Prof. CHAI Yang wins BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2024 | PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR)

Congratulations to Prof. CHAI Yang, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Science and Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, on winning the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2024 (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics). Prof. Chai was honoured for his contribution to disruptive in-sensor computing paradigms for artificial vision sensors, which enables information processing directly within the sensors.

The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is a non-governmental merit-based award that aims at rewarding outstanding scientists and research teams in Hong Kong or research-related institutions set up by Hong Kong higher education institutions and located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, for their significant achievements in scientific and technological innovation and transformation. Each awardee will receive a HK$2 million cash prize.

Prof. Chai is currently a Management Committee Member of the Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR), and a Member of the Photonics Research Institute (PRI), the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE) and the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Internet of Things (RIAIoT).

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