Research and Technology Forum Highlights CSE Department’s Research and Industry Engagement
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) hosted its Research and Technology Forum cum Get-together Event 2026 on April 15 at the Engineering Commons, welcoming more than 80 attendees for an engaging program of research sharing, industry exchange and community networking. Hosted by Prof. GUO Song, Associate Head (Research & Knowledge Transfer) of the department, and Prof. Gary CHAN, Professor of the department, the event brought together faculty members, industry speakers, students and graduates to celebrate innovation and foster collaboration across the CSE community.
Prof. Guo opened the event with a brief introduction to the department, highlighting its recent achievements and continued progress in research, education, and knowledge transfer.
In the faculty research session, speakers presented recent advances across intelligent healthcare, software evolution, embodied AI, privacy-preserving search, and AI agent security. Prof. ZHANG Qian introduced her team’s work on intelligent sensing for chronic disease management, while Prof. SHEN Jiasi discussed automated techniques for software migration and evolution. Prof. LI Chaojian shared insights into efficiency challenges in spatial and embodied intelligence, Prof. ZHOU Mingxun highlighted practical progress in private information retrieval, and Prof. WANG Shuai examined the emerging security concerns surrounding the AI agent economy. Together, the presentations reflected the department’s strong research breadth and its emphasis on real-world impact.
The industry insights session offered practical perspectives on how AI is being deployed in different sectors. Mr. Samson LI, Director of CarryAI Company Limited, discussed the use of VLMs in construction, facilities management, education, and robotics. Mr. GAO Han, vLLM-Omni Maintainer at Huawei, introduced vLLM-Omni and its extension from text generation to omni-modality comprehension and generation, while Ms. Tiffany QIU, CEO of Oxbridge Economics Limited, demonstrated how text mining and econometric modeling can convert policy information into actionable macroeconomic signals. Mr. Dante LOK, Senior AI Research Engineer at Votee AI Limited, presented his work on function-preserving growth in neural networks and the challenge of catastrophic forgetting. The session underscored the growing relevance of AI tools in industry applications and decision-making.
The student and graduate showcase further demonstrated the depth of talent within the department. Dr. LI Wenxue introduced DCP, a new RDMA transport architecture for lossy Ethernet fabrics, while Dr. HU Qingyong presented WaveBP, a contactless arterial blood pressure waveform monitoring system using mmWave radar. Dr. LI Zongjie discussed model-centric skill engineering for agentic systems, and Ms. JIAN Yu-Kei shared an infrastructure-free indoor localization system based on mobile-device inertial sensors. Their presentations highlighted the department’s strong pipeline of emerging research and innovation.
The event concluded with a networking lunch, offering participants a relaxed setting to reconnect, exchange ideas, and explore new opportunities for collaboration. With enthusiastic participation from faculty, industry partners, students and graduates, the forum not only showcased CSE’s research and innovation strengths, but also strengthened the sense of community that continues to drive the department forward.
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