We are pleased to announce that four members from the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) have triumphed in the prestigious IEEE CIS FLAME Technical Challenge 2024. The team, comprising Dr WU Xingyu, Mr ZHOU Yu, Mr CHEN Xianwei, and Dr WU Jibin, demonstrated exceptional innovation and expertise to secure the First Prize, earning a reward valued at US$15,000 (approx. HK$117,000). The team was supervised by Prof. TAN Kay C

13 Jan 2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor ZHANG Chengqi, Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence in DSAI, has been appointed as Director of Shenzhen Research Institute in the PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute with effect from 1 January 2025. PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute was established in 2000 as PolyU’s extended campus in Shenzhen. It has been incorporated into the University strategy in all aspects of space deployment, management and

2 Jan 2025

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr CHENG Ran, joining DSAI as Associate Professor and Presidential Young Scholar on 16 December 2024. Dr Ran Cheng received his BSc degree from Northeastern University, China, in 2010, and his PhD degree from the University of Surrey, U.K., in 2016. Before joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he was an Associate Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology, China. His research f

19 Dec 2024

LU Zhoudao, a student of the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence programme, has been selected as the winner of the Outstanding Student Award of Department 2024/25. The Outstanding Student Award Scheme awards full-time final-year students who excel in both academic and non-academic pursuits during their studies annually. Apart from having outstanding academic merits, the awardees are well-rounded with

5 Dec 2024

Prof. TAN Kay Chen, Interim Head and Chair Professor of DSAI, has been recognised in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2024” by Clarivate Analytics, under the category of Computer Science. This annual list recognises researchers for significant impact in their respective research fields. Each researcher selected has authored multiple highly-cited papers that have ranked in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year in the

4 Dec 2024