Research Interests

Biomedical Engineering
E.X. Wu (Group Director) Biomedical imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) engineering and applications in biomedical research; Medical instrumentation; Image processing.
C. Chen Biomedical Image Analysis; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare; Machine Learning.
Z. Chu Quantum Biosensing, CVD Diamond; Nanodiamonds; NV Centers; Cell Mechanobiology
W.N. Lee Novel medical ultrasound techniques, such as strain imaging and shear wave imaging, particularly for cardiovascular applications; Biomedical imaging; Image processing.
A.T.L. Leong Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) applications in neuroscience research; Preclinical MRI; Neuromodulation; Biomedical signal/image processing
K.K.M. Tsia Ultrafast real-time optical microscopy and spectroscopy, e.g. fluorescence, Raman; Laser microsurgery for endoscopic applications; novel optical devices for biomedicine; silicon-based photonic devices; optical interconnect.
F. Wang Near-infrared II fluorescence imaging, Super-resolution imaging, Advanced biomedical imaging, Technologies have a broad and profound impact on biomedical applications
S. Zhang Organic electronics, Organic bioelectronics, Soft electronics, Wearable biosensors
Y. Zhao

Biomedical imaging and signal processing; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) engineering.
Power Electronics, Electrical Energy and Control Systems
Y. Zhang (Group Director) Power Electronics; Power Semiconductors; Electron Devices; Wide Bandgap Electronics; Ultra-wide Bandgap Electronics; Power Packaging; Machine Learning-assisted Co-design; High- and Cryogenic Temperature Electronics.
G. Chesi Systems theory, Control systems, Optimization, Applied mathematics, Robotics, Computer vision.
Y. Hou Electric Power Systems Analysis; Integration of Renewable Energy Sources; Power System Resource Planning; Electricity Market Theory; Artificial Intelligence
K. Kosuge Systems Robotics – development and application of robotics to problems in real environments, which include human-robot interaction and coordination, handling and manipulation, assembly, dual-manipulator systems, multiple-robot coordination, and production and manufacturing.
A.T.L. Lee Power Electronics – Emerging LED Driver Technology; Sustainable Lighting Technology; Wireless Power Transfer Technology; Advanced Single-inductor Multiple-output (SIMO) Topology; Digital Control for Power Converters.
T. Liu Power system stability analysis, Complex dynamical networks, Distributed control, Event-triggered control, Switched systems.
Y. Wang Data analytics in the smart grid, energy forecasting, multi-energy systems, Internet-of-things, cyber-physical-social energy systems.
J. Zhong Electricity Market, Low-Carbon Energy Market Design, Energy System Optimization, Net Zero Carbon Emission Energy System, Smart Grid.
Intelligent Systems, Data and Networks
V.O.K. Li (Group Director) Development and applications of artificial intelligence technologies to important societal problems, including clean energy and environment, medicine and health, and smart city.
H.H. Au Yeung Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED); Education Technology (EdTech); STEM Education; Large Models (LMs); Natural Language Processing (NLP).
S.C. Chan Digital Signal Processing, Data Compression, Speech, Audio Image Processing.
X. Chen Wireless networks, edge computing, distributed learning, and network science.
H. Du Edge Intelligence; Generative Artificial Intelligence; Computer Networks; Wireless Communications.
K.B. Huang MIMO communications; Analysis and design of wireless networks using stochastic geometry; Multi-antenna limited feedback techniques; Energy harvesting and transfer for wireless communications; Cross-layer designs.
J.C.K. Lam
  • New Energy/Nuclear Energy Safety Management and Governance
  • Design and Implementation of Technological Environmental Innovation Regulations and Policies, especially public transport policies in Hong Kong and the United States
  • System Innovation and Transition Management
  • Open Innovation & University-Industry Collaboration, esp. clean energy & environment
  • Sustainability, with focus on education for sustainable low-carbon and healthy living
V.C.S. Lee Intelligent transportation systems, vehicular networks, e-learning, machine learning and real-time databases.
X. Liu Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
Y. Liu Wireless communications; signal processing; 6G Networks; Machine Learning and Generative AI.
E.C.H. Ngai Internet-of-Things, mobile cloud computing, data analytics and machine learning, network security and data privacy, smart cities and health informatics
Xiaojuan Qi Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning
H.K.H. So Reconfigurable Computing; FPGA Technology; Operating System Design for Reconfigurable Computers; Computer Architecture; Hardware/Software Codesign Methodology.
H.C.A. Wu Smart Grid; Big Data Analytics; Deep Learning; Bioinformatics; Biomedical Informatics; Artificial Intelligence of Things.
Y.C. Wu Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Communication Systems
Y. Han Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, causal analysis, spatiotemporal data analysis, and their applications in air pollution and health, and Alzheimer’s Disease studies.
Y. Yang Embodied AI, Computer Vision & Graphics, Representation Learning, Information Theory, Robotics & Human-Computer Interaction.
L.K. Yeung Next-generation Internet, packet switch/router design, all-optical networks, wireless data networks.
Q.S. Zeng

Wireless communications, edge intelligence, distributed machine learning, baseband processing, in-memory computing, and semantic communications.
Photonics and Electronics
N. Wong (Group Director) VLSI model reduction, digital filter design, Sigma-Delta converters, antenna array, semidefinite programming and optimization techniques.
A.H.W. Choi Gallium Nitride materials/ device design, modelling, processing and characterization.
W.C.H. Choy Nano-optoelectronics, organic optoelectronics, nano-biosensors, nanostructures, and integrated photonic devices.
Z. Deng Integrated Optics and Photonics; III-V Semiconductor Materials and Devices; Optical Spectroscopy for Bio-sensing and Imaging.
W.Y. Fu III-V Semiconductors, nanophotonic devices, optical materials, bandgap engineering, monolithic integrated photonic system, nanostructured devices characterization and modelling​
J. Kang Optical Coherence Tomography; Ultrafast Lasers (Fiber and Crystal-based Near and Middle Infrared Lasers); Imaging Guided Laser Ablation and Surgery; Optical Fiber Nonlinearity.
C. Li Artificial Intelligence accelerator, neuromorphic computing, nanoelectronics devices, non-volatile memories, software-hardware co-optimization.
Z. Liu Compute-in-Memory and its Applications in Machine Learning; Brain-Machine Interfaces; Biomedical Signal/Image Processing.
E.Y.M. Lam Computational imaging; biomedical imaging; computer vision; pattern recognition, classification, and analysis; machine learning
J. Ma Light-matter Interaction; Integrated Photonics; III-V Semiconductor Lasers; Micro-electromechanical Systems; Metamaterials
E.Y. Peng Computational Optics, Sensing, and Display; Holographic Imaging/Display & VR/AR/MR; Computational Microscope Imaging; Low-level Computer Vision; Inverse Rendering; Human-centered Visual & Sensory Systems.
K.K.Y. Wong Novel optical generation; Photonic parametric processing; Ultrafast optical fiber communication and imaging (spectroscopy, microscopy and tomography).
H. Wang AI Hardware, Neuromorphic Computing, Integrated Nanoelectronics Device Technology, Non-volatile memory, Semiconductor Electronic Materials, Semiconductor Communication and Sensing Devices.
C. Xiang Heterogeneous photonic integration, silicon photonics, semiconductor lasers and photonic integrated circuits
S. Zhang Metamaterials, topological photonics, nonlinear optics, plasmonics, metasurfaces, holography
T. Zhao Nanomaterials and nanostructures fabrication, Optical and optoelectronic sensors, Photo(electro)chemical devices, biocompatible and flexible devices.
Y. Zhu Intelligent Diagnosis; Digital Holography; Computational Optics, Deep Learning and Generative AI; Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence; AI for Environmental Monitoring and Healthcare; Spectroscopy; Polarization and Speckle Imaging; Wearable and Portable Device.

 

Facilities

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