by admin | May 13, 2021
Professor Yuk-fai Fong is under no illusions about the challenges that automation presents to workers around the world. Robots, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are threatening jobs – indeed, in 2019 Oxford Economics predicted up to 20 million manufacturing...
by admin | Nov 8, 2020
Described on its website as ‘a mental health companion for you and your therapist’, Hollo was first conceived three years ago as a solution for young people with mental health issues who tended to fall between the gaps when it came to getting treatment.The concept...
by admin | Nov 7, 2020
A decade ago, facial recognition technology that used artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision was still largely confined to the laboratory. That was about to change and among the pioneers was Dr Ping Luo of the Department of Computer Science. Dr Luo was doing...
by | May 1, 2020
Professor Terry Lum Yat-sang of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration has been a champion of Hong Kong’s elderly, overseeing multiple funded projects to make the city more age-friendly and improve elderly care. But as a social scientist, he is keenly...
by | Nov 7, 2019
Going by the unforgettable name of Duckietown, the project is an interdisciplinary learning exercise in robotics research, giving students experience prototyping self-driving robots and applying artificial intelligence (AI) to the physical education platform developed...
