Trio of Prestigious Fellowships
Three of the School’s academics have been elected fellows of prestigious professional organizations, demonstrating their global standing and contributions to their respective fields.
Prof Qiang Yang, Computer Science and Engineering, has become a 2013 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fellow. This is the highest honor in the AI community and Prof Yang is the first to achieve such recognition in Greater China. He was recognized for significant contributions to AI planning, data mining and case-based reasoning.
Prof Ricky Lee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has recently been elected Fellow of the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS), which is the largest professional society dedicated to the advancement and growth of microelectronics and electronics packaging.
Prof Oscar Au, Electronic and Computer Engineering, has been made a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), which promotes the advancement of engineering and facilitates the exchange of knowledge and ideas, among other aims.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
