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Soft-spoken Nick Chin put into practice skills acquired at HKUST, where he obtained three degrees: PhD in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, MSc in Telecommunications, and BEng in Electronic Engineering.
Soft-spoken Nick Chin put into practice skills acquired at HKUST, where he obtained three degrees: PhD in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, MSc in Telecommunications, and BEng in Electronic Engineering. 
HKUST establishes the Von Neumann Institute (VNI) today. Mr. Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of HKSAR (fourth right); Dr. Pál Kertész, Consul General of Hungary in Hong Kong (third right); Ms. Clara Chan Ka-Chai, Chief Executive Officer of HKIC (second left); Prof. Harry Shum, HKUST Council Chairman (third left); Prof. Nancy Ip, HKUST President (second right); and Prof. Guo Yike, HKUST Provost (first right), together with Director of VNI Prof. Jia Jiaya (first left) and Vonnex, an AI robot developed by Prof.
HKUST establishes the Von Neumann Institute (VNI) today. Mr. Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of HKSAR (fourth right); Dr. Pál Kertész, Consul General of Hungary in Hong Kong (third right); Ms. Clara Chan Ka-Chai, Chief Executive Officer of HKIC (second left); Prof. Harry Shum, HKUST Council Chairman (third left); Prof. Nancy Ip, HKUST President (second right); and Prof. Guo Yike, HKUST Provost (first right), together with Director of VNI Prof. Jia Jiaya (first left) and Vonnex, an AI robot developed by Prof. Jia’s research team, officiate the plaque unveiling session. 
Aligning with HKSAR’s Core Industry Strategy
Concept image for a low-altitude economy in Hong Kong
Concept image for a low-altitude economy in Hong Kong 
Prof. Gary Chan Shueng-Han (center), Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and his team members Dr. Lai Ki-Kit (left), Manager of Innovation and Product Development, and Jerry Lin Zhongming (right), Assistant IT Manager, in front of the huge LED walls that display university entrances’ bus queue status and occupancy of selected study space on campus – one of the research innovations they developed and being newly featured at the Engineering Commons.
Prof. Gary Chan Shueng-Han (center), Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and his team members Dr. Lai Ki-Kit (left), Manager of Innovation and Product Development, and Jerry Lin Zhongming (right), Assistant IT Manager, in front of the huge LED walls that display university entrances’ bus queue status and occupancy of selected study space on campus – one of the research innovations they developed and being newly featured at the Engineering Commons. 
Pioneer of People Sensing Leads Research to Create Social Value
The lead corresponding author Prof. Zhou Yuanyuan (right) and co-first author Dr. Guo Pengfei (left) are showing a perovskite solar cell prototype made for a proof-of-concept demonstration of the novel laminate-structured interface.
The lead corresponding author Prof. Zhou Yuanyuan (right) and co-first author Dr. Guo Pengfei (left) are showing a perovskite solar cell prototype made for a proof-of-concept demonstration of the novel laminate-structured interface. 
A group photo of Mr. David Taji Farouki (second row, ninth left), President of the Jury of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions), Ir Andrew Young (second row, ninth right), Hong Kong’s official representative for Geneva Inventions and the HKUST delegation led by Dr. Kim Shin-Cheul (second row, tenth right), Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer).
A group photo of Mr. David Taji Farouki (second row, ninth left), President of the Jury of the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions), Ir Andrew Young (second row, ninth right), Hong Kong’s official representative for Geneva Inventions and the HKUST delegation led by Dr. Kim Shin-Cheul (second row, tenth right), Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer). 
Prof. Zhou Yanguang (right) and his PhD student Liu Wenxiang (left) proposed a rigorous concept based on the Onsager reciprocal theorem to describe the thermal transport behaviors in superionic crystals.
Prof. Zhou Yanguang (right) and his PhD student Liu Wenxiang (left) proposed a rigorous concept based on the Onsager reciprocal theorem to describe the thermal transport behaviors in superionic crystals. 
Group photo of Prof. Shen Yajing (first right) and his research team: Dr. Zhang Tieshan (first left), Tang Yifeng (second left) and Ren Hao (second right).
Group photo of Prof. Shen Yajing (first right) and his research team: Dr. Zhang Tieshan (first left), Tang Yifeng (second left) and Ren Hao (second right). 
Prof. Su Hui (left) and Prof. Wu Mengxi (right), both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of HKUST, have created a new method that significantly improves accuracy in climate predictions.
Prof. Su Hui (left) and Prof. Wu Mengxi (right), both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of HKUST, have created a new method that significantly improves accuracy in climate predictions.  
A photo of authors with a cryogenic system: Prof. Shao Qiming (right), PhD students Qian Kun (center) and Liu Ruizi (left) from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering.
A photo of authors with a cryogenic system: Prof. Shao Qiming (right), PhD students Qian Kun (center) and Liu Ruizi (left) from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering.