Dr Tieniu Tan, Vice Minister of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR (7th from right), HKUST President Prof Tony F Chan (6th from right), Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies Prof Nancy Ip (7th from left), Dean of Engineering Prof Tim Cheng (5th from right), Prof Qiang Yang, Head of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Director of the Big Data Institute (4th from right), with world-class academic and industry leaders in Big Data and AI fields, and HKUST faculty
Prof Pascale Fung (1st from right, 3rd row from front) HKUST’s representative in Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society, joined a 2-day forum in Berlin on October 23-24 to exchange with global experts on issues including AI safety, security, AI and labor and AI’s social and societal influences. (Photo credit: Yann LeCun and Eric Horvitz)
Prof Richard So (2nd from right) and his PhD students (from left) Shutao Chen, Jun Hui and Tingyi Wang received a souvenir from Ms Vivian Wong, Chairlady of the Hong Kong Parents Association for the Hearing Impaired.
The organizers and speakers (from left) – (4th) Prof Michael Wang, Director of the HKUST Robotics Institute; (5th) Dr David Chung Wai-keung, Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, HKSAR Government; (6th) Prof Wei Shyy, Executive Vice-President & Provost, HKUST; (8th) Prof Nancy Ip, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, HKUST; and (9th) Prof Tim Cheng, Dean of Engineering, HKUST.
(8th from left) Prof Tony F Chan, President of HKUST; Prof Tim Cheng, Dean of Engineering, HKUST; Prof Qiang Yang, Director of HKUST Big Data Institute; (1st from left) Prof Lei Chen, Associate Director of HKUST Big Data Institute, and distinguished guests from academia and industry.
At the opening ceremony for the HKUST-NAVER/LINE AI Laboratory are representatives from HKUST and NAVER/LINE. They include (4th from left) Prof Sunghun Kim, Director of HKUST-NAVER/LINE AI Lab; (5th from left) HKUST Dean of Engineering Prof Tim Cheng; (6th from left) HKUST Acting President Prof Wei Shyy; (6th from right) NAVER Corporation Chief Executive Officer Ms Seong-sook Han; (5th from right) NAVER Corporation Vice President Ms Seon-ju Chae; and (4th from right) NAVER Corporation Talent Relations Team Leader Ms Hanna Ryu.
Mrs Carrie Lam (fifth left), The Chief Executive of HKSAR, officiates at the closing ceremony of Xiangshan Science Conference and the launching ceremony of HKSAIR. Other officiating guests are (from left): Mr Chen Lin, Director General of Youth Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Dr Sunny Chai, Chairman of HKSTP; Mr Nicholas Yang, Secretary for Innovation and Technology of HKSAR; Mr Chen Dong, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Prof Yang Qiang, Founding President of HKSAIR; Prof Nancy Ip, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, HKUST; Dr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Prof Li Deyi, President of the China Association for Artificial Intelligence; and Prof Gao Wen, Peking University.
Prof Wei Shyy, President of HKUST (left), and Prof Pascale Fung, Founding Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, unveil the plaque for CAiRE.
