May 2025     Issue 26
From Development to Deployment of Construction Robots in Hong Kong
In recent years, the challenge of aging construction workers in Hong Kong is becoming increasingly severe and there has been many unfortunate accidents related to work at heights and site safety... As such, the development of new technological solutions to improve construction safety, quality and efficiency is recognised and welcomed by the society’s building stakeholders, from government, building owners to developers, contractors and workers.
Dizi-inspired optical gas sensor with high sensitivity and wide bandwidth

The dizi, a Chinese bamboo flute, is a major musical instrument widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music and Chinese opera. Inspired by the bamboo flute, Professor Ren Wei's team in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering proposed a new concept of cavity-enhanced photoacoustic dual-comb spectroscopy for high sensitivity, wide bandwidth, high resolution and fast spectroscopic measurement. The breakthrough was recently published in the prestigious journal Light: Science & Applications, and selected as the cover article (Volume 3, Issue 4).
Revolutionizing Optical Computing: Harnessing Light for Solving AI's Energy and Computation Bottleneck

As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms sectors from healthcare to industry, its substantial computation demand and energy consumption raise urgent sustainability concerns. Traditional AI relies on deep neural networks that require energy-intensive computations to process vast amounts of data. This approach demands significant computational power and substantial energy usage, posing environmental and economic challenges.

Automated cable-driven robotic system embarking on a journey of innovation in the construction industry

Painting, building walls and cleaning building exteriors used to be done manually, CUHK research team has developed an automated cable-driven robotic system that can build walls of specific curvatures and geometric shapes as required by architects. The robot has been put into operation previously to rebuild the recycling garden on campus. Professor Darwin Lau Tat-ming, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering and the developer of the robotic system is introducing the innovation in this interview.
Engineering professors elected prestigious Fellows

Professor Chan Yuen Yan Rosanna (IE Department) and Professor Pan Sinno Jialin (CSE Department) have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2025. Professor Irwin King (CSE Department) and Professor Xing Guoliang (IE Department) have been elected Fellow of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for the Class of 2024. Professor Zhang Li (MAE Department) has been named a Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Sun Xiankai (EE Department) has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of Optica.
Professor Xu Jianbin elected Foreign Fellow of European Academy of Sciences

Professor Xu Jianbin from Department of Electronic Engineering has been elected Foreign Fellow of European Academy for his distinguished achievements. This election reflects the high recognition of Prof. Xu’s outstanding scientific contributions and international standing.
Professor Cheng Yu receives IEEE SPS Young Author Best Paper Award 2024

Engineering professors receive awards at the 15th International Invention Fair in the Middle East and the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

The innovation projects contributed by the research teams of professors from Faculty of Engineering has achieved remarkable success at the 15th International Invention Fair in the Middle East (IIFME) and the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva.
IE students win awards at the MobiCom 2024 and NDSS 2025

Students from Department of Information Engineering had won multiple awards at the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2024) and the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2025.
CUHK Programming team achieves 1 Gold Medal and 2 Silver Medals in the 2024 ICPC Asia East Continent Final Contest

The programming team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has achieved 1 gold medal and 2 silver medals in the 2024 ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Asia East Continent Final Contest held in Xi’an.

 

 
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