HKU Engineering scholars from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering have been awarded significant funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), administered by the Innovation and Technology Commission, spanning November 2024 to June 2025.
ITF aims to increase the added value, productivity and competitiveness of Hong Kong’s economic activities. The Government hopes that, through the ITF, Hong Kong companies could be encouraged and assisted to upgrade their technological level and introduce innovative ideas to their businesses.
Below is the list of funded projects:
Scholar Name:
Professor Edmund Yin Mun LAM
Project Title:
Dual-mode Imaging System for the Early Detection and Continuous Monitoring of External Eye Diseases
Scholar Name:
Professor Edith Cheuk Han NGAI
Project Title:
Federated Learning on Heterogeneous Edge Devices for Smart Energy Applications
Scholar Name:
Professor Kevin TSIA
Project Title:
High-Speed Spinning Arrayed Disk (SpAD) Imaging-A Novel Solution for Large-Scale Live Cell Morphological Profiling
Scholar Name:
Professor Chao XIANG
Project Title:
High-performance Integrated Laser Devices
Original news on the Faculty website: https://engg.hku.hk/News-Events/News/issue/2025-08#8547