Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI (GenAI), has emerged as a profoundly disruptive technology, simultaneously transforming various facets of our lives. In the realm of education, the impact of AI is particularly noteworthy, ushering in a new era of possibilities under the umbrella of AI4Education. 

Rapid urbanization has placed unprecedented demands on cities to manage infrastructure efficiently while ensuring sustainability and safety. Traditional methods for urban inspections—reliant on manual labour, fixed sensors, or manual drone deployments—often struggle to address the dynamic challenges of modern cities, from aging infrastructure to environmental hazards. These approaches are not only time-consuming but also limited in scalability, leaving gaps in real-time monitoring and decision-making.

Vision impairment and the major eye diseases that lead to it, such as cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma, are pressing global health issues. By 2050, it is estimated that approximately 474 million people may experience moderate to severe vision impairment, with a particularly acute shortage of specialized ophthalmologists in low-income countries.

Surgical robots are employed to carry out various surgical procedures with surgeons’ full manual control, causing concerns for operational safety and quality due to the possibility of human error. This project, led by Professor Liu Yunhui, introduces novel AI and automation functions to surgical robots to enhance operational safety and accuracy.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) held its 23rd Honorary Fellowship Presentation Ceremony today (30 June 2025) on campus. Professor Ching Pak-chung from Department of Electronic Engineering was appointed honorary fellow in recognition of his remarkable accomplishment in engineering field and his exceptional contribution to the University and the wider community.

The research project “Next Generation EDA”, led by Professor Young Fung-yu, Chairman and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at CUHK, has been awarded over HK$68.5 million funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the University Grants Committee (UGC) under the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2025/26.

Three scholars from Faculty of Engineering received awards from the 2025-26 Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme and RGC Research Fellow Scheme in recognition of their distinguished research achievements.

PhD student Gao Shuzheng has received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2025.

Zhang Chenyue, PhD student of Professor Wai Hoi To from Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, has received the IEEE ICASSP 2025 Best Student Paper Award (5 out of ~6900 submissions) for her paper on “Network Games Induced Prior for Graph Topology Learning”. The paper is co-authored with Liu Shangyuan, PhD student of Professor Anthony So from Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management.

The CUHK team, comprising three undergraduate Year 3 students from Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering (LAW Yee Shun, NG Tsz Hin and SIN Shing Yu), supervised by Professor KWOK Ka Wai and Mr. YIP Chun Wa, Billy, won the Robot Skills Champion at the 2024-2025 VEX Robotics Competition Asia Open Finals (VEX U), held in Taizhou, China, from 20-23 February 2025.