CSIC First Opens its Door to Non-Spanish University he School of Engineering is very pleased to have established a strong link between the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Engineering.” Prof King Lun Yeung, Associate Dean of Engineering (Research and Graduate Studies), said. In , he initiated the joint network with Prof Miguel Angel Bañares of CSIC, the former Deputy Vice-President of Scientific Programming. The CSIC network, the third largest in Europe, first opened its door to a non-Spanish academic institution. “We are truly proud of our students being recognized as high quality and welcomed by their research laboratories. The first batch of students were o ered research projects to choose from,” Prof Yeung added. “I saw valuable mutual benefits from training of Hong Kong students and transferring knowledge and techniques of what we are using at CSIC that are relevant to HKUST. HKUST is an attractor to high-level people within and around Asia and is an epicenter of knowledge for neighboring Mainland China, Taiwan, India and Malaysia, attracting the best and brightest from the region.” Prof Bañares recalled why CSIC first connected with HKUST. “Students not only benefit from having interaction with our top-tier scientists on research, cultural learning from people from Spain and research group members from other parts of Europe would create intangible value for them to take away.” Prof Bañares also o ered tips to future students, “We expect students to take more initiative and be more proactive. Never be afraid to ask questions or to propose something, or have co ee with a colleague, discuss the work and come up with new ideas. That’s great for everyone.” he Centre for Automatics and Robotics (CAR) is one of the laboratories in which the MSc students worked. Led by Prof Pascual Campoy, the lab aims to provide unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with the highest degree of autonomy by exploiting the powerful sensor of vision. Achieving technology transfer on image processing and control techniques to unmanned aerial system (UAS) civil applications is the laboratory’s major mission. Prof Campoy has already developed robust tracking techniques to aid air-to-air refuelling for aircra as well as improved helipad detection and recognition to aid autonomous landings. For his work in pose estimation of aircra and trajectory control, his group has won First Prize in the IMAV international competition, as well as Best Obstacle Avoidance Award and Best Trajectory Controller in IARC . Prof Campoy’s team has two professors, ve senior researchers & PhDs, three PhD students in addition to four master’s students, six graduate students, a backup pilot and a project manager. Our students are exposed to a fully internationalized research environment with people from the US, UK, France, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Portugal and China. .............................................................................. Students Work in State-of-the-Art Robotics Lab T T “
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