HKUST In The Media
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Times Higher Education (THE) co-hosted the Asia Universities Summit 2026 from April 22 to 24. The event gathered more than 600 university leaders, policymakers, academics, and industry experts from Asia and worldwide.
A cross-disciplinary team led by ECE Prof. QU Jianan and LIFS Visiting Asst. Prof. Julie SEMMELHACK has developed a powerful laser control technique. Functioning as a “smart dimmer”, it can selectively adjust the brightness of every pixel during laser scanning, and prevent unintended neural activation, thereby significantly enhancing the precision of all-optical brain manipulation and imaging.
A HKUST research team led by Prof. LI Xiaomeng, Assistant Professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, and Associate Director of Center for Medical Imaging and Analysis, in collaboration with Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, developed a novel pathology analysis system named PRET (Pan‑cancer Recognition without Example Training), which can accurately recognize multiple types of cancer using only a minimal number of samples—without requiring any additional training.
The HKUST hosted the Hult Prize Hong Kong Summit, bringing together 16 student startup teams from local tertiary institutions. The HKUST team Smart Cool Tech won third place for their AI-driven chiller optimization system designed for commercial buildings.
A research team led by OCES Chair Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, in collaboration with researchers led by Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) researcher ZHOU Wenliang and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician WEI Fuwen, systematically revealed the important role of coral reef ecosystems in carbon storage for the first time.
A study by ACCT Asst. Prof. Wilbur CHEN, together with Suraj SRINIVASAN and Saleh ZAKERINIA from Harvard Business School, suggested that AI is driving job evolution rather than elimination.
A research team led by CBE Assoc. Prof. Yoonseob KIM has successfully synthesized a novel single-crystalline 3D borate covalent organic framework (B-COF), which serves as an exceptional solid-state electrolyte to enhance the performance of solid-state lithium batteries.