Issue 2

Establishment of Research Centre on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RC-DSAI)

The Research Centre on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RC-DSAI) is an intra-faculty research centre established in May 2021. With an objective of conducting sustainable and influential research, the RC-DSAI will focus on discovering the unknown areas of DS, AI and deep learning.

"While we are entering the age of Industry 4.0, the advances in digitalisation, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, machine learning and other emerging technologies together with a massive data boom, people are expecting for smarter products and services," said Professor Li Qing, Chair Professor and Head of COMP. "With strong support from the Faculty of Engineering, the RC-DSAI will leverage the expertise of our researchers to deploy intelligent solutions that bring enhancements to the society."

Currently, the RC-DSAI is forming a research team to undertake a collaborative research project on "Frontier Research in Data Science and AI" which aims to jointly develop innovative AI and DS technologies to benefit mankind, tackle challenging problems, generate high impact in academia, industry and society, and nurture talents and cultivate the education hub for exchange. Through the bridge of Professor Zhang Lei, our Chair Professor and Co-director of RC-DSAI, this project is setting up a joint PhD supervision scheme between COMP and the Centre for AI and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS), with CAS side going to sponsor the PhD scholarships (to support at least five PhD students a year) for four years, so as to foster the collaborative research between COMP and CAS on, but not limited to, AI, DS and Robotics.