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A research team at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) recently invented a new fusion-based technology which achieves remarkably improved accuracy to position people indoor, enabling novel smart location-based applications such as indoor navigation, location-based personalized recommendation, crowd analysis and people flow control.

IPO Industrial Fellowship "Career Insider Series" is held regularly to provide insights and insider tips of different industries to IPO students. On 15 November 2017, our inspirational fellow, Mr. Nick Chan, MH, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, shared the new trends that legal profession field started turning to hire technologists.

IPO Industrial Fellowship "Career Insider Series" is held regularly to provide insights and insider tips of different industries to IPO students. On 21 September 2017, our inspirational fellow, Mr Raymond NGAI, Head of IT Infrastructure and Operation Services of The Hong Kong Jockey Club presented his insider tips of Information Technology industry.

香港科技大學(科大)與滴滴出行宣佈達成合作夥伴關係，雙方將在前沿技術研發、人才培養、學術交流、創業專案孵化等領域展開深入合作，優勢互補，共同推動智慧交通系統研究和科技成果轉化，協助智慧城市建設。 根據協定，科大和滴滴出行將在智慧交通系統前沿技術、創新技術等領域展開研究，包括但不限於機器學習、智慧交通、資料採擷、運籌學、自然語言處理、電腦視覺、機械人等方向。同時，雙方將充分發揮自身科研技術實力，聯合申請各類政府研發項目及重大專項，攜手進行創新科技成果轉化，不斷突破創新前沿。 除此之外，科大還將與滴滴在人才培養、學術交流、創業孵化專案上達成合作，共同探索人才培養的新模式與新機制，聯合進行課題研究及業界最新前沿動態研討，助力創新創業。 科大是國際知名的研究型大學，致力於發展尖端科研，在科學和工程學範疇成就輝煌。其專業研發領域涉及人工智能、數據科學、資訊技術、智慧城市諮詢規劃等，且彙聚了領域內多位頂級專家。 作為全球領先的一站式出行平台，滴滴出行不僅依靠產品、技術創新顯著提高了用戶的出行體驗，還積極以人工智能、大數據技術支援整體優化交通管理體系，用新技術、新業態來改進傳統行業，解決交通堵塞、污染和安全問題。 科大校長陳繁昌教授表示，科大一直致力通過產學研合作促進智慧城市的發展，推動香港發展成為創新及科技樞紐。滴滴在大數據與技術方面的積累已經全球領先，相信與滴滴的合作能助力大數據時代的交通創新科技研究，共同培養全球化的科技創新人才。 滴滴出行CTO張博表示，依託於在城市交通領域累積的豐富經驗，滴滴正在支援城市管理者建設一體化、可持續的智慧交通解決方案，並取得了積極的成效。目前滴滴已和武漢、濟南、深圳、貴陽等20多個城市展開智慧交通合作，內容涵蓋智慧信號燈、智慧誘導屏、智慧公交、智慧代駕熱力圖、智慧交通運行報告等多個方面，「此次和香港科技大學展開合作也將能提速智慧交通領域的科研發展，為用戶提供更加優質的出行服務，為更多城市創造更多價值。」

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new generation of microscope, which not only could capture 3D live cell videos, but the resulted images are also of much higher quality, greatly enhancing the accuracy and the scope of research on cell biology. While an existing confocal microscope can also capture 3D bio-images, the laser light hitting on the sample is typically one million times that of summer sunlight, such intense light exposure inevitably disrupts cell activities and eventually kills the cell, posing limits to the study of cell biology.

Starting a business is a marathon with lots of hurdles on the path. Every entrepreneur shares a number of traits, from perseverance to the ability to manage risk, which are crucial to building a successful enterprise. Senior student Hercules Chan, who majors in Risk Management and Business Intelligence, seems to possess a level of maturity beyond his years. Starting from scratch with no means other than his own drive and curiosity, Hercules and his teammate developed a mobile hypnotherapy application named “VOID”, which won them the Best Student Invention Grand Award in HKICT Awards 2017, as well as crucial capital from the Yeung Wing Yee Entrepreneurs Fund by HKUST.

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed an air purification system that removes up to 99.999 per cent of airborne bacteria and viruses, including influenza (H1N1, H3N2), EV71 and MERS-Cov (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) that had caused hundreds of deaths across the Middle East and Asia two years ago. “Our technology effectively combats and inhibits the growth of bacteria, germs or viruses that cause respiratory diseases, offering solutions to protect one's health,” Prof Yeung King-lun, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies from HKUST School of Engineering, said. “We must extend our heartfelt gratitude to Haven of Hope Christian Service, which has put our system on trial in its Holistic Care Centre for 18 months. This is the result of long cooperation among HKUST, industry and the government.”

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted the last round of its Distinguished Speakers Series today - a talk series launched over a year ago to celebrate the University’s 25th anniversary. Prof Hiroshi Amano, a renowned physicist and engineer in semiconductor technology, marked the 9th Nobel laureate and the 27th who spoke for the series hosted by corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and key financial policy shapers around the world.