Prof. KUMAR Ajay, Associate Head (Research) of the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), has been featured in the June 2025 issue of the IEEE Biometrics Council Newsletter. In an in-depth interview conducted by Editor-in-Chief Prof. Andrew Teoh, Prof. KUMAR reflects on his pioneering journey in hand-based biometrics over the years. The interview highlights Prof. KUMAR’s groundbreaking contributions to contactless palmpri

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Prof. TAN Kay Chen, Head of Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Chair Professor of Computational Intelligence, has been honoured as Senior Research Fellow under the Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2025/26. This esteemed fellowship recognises Prof. TAN’s outstanding research achievements and his significant contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. Prof. TAN’s SRFS project, ti

25 Jul 2025

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Professor YANG Xingyi, who has joined the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) as an Assistant Professor under the Presidential Young Scholar Scheme, effective 2 July 2025. Professor YANG received his PhD from the National University of Singapore; Master’s from the University of California San Diego, U.S., and Bachelor’s from Southeast University, China. During his PhD, he was al

3 Jul 2025

At the 2025 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2025) recently held in Hangzhou, China, the team from DSAI received the prestigious Best Paper Award. The IEEE CEC is a prominent international conference in the field of evolutionary computation, providing a platform for researchers and practitioners worldwide to share research findings and exchange academic ideas. As one of the three flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational

24 Jun 2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor ZHANG Weixiong has joined the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) as Chair Professor of Systems Biology and Artificial Intelligence, under a joint appointment with the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, effective June 23, 2025. Professor Zhang also serves as the Associate Director of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR). Professor ZHANG is a Gl

24 Jun 2025