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15 academic subjects at CityU have been ranked in the top 50 in the world, according to the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2022, while Library and Information Science is ranked 2nd globally. These results place CityU 1st among Hong Kong universities for five consecutive years in terms of the highest number of subjects included in the top 50 GRAS list.
CityU will host six forums in the HK Tech Forum series in the second half of 2022. A number of world-leading scholars, including numerous Nobel Laureates and Turing Award recipients, will take part in the forum and give speeches.
CityU will confer the title of Honorary Fellow on four distinguished persons in recognition of their significant contributions to the development of, and service to, the University and the community.
A research project led by a scholar at CityU received HK$38 million in research funding in the 12th round of the Theme-based Research Scheme under the Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee for a five-year project.
A research team led by CityU has developed a deep learning model that can identify and quantify chicken distress calls from natural barn sounds with 97% accuracy. This breakthrough will help improve conditions and the welfare of chickens raised on crowded commercial farms.
Dr Li Haoliang from the Department of Electrical Engineering has been named as one of the Top 50 AI+X Chinese Young Scholars for his contributions to AI research.
About 300 alumni from CityU attended the event “Hi President – A Dialogue with the President” on 18 June, in which they learned about the latest developments of CityU from the sharing by President Way Kuo of CityU and other CityU representatives and strengthened their links with their alma mater.
MoUs signed between CityU and three venture capital fund and technology companies will establish a co-investment partnership that will provide at least HK$15 million in additional angel fund investment each year to selected start-ups incubated by HK Tech 300.
For his outstanding achievements in robotics and biomedical engineering, Professor Sun Dong has been elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE).
Ms Phoebe Hui Fong-wah, a SCM graduate, was named Artist of the Year (Media Arts) at the 16th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.