PolyU establishes eight JC STEM Labs to drive Hong Kong’s I&T developments

PolyU has received a generous donation of over HK$74 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to establish eight Jockey Club (JC) STEM Labs. Spearheaded by distinguished PolyU scholars selected for the HKSAR Government-initiated Global STEM Professorship Scheme, the JC STEM Labs aspire to advance innovative research in the fields of machine learning and computer vision, healthy built environment, innovative light therapy for eye diseases, quantum technology, 2D quantum materials, Earth observations, digital oncology care enhancement, and genomics in healthcare. An inauguration ceremony for the new labs was held on 13 November 2024 at PolyU.

Among the eight new labs, five are led by scholars at PAIR, including Prof. CHEN Qingyan, Director of PAIR; Prof. ZHANG Weixiong, Associate Director of PAIR; Prof. LIU Ai-qun, Director of the Research Institute for Quantum Technology (RIQT); Prof. WENG Qihao, Associate Director of the Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS); and Prof. HE Mingguang, Director of the Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV).