The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of HKUST co-found the Global RF Lab Alliance (GRFLA) with the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center in the United States, the RFID Lab at Italy's University of Parma and the University of Bremen's
The GRFLA will facilitate labs to expand their experiments beyond their own initiatives, and enhance the collaboration of scholars and projects. It is also believed that the duplication of harvests of researchers could be effectively avoided under the alliance. Only about two labs will be admitted each year, until the roster reaches a maximum of 20 members. "We will admit only the most reputable labs that have shown the propensity to collaborate," says Bill Hardgrave, executive director of the Information Technology Research Institute and director of the RFID Research Center with the University of Arkansas' Sam M. Walton College of Business.
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.
