faculty sought for Guangzhou campus Faculty recruitment for Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST(GZ)), the University’s new campus is now underway. Some top minds are being sought from around the world over the next six years to take forward phase one of the pioneering research and education concepts and environment planned. Over scholars in the US and Europe tuned in to a University webinar in April in which HKUST senior management introduced the visionary development blueprint for HKUST(GZ). The campus will be located in Qingsheng, Nansha, near Guangzhou, with the rst phase scheduled to open in mid- . More faculty are due to be recruited as the campus continues to develop. Unlike a traditional university divided into separate academic elds and departments, HKUST(GZ) will operate under four interconnected, multidisciplinary hubs (function, information, systems, society), each with research thrust areas focusing on key emerging areas, for example, robotics & autonomous systems, data science & analytics, and internet of things. The goal is to address the growing need for today’s complex global challenges, such as climate change and renewable energy, to be solved through multi- eld input, interaction, and synergy and to facilitate the transfer of academic research to society. The two campuses will be complementary to each other, with no duplication of programs and students awarded degree certi cates from both. The purpose-built design of HKUST(GZ), created by internationally renowned architectural rm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, will reflect this cutting-edge approach, marrying technology with sustainability. The School of Engineering is playing a key role in the new campus, with two of the four hubs under the acting deanship of two of its long-serving senior academics: Prof. Ricky LEE (systems) and Prof. Fugee TSUNG (information). 04 IN FOCUS In the News An artist’s impression of HKUST’s new Guangzhou campus that seeks to lead the way in research and education concepts and sustainable design. The School of Engineering’s Student Innovation for Global Health Technology (SIGHT) program has become the rst project to be supported by a HK$ million donation from the Seal of Love Charitable Foundation, an organization founded by Lawrence Chan and his family that is focused on assisting education and the underprivileged in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. The donation has been used to establish the Seal of Love Foundation Student Innovative Service Fund at HKUST. The objective of the endowment fund is to empower students to apply innovative thinking and technology know-how to solve global health problems around the world, particularly in communities with limited resources, and to deliver social impact through tangible solutions. SIGHT is an undergraduate innovation platform, launched in to inspire students from di erent majors and backgrounds to devise creative and a ordable solutions to global health problems. Inventions deployed to date, in collaboration with other organizations, include diagnostic so ware for diabetic retinopathy in Indonesia and a HK$ m donation to boost students’ ° vision
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