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ISE won the “Equipment and Machinery Design Award” in the 2019 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI)

It is delighted to announce that Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory won the “Equipment and Machinery Design Award” in 2019 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI), with the project titled “An Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based Smart Robotic Warehouse Management System”. This system is jointly developed by Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory and RV Automation Technology Company Limited, which redefines logistics operations by using autonomous mobile robots and adopting advanced intelligent robotic algorithms for better operational efficiency, labour utilization and space utilization in logistics. This award comprises seven categories and supported by the Trade and Industry Department, HKSAR. For the equipment and machinery design award category, it is organized by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong. It aims to encourage the upgrading of the design of equipment and machinery in Hong Kong so as to enhance competitiveness, and to give recognition to outstanding products. Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory will continue exploring innovative technology and contributing to various industries in Hong Kong. For more details, please visit CPS Laboratory’s website, https://www.cps.ise.polyu.edu.hk/   Trophy of “Equipment and Machinery Design Award” in 2019 Hong Kong Awards for Industries (HKAI)  

ISE graduate won the “Best Retail Innovation Concept Award” in Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019

It is delighted to announce that Mr. Kong Zi Git, graduated from BSc (Hons) in Enterprise Engineering with Management, won the “Best Retail Innovation Concept Award” in Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019. This competition honors the outstanding industrial practitioners in order to recognize and encourage excellence in retail technology adoption. Mr. Kong presented an ideal of IoT-based Real-time Parking Space Sharing Platform, which is supervised by Dr. Carman Lee. The parking space shortage problem is occurred in many crowd cities, especially in Hong Kong. Simultaneously, the sharing economy concept becomes more and more popular which leads to the development of resource sharing online platform. The idea of mobile-based parking space sharing online system is proposed which it provides the major functions for the users, such as leasing, renting, communicating and reporting. The platform acts as an intermediary between owners and seekers.

ISE won the “Media Choice Innovation Award” in Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019

It is honored to announce that Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (former RFID/IoT solutions Laboratory) won the “Media Choice Innovation Award” in Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019. Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019 is organized to honor the outstanding retailers and technology vendors driving the innovation. The RobEx Centre, which is jointly developed by Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory and RV Automation Technology Company Limited, is highly recognized its excellence in retail technology adoption and earned the award. The RobEx Centre is a 24/7 express center applying robotics technologies and smart warehousing technologies to offer express courier to customers. Customers can collect parcels delivered by multiple express companies whenever best suits their schedule. Considering the land shortage situation in Hong Kong, the smart warehousing system calculates and maximizes the use of space within the venue. With aid of the system, robots can be functioned efficiently and coordinately to deliver goods immediately and safely. Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory will continue exploring innovative technology and drive Hong Kong closer to realize Smart City in the future. For more details, please visit the CPS Laboratory’s website, https://www.cps.ise.polyu.edu.hk/

Research team develop VR systems for medical purposes

Led by Dr Y M Tang, the research team have developed several applications with Virtual Reality (VR) technology for medical purposes. Media Coverage on TVB “Innovation GPS” (創科導航) https://rplg.co/ebc1fce0 (11’00” – 19’20”)   1. Virtual Hand Therapy Exercise for Stroke Patients Dr Y M Tang of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering worked with a team from Department of Rehabilitation Sciences to develop the “Virtual hand therapy exercises” for stroke patients to regain hand mobility through training their impaired hand muscles to perform simulated daily tasks. A patient can perform rehabilitation therapy at home anytime which speed up the rehabilitation process.  Data of the training will be stored and shared with medical professionals in order to keep track of the recovery progress for follow-up. 2. Application of VR Technology on Blood Taking Training An application has been developed to provide blood taking training to medical staff in an immersive environment by making use of VR technology.  The application not only allows doctors and nurses to practise blood taking procedures repeatedly under controllable conditions,  but also helps reduce the training time, cost and waste of disposable materials such as syringes, sterile glove packs, etc. compared with the traditional training method.   It is expected that the outcome of the project would be beneficial to thousands of medical staff members that require training in blood taking.   The application has been adopted by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  

