CAiRS celebrates two milestones: IEEE launch and new collaboration with HKSTP

The inauguration of IEEE RSHK was officiated by (from left to right): Ms Lillian Cheong, Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR (3rd from left), Mr Andy Wong, Head of Innovation and Technology, Invest Hong Kong (1st from right), Mr Albert Wong, CEO of HKSTP (3rd from right), Prof. Wing-Tak Wong, Deputy President and Provost of PolyU (2nd from left),Prof. Kenneth KY Wong, Chair, IEEE Hong Kong Section and Head of EEE Department of HKU (2nd from right) and Prof. Winco Yung, Centre Director and Executive Director of CAiRS (1st from left)

Dr HL Yiu, Chief Corporate Development Officer of HKSTP (front, left) and Prof Winco Yung, Centre Director and Executive Director of CAiRS (front, right), signed the collaboration agreement witnessed by Mr Oscar Wong, Head of Business Development of HKSTP (back, left) and Prof. Man Hau-chung, Dean of Faculty of Engineering of PolyU (back, right).

The inauguration and signing ceremony was attended by over 100 guests from government, industry and academia.

CAiRS and MTR signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June to cooperate in promoting innovative research exchanges on reliability and safety.

The Centre for Advances in Reliability and Safety (CAiRS), a joint venture between PolyU and the University of Maryland, USA, celebrated the inauguration of the IEEE Reliability Society, Hong Kong Chapter (IEEE RSHK) on 27 September. The new Chapter is committed to promoting technological advancements related to reliability and safety in Hong Kong, with CAiRS providing full support for its activities.

On the same day, CAiRS and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) signed an agreement to strengthen their strategic partnership focused on third-generation semiconductors and 3D System in Package technologies. This agreement strengthens their strategic partnership and paves the way for the application of these semiconductors in electric vehicles, 5G technology, and smart manufacturing and transport in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.

The inauguration and signing ceremony was attended by over 100 guests from government, industry and academia. Prof. Wing-Tak Wong expressed his delight in the HKSTP-CAiRS collaboration to build Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem.

The event also featured keynote speeches from experts, including Mr Ivan Cheung, General Manager-Rolling Stock Maintenance, MTR Corporation, discussing the reliability of Hong Kong’s Public Transport System. CAiRS and MTR have been collaborating since June 2023 to promote research exchanges on reliability and safety, aiming to further enhance the overall reliability and safety of the MTR network.

Leveraging MTR’s extensive railway expertise as well as CAiRS’ research strengths in areas like artificial intelligence methodologies, industry-based data clustering, and reliability and safety modeling and algorithms, the two organisations aim to collaborate on developing more advanced AI technologies going forward.