Five SENG Academics Secured HK$10.6 Million in Two NSFC/RGC Research Schemes
Five faculty members from the School of Engineering (SENG) received a total of HK$10.6 million funding in the Collaborative Research Scheme and Joint Research Scheme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2024/25.
The NSFC/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) aims to support larger-scale collaborative research across disciplines and/or across universities in the Mainland and Hong Kong, with a view to enhancing research output and impact on both sides. Among the 10 selected projects this year, three were led by HKUST faculty, including two from SENG.
List of CRS Funded Projects for 2024/25
Project Title: Breaking the LLM Resource Wall: A Novel Computing System Based on a Heterogeneous, Disaggregated Cloud Infrastructure
Project Coordinator: Prof. LI Bo, Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Project Title: Enabling Security Protection for Heterogeneous Blockchain Systems in Web 3.0
Project Coordinator: Prof. GUO Song, Associate Head (Research & Knowledge Transfer) and Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
The NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) aims to promote collaboration between researchers/research teams in Hong Kong and the Mainland on the basis of complementing the existing strengths of both sides. The scheme supports research proposals jointly submitted by the Mainland and Hong Kong researchers.
List of JRS Funded Projects for 2024/25
Project Title: Development of the Fundamental Technologies of Multimodal Ultrasound-Based Large Foundation Models for Fetal Brain Developmental Abnormalities Diagnosis
Principal Investigator: Prof. LI Xiaomeng, Assistant Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering
Project Title: Cognitive Mobile Sensing Network for Coastal Bay Coral Reef Environment
Principal Investigator: Prof. ZHANG Fumin, Acting Head and Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Project Title: Mechanism of Water Migration in Multiple Media of Soils under Coupled Influences of Atmosphere and Vegetation
Principal Investigator: Dr. SO Pui-San, Research Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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