HKUST In The Media

An article by ISD Adjunct Prof. Erwin HUANG on the way of learning in the AI era.

HKUST alumnus Matey YORDANOV founded ANTEI AI Innovation Hub and has developed an AI-powered system to detect the origin and size of factory emissions, intended for monitoring in Mainland China and other countries.

HKUST alumnus Dr. ZHANG Yunfe founded Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligent Technology, which has recently registered for IPO tutorial. The company, a pioneer in China's unmanned watercraft industry, specializes in the research and development, production, sales, and related services of unmanned watercraft.

HKUST has recruited more students from the countries of the Belt and Road Initiative such as India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan in recent years, contributing to the "Study in HK" strategy.  

P Prof. Nancy IP said in a TVB program that HKUST and HKUST(GZ) are complementary to each other in nurturing innovative talent, introducing the "Redbird Cross Campus Study Program", which promotes resource sharing and synergy between the two campuses.  

HKUST is one of the organizer of the class themed on the No.92 China ocean expedition.  AP (Mainland Affairs) Prof. TONG Penger noted the event aimed to introduce the cutting-edge scientific research and expeditions, spark students' curiosity, deepen their understanding of marine science, and cultivate future leaders.  OCES/LIFS Chair Prof. QIAN Peiyuan indicated the activity is a good start to cultivate primary and secondary school students' interest in marine science, strengthen international cooperation and encourage young people to engage in marine scientific research.  

A research team led by PHYS/CHEM Assoc. Prof. PAN Ding and PHYS Research Asst. Prof. LI Shuo-Hui has developed a novel direct sampling method based on deep generative models.  This method enables efficient sampling of the Boltzmann distribution across a continuous temperature range.  The findings have been published in Physical Review Letters.  

In an article on the high life expectancy in HK, SOSC/ PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as attributing the increasing life expectancy to relatively high income, social safety nets, proximity to primary healthcare and a relatively healthy lifestyle and diet.  

HKUST held a back-to-school carnival titled "Fire Up Your Year" yesterday. Prof. Nancy Ip alongside the management team, faculty members warmly welcomed the new cohort of students and encouraged all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to embody the University’s “can-do spirit.” 

HK startup PetalGard, the winner of the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2024, developed natural pest-repellent pellets made from recycled materials, which can effectively drive away pests by combining AI technologies to analyze rodent behaviors. Its Founder & CEO Ricky LUI is a HKUST BIOT alumnus.

During a media tour to the HKUST SZ-HK Collaborative Innovation Research Institute (SHCIRI), VPRD Prof. Tim CHENG outlined the University's future plans, noting the "incubation in HK, commercialization in SZ" model that facilitates the transfer of cutting-edge technologies from the lab to the market.