Awards & Recognitions
2026
Dr. Ian VARELA SOARES
PhD in Public Policy, Class of 2025
Senior Advisor to the President|New Bright Professor of Engineering|Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering|Director of Center for Wireless Information Technology|Program Director of MSc in Telecommunications
Appointment to the Hong Kong Housing Society as an executive committee member
Lecturer I, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Acting Head and Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity|Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas|Program Director of MA in Arts and Machine Creativity
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering|Director of Collaborative Center for Medical and Engineering Innovation|Co-Director of Center for Evolution and Health|Associate Director of Center for Medical Imaging and Analysis
Third Round of the RAISe+ Scheme
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Ocean Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability|Co-Director of Space Science and Technology Institute|Associate Director of Center for AI in Economic, Social and Environmental Research
Awardee of Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
ZHAO Chen
PhD student, Department of Ocean Science
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Integrative Systems and Design|Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Center|Associate Director of HKUST-JD.com Joint Laboratory