The HKU-AI WiSe team, led by Prof. Victor OK Li and Prof. Jacqueline CK Lam from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Faculty of Engineering, is honored to express our deepest gratitude to the Head of the EEE Department, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and HKU TEC for their invaluable support. Their backing enabled us to become the only team led by full-time HKU Engineering professors to win both gold and silver medals at Inventions Geneva 2025.
Our achievements include the DeepDrug project, awarded the Gold Medal in the Medical Track, and the UMeAir project, which earned the Silver Medal in the Protection of Environment/Recycling Track. These awards reflect our commitment to the mission of AI for Social Good. Our team’s innovations, developed with the expertise of AI researchers from the HKU EEE Department, stem from research projects bolstered by four consecutive US NAM HLCA awards and a competitive RGC-TRS award, in collaboration with Cambridge University and Tel Aviv University.
^Prof. Victor OK Li (Centre), Prof. Jacqueline CK Lam (Right) and Dr. Yang Han (Left), of the HKU-AI WiSe team, competed in Inventions Geneva 2025 and won a gold medal for DeepDrug, and a silver medal for UMeAir.
^The HKU-AI Wise Team embarked on their first-ever adventure at Inventions Geneva 2025, humbly rejoicing in their achievements of winning a gold and a silver medal. They shared their joy with the President of the Jury, David TAJI (2nd from the left), and our supportive Associate VP (Research) at HKU, Prof. Stephanie Ma (1st on the right).