Vital Signs

The advanced device can pick up signals other sensors cannot and uses transistors to form an inverter capable of detecting strokes. Dr Paddy KL Chan, Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, leads the team which, in collaboration with Nanjing...

Zooming across the World

For Spanish lecturer Dr Mercedes Vázquez of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the COVID-19 pandemic ruled out a crucial part of her programme – trips to Spanish-speaking countries where students could apply their language and intercultural learning. So she...

Using AI to Predict Trafficking Sentences

Under the auspices of the Law and Technology Centre, the research team led by Professor Ben Kao of the Department of Computer Science and Professor Anne Cheung of the Faculty of Law have developed a Stage-1 model of HKU AI Lawyer, which can predict sentencing...

Twitter Alert

Developed by the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS), HKBirds is an iOS app designed to help users observe, identify and record birds, and to share their findings too. Principal Lecturer Dr Billy Hau coordinated the project...

Digital Transformation

HKU has undergone enormous changes to its physical campus and teaching and research programmes over the past decade – changes that are still unfolding. Less visible but just as profound have been the changes to its Libraries. Far from being simply places of books and...