(From left) Prof. Geoff Webb, Chair of the 2025 SIGKDD Test of Time Awards Committee; CSE alumnus Dr. Hao Wang; and Prof. Dit-Yan Yeung, Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Prof. Charles Ng Wang-Wai (second left) and his team received the Telford Gold Medal (picture on right) by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London. With over 180 years of history, this prestigious award recognizes the most outstanding civil engineering publication of the past year.
For Pioneering Contributions to Geotechnical Engineering
A group photo at the plaque presentation ceremony with John Lee, HKSAR Chief Executive (first row, middle), Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (first row, fourth left), Zhou Ji, Director of the LOCPG (first row, fourth right), Sun Dong, Secretary for HK Innovation, Technology and Industry (first row, third right), alongside directors of the 15 State Key Laboratories and the presidents of representative universities, including those from HKUST: President Prof. Nancy Ip (second row, fifth right), Prof. Charles Ng Wang-Wai, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, Director of SKLCRCC and CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability (third row, third right), Prof. Kristiaan Neyts, Director of SKLDOE and Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering (third row, second right), and Prof. Fan Zhiyong, Co-Director of SKLDOE and Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering (third row, first right).
HKUST Thanks MOST for Vote of Confidence with Granting of Three State Key Labs
Prof. Su Hui (right) was conferred the Fellow honor of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) by Prof. Takehiko Satoh (left), President of AOGS, at the society’s Annual General Meeting 2025, which took place in Singapore on July 28, 2025.
