Past Events

MHRC Research Seminar: Ecological Momentary Assessment as Precision Measurement for Psychosocial Interventions

Dr Alex W.K. WONG, Assistant Director Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research , Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine delivers the seminar.

Dr Roey TZEZANA of Tel Aviv University unmasks AI myths at PAIR seminar

Dr Roey TZEZANA, Fellow in Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security, and Researcher at Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center of Tel Aviv University, Israel, delivered the PAIR Seminar titled “What myths have been disrupted about AI in the last two years?” on 24 September 2024 at PolyU. The seminar attracted nearly 120 in-person participants and captivated an online audience of over 15,700 from various countries and regions, who watched the live broadcast on multiple social media platforms, including Bilibili, WeChat, Weibo, YouTube, etc.

PolyU RCRE Webinar Series: Towards Sustainable Waste-to-Wealth: Process Development, Decision-making and Systems Integration for Carbon-neutrality and Sustainability Transition

Dr Jingzheng Ren (ISE) delivered a webinar with the topic of “Towards Sustainable Waste-to-Wealth: Process Development, Decision-making and Systems Integration for Carbon-neutrality and Sustainability Transition” on 23 September 2024. The webinar was co-organized with CEE of PolyU and HKIE Environmental Division. Over 140 participants joined the webinar.

SCRI Seminar: A new research agenda by integrating facility choice behaviors into the evaluation of place-based accessibility

The Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) successfully hosted a research seminar on 20 September 2024, on the topic of "Facility-Based Accessibility: A New Research Agenda by Integrating Facility Choice Behaviors into the Evaluation of Place-Based Accessibility." The seminar featured Professor Bi Yu Chen from the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing at Wuhan University, China.

Prof. David PUI of University of Minnesota delivers lecture on “Green Technologies Development for Sustainable Environment”

Prof. David Y. H. PUI, Regents Professor and LM Fingerson/TSI Inc. Chair in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, delivered the 29th PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Green Technologies Development for Sustainable Environment” on 13 September 2024 at PolyU. The lecture attracted nearly 100 participants to join in person and captivated an online viewing audience of over 11,200 from different countries and regions to watch the live broadcast on multiple social media platforms, including Bilibili, WeChat, Weibo, YouTube, etc.

RCMI Research Seminar: Future Treatment of Mood Disorders

Professor Allan YOUNG, Head of School Academic Psychiatry, King's College London delivers 'Future Treatment of Mood Disorders'

Successful LSGI & SCRI Distinguished Lecture on Digital Twins and Urban Informatics on 11 September 2024

The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) and the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) successfully hosted a Distinguished Lecture on 11 September 2024, titled "Digital Twins and Urban Informatics," featuring Professor Michael Goodchild, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

PRI Research Seminar Series: Optical Wireless Communications for IoT Applications

The “Photonics Research Institute (PRI) Research Seminar Series: Optical Wireless Communications for IoT Applications” was successfully held on 29 August 2024 (Thursday).

Distinguished Sports Research Seminar Series - Wearable Iontronic Devices for Sports and Healthcare Applications

The Distinguished Sports Research Seminar "Wearable Iontronic Devices for Sports and Healthcare Applications" delivered by Prof. Tingrui PAN, Chair Professor of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the Executive Director of Institute for Innovative Medical Devices, organised by RISports and jointly co-organised by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the PolyU - Samaranch Sports Development Centre and the PolyU - HKSI Research Centre was successfully held yesterday.

SCRI successfully hosts the Forum on the Low-Altitude Economy and Smart City Synergies

The Forum on the Low-Altitude Economy and Smart City Synergies, hosted by Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and co-organised by the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR), was successfully held on 9 August 2024 on PolyU campus, attracting 93 participants to join onsite and captivating an online viewing audience of over 24,000 to watch the live broadcast on Zoom and Keyanyun platforms.