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(Front row from left) Dr. Kyle Wong, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of PanopticAI Limited; Dr. Kenneth Tsang, Regional Chief Executive Officer of IHH Healthcare North Asia and Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong; and Dr. Justin Cheng, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of SmartCare, sign a tripartite collaboration agreement on the development of AI-powered smart clinic solution, witnessed by (back row from left) Prof. Nancy Ip, President of The Hong Kong University of Scienc
(Front row from left) Dr. Kyle Wong, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of PanopticAI Limited; Dr. Kenneth Tsang, Regional Chief Executive Officer of IHH Healthcare North Asia and Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong; and Dr. Justin Cheng, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of SmartCare, sign a tripartite collaboration agreement on the development of AI-powered smart clinic solution, witnessed by (back row from left) Prof. Nancy Ip, President of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Dr. Prem Kumar Nair, Group Chief Executive Officer of IHH Healthcare; and Dr. Patrick Lau, Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.  
Professor Sun Qingping (left) and Research Assistant Professor Li Qiao (right), both from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at HKUST, demonstrate their newly developed Ti₇₈Nb₂₂ elastic alloy.
Professor Sun Qingping (left) and Research Assistant Professor Li Qiao (right), both from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at HKUST, demonstrate their newly developed Ti₇₈Nb₂₂ elastic alloy. 
Pioneering Climate Resilience and Sustainability
Prof. Zhao Jidong (center) and Dr. Amiya Prakash Das (right) from HKUST, together with Dr. Thomas Sweijen (left) from Utrecht University, have developed a groundbreaking computational model to study the movement of granular materials such as soils, sands and powders.
Prof. Zhao Jidong (center) and Dr. Amiya Prakash Das (right) from HKUST, together with Dr. Thomas Sweijen (left) from Utrecht University, have developed a groundbreaking computational model to study the movement of granular materials such as soils, sands and powders. 
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
Prof. Fugee Tsung (left) received the 2025 Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) – the Nobel Prize in the field of quality – at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, held in the United States on May 4, 2025. He is among the very few Chinese scholars who have received this prestigious honor since it was first presented in 1948.
Prof. Fugee Tsung (left) received the 2025 Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) – the Nobel Prize in the field of quality – at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, held in the United States on May 4, 2025. He is among the very few Chinese scholars who have received this prestigious honor since it was first presented in 1948. 
Recognition for Pioneering Advanced Statistical Process Control
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). 
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.