Three scholars from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been awarded the 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in recognition of their groundbreaking contributions throughout life and well being, synthetic intelligence, and new power sectors, respectively.
Organized by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation, the award honours excellent achievements in 5 fields, with CUHK rising as the largest winner by claiming three classes.
Allen Chan Kwan-chee, professor of Chemical Pathology and chairman of the Department of Chemical Pathology, was honoured within the “Life and Health” class.
Allen Chan Kwan-chee, professor of Chemical Pathology and chairman of the Department of Chemical Pathology, was honoured within the “Life and Health” class for creating non-invasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome.
The know-how eliminates the psychological stress and miscarriage danger related to conventional invasive examinations and has been adopted by greater than 100 million pregnant girls worldwide.
Chan additionally pioneered a check able to detecting greater than 50 varieties of most cancers by plasma DNA screening, enabling the early identification of asymptomatic cancers and enhancing affected person survival charges.
Lin Dahua, affiliate professor within the Department of Information Engineering, Medicine and Therapeutics and director of CUHK Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, obtained the award in “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”class.
Lin Dahua, affiliate professor within the Department of Information Engineering, Medicine and Therapeutics and director of CUHK Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, obtained the award in “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics” for his systematic improvements in pc imaginative and prescient and multimodal intelligence.
His breakthroughs in picture and video understanding, multimodal large-scale fashions, and spatial intelligence have strengthened key core technological self-reliance and superior the open-source analysis ecosystem.
Lu Yi-chun, professor within the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, gained within the “New Materials and New Energy” area.
Lu Yi-chun, professor within the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, gained within the “New Materials and New Energy” area. Specializing in aqueous circulation batteries, she developed molecular catalysts and charge-reinforced ion-selective membrane to advance the commercialization of sulfur-based circulation batteries and assist the worldwide transition to inexperienced power.
Each awardee receives HK$2 million in prize cash, recognizing their cutting-edge analysis and innovations.
Sham Mai-har, CUHK Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), expressed encouragement over the trio’s success. She hoped that the awardees would proceed to leverage Hong Kong’s distinctive place as a hub connecting the Greater Bay Area and the world and inject sturdy momentum into town’s improvement as a world innovation and know-how heart.