(GZ)into aleading research university,progress against the foundation of asophisticated global institution and enjoy academic freedom in accordance with the law.HKUST(GZ)will maintain the same quality and standard as HKUST,the two campuses will be fully synergistic without overlapping academic structures.With the new campus located next to the newly planned high-tech park in Guangzhou,HKUST students could better transfer their research achievements and innovative ideas through the established industrial chain there.Students from both campuses can also share each other’s laboratories and research facilities.The exchange will be beneficial to the science and technology development in both Hong Kong and the region.”According to the agreement,the new campus will adopt English as its basic language.Only postgraduate students will be admitted in the initial phase,with admission size eventually growing up to 4,000.The Senate of HKUST will be responsible for setting teaching principles and curriculums of HKUST(GZ),ensuring that the quality and policy are the same as those developed and treasured since HKUST’s founding.The curriculum will take into account of international trends and the needs of GBA,with emphases on interdisciplinary subjects.The parties have started preparatory work on areas such as academic planning,institutional structure and campus design and development.HKUST will work closely with Guangzhou University to launch application in atimely manner and obtain necessary licenses from various mainland authorities. 查看详细>>

Home>About HKUST>Media Relations>Press Releases>HKUST Establishes Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research to Spearhead Comprehensive Development of AI HKUST Establishes Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research to Spearhead Comprehensive Development of AI 21-09-2018 Artificial intelligence(AI)is poised to disrupt every industry in every walk of human life.To promote healthy development of AI,the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)recen... 查看详细>>

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)received aHK$100 million donation from Lo Kwee Seong Foundation in support of the University’s frontier research in life science.The magnanimous gift will not only allow HKUST to purchase astate-of-the-art cryo-electron microscope(cryo-EM)–a technology that has recently revolutionized the field of structural biology,it also helps the University establish an endowment fund named“Lo Kwee-Seong Research Fund”for the nurturing of research talent.In appreciation of the Foundation’s benevolent support,the University named the laboratory section of its Academic Building“Lo Kwee-Seong Building”,where the Cryo-EM machine will be housed.A donation presentation ceremony was held today in gratitude for the generous donation made by the Foundation–set up by the late Dr.LO Kwee-Seong in 1991.Officiating guests included Dr.Peter LO Tak-shing,Chairman of Lo Kwee Seong Foundation;Mr.Winston LO Yau-lai,Ms.Myrna LO Mo-ching,Mrs.Irene CHAN Lo Mo-lin,and Ms.Yvonne LO Mo-ling,who are Trustees of Lo Kwee Seong Foundation;Mr.Andrew LIAO Cheung-Sing,Council Chairman of HKUST and Prof.Wei SHYY,HKUST President.Other senior management of the University also attended the ceremony.Dr.Peter Lo said,“The Foundation is very pleased to build aclose partnership with HKUST–a leader in scientific research.I believe your researchers will make good use of the new infrastructure,leading to breakthroughs and discoveries beneficial to mankind as awhole.We are also delighted to see the establishment of the University’s first Lo Kwee Seong endowment fund,which seeks to promote international collaboration among researchers at graduate and postgraduate levels.We wish the University would continue to break new grounds by harnessing the power of technology.”Mr.Winston Lo added,“When Vitasoy was founded 78 years ago by my father,the late Lo Kwee-Seong,we had asimple vision:to make nutritious,tasty plant-based beverages that would lead to improvements in public health.With this vision and conviction,Vitasoy has worked tirelessly with different partners to foster nutrition knowledge and education in our communities.Today,we are honored to call HKUST,a leading university with global acclaim,to be apartner of ours,and we are delighted to see that our donation will serve as afoundation of afruitful partnership for many years to come.” 查看详细>>

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)today signed aframework agreement with the Southern University of Science and Technology(SUSTech)in Shenzhen to plan the establishment of the SUSTech-HKUST Joint School of Microelectronics(Joint School).Riding on the complementary research strengths of both universities,the proposed Joint School is set to become amultilateral collaborative platform for industry,academia and research at the national level,facilitating both nurturing of market-desired high-caliber talents and innovative research in key strategic areas including integrated circuit(IC),system-on-chip design for communications,artificial intelligence and robotics,as well as next generation microelectronics device technology such as wide bandgap semiconductors.Officiating guests of the signing ceremony include Mr Gao Zimin,Deputy Mayor of Shenzhen;Prof Li Lu,Director-General for Educational Scientific and Technological Affairs from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong SAR;Mr Xing Feng,Deputy Director-General of the Education Department of Guangdong Province;Mr Xu Jianling,Deputy Director of Shenzhen Education Bureau;HKUST Acting President Prof Wei Shyy;Ms Guo Yurong,Chairperson of SUSTech’s University Council;and SUSTech President Prof Chen Shiyi.Prof Li Lu said the Joint School will not only facilitate collaboration among the government,academia and the industry for the region’s advancement in microelectronics,it also demonstrated Hong Kong and Shenzhen’s efforts in helping to build national strength in science and technology.At the ceremony,SUSTech President Prof Chen expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the support of the Shenzhen municipal government and the Liaison Office in Hong Kong.“HKUST is aworld-leading research university excellent in science,engineering,business and management as well as humanities and social science,while SUSTech is one of China’s–if not the world’s–youngest but fastest growing universities.Answering President Xi Jinping’s call for enhanced cooperation in science and technology between Hong Kong and the mainland,this international,leading and research-led Joint School in Microelectronics will not only make anational demonstration,but will also bring new,tremendous opportunities and prospects to both universities,”he said.HKUST Acting President Prof Shyy also said that the collaboration would help support the nation’s Greater Bay development initiative.“We have been contributing for years to the microelectronics and IC industry in Shenzhen.While we are actively exploring the establishment of our branch in Guangzhou,it seems that China’s need and strategic priority in this industrial sector can be well supported by HKUST with Shenzhen as akey platform for industrial outreach,educational and research activities in the Lok Ma Chau loop area,and also as aspecialized part of abroader initiative for the Greater Bay development,”he said.Under the proposed establishment,the Joint School will be situated on the SUSTech campus.It will offer education programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels,and run four research centers on IC design methodology and Electronic Design Automation(EDA);communications;system-on-chip design and system integration;as well as wide bandgap semiconductor devices.A joint SUSTech-HKUST taskforce consisting of members from both universities will be set up to push ahead the applications,and work with the Shenzhen municipal government on details of its support to the infrastructure and operation of the Joint School. 查看详细>>

Computer Science>Digital Libraries.Title:International Collaboration in Science:The Global Map and the Network.Authors:Loet Leydesdorff,Caroline Wagner,Han Woo Park,Jonathan Adams(Submitted on 4Jan 2013)Abstract:The network of international co-authorship relations has been dominated by certain European nations and the USA,but this network is rapidly expanding at the global level.Between 40 and 50 countries appear in the center of the international network in 2011. 查看详细>>

Computer Science>Digital Libraries.Title:International Collaboration in Science:The Global Map and the Network.Authors:Loet Leydesdorff,Caroline Wagner,Han Woo Park,Jonathan Adams(Submitted on 4Jan 2013)Abstract:The network of international co-authorship relations has been dominated by certain European nations and the USA,but this network is rapidly expanding at the global level.Between 40 and 50 countries appear in the center of the international network in 2011. 查看详细>>