In March 2018, the University officially opened the Laboratory for Smart City and Spatial Big Data Analytics. The laboratory forms a platform for academic, industry, and government partners to work hand-in-hand to deliver advanced yet practical solutions. In September 2018, the University received a generous major donation from Ir Dr Otto Poon Lok-to, Founder and Chairman of ATAL Engineering Group, in the name of Otto Poon Charitable Foundation. With the financial support by the donation as the seed fund and a number of foundational projects that have been accomplished or are ongoing, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) was formally approved by the University and established in May 2020.
SCRI provides an interdisciplinary platform for PolyU’s experts to develop an international leading area in Smart Cities by capitalizing on existing interdisciplinary research strengths, including but not limited to departments in Faculty of Construction and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Business with including other research institutes.
To respond to the generic needs for global smart cities development as well as the specific need of Hong Kong, the SCRI has nine research themes which covers the six smart areas, namely “Smart Mobility”, “Smart Living”, “Smart Environment”, “Smart People”, “Smart Government” and “Smart Economy”.
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