Awards & Recognitions
2026
Associate Head and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering|Director of BIM Lab|Director of Center for Digital Twin on the Built Environment|Associate Director of GREAT Smart Cities Institute
IEEE Signal Processing Society Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award
Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas|Director of HKUST Shenzhen Large Model AI Laboratory|PG Programs Coordinator (Arts and Machine Creativity)
iF Design Award 2026 in the Art Cultural Exhibitions/Installations discipline
Lecturer I, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
ACM Distinguished Paper Award 2026
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering|PG Programs Coordinator (Computer Science and Engineering)
NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C) 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C) 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
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
Hari Harilela Assistant Professor of Physics|Assistant Professor, Department of Physics|Director of Center for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
GHMUA Exchange Events on Greater Bay Area Fund (2026–2027)
Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Division of Environment and Sustainability|Director of Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution|Director of Wastewater Technology Laboratory|Director of Water Technology Center|Associate Director of Institute for the Environment