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Prof. Yang CHAI awarded 2024 Falling Walls Winner for energy-efficient innovations in sensory AI systems

Prof. Yang CHAI, the Management Committee member of RI-IWEAR, Associate Dean of Faculty of Science, has been bestowed as the top ten winners of the prestigious Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs Award. This is a recognition of his groundbreaking research on sensory artificial intelligence (AI), which has…

University Grants Committee members visit PolyU

A University Grants Committee (UGC) delegation visited the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab (AIR Lab) at the University’s Industrial Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on 12 September 2024, where they met with university management and faculty members to gain valuable insights into…

Prof. Li CHENG elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for 2024

On 3 September 2024, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced the results of the 2024 fellowship elections. Prof. Li CHENG, a member of RI-IWEAR, Associate Dean of Faculty of Engineering, and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been bestowed with the title. Prof. CHENG was honored for…

Prof. Xiaoming TAO delivered a speech at the Mr. & Mrs. HM Lui Memorial Lecture and hosted an on-site exhibition

On September 3, 2024, the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) hosted the Mr. and Mrs. HM Lui Memorial Lecture, the team led by Prof. Xiaoming Tao, the Director of RI-IWEAR and Chair Professor in Textile Technology, School of Fashion and Textiles, PolyU, showcased several intelligent textile…

Prof. Yang CHAI’s research has been honored with the Chip 2023 Top Ten Advances Award in China Chip Science

Prof. Yang CHAI, the Management Committee member of RI-IWEAR, Associate Dean of Faculty of Science, together with his research team, has developed a biomimetic optoelectronic chip inspired by insects. It can achieve sensitive motion recognition of dynamic visual information with limited computational…

Two PolyU projects awarded the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme Funding for sustainable impacts

Two research projects led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have won over HK$100 million funding from the Research Grants Council’s Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2024/25. PolyU has consecutively secured this substantial amount of funding support for its impactful inter-disciplinary…

The intelligent wearable technology developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University garnered attention at the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition: An Eminent Textile and Fabric Exhibition

Organized by the China National Textile Industry Council, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology Development of the China National Textile Industry Council and the Textile Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the "New Technology Innovation…

Interview of IWEAR team led by Prof. Xiaoming Tao and Prof. Margaret Mak on Now TV: Introducing a Wearable Device to Aid Parkinson's Patients in Overcoming Walking Difficulties

Prof. Xiaoming TAO and Prof. Margaret MAK of IWEAR were invited by Now TV to discuss a groundbreaking wearable device designed to assist Parkinson's patients in overcoming walking difficulties. The complete interview can be viewed by clicking on the following link:…

IWEAR hosted the annual retreat

The Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR) successfully hosted the retreat event on 29th January 2024, with active participation from 22 IWEAR members across 9 various departments. The annual event of team building featured three engaging presentations, a panel discussion, and a…

Dr Shou Dahua hosts and chairs the 13th China Textile Academic Annual Congress - Young Scholar Symposium

In November 2023, Dr Shou Dahua, Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies, hosted the 13th China Textile Academic Annual Congress · Young Scholar Symposium on behalf of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The China Textile Academic Annual Congress is an authoritative…