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2020-12-03
CUHK Receives Research Funding on Advancing Digital Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from CUHK has been granted up to 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars to assist in developing machine learning technologies for advancing digital biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease. This will contribute to the efficiency and accuracy of early identification using the state- ... -
2020-12-03
CUHK and HKU Jointly Develop MARVEL Data Analysis Method to Detect Pathogenic Genes of Hirschsprung’s Disease
Hirschsprung’s disease is one of the most common congenital diseases requiring an abdominal operation in the newborn period. Its strong heritability suggests that genetic factors play a key role in the development of the disease. To find out genetic variants that may cause the disease, researchers... -
2020-11-26
CUHK Computer Science Ranks No. 11 Worldwide and No. 1 in Hong Kong in U.S. News and World Report 2021
CUHK is ranked No. 11 worldwide and No. 1 in Hong Kong in Computer Science in the Best Global Universities Rankings recently announced by U.S. News & World Report 2021. The Best Global Universities Ranking by U.S. News & World Report... -
2020-11-23
Engineering Professors Named Most Highly Cited Researchers
Prof Jianbin XU and Prof. Ching Ping WONG have earned the honour of being named in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” as among the world’s top researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple papers, highly cited by fellow academics.... -
2020-10-29
Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao Received Adaptive Structures Award from ASME
Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao was selected to receive the Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award recognises significant contributions to the sciences and technologies associated with adaptive structures and material systems.... -
2020-10-28
Effective Energy Harvester Breaking through the Limitation of Battery Life of Smart Watches and Wristbands
Smart watches and wristbands are becoming more and more popular. Various new functions such as health monitoring, contactless payment, entertainment, living assistance, have been added to these small devices and bring convenience to our daily lives. However, the limited battery life of these devices, due... -
2020-10-21
Prof. Calvin Chan Elected Fellow of the Optical Society 2021
Prof. Calvin CK Chan from the Department of Information Engineering has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA) in the class of 2021. This year, this distinction was awarded to 118 OSA members, from 24 countries/regions, who have contributed to the advancement of optics and photonics through... -
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... -
2020-09-30
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...
