PolyU holds media luncheon and laboratory visit for local press
Prof. Teng Jin-Guang, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), together with other PolyU Senior Management Executives met with local media representatives at a luncheon on 5 July 2022.
At the meeting, Prof. Teng shared the latest international ranking and recent developments of the University. He also announced the establishment of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) to foster interdisciplinary research, partnership with worldrenowned scholars, and transfer of technologies to stakeholders. As the largest research platform of its kind in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (GBA), PAIR will work closely with industries and the community to ensure the practical significance of its research.
Prof. Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation), said that new disciplines may emerge from interdisciplinary research, just as biomedical engineering was the product of biology, medicine and engineering.
“Comprising 16 research institutes and centres with over 400 PolyU senior researchers from all over the world, PAIR focuses on research in frontier areas”, explained Prof. Chen Qingyan, Director of PAIR. “The Academy will make impactful contributions to the development of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area into an international innovation and technology hub”.
The luncheon was followed by a guided tour of PAIR units, including the Main Office of PAIR as well as the research facilities at the Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (RIAM), the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things (RIAIoT) and the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA).
