HKUST In The Media

SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN commented on an article on global declining fertility rates that it was the first time that the UN has taken such a strong stance on low fertility issues, adding that low fertility, population ageing, population stagnation were used as an excuse to justify nationalist, anti-migrant policies and gender conservative policies. 

A research team from ISD has developed an AI-assisted 3D food printing solution with the use of generative algorithms and computer programs.

HKUST's Institute for Financial Research (IFR) Asst. Director TANG Bo pointed out that stablecoins have become a key infrastructure supporting the on-chain financial ecosystem and payment systems.

PPOL Assoc. Prof. Alex HE Jingwei identified healthcare access as the biggest challenge for HK retirees in Mainland China and proposed that the government take five measures to address their needs, including enhancing the portability of welfare benefits and developing long-term care insurance.

HKUST said it has extended admission offers to two Harvard postgraduate students—one from Mainland China and the other from Pakistan.

In a CCTV program, URAO Director Prof. Emily NASON revealed that the University plans to admit 250 mainland students through the national college entrance examination (Gaokao) this year. 

HKUST has partnered with Esquel Group to launch a five-year study program enabling students to conduct biannual field research in Guilin, Guangxi province. 

CSE/CBE Asst. Prof. CHEN Hao and his team developed Mixture of Modality Experts (MOME), a groundbreaking large AI model for non-invasive breast cancer diagnosis.

HKUST signed an MoU with Tung Wah College (TWC) to enhance collaboration in cross-disciplinary medical education, innovative research, knowledge transfer, and community outreach services.

HKUST(GZ) Thrust of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering Assoc. Prof. WU Jun's team has been using lotus roots as dressings for bone and skin wounds for four years, discovering that their porous structure accelerates bone injury recovery.

HKUST and the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) signed an MoU for HKUST to expand its off-campus education and research space in the non-domestic portion of the URA’s Kwun Tong Town Centre 2.0 project.

A HKUST research team, in collaboration with Light Illusion, has introduced UniTEX, an innovative high-fidelity 3D texture generation method that overcomes the limitations of traditional UV mapping.