ISE student received 2nd Runner Up Award in the “HKIE – MI Student Project Competition 2018-19” by HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial (MI) Division

Mr CHEN Chun Hei (Harry), who is a graduate student of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), received 2nd Runner Up Award in the “HKIE – MI Student Project Competition 2018-19”, a competition organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) – Manufacturing & Industrial (MI) Division. Harry, who graduated from BSc (Hons) in Logistics Engineering with Management (LEM) programme in 2019, won the award with his final year project titled “An Evolutionary Knowledge Management System for Assessing Needs of Long-term Care Plan 2.0”, which was supervised by Dr KL Choy. The Long -term Care Plan 2.0 is suggested by Taiwan Government to reduce the pressure of public healthcare system with aging population. The project made use of the case-based reasoning (CBR) approach and k-means clustering for care plan formulation with referencing high quality past cases. The proposed system was constructed into a web-bases system. It was validated through the case study in local health consultancy company, and thus the work is deemed to be feasible and practical for the industrial uses. Congratulations again to the winner and we are very proud of our student for the excellent project work and performance.  

ISE student won the second place of the IEOM Undergraduate Research Competition Award in the 3rd European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Mr. Lo Cheung Yu (Alex), who is a graduate student of Enterprise Engineering with Management, won the second place of IEOM Undergraduate Research Competition Award in the 3rd European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The awarded paper title is “A Scalable Approach for Vehicle Routing Problem with Reinforcement Learning” which is supervised by Dr. Carman Lee. His paper aims to minimize the time required for vehicle routing by designing a nearly optimal routing path. The performance of the reinforcement learning model is obtained using a sequence to sequence deep learning network trained by policy gradient with the losses calculated by the REINFORCE algorithm. The model can be integrated into logistics systems for optimizing the operational efficiency. The conference is organized by IEOM Society International, from 23-26 July 2019 in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It aims at providing a platform for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and bridge the gap between the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management theory and its application in solving the most current problems and challenges faced by 21st century organizations. Thanks to the financial support by International Affair Office, Alex can travel to Czech Republic to present his research work and exchange idea with peers. It also brings a fruitful learning experience for him and enable him to join the international event. Congratulations again to the winner and we are very proud of our student for the excellent project work and performance in the international event. Second Place of IEOM Undergraduate Research Competition Award  

Congratulations to Prof. Eric Tsui on receiving the Excellence Award on ELearning by the World Education Congress

Prof. Eric Tsui was recently being conferred an Excellence Award on ELearning by the World Education Congress because of his leadership and contribution to the field of Education. In announcing the award, the Jury and Council of Board Members cited the position that Professor Tsui occupied in the fraternity is strategic and iconic; he is a thinker, a doer, a role model and a believer in change. This award is presented especially to those people who can make a difference to the lives of others for the quality of their work rural reach, outlook and ability to contribute value of social change. The award consists of a trophy and a citation.  

ISE Students won the Champion and 2nd Runner-up Award in “2019 International Joint Design Workshop” by Tianjin University

Students of BSc (Hons) in Enterprise Engineering with Management (EEM), Miss Wong Man Ki and Miss Tong Pui Sze, won the champion and 2nd runner-up award in “2019 International Joint Design Workshop”. The workshop is organized by Tianjin University and sponsored by CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd. There are totally nine universities participating in the joint design workshop: Nanyang Technology University, Chiba University, National Cheng Kung University, Queen’s University Belfast, Chongbuk National University, Tianjin University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Huo Design (Canada) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and School of Design). The theme of the presentation is “future travel tool design”. The group of Miss Wong Man Ki participated in, won the champion award, with design concept “Non-transfer Rail Transportation”. The group that Miss Tong Pui Sze joined, won the 2nd runner-up award, with concept of “Intelligent Rail Transit”. During the workshop, students from different universities carried out theme design activities in groups. The joint design workshop provides a platform for students to exchange idea and it helps to cultivate international design talents.

全港中小學產品設計大賽2018-2019激發參賽隊伍無窮創意，推進STEM教育

由香港理工大學工業及系統工程學系主辦，維期7個月的「全港中小學產品設計大賽2018－19」於5月25日正式圓滿結束。是次比賽吸引超過100間中小學校共300多支隊伍報名參與，反應熱烈。比賽共設有「小學組」和「中學組」兩個組別，題目貼近生活所需，分別為「環保或節能產品」、「穿戴科技」及「衛生保健或復康產品」，讓各位同學根據興趣發揮所長。 參賽同學在比賽開始時需要提交產品計劃書，在評審團進行初步輪選後，一共有90支隊伍成功入圍。入圍後，隊伍需再提交產品報告書、2分鐘產品演示視頻及展示海報作產品介紹。理大與協辦機構DTSL提供一連十場工作坊，以協助入圍隊伍學習各方面的產品設計知識，例如3D繪圖及打印技巧、編程及感應器使用、基本電子電路設計以及介紹鐳射切割機和創意剪裁機製作作品等等。因此，學生除了發揮STEM知識外，亦可學習不同產品設計技巧，獲益良多，而對小學生而言更是重大突破，跳出課本內學習的內容，極具挑戰性。 作品展示及頒獎典禮當日場面熱鬧，評審團包括香港理工大學工業及系統工程學系專家、資訊科技教育領袖協會以及香港電腦教育學會等代表。評判會按照參賽隊伍的產品計劃書及報告書、匯報視頻、海報、產品功能及外形設計評分。而所有組別的製成品展示於理大校園內，讓評審們逐一檢閱，並由負責設計作品的同學們現身解說，令評審更清楚作品功能、設計理念及市場推廣策略。 中學組由香港培道中學的「智能調節康復支架」奪得全場總冠軍，而最佳外觀獎及最佳創意獎分別由嘉諾撒聖家書院的「智能復康裝置」及崇真書院的「無障智能帽」獲得。小學組則由瑪利曼小學的「Smart Pyjamas」獲得全場總冠軍，而同校的另一隊伍「Happy Wash」亦於「衛生保健或復康產品」中取得冠軍，成績彪炳。此外，佛教林炳炎紀念學校的「寶寶睡眠體溫感測被子」和荃灣商會學校的「多功能便攜式冷風機」分別取得最佳外觀獎及最佳創意獎。 其他入圍隊伍作品都費盡心思，靈活運用所學到的知識，實用之餘亦十分美觀，令一眾評審嘆為觀止。例如針對環保議題而設的智能除釘機、盡用廢舊電池充電器及智能節水淋浴裝置等，貼合生活所需，能達至真正的「綠色生活」方式。是次比賽讓同學充分實踐STEM教學的實際用途及意義，活學活用科技為生活帶來的便利。 香港理工大學工業及系統工程學系系主任陳鏡昌教授表示，今年是連續第三年舉辦全港中小學產品設計大賽，透過學習創新科技知識及鼓勵創意設計，能提升同學對於產品設計及科技的興趣，亦有助未來投身各行各業。科技議題是近年熱門的項目主題，透過同學研發貼近生活的科技產品，充分體驗創新科技的重要性。 網址: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ise/subpages/product-design-makeathon/2018/

ISE Students won the 1st-Runner Up Award in the “HKIE – MI Student Project Competition 2018-19” by HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial Division

Mr Wenqiang Li from BSc (Hons) Enterprise Engineering with Management programme won the 1st-Runner Up Award in the “HKIE – MI Student Project Competition 2018-19” organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) – Manufacturing & Industrial (MI) Division. Title of the awarded project is “Deep Learning Application for Automatic Detection of Myocardial Infarction based on ECG Signals” which is supervised by Dr Y.M. Tang. This competition aims to encourage students to stretch their intellectual and practical competence in the application of MI engineering technologies in real life cases. This awarded project aims to develop a deep learning application for automatic detection of myocardial infarction based on ECG signals, which is performed with the support of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Industrial Centre (IC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.