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香港理工大学高等研究院多个跨学科研究项目获批资助及拨款共超过 3600 万港元 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) The Research Grant Committee (RGC) announced the funding results of the Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2021/22, Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) in 2021/22 and Second Round One-off CRF COVID-19 and Novel Infectious Diseases(NID) Research Exercise earlier this year.  Seven interdisciplinary research projects conducted by PAIR’s constituent research units received over HK$36 million grant in total.  Research project Project Coordinator Research Institute / Research Centre involved Amount awarded RGC CRF 2021/22 Research Equipment Grant High performance deep learning clusters for big data analytics Prof. Chen Xiaojun RIAIoT, SCRI and RCSV $3,099,659 Advanced Fourier-transform Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Molecular and Nano Functional Materials Research Prof. Raymond Wong Wai-yeung RISE and RI-IWEAR $7,964,914 RGC CRF 2021/22 Research Project Grant Study of Carbon Sequestration in Hong Kong’s Vegetation: from Present to Future Prediction under Climate Change Prof. Charles Wong Man-sing RILS and RISUD $4,949,639 RGC Research Impact Fund 2021/22     Deeper understanding of Color Matching Mechanism for Developing High-quality Lighting and Imaging Systems Dr Tommy Wei Minchen  PRI and RISUD   Total amount of $8,800,000 Reliable Multiagent Collaborative Global Navigation Satellite System Positioning for Intelligent Transportation Systems  Dr Hsu Li Ta RISUD and RIAIoT Second Round One-off CRF COVID-19 and NID Research Exercise in 2021/22 Is the usual social distance sufficient to avoid airborne infection of expiratory droplets in indoor environments? Prof. Guo Hai RILS and RISUD $4,703,090 Spatiotemporal prediction and real-time early warning of COVID-19 onset risk Prof. John Shi Wenzhong SCRI $6,964,000

陈清焰教授的研究团队能准确模拟客机舱内新冠的传播和感染情况

跨国出版公司 Wiley在2022 年 1 月 20 日发布以下新闻稿，介绍陈教授团队的近期工作。 团队发表在 Indoor Air 期刊上的一项研究模拟 SARS-CoV-2（导致 COVID-19 的病毒）在从伦敦飞往河内的航班和从新加坡飞往杭州的另一架航班上的传播。 研究人员在模拟感染者在机舱内咳嗽、说话和呼吸活动所产生的不同大小的飞沫扩散时发现，飞沫中所含的 SARS-CoV-2 病毒随机舱空气分佈而传播，并被其他乘客吸入。 科学家们计算了每位乘客吸入的病毒拷贝数，以确定感染情况。他们的方法在第一例飞行中正确预测了 84% 的感染/未感染病例。该团队还发现，佩戴口罩和减少乘客之间的交谈频率有助于降低第二例飞行的暴露风险。通讯作者、上海交通大学建筑学院副教授兼副系主任赖达禕博士说:「很高兴看到我们通过实验数据验证的模型，在预测 COVID-19 在客机客舱中的传播方面，能够达到如此高的准确度。此外，最重要的是，研究让我们知道了戴口罩对减少传播有重大影响。」 此研究已发表在 Indoor Air期刊，请按以下连结阅读全文。 访问已于多个平台刊登及上载，详情请浏览以下网址: Science Daily Daily Mail EurekAlert Archyde The Jerusalem Post News Wise Eminetra Canarian Weekly News Medical Life Sciences Medical Xpress Opera News SC Online News

碳中和资源工程研究中心成立仪式 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) The PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) was proud to celebrate the inauguration of the Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE) on 14 January 2022 on the PolyU campus. Over 100 guests from the Hong Kong Government, PolyU, the industry and the Centre’s research partners attended physically or online and witnessed this new page. Under PAIR’s leadership, RCRE will become the effective platform aligning people of similar interests to work together in the very important interdisciplinary research field of how to make good use of resource engineering to achieve carbon neutrality. “Our campus is working hard on achieving the goal of carbon neutrality before 2050. RCRE fits very well into this arena and its research work will add great value to helping not only PolyU but the whole community to achieve this target that can benefit our society in a meaningful way,” said PolyU’s Vice President (Research and Innovation) Professor Christopher Chao at the inauguration ceremony. Speaking at the same occasion, Professor Jin-Guang Teng, President of PolyU, stated that PolyU now has the largest research team and facilities among all the universities in Hong Kong focusing on resources engineering towards carbon neutrality, and has established a strong track record and recognised reputation in the waste management research community. PolyU will advance further with the establishment of RCRE for the good of the society. Attending the ceremony online, Mr Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment, commended PolyU for its contribution and efforts to pool its interdisciplinary talents and facilities to advance the development of decarbonisation technologies and related policy study. The ceremony also featured a fruitful scientific exchange by different PolyU and overseas researchers who presented on a kaleidoscope of topics. Poster presentations on current projects conducted by PolyU researchers were also staged and attracted the attention of all the attending guests at the spot.

潘乐陶慈善基金智慧城市研究院研究团队预测本地Omicron疫情扩散情况

潘乐陶慈善基金智慧城市研究院研究团队，利用发病者及确诊病例所在地点、时间、人口流动、疫苗完全接种率等大数据，预测本地Omicron疫情扩散情况。团队预测大埔、屯门及北角区等发病风险最高。   相关报导 (中文) Now TV - https://polyu.me/3qfL58e RTHK - https://polyu.me/3HK8YL8 东方日报 - https://polyu.me/3GjOf0p 香港经济日报 - https://polyu.me/3tfJIZa 星岛日报 - https://polyu.me/3FiXTix am730 - https://polyu.me/3ndXjwc 晴报 - https://polyu.me/3f9qxYH 文汇报 - https://polyu.me/3IcBAgr 香港商报 - https://polyu.me/3zLt7h6 香港01 - https://polyu.me/33mrKJw   Online coverage (English) SCMP - https://polyu.me/3fcBgSb The Standard - https://polyu.me/3K2z8dZ

视觉科学研究中心研究团队研发治疗方案减慢儿童和少年近视加深速度 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) Myopia, or shortsightedness, has reached epidemic levels worldwide. Non-invasive optical interventions are more preferred to help slow down myopia progression. Amongst such treatments is the Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) lens developed by researchers at the Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV) , proven to slow myopia progression among children by 60%. Welcome to read more about this here: https://polyu.hk/HXjeD.  

理大乐见新资源推展不同研究项目 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) Professor Christopher Chao, PolyU’s Vice President (Research and Innovation) told the media he was delighted to welcome the new funding sources from Mainland China and increased resources from the Hong Kong government to support research. Talents from Hong Kong could participate in various new innovation and technology projects.    Taking note of the growing importance of interdisciplinary research, he also commended the establishment of PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) and the various new research institutes and centres.   Online coverage:   Sing Tao Daily - https://polyu.me/3EgIezx  Headline Daily - https://polyu.me/3yOMMfA  

理大将投放4亿元推动理大高等研究院辖下的研究院及研究中心，针对社会民生重要议题进行科研工作 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) Prof. Wing-tak Wong, PolyU’s Deputy President and Provost, said in an interview that the University will invest HK$400 million in the next three years in 15 new research institutes and centres for areas like smart city, wearable smart devices and Chinese medicine. Prof. Wong said the research will focus on people’s key daily life issues like clothing and food, with an emphasis on addressing societal challenges. One of the institutes established lately is the Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood). Dr Wong Ka-hing, Director of RiFood and Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, told media that RiFood is currently conducting a research on the efficacies of traditional Chinese dietary supplements like bird's nest and sea cucumbers. Another research undergoing at RiFood is how to convert food waste into 3D printing materials with nanotechnology. The institute is also conducting projects about AI food authentication and food sustainability. (Hong Kong Economic Times A10, Sky Post P08)   Online coverage : Hong Kong Economic Times  Sky Post   

理大深空探测研究中心参与研究，发现月表撞击残留物可能是目前月球的水源之一 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) A study led by the National Space Science Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences and joined by Prof. Wu Bo, Associate Director of Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations and Associate Head of Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics of PolyU, has found carbonaceous chondrite remnants of an impactor in a young lunar crater formed within one million years, a first-time discovery of such fragments by in-situ investigation on the far side of the Moon. Scientists suggests that carbonaceous chondrite-like meteorites may provide 10 to 20% of the sources of water to the present Moon. Prof. Wu’s involvement in the research was to use innovative 3D mapping technology to create a detailed 3D topographic model of the 2-m size crater from the lunar surface images acquired by the Yutu-2 rover of Chang’e-4. The 3D morphological characteristic of the crater is critical to judge if the crater was resulted from a meteorite impact or not. The results were published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01530-w). Please refer to the following links for the media interviews:  Ta Kung Pao - https://polyu.me/2ZIFw7Q China News - https://polyu.me/3rmLyqd 北京晚報 - https://polyu.me/3xNQupd The Cover - https://polyu.me/3pezAfv Sina - https://polyu.me/3EeYJgp Sohu - https://polyu.me/32Q6Cev Toutiao - https://polyu.me/3Effl7F 一點資訊 - https://polyu.me/3G2uyd0  

理大高等研究院学者获列入全球排名首 2% 顶尖科学家名单 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) Stanford University has recently released an update of the list that represents the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The report was prepared by a team of experts led by Prof. John Ioannidis, the eminent Professor at the Stanford University. PAIR is very proud to announce that the 95 PAIR members in various research institutes and centres are on the list. Please click here to check the list of PAIR members recognised as top two percent scientists worldwide in 2021. The list issued by Standford University can be downloaded from here: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3 Congratulations to our top scientists!

理大可穿戴系统研究院影片于美国材料研究学会秋季会议中播出 (只有英文版本)

(只有英文版本) The video featuring the research highlights of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable System is available online at the YouTube Channel WebsEdge Science. This five-minute video will be broadcast in the daily program called “Thought Leadership” during 2021 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit. 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit meeting is the preeminent annual event for those in the field of materials research, featuring over 50 symposia and attracting 6,000 researchers from every corner of the globe. The meeting will be held on 29 November – 2 December 2021 in Boston and 6-8 December 2021 in online platform. This video will be broadcast on screens in high visibility areas throughout the Centre in a compilation of the MRS TV films from 29 November to 2 December and also in the MRS TV program, alongside news and interviews during the conference on 30 November. Please click here to view more details about 2021 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit.