Group photo
Prof. Xiaoming TAO, Director of RI-IWEAR, delivered a welcome remark
Prof. Feng YAN, Associate Director of RI-IWEAR (Research) reported the progress of RI-IWEAR in the previous year
Group discussion
Group discussion presentation
The Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR) successfully hosted the retreat event on 3rd March 2025, with active participation from 23 RI-IWEAR members across 9 various departments. The event featured seven presentations, two panel discussions, and a result sharing session. During the event, the members of RI-IWEAR showed great interest in the speech content and actively participated in the group discussion.
The retreat started with a welcome remark from Prof. Xiaoming TAO, Director of RI-IWEAR and Chair Professor in Textile Technology. Then Prof. Feng YAN, Associate Director of RI-IWEAR (Research) reported the progress of RI-IWEAR in the previous year. Next, Prof. Jing CAI, RI-IWEAR Management Committee Member, Dean of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, gave an introduction to clinical development and application scheme. Ir Prof. Ming Zhang, Director of the Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology and Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, presented on the PolyU Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology. Prof. Feng Yan also reported on the PolyU-Hefei Innovation & Technology Research Institute, where he serves as Associate Director. Dr Wang Lin represented Prof. Dan Zhang, Director of the PolyU-Nanjing Technology and Innovation Research Institute, and shared insights on the PolyU-Nanjing Innovation & Technology Research Institute. Prof. John Xin, Director of the PolyU-Shaoxing Technology and Innovation Research Institute and Chair Professor in Fashion and Textiles, provided an introduction to the PolyU-Shaoxing Innovation & Technology Research Institute. Lastly, Prof. Changyuan Yu, Director of the PolyU-Jinjiang Technology and Innovation Research Institute, discussed the PolyU-Jinjiang Innovation & Technology Research Institute.
The following featured two panel discussion centered around two topics: what are potential interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities for external grants and how to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities for external grants and research. Group leaders reported the results of the panel discussions respectively.
