Electronic and Computer Engineering

Prof. Kei May Lau is the 2020 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Nick Holonyak Jr. Award.
Prof. Kei May Lau is the 2020 recipient of The Optical Society (OSA) Nick Holonyak Jr. Award. 
The research team (from right) – Prof. Matthew McKay, Professor at HKUST’s Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering; Dr. Ahmed Abdul Quadeer, Research Associate at the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering; and Mr. Syed Faraz Ahmed, PhD student – recently identified a set of potential vaccine targets which could be helpful for the development of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The research team (from right) – Prof. Matthew McKay, Professor at HKUST’s Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering; Dr. Ahmed Abdul Quadeer, Research Associate at the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering; and Mr. Syed Faraz Ahmed, PhD student – recently identified a set of potential vaccine targets which could be helpful for the development of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. 
Data Analytics to Guide Experimental Efforts
Prof. Tim Woo
Prof. Tim Woo 
(From left) Andrea Madotto, Prof. Pascale Fung and Wu Chien-Sheng received an Outstanding Paper Award at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics for a paper co-authored with Salesforce Research collaborators.
(From left) Andrea Madotto, Prof. Pascale Fung and Wu Chien-Sheng received an Outstanding Paper Award at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics for a paper co-authored with Salesforce Research collaborators. 
Prof. Patrick Yue demonstrates a wirelessly powered visible light communication (WP VLC) system designed by his graduate students.
Prof. Patrick Yue demonstrates a wirelessly powered visible light communication (WP VLC) system designed by his graduate students. 
Advancing Visible Light Communication
Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF (center) and Prof. ZHANG Jun (second right) received the award at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory in Paris on July 9.
Prof. Khaled BEN LETAIEF (center) and Prof. ZHANG Jun (second right) received the award at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory in Paris on July 9.  
First-ever Awardees from Greater China for Paper on 5G-related Tech
(From right) Prof. Vincent LAU and Prof. Lionel NI received the prizes at the award presentation ceremony on June 19, 2019.
(From right) Prof. Vincent LAU and Prof. Lionel NI received the prizes at the award presentation ceremony on June 19, 2019. 
National Honors for Faculty’s Outstanding Research Output
(From left) Head of ECE Department Prof. Bert SHI, Dean of Engineering Prof Tim CHENG, awardee Dr. YU Xiang-hao, Prof. WANG Yu-Hsing, Chair of Engineering Research Committee, and Prof. ZHANG Jun, advisor of Dr. YU.
(From left) Head of ECE Department Prof. Bert SHI, Dean of Engineering Prof Tim CHENG, awardee Dr. YU Xiang-hao, Prof. WANG Yu-Hsing, Chair of Engineering Research Committee, and Prof. ZHANG Jun, advisor of Dr. YU